Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

Drunk girl at a bar tonight told me I look like Blair Waldorf. I’ve never been seen so clearly. #Boston

Snowdrifts in Boston, Massachusetts, approximately 6 feet high in the plowed parking lot. Photograph taken 1/26/26.

Snew

Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...

Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image

apnews.com/article/amer... #a11y

Cook Unity is advertising FINALLY A MEAL PLAN FOR MEN and I wonder why /food/ has to be gendered.

WE SERVE YOU STUFF WE KILLED WITH OUR BARE HANDS. WE STRANGLED THAT COW. TO DEATH. WE RIPPED THAT BROCCOLI FROM THE MOTHERFUKKIN' GROUND. NNNNGN. LOOK, OUR OWN GRAVY. SHIT, THAT SOUNDS GAY. NO HOMO.

@magictavern.bsky.social hey, just wanted to thank you for the fact that your website is accessible to blind people (she writes, using her braille display)

Judge temporarily reinstates AmeriCorps programs in 24 states VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — As reported by the New York Times last week, a judge has temporarily reinstated the AmeriCorps program in 24 states, and at this time the organization […]

vicksburgnews.com/judge-tempor...

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

We saw five million ppl show up all over the *world* to say “we fucking hate you” and they wanna present this small ass baby brained birthday party as a win lol

Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

i'm at the pride parade, i'm at the protest, i'm at the combination pride parade and protest

Review: Deaf President Now! Documentary Heads up: The following is a review of the new documentary Deaf President Now! available to stream today on Apple+. Given that the events of this film took...

New letter: review of the Deaf President Now! documentary, streaming on Apple+ today.
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You all do realize he more than likely brought up Alcatraz to take the heat off of him saying..

**he feels no special obligation to uphold the constitution**

…THAT is the story folks. Not a dilapidated tourist attraction.

STAY. FOCUSED.

Alani is my hero
@altamericorps.bsky.social

@altamericorps.bsky.social 💙💙 -from 2 current SMs in Boston

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand with Service - Organizing Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. We've got 53 days to save AmeriCorps. Join a new rapid-response organization of AmeriCorps current and former service members, alumni, sponsors, and supporters as we talk about where we're at, what we...

🚨KICK-OFF CALL APRIL 30, 8 P.M.🚨

Join us TOMORROW, at 8 P.M. ET for our kick-off organizing call to STAND WITH SERVICE.

Register Here:
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DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cancel $400 million in grants, Washington Post reports Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has ordered the cancellation of around $400 million in grants doled out by AmeriCorps, the federal government's national service and volunteering agency, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three sources with knowledge of the matter.

DOGE orders AmeriCorps to cancel $400 million in grants, Washington Post reports reut.rs/42wok32

Let’s chat about DOGE’s newest cost-cutting shitshow victims: AmeriCorps. Do you know why AmeriCorps is being targeted? Take a look at this 1995 article from the Heritage Foundation.

They think that AmeriCorps…

www.heritage.org/budget-and-s...

Musk is destroying AmeriCorps. It looks like it’s RIP for AmeriCorps. The nonprofit that represents AmeriCorps’ state commissions which organize state-level community service programs funded by the federal agency announced that commissions in all 50 states,

The entire AmeriCorps agency has been placed on administrative leave

RFK Jr: "We have measles outbreaks every year.” Buddy this was the first measles death in a decade

Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.

Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.

Bookshop.org launches new e-book platform that exclusively supports local bookstores Indie bookstores miss out on millions of e-book sales to big companies like Amazon. Bookshop.org's new platform could help them turn a new page.

This. Is. Amazing. Finally, an ebook alternative for Amazon, but for independent bookstores. This is amazing for readers who want to be more intentional about where you're spending your money. 📖 #BookSky

I got blocked by hundreds of people today cause I said please don’t keep making me look at a Nazi salute on repeat all day.

This is the first day of our renewed nightmare and people are already failing the ally test SPECTACULARLY.

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.

Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.

Meta has repeatedly deleted our articles, including ones about Instagram's censorship and disproportionate moderation against trans people. It put a "fact check" warning on an article we did about hurricane helene AI spam proliferating on the platform

www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

Ouch