After targeting Latinos, farmworkers, and day laborers in Kern County last year, Border Patrol vowed to continue dragnet sweeps across the Central Valley. We sued.

On Wednesday, we’ll ask the appeals court to uphold the court order barring the agency’s unlawful stop-and-arrest practices.

A photo showing farm workers laboring in a field while a pesticide applicator applies pesticides in a very close field with the text overlay "This Earth Day, help us protect farm workers from pesticide exposure"

This #EarthDay, we wish we could count on the federal government to protect farmworkers from toxic pesticides. But in 2026, it looks like we need to do it ourselves. Make your gift today to help bring a better future. act.seiu.org/a/earthday20... #WeFeedYou

3. The indictment doesn’t mention that SPLC provided intelligence from its informant program to law enforcement/FBI to dismantle extremist groups.

But that fact, which will surely come out in discovery, undermines the entire premise the DOJ/FBI case.

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

"Of the children who were detained, nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days, in violation of a longstanding legal settlement. Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

"Nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days...Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them. And nearly half of the children detained have since left the country." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

“Transparency about the eventual agreed-upon curriculum is important for all stakeholders; curriculum review committee members, learners, educators, and patients, as well as their benefactors and regulators. Benefactors could include any curricular sponsors, donors, or animal rights groups.” - Feinstein & Pawlowski (2026)

“The practical reason to replace nonhuman animals is that their use often has little relevance to the human condition” - Feinstein & Pawlowski (2026)

“When controversial models and alternatives are discussed, the alternative models, species, and learning modalities should be documented.” - Feinstein & Pawlowski (2026)

In a recent case & commentary, Drs. David Feinstein & John Pawlowki of @harvardmed.bsky.social argue that medical curricula should incorporate input from a diverse range of stakeholders, including perspectives on animal rights.

#MedEd #MedSky #SurgEd #SurgSky

Are you aware that animals used for eggs and milk are slaughtered once their productivity declines?

Personal choice ends where another’s suffering begins—if it involves harming others, it’s no longer “personal.” See it for what it is.

More at bit.ly/world-revisited in Amsterdam Review, an ecocentrist lit mag.

#nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.

They badly need those workers, but they won't respect them anyways. Disgusting!

www.latimes.com/california/s...

I’m afraid the loser isn’t either.

Why do you accept the premise?

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote.

Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California.

techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...

It is easy now to forget that George W. Bush had a white-knuckled stranglehold on the title of worst United States president in history. It was like Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game at the time. No one ever thought it would be possible to even come close, let alone beat it.

Spring in Philadelphia.

Not a dime of taxpayer money or govt contracts should go to Palantir.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime

www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...

They’re frightened.

Gertie was so upset when Eloise was getting her feet worked on yesterday. They were both fine afterward and got LOTS of love!

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez calls on the EU to suspend its association agreement with Israel. He cites the manner in which the Israelis have conducted operations in Gaza, their military operations in Lebanon and Iran, and their passage of legislation providing a death penalty only for Palestinians

Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey - The Boston Globe The government and Öztürk’s legal team have jointly moved to dismiss her immigration proceedings.

“That Rümeysa felt she had to return to Turkey to escape the shadow of state violence says everything you need to know about the state of free speech and academic freedom in this country,” said Ramya Krishnan, an attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...

21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.

Point 21 is the giveaway, some cultures produce "wonders," others are "regressive and harmful." Once you accept that hierarchy, you've quietly been given permission to apply different standards of verification to different actors. The form of verification stays, but the democratic function doesn't.

5. The question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose. Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed.

The headline argument is straightforward enough, democratic survival depends on hard power, hard power is now software, so Silicon Valley owes the West an AI weapons industry. Adversaries won't wait, so we can't either, which taken at face value sounds like a defence of democracy.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

That last part - orchestrating devices to protect power grids - is a main focus of my research. It matters because without it, new electricity demand will trigger massive grid buildout that drives up electricity prices and limits further electrification, leaving behind low-income communities.

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.

The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.

The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.

It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Oatmeal raisin, yes, absolutely. Oatmeal, raisin, chocolate chip, even better.

I have been lucky enough to have 13 dog and cat family members so far (I’ve never owned anyone). I have lost 11 of them. I find myself thrown into distress for the lost creature every time I get one of these posts. My issue with the posts is not from lack of empathy.

So terrible. The cruelty and lack of empathy of people…

We need many, many more of these worldwide!