Chop Wood, Carry Water 8/11 Vacation's over. 🫠

Chop Wood, Carry Water 8/11
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this is a day for those of us who have spent the last six months terminally online. this is for us and honestly, we deserve it.

Reading is fundamental!

A meme with the text " Gay Pride is over. We're done with that. " over the top of a picture of Sora from Kingdom Hearts, followed by the text " Now we're doing GAY WRATH " over the top of a picture of Sora in his shadowy Anti Form from Kingdom Hearts 2.

Made this meme years ago and thought I'd share it here for Wrath Month. 🏳️‍🌈🗝

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI. www.wired.com/story/new-re...

🖋️ “Reject the current budget because of cuts that will harm everyday Americans” hit 500 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PPXOSO to 50409

Proud that you’re my Senator! Thank you for all your efforts to bring Kilmer home.

American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell “So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have…

Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.

What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is that her detention was caught on camera.

What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.

🚨 April 19 is happening — and it’s more than just a protest.

Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and finding other creative ways to show up for their communities and push back against this administration.

PART 1/2– 🚨 A sitting U.S. president caught on a hot mic suggesting we deport American citizens—calling them “home-growns”—to El Salvador. Meanwhile, Bukele refuses to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite a Supreme Court order. Trump stays silent.

Trump said again he’s open to sending U.S. citizens to a Salvadoran prison. There is no constitutional basis for this—such an act would be a direct violation of the Constitution.

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners

“…we have been groomed to de-humanize those who are incarcerated.

If you have ever read or repeated the poem “First they came for….,” know that the incarcerated are among the earliest citizens who are subjected to the cruelty of authoritarians.”

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Thank you for your action, Senator!

Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.

Confirming, as was obvious from context already, that this wasn’t a one-off. They are routinely using Signal to evade statutory record retention requirements.

The video is horrifying. ICE is fucking evil.

Bursts into the room: HOUTHI AND THE BLOWFISH

Lemme also just shout out ol buddy from Atlantic for not selling the Signal Group Chat for a book deal and waiting two years to reveal what was in it

going to a protest? worried someone is peeking at your messages? we’ve put together a @wired.com thread of guides to help you protect yourself from government surveillance:

rewriting alito's dissent to send to a credit card company, will let you know how it goes

The Onion Magazine: Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?

The Onion Magazine:

Acts Of Profound And Unspeakable Evil Get A Bad Rap: Do They Really Deserve It?

Shocker.

Welcome to Teen Vogue’s The Last Stop As we head into fashion month, we’re taking a step forward to also highlight the impact of our clothing with The Last Stop, a package emphasizing the long journey of our discarded clothing and their o...

Hey, @teenvogue.com has launched a sustainability series—featuring vintage and thrifted finds, a sustainable fashion glossary, and more. Wish every fashion publication could do this. www.teenvogue.com/the-last-sto...

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive