In its latest attack on academic freedom, the administration offered nine universities preferential access to federal funds in exchange for scrapping DEI, capping international student enrollment, and promoting conservative views on campus:
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Since our last update, the administration ramped up its quest for voter data, suing six more states that refused to give their voter rolls to the DOJ:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is what I do with a lot of my time right now. It's so wild that the "simple" things—like keeping the chronology, pointing to specific events—are so hard right now. But they need doing.

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thread, h/t @yvonnezlam.bsky.social (think about this in concert with how much we value "focus" these days)

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

With roughly 60 percent reporting, Fairbanks' Republican Mayor David Pruhs is trailing his Democratic challenger Mindy O'Neall 54% to 46%.

This little butterfly has a Bluetooth transmitter and as she travels, it pings people who have the Project Monarch app installed.

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no, I hadn't - thank you for sharing!!

namesake of my teenage renaming, though I've never had legs like that (who has!)

Put the National Guard on the blockchain.

by Andrew Yang

there are some things that are still cute or funny when you're 30, that absolutely do. not. fly. for 40-year-olds. it's a great decade to confirm your principles, know who you mean to be, & get accountable if you haven't

but don't stop having fun - stay open to new experiences & interests & people

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SF friends: is Routesy down for you too? Am I hopelessly out of date using Routesy? What’s the Muni nav app folks like these days?

been referring to The Circumstances for a few months now

JFC, Chris, that's a lot 💙

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About the incident where ten cars supposedly blocked ICE and they had to shoot someone because she had a semiautomatic weapon:

“The criminal complaint makes no mention of any firearm in the possession of either motorist, in contrast to an earlier statement from the Department of Homeland Security.”

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.