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.

The only A.I. I support is Abolish ICE.

Activists Tear-Gassed at Failed Raid of Beagle Research Facility

Some 1,000 protesters tried to storm a private breeding and lab facility in Wisconsin in an effort to steal thousands of beagles that are bred for medical experimentation www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

What is "remarkable," @nytnickc.bsky.social, is that it didn't even occur to you to ask, hey, why are there these mid-decade redistrictings happening in the first place? What did Trump say the goal of them were?

Kinda weird isn't it? Kinda weirder than a "Dems are hypocrites!!?!" angle?

Democrats Once Loathed Gerrymandering. Now They’re Pushing for It.

The words "North Carolina," and "Missouri" do not appear in this piece of shit article.

Neither does the word "decade."

"Florida" and "Texas" appear in subordinate clauses, after words like "After Virginia ..." and "Gov. Gavin Newsom of California framed ..."

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Huge thanks to everyone who's been sharing this today! You can download and print your own copies to hand out in your community - zinefun.fyi

Y'all are awesome! #MayDayStrong

Now that the Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to refund companies what they paid in tariffs, yet there are still tariffs in place, what's the plan? Consumers continue to fork money over to corporations who will later get another refund?

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

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BREAKING: Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Center for Climate Integrity Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Fossil Fuel Companies Immunity from Any Laws or Lawsuits Seeking to Hold them Accountable for their Role in the Climate Crisis

Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.

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No Work, No School, No Shopping: May Day Training Call · Indivisible This May Day, we’re calling for a day of No Work, No School, No Shopping. We're flexing our economic power as workers, students, and everyday people to send a clear message to Trump: we will not do...

Find out how you can participate in the nationwide day of economic disruption on May 1 and learn more about the strategy behind economic noncooperation at the upcoming May Day training call.

For those who may have missed this earlier in the day-

The Infowars news is funny, yes. But more importantly, it is an outright rebuke of Alex Jones' evil.

It's testament to the strength and resilience of the Sandy Hook families who survived this bullshit for more than a decade as well as the Onion, which didn't give up on this for the last 18 months.

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

As a former StoryCorps facilitator, this is fucking disgusting.

End the project already, Dave.

You created a good model: you encouraged people to sit and do oral history for 20 yrs.

Turning StoryCorps into a surveillance capitalism nightmare is not worth the money to keep the project going.

Indiana's ban on student IDs for voting reinstated by appeals court The decision reverses — at least for now — a major win for voters handed down last week by the district court, which found that Indiana’s law targeting student IDs likely violates the Constitution.

BREAKING: In a loss for Indiana voters, the 7th Circuit reinstated an Indiana law banning the use of student IDs for voting after a lower court blocked the measure last week.

The new ruling means voters cannot use their student IDs to vote as litigation in the case continues.

what a luxury it must be to think that the arts aren't inherently political

Holy shit

MS STW Senate GE Benchmark Assessment Apr 12, 2026 Jun 22, 2025 Definitely vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 16% 16% Probably vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 17% 22% Total Vote to Re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 33% 38% Probably vote for someone else 13% 12% Definitely vote for someone else 40% 34% Total Vote for Someone Else 53% 46% [VOL] Undecided 14% 16% Democrat Scott Colom 36% 35% Lean Colom 3% 3% Total Colom 39% 38% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 39% 48% Lean Hyde-Smith 3% 3% Total Hyde-Smith 42% 51% Independent Ty Pinkins 3% N/A Lean Pinkins 3% N/A Total Pinkins 6% N/A [VOL] Undecided 14% 11% Democrat Scott Colom 40% Lean Colom 3% Total Colom 44% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 43% Lean Hyde-Smith 4% Total Hyde-Smith 47% [VOL] Undecided 9%

A new poll of Mississippi's U.S. Senate race from Impact Research has Democrat Scott Colom trailing incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 3 points.

With leaners added, she's ahead 47%-44%.

Trump won Mississippi by 61%-38% in 2024.
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Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions

Today in social justice toolkit:

A dilemma action is a strategic action that forces your opponent into a lose-lose situation.

You've given them only bad options.

I give some examples

& then we talk about how to design them.

This one's pretty important.

Read and share, please?

A whole scam. Those businesses raised prices. That the consumer paid out the ass. Now those businesses that did not actually pay for the tariffs. Might be getting a stimie check for it? Yeah, that's called a scam. The american public got fucked again.

I I I ,,, I don’t know 😐

I’m stone cold sober and this is freaking me out

Oh boy

Last night’s ICE abduction near 20th & Central didn’t happen in a vacuum. Friday morning they were found stalking people at Huset Park and earlier in April they kidnapped someone near East Phillips community center.

The GOP is officially a lunatic asylum.

🎶DISCOVERY🎶

Today is day 139 of the ICE occupation of MN.

If ICE hasn’t come to your city or town yet, let us tell you: NOW is the time to organize.

Build trusting relationships. Get folks into Signal groups now, based on trust and connections. It will make what comes next so, so much easier.

(1/3) @humanrightsfirst.org's ICE Flight Monitor March 2026 report reveals continued escalation of Trump's cruel and lawless deportation campaign.

LETTER from journalists to the WHCA: “TAKE STRONGER ACTION”

Wearing pins and handkerchiefs at the dinner isn’t enough as Trump wages war on the first amendment.

Halflings/Hobbits really bring out something terrifying in artists.