The passive voice is even more wild when you open up the article and it says they suspect he was driving under the influence. What a joke

The 11 most challenged books of 2025, according to the American Library Association The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

As the editor of a book on this list, allow me to say again that book banning is a catastrophe for freedom of speech in America. There is no silver lining. It's all harm.

You can fight back by calling your reps to demand they vote against HR 7661, which is effectively a national book banning bill.

84% of Americans support the Endangered Species Act - so why are Members of Congress bowing to the minority of special interest groups to destroy it?

Capitalism isn't a democracy. Spending money isn't voting. Every time we repeat this, we forget where we actually derive power: not by being a naughty little consumer who won't consume, but by getting loud, speaking out, direct action, and making the people who stand to benefit miserable.

So hey that's eugenics

Alright, I’m home now so here’s the Norm update. Yesterday at 4pm, I got a text from a family I’ve been helping who had a loved one abducted a couple of days after Renée Good’s murder. This was the family that Norm Nation kept from being evicted (and you delivered). ICE had released their loved one.

to be clear this was already wildly fucking illegal by any standard employment regulation of ethical service

Emergency rental assistance Minneapolis residents at risk of eviction can get help paying rent and utilities YOU CAN RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IF: • You live in Minneapolis. Your household income is at or below 30% of the area median income (AMI). You received a 30-day eviction notice from your landlord. ALREADY RECEIVED AN EVICTION COURT SUMMONS? If you already have an eviction court summons, start an application through one of the following: > Visit RentHelp Hennepin at renthelphennepin.hdsallita.com • or call Tenant Resource Connections, 612-767-9737 HOW TO APPLY Contact one of these organizations They will check if you qualify and help you start your application. Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) Languages: English, Spanish • Call 612-243-0688 Email Housing@CLUES.org Visit https://clues.org Isuroon Languages: Arabic, English, French, Pashto/Dari, Somali Call 612-389-0679 Email Housing@lsuroon.org Visit https://isurron.org Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIRC Languages: English, Ojibwe • Call 612-728-2000 ask for rent assistance Email cbaesler@miwrc.org Visit www.miwrc.org Tenant Resource Connections Languages: English, French, Russian, Somali, Spanish (interpretation available) Call 612-767-9737 Visit www.hennepincounty.gov/services/ assistance/housing/eviction-prevention Please note: Hennepin County manages this program. The City of Minneapolis cannot access the application system or help with applications. For more information, visit the City's website at: minneapolismn.gov/emergency-rent ‹ Scan the OR code to learn more For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact Rental.Assistance@minneapolismn.gov. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. Para ayuda, Ilame al 311. Rau kev pab, hu 311. Hadii aad caawimaad u baahantahay, wac 311.

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Minneapolis residents are now able to apply for rental assistance funded by the City of Minneapolis. On February 5 and March 26, the Minneapolis City Council approved funding to support renter households after the devastating and continued impact of Operation Metro Surge. 1/

The first or second time I tried gelato was at a Minnesota Twins game during their first season in their current park.

Hey, friends, I need your help for a fellow indie author:

We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.

Thank you!

Literally one kid thought a "calculator" was "A.i."

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

THIRTY MINUTES.

thirty goddamn minutes.

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.

Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

Today in the life of this indie author: I found a list of independent bookstores in my state and am going through it and contacting stores that I think might be interested in my book. The list is alphabetical by city name, and I've gotten to the Es so far.

Help Keep Powderhorn Food & Basic Needs Going! Since December, a dedicated group of neighbors have helped delivery weekly food and basic needs to over 200 families! Our starting donation balance has been depleted and we are needing additional funds to continue supporting families through the end of the summer. Any amount helps! Venmo @southsideneeds

Hello! Powderhorn Food & Basic Needs (aka the Squirrels) needs some help to keep providing food and hygiene to vulnerable families in our area. Please share widely and give if you can!

Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

All they will find is sand

Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I don’t know how to explain to people that the use of “Pharisee” as a slur is a Christian thing full stop, not a specifically evangelical thing, and that it predates not just evangelicalism but Protestantism as a whole.

personally I agree that we should indeed reject the hollow pluralism of pretending that we shouldn't judge Klan, Nazi, and sparkling eugenicist subcultures according to what they have historically produced, and would enthusiastically endorse rejecting inclusion of them in public life

Right?! I think judgment is important--and also that their judgments are wrong.

More than 100 writers quit French publisher in protest against rightwing owner Vincent Bolloré Tycoon’s media empire accused of pushing far-right ideas, as writers say: ‘We refuse to be hostages in ideological war’

Rightwing media capture cont'd. Hachette's fascist-adjacent owner forces out Grasset's famed editor. And if you think 'That doesn't affect me,' he owns Little Brown, Orion, Conran Octopus, Cassell, Mulholland, Voracious, Abacus, Constable, Corsair, Piatkus, Sphere, Virago...& probably ones I forget

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

The behavioral double standard is so frustrating!

I often encounter the argument that we should reduce the number of bike lanes we have and the frequency and reach of our transit system because "most people don't use them." But the more places you can get to by bike, and the more efficient transit is, the more people WILL use them!

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

I worked for a progressive City Council member in Frey's first term and when my boss would ask for basic details on police and the budget during Council meetings (in 2020!), the mayor would refuse and once even likened him to a baby for asking questions. Frey eventually just stopped showing up.

scurvymaxxing

Appreciate this! Would love alt text on the image, though.

The infinite growth model is one of the worst things to happen to journalism/media. At some point you reach the ceiling of people who want to read your magazine! You can just make enough money to pay people well and publish things and not grow forever!

I bring a sort of Forbidden Vibe to InternalServerError that Rate Limit Exceeded don't really like

trying to post through it rn