@bonkina.bsky.social
Product and customer support specialist. Kind, and assuredly a badass. I enjoy cooking and gardening. I love my wife @gwensmith.com
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supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution
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The plan for dealing with the Supreme Court ought to start with refusing to treat nakedly partisan decisions as binding and rejecting the idea that courts alone decide constitutional questions.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The plan for dealing with the Supreme Court ought to start with refusing to treat nakedly partisan decisions as binding and rejecting the idea that courts alone decide constitutional questions.
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A man in Wyoming calls ICE on his Amazon delivery driver for speaking Spanish.
The Amazon driver displays incredible grace and kindness under pressure.
Imagine ordering cheap goods from the billionaire owned corporation and then threatening the person who delivers it to you?
The Amazon driver displays incredible grace and kindness under pressure.
Imagine ordering cheap goods from the billionaire owned corporation and then threatening the person who delivers it to you?
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A man in Wyoming calls ICE on his Amazon delivery driver for speaking Spanish.
The Amazon driver displays incredible grace and kindness under pressure.
Imagine ordering cheap goods from the billionaire owned corporation and then threatening the person who delivers it to you?
The Amazon driver displays incredible grace and kindness under pressure.
Imagine ordering cheap goods from the billionaire owned corporation and then threatening the person who delivers it to you?
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If it is overturned, only indigenous people ate allowef to vote....😏
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If it is overturned, only indigenous people ate allowef to vote....😏
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We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2025
While the outcome should be clear from the plain text of the Constitution, the central project of this court and Administration, together, is to nullify the reconstruction amendments
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History Of American Politics, 1865-2025
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We have this up on our TV like a Yule Log
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We have this up on our TV like a Yule Log
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50% this and 50% the same loneliness all modern humans feel regardless of gender but which only deserves special mention when it effects men and not, like, single moms
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
50% this and 50% the same loneliness all modern humans feel regardless of gender but which only deserves special mention when it effects men and not, like, single moms
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Live now! :D
Gonna play through some games in my review backlog, including:
-slightly comedic wizard combat roguelike
-GBA-style action platforms
-Gamebook adventure in a steampunk fantasy world
-my sleeper hit anime gacha-style autobattler
twitch.tv/intelligame
-slightly comedic wizard combat roguelike
-GBA-style action platforms
-Gamebook adventure in a steampunk fantasy world
-my sleeper hit anime gacha-style autobattler
twitch.tv/intelligame
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Live now! :D
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Absolutely humbled for Assigned to be in the company of outlets like @404media.co, @liberalcurrents.com, and @prisonjournalism.bsky.social, not to mention the incredible @marisakabas.bsky.social!!!
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Absolutely humbled for Assigned to be in the company of outlets like @404media.co, @liberalcurrents.com, and @prisonjournalism.bsky.social, not to mention the incredible @marisakabas.bsky.social!!!
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I have a couple of Nora’s pendants and a kobold hoard to run my fingers through, and I can tell you the pieces are just as gorgeous and intriguing in person.
Happy Saturday everyone! I'm Nora and I have a glass jewelry shop! Here's some of the jewelry I have in stock; in the replies I'm going to share some of the glass wreaths I've been making.
nora.jewelry
Shares appreciated!
#bsnm
nora.jewelry
Shares appreciated!
#bsnm
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I have a couple of Nora’s pendants and a kobold hoard to run my fingers through, and I can tell you the pieces are just as gorgeous and intriguing in person.
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People have claimed this was happening forever, not specifically blaming Siri but feeling like their phones were spying on them to target ads. Turns out they were right! How wild and awful
“The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri’s alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden, Reuters noted”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
arstechnica.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People have claimed this was happening forever, not specifically blaming Siri but feeling like their phones were spying on them to target ads. Turns out they were right! How wild and awful
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Yeahhhhh okay we’re at the “actively trying to kill women and femme-presenting people” stage of fascism
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yeahhhhh okay we’re at the “actively trying to kill women and femme-presenting people” stage of fascism
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"come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me & has failed." --Lucille Clifton
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"come celebrate with me that every day something has tried to kill me & has failed." --Lucille Clifton
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I expect this is what DeSatan’s office and Florida DOGE — not the Board of Governors that actually are over higher ed — are doing with all the syllabi they demanded from FSU a week or two ago.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I expect this is what DeSatan’s office and Florida DOGE — not the Board of Governors that actually are over higher ed — are doing with all the syllabi they demanded from FSU a week or two ago.
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"Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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People talk about "over-regulation" without realizing that regulations exist all too frequently because someone (again, all too frequently a child) died because of this thing you think is SO BURDENSOME.
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
People talk about "over-regulation" without realizing that regulations exist all too frequently because someone (again, all too frequently a child) died because of this thing you think is SO BURDENSOME.
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One will always make room for cookies, especially on a #cutiesaturday
www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/christ...
www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/christ...
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One will always make room for cookies, especially on a #cutiesaturday
www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/christ...
www.cassiopeiaquinn.com/comic/christ...
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
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We will not stop until they stop. 💕
We’ve reached the point in this crisis where comrades from out of state are shipping us packages of thousands of whistles to distribute.
Know that when we win here- we’ll return that favor for the next city. Just as Chicago has taught us.
We are all in this together.
Know that when we win here- we’ll return that favor for the next city. Just as Chicago has taught us.
We are all in this together.
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We will not stop until they stop. 💕
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Honestly woke (iykyk) elder millennials need to start working out and staying healthy so that they are alive in 40 years and they can give perspective in the incoming documentaries
(Someone probably also said this in 1930 about the new generation of boomers born into Jim crow)
(Someone probably also said this in 1930 about the new generation of boomers born into Jim crow)
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Honestly woke (iykyk) elder millennials need to start working out and staying healthy so that they are alive in 40 years and they can give perspective in the incoming documentaries
(Someone probably also said this in 1930 about the new generation of boomers born into Jim crow)
(Someone probably also said this in 1930 about the new generation of boomers born into Jim crow)
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#OtD 6 Dec 1928 the banana massacre took place in Ciénaga, Colombia, when soldiers killed up to 2000 striking workers of the United Fruit Co., and their wives and children, who were fighting for one day off per week and pay in money rather than coupons stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#OtD 6 Dec 1928 the banana massacre took place in Ciénaga, Colombia, when soldiers killed up to 2000 striking workers of the United Fruit Co., and their wives and children, who were fighting for one day off per week and pay in money rather than coupons stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1059...
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I hate what modern workers are going through. All of this surveillance and micromanaging is awful. This is the tech that I hate.
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I hate what modern workers are going through. All of this surveillance and micromanaging is awful. This is the tech that I hate.
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me: [reads "EBOO"]
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
me: [reads "EBOO"]
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
me: ah yes, extra birgin olive oil
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A key difference between past law enforcement raids & prosecutions that resulted in legal settlements and the actions for which Trump & Co. are demanding restitution, @radleybalko.bsky.social writes, is that the former subjects were jailed or killed—and the actions against Trump & Co. were lawful.
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A key difference between past law enforcement raids & prosecutions that resulted in legal settlements and the actions for which Trump & Co. are demanding restitution, @radleybalko.bsky.social writes, is that the former subjects were jailed or killed—and the actions against Trump & Co. were lawful.