Thinking that I might start referring to Zoom as Skype. See how people react.

I’m guessing that there will be age cohort effects.

The term for blowing up a boat with 11 people on it is “murder.”

And doing it in another nation’s territorial waters sounds a lot like an act of war. But wherever it takes place, it’s the state murdering 11 people.

To the chicken-suited hero who made this headline possible: we salute you.

To the chicken-suited hero who made this headline possible: we salute you.

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

Walked (about half an hour) to work today instead of driving, and the whole thing about even moderate exercise lifting your mood continues to hold up to experimental testing.

"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo

A friend in DC got hit in the latest round of illegal layoffs at HHS, after close to a decade of public service.

A friend in Chicago is walking their kid's classmate to school, because that kid's parent doesn't feel safe doing so.

It doesn't have to be this way.

From @juliametraux.bsky.social’s new piece out today at www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

So efficiency

“This is absolutely a violation of federal law.”

For @motherjones.com, I reported about how reduction-in-forces in the Office of Special Education Programs will lead to disabled kids' needs not being met, as funding may not be distributed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Rocky IV is a key text for understanding racialized constructions of capitalism and US nationalism in the 80s.

Watching people dissect and debate a screenshot of some random person’s post is so weird.

If you want to make a point, make it! Don’t set it against some straw man you plucked out as representative of whoever you dislike. And if someone else does that, don’t take the bait!

I feel like this aligns with an element of personal discipline that pops up in a lot of masculinities…which can honestly be pretty positive when it’s not “I won’t express my feelings/see a doctor/etc.”

"Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced." www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

Honestly kind of amazing how publicly stressed they seem to be about this protest. I’m used to big demos being ignored or co-opted.

Almost like this is unpopular personalist regime knows how brittle it is!

I’m looking through past issues of AJS as I work on a project today, and I have some feelings as I see the notes acknowledging grants from NSF and other funders, and I wonder who will support social research now.

I saw a report today that the mass firings at SAMHSA/HHS included all Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) staff.

These folks administer a major source of funding for state Protection & Advocacy agencies, whose work @mariannedhe.bsky.social describes in this article.

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

Waiting for Ross Douthat or some other goon to churn out a column about how ackshually, maybe this cut-rate Roman Roy is qualified.

I’m guessing that some empty handwaving and false equivalences with Hunter Biden will be involved.

I love this song. I have memories of rocking out to this song as an elementary school student. I recently bought a cassette of this song after finding it at a music store.

I had no idea that Diane Keaton had directed it.

I have a pen
I have a pineapple