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Today our colleagues are facing abuse and harassment from the far-right figures emboldened by this attack. But we will not be deterred, we will not be intimidated, and we will continue to name racism, sexism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and all hate for the blight that it is.

Below is a statement from the unionized workers of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

there is something of a culture (80% on the right, 20% on the left) that basically thinks the goal of politics is to establish an anti-social egoist utopia

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig...
The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

The Disappearance of the Public Bench Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

I love this essay, not least because some colleagues and I just a few months ago went to Yestermorrow School of Design Build on a retreat to build democratic benches!

“Public benches signify a commitment to public life. They’re a small article of faith in an ideal”

>we’ve hit the complete chaos, plummeting approval ratings, and endless staff turnover phase of the Trump Presidency

like i don't know how to make this clear to non natsec bluesky but Hegseth fucking hates Dan Driscoll and has been trying to fire him for ages now because he's scared of being coup'd

People complain about the male loneliness crisis but then god forbid men try to have social hobbies

Nothing to worry about, just the Heritage Foundation publishing an article on how the Republican Congress can refuse to seat Democrats www.heritage.org/election-int...

C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

Jay Bhattacharya pulls a study because he doesn’t like the conclusions. I cannot explain how bad this is and how it reeks of the stench of ideological zealotry and has no basis in science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!

We talk a lot about getting people to consume historical content or to pick up employable “skills” for other uses

We talk a little about alt-ac, as an excuse for keeping grad programs going

We don’t talk about the fact that soon, nobody is going to be around to produce new knowledge in our fields

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota, where I will be the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and the Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law.

The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.

most gerrymanders are republican legislators saying fuck the voters

these ones are the voters saying fuck republican legislators

Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus

A mummy containing a rare papyrus fragment which included text from Book II of Homer’s Iliad, the famous “Catalog of Ships” which lists the Greek forces that sailed to Troy #classicalreception
arkeonews.net/archaeologis...

are we supposed to open these

Sigh, terrible that I don't even need sourcing, I know this quote so well. The cite for this is in the alt but you can also learn about it's context here.

theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...

its absolutely incredible watching people not realize the stakes watching DOJ being weaponized against SPLC and not realizing that its basically an existential fight for the republic now

The GOP entered this redistricting under the rather childish delusion they were going to gerrymander, and nobody would gerrymander them. In TX, MO, and a half dozen other states, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

"should we really resort to playing dirty to defeat the nazis i–"

yes. kick em in the fucking balls. what kind of question is that. grow the fuck up

REDISTRICT EVERYTHING

ESCALATE TO DE-ESCALATE

GERRYMANDER EVERY SINGLE STATE IMMEDIATELY

CREATE A DELICATE BALANCE OF TERROR NOW

RESTORE DETTERENCE

Kash Patel as Lego with big weird eyes and lots of beers

I know we’re not supposed to like the Iranian social media teen meme army seeing us for what we’ve told them we are on the Internet but I like to think this kind of thing is really just them reaching out and saying we don’t like this either and know you’ll appreciate the hilarity

Everyone knows the way you change the Constitution is to have six people in robes make up a new Constitution as they go along.

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Yeah, so I finally pulled the trigger and bought Marathon

WHOEVER MADE THIS...

Call me.

"why do you like marathon, astra?"

I have no idea how they came to this conclusion lol, it's my first extraction shooter and I suck at games and LOVE marathon. Unforgiving? Sure. No idea what's creepy though. Aesthetics and vibes are impeccable imo. Even with the goblins.

IGN's review said it's unapproachable, unforgiving, off puttingly creepy, and has a player base of violent goblins who exist solely to bash your face in with a brick and thats why it's great.
I've been enjoying it so far, just got to learn to let go of nice gear.