And during National Library Week too!

Happy 89th Birthday George Takei!

George Takei, born on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, is an actor, activist, and social media phenomenon who has lived one of the most remarkable lives in American entertainment.

As a child, Takei and his family were forcibly relocated to Japanese...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

DOGE took a shop vac to our data across government agencies and sucked it all into Palantir.

6th grade reading books for children aged 11-12 Must-read books for 6th grade children, curated and compiled by teachers, home educators & librarians for middle school students aged 11-12.

Recently updated on our K12 site:
6th grade reading books for children aged 11-12. 📚👍🏼
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Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

TODAY: Folks in Texas are protesting the Dilley ICE detention center, demanding the Trump administration shut it down.

Signs read: NO KIDS IN CAGES.

He doesn't even read!

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.

Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.

Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

Icymi last week someone posted this and I have been laughing ever since

Smashing zombie hello kitty makes much more sense than smashing regular hello kitty

Good call, Beep

How is he doing, Sylva? And how are you doing?

Defendants are enjoined during the pendency of this lawsuit from construction and renovation at the warehouse located at 16220 Wright Road, Williamsport, Maryland 21795 (the “Williamsport Warehouse”) for the purposes of operating the warehouse as a detention and processing facility

NEWS

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction BLOCKING the conversion of an ICE warehouse into a detention camp in Maryland.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Background on All Rise News here www.allrisenews.com/p/judge-bloc...

Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

77 cases of voter fraud in 20 years. Imagine plotting this against financial fraud. They are not in the same galaxy let alone the same ballpark!

This week, I will be forcing a vote on legislation to block the sale of nearly half a billion dollars worth of bombs and bulldozers to the Israeli military.

The extremist Netanyahu government that has committed genocide in Gaza does not need more military support from American taxpayers.

Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like.

This is the stuff I truly miss.

Great cheat code for identifying Russian bots

The cashiers were heroes during COVID and I tell them so. There they were, day after day, helping us have some sense of normalcy. I celebrated healthcare workers but I still felt that the folks in the grocery store deserved an award too.

a group of peanuts characters are dancing and playing instruments ALT: a group of peanuts characters are dancing and playing instruments

My Bluesky feed

A fitting reaction to today's news, Ghost!

"A well-articulated argument against a new data center in Ohio"

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I am an Spasce Ca'at

Who else is still feeling the joy this morning? 🙋‍♀️🚀🧑‍🚀 THIS is what science can do!!

I'm normally not supportive of shouting but this requires it! Thank you!

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

Both hilarious and a perfect example of a sycophantic response

Good news!

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.