This feels like a good time to remind people what GenX used to call people who used the rhythm method.

Parents.
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Good line

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

I never ever give to Salvation Army.

This @BarackObama tweet will be taught in genocide studies courses as a case study of what dehumanization looks like.

Independent media here and happy to report 🫡

Though I think the more relevant, immediate news story is the psychopaths around him enabling him and speed-running 1930s Germany.

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

When I see a politician who stands up for trans rights, even though I am a cis white man, I know that is a politician who will stand up for the most oppressed group in America, and therefore will stand up for everyone, trans, gay, straight, Black, Latin, Asian, anyone.

Noooooo oh no

RIP an absolute icon. May her memory be a blessing.

HUB WOMAN WINS NOBEL

Ghana's foreign minister rejects DHS's reported plans to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to that country.

Eswatini's government previously made similar announcement on social media. h/t @garygrumbach.bsky.social

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Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

If Michelle Obama had ever said this the entirety of the GOP’s heads would have exploded simultaneously.

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

fucking WOOF