Modern Day Bartleby
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moderndaybartleby.bsky.social
Although I am following the steps to add ALT text to the photos included in my WordPress essays, it doesn't seem to actually include the ALT text. (Nor does it include the captions I provide.) It is frustrating, but I hope to figure out what step I'm missing. My apologies.
moderndaybartleby.bsky.social
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of poor judgement
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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railmag.bsky.social
Calculations by the Louisiana Assoc. of Railroad Passengers for @amtrak.com Mardi Gras Service: "The trains so far have averaged 105 riders per train, so 420 per day times 365 would be 153,300 for the year. That's more than double the first year estimate of 70,000."
www.wxxv25.com/ridership-es...
Ridership estimates for two months of Amtrak on the Coast - WXXV News 25
With the month of September now in the books for Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service, the Southern Rail Commission has released a brief update on how the service is doing. Since the start of service, 19,000 p...
www.wxxv25.com
moderndaybartleby.bsky.social
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of grifters
juddlegum.bsky.social
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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juddlegum.bsky.social
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
popular.info
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lizzslockeroom.bsky.social
There's folks out here who don't think the Voting Rights Act or Civil Rights Act are needed anymore.... those same folks never fought for or needed these acts.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
The good news is that the Supreme Court still refused to hear this case.

The bad news is that three justices seem eager to force every public school in the country to out trans kids to their parents, and it only takes one more vote to put a future case on the docket that lets the court do so.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
It's also disturbing that Gorsuch joined this opinion. He has clearly disavowed any interest in protecting trans rights five years out from Bostock. It was evident after he joined Skrmetti, and it's obvious today. He's just another anti-trans culture warrior now. Never explained the about-face.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
It's especially rich for Clarence Thomas to suggest that the Constitution requires public schools to obtain parental consent before acknowledging trans students' identity.

Such a right would be rooted in substantive due process—a concept Thomas dismissed as completely illegitimate in Dobbs.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Another good example of how the Republican-appointed justices wield the Constitution to take sides in the culture wars.

There's a vigorous democratic debate about whether public schools should out trans kids to their parents. Three justice want to use the Constitution to mandate outing nationwide.
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, suggest that public schools violate the Constitution when they help a student transition (by acknowledging them as trans) without their parents' knowledge or consent.

Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. v. POUDRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT R–1
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 25–89. Decided October 14, 2025
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE
THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial
of certiorari.
I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do
not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain
concerned that some federal courts are “tempt[ed]” to avoid
confronting a “particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]”: whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights “when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender
or assists in that process.” Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. ___,
___–___ (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 1–2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S.
57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that
nearly 6,000 public schools have policies—as respondent allegedly does—that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s genderidentity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and
influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The troubling—and tragic—allegations in this case underscore the
“great and growing national importance” of the question
that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting
Our Children, 604 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 1).
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yolingwrites.bsky.social
Please share this explainer article on the Taiwan Pride controversy this year so that all participants can know what they are walking into~

Proud of so many Taiwanese LGBTQ+ organizations coming out in support of intra-movement solidarity and against any nefarious attempts to split us apart ❤
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ddayen.bsky.social
U.S. citizens Adnaan & Tor Musto endured beatings & harsh treatment for 6 days in a notorious Israeli prison after being captured from the Global Sumud Flotilla. James Baratta talks to them & their family about how the State Department did nothing during their capture.
Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists
It took the State Department four days to assess the well-being of American citizens apprehended by Israel for participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.
prospect.org
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galactus-us.bsky.social
Back to the 50s

"States with unified Republican governments would likely try to eliminate most or all of their minority-opportunity districts, since doing so would no longer violate Section 2," said Stephanopoulos, who filed a brief defending the Voting Rights Act."
Voting Rights Act faces pivotal test at US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is set to hear a Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, giving its conservative majority a chance to deal another blow to the landmark federal law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
www.reuters.com
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kostyack.bsky.social
The data center boom is a real estate story, with developers often using their large war chests to overwhelm local opposition. This tiny Michigan town was forced to cave to Related Digital's demands because it couldn't afford a lengthy legal battle.
Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.
A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.
www.washingtonpost.com
moderndaybartleby.bsky.social
This is fascism
chrisjustice01.bsky.social
Right Inciting Violence on Live TV 10/13/25
💥 On Antifa: "Why can't we just send the PROUD BOYS in there and take care of business the easy way- without the cops, without the military, just go in there and let him go at it!" twp.ai/9PXNaI
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whodat35.bsky.social
OAN needs to be taken off of the air. That is all.
chrisjustice01.bsky.social
Right Inciting Violence on Live TV 10/13/25
💥 On Antifa: "Why can't we just send the PROUD BOYS in there and take care of business the easy way- without the cops, without the military, just go in there and let him go at it!" twp.ai/9PXNaI
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davidclewis.bsky.social
Anyone in the UK still driving a Tesla or using Twitter is directly supporting homegrown fascism. Not some nebulous overseas concept; racist violence in this country. There is literally no excuse for it.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr