“I was reassured repeatedly that Democrats would never fight back.”

The GOP reaction to VA is the punching bully who finally gets punched back and cries saying that’s not fair.

The Planet is Dying but You've Got Work on Monday A Letter to the Newly Awake

www.collapse2050.com/the-planet-i...

Wow. What horrible, hateful and broken human beings.

Day 2 Session 3 - Symposium: Virtual Power: Al, Ableism, Racism, and Fascism YouTube video by Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change

Since I don't remember if I shared it, here's my talk "Fascist Bullshit: How ‘Generative AI’ Enacts & Enables Authoritarianism and Eugenics" at the symposium "Virtual Power: AI, Ableism, Racism, and Fascism," at the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 conference, from January of this year:

Screenshot of a tweet by The Halfway Post (@HalfwayPost) satirically reporting that Kash Patel is threatening to sue anyone who calls him "J. Edgar Boozer," a play on FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover. No image or video is embedded.

Oh that's a good one!

I am glad I took today off. Spent most of it outside. High 50’s, windy, wind chimes chime-ing, prayer flags flapping, local crows keeping watch and occasionally offering some commentary.

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.

Totally off-topic, but did y'all the know the Free State of Florida's citrus industry is basically dead??

This is quite a story:
slate.com/business/202...

The reluctance, by some, in that meeting yesterday to even hold faculty to the same ethical standards we have for students in regard to just simple transparency use of AI in their own work was infuriating (and telling).

Yep, upsetting read, but recommended.

It is transparently clear that the DOJ is retaliating on behalf of racist hate groups like the KKK, Neo-Nazis, and right-wing hate groups (of which, the Epstein MAGA Republicans appear to be aligned with)

… and the more you interact with either of them, the dumber you get.

Whoops … meant right hand … blood sugar must be low … send snacks … rubbing cat belly doesn’t result in movement of cat … cat appears to now be drooling.

Large orange cat asleep on victim’s arm.

Orange cat asleep and snoring on arm … can’t move … losing feeling in left hand … send snacks.

Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

Agami Herons.

I am officially in love with this bird.

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Outside Merriam Webster's HQ. 🤣 @merriam-webster.com

John Bond
“Window Gazing”
Gouache and Watercolor

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Honestly, this timeline is just so freaking weird.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

"You did WHAT to a raccoon?!"

Help. I think I’m being followed by RFK Jr…

I’ve been informed that RFK Jr. is an authority on raccoon dick. An expert in trash panda cock… a procyonid penis prodigy if you will.

Sorry, rum makes me weird and alliterative… but not nearly as weird as RFK Jr. apparently.

The TOTAL US population is approximately 341.8 million people — total. The current estimate of undocumented individuals is around 11 million.

There are NOT 100 million undocumented individuals in this country

Bovino is an idiot, a liar, and a fantasist.

Diversity is a strength.

There are unlimited genuine problems with higher education that all should be fixed, many of which Zimmerman mentions in article. But the main reason MAGA hate higher education is because of the good things it succeeds at doing, like promoting critical thinking and making citizens of all races smart

States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers -- and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.

Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
https://to.pbs.org/4c0Eh6n

On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt - ACRLog I don't know the right metaphor to make you understand how this much debt physically feels. What it actually feels like is a pressure on my chest and shoulders, but maybe that's not evocative enough. ...

Thanks for sharing, I've been planning to write about this next week as a follow up to my post about student loans last year. acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o... It’s wild that we've heard so little about this!! 📚