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This is what it actually means to be "cancelled" (i.e. fired from your job) for standing by your beliefs
(In this case: the belief in basic human equality and dignity)
I don't know about you, but I'll be picking up a copy of Robin Ince's book this Xmas
(In this case: the belief in basic human equality and dignity)
I don't know about you, but I'll be picking up a copy of Robin Ince's book this Xmas
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is what it actually means to be "cancelled" (i.e. fired from your job) for standing by your beliefs
(In this case: the belief in basic human equality and dignity)
I don't know about you, but I'll be picking up a copy of Robin Ince's book this Xmas
(In this case: the belief in basic human equality and dignity)
I don't know about you, but I'll be picking up a copy of Robin Ince's book this Xmas
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Dems were in power 12 of the past 25 years with the chance to at least *attempt* to reduce the power of the police state and instead gleefully and massively expanded it at every single opportunity.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Dems were in power 12 of the past 25 years with the chance to at least *attempt* to reduce the power of the police state and instead gleefully and massively expanded it at every single opportunity.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
They didn't even pretend to oppose any of this shit on principle, only the aesthetics.
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The crazy eyes, the confusing and confused opposition between sovereignty and justice, the eyeliner… yeah it’s as bad as y’all say and she should end up with James David. Watch out Ms Usha.
December 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The crazy eyes, the confusing and confused opposition between sovereignty and justice, the eyeliner… yeah it’s as bad as y’all say and she should end up with James David. Watch out Ms Usha.
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NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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66% support either a single national government program or a mix of government and private programs.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
Most Americans say government has a responsibility to ensure health care coverage: https://pewrsr.ch/495emca
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
66% support either a single national government program or a mix of government and private programs.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
The total goes up to 92% if you include support for the continuation of Medicare and Medicaid.
Only 7% said there should be no government involvement of any kind in health care coverage.
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Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
Democrats Return Henry Cuellar to Powerful Spending Post After Trump Pardon
“We got ratified,” Cuellar told reporters after the vote.
www.notus.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
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This is lovely. All can be true
-There is a real need for internal change in higher ed to counter tendencies toward groupthink & monoculture
-The Fox/MAGA caricature is absurd and unrecognizable from the inside
-The authoritarian assault would make things vastly worse by destroying academic freedom
-There is a real need for internal change in higher ed to counter tendencies toward groupthink & monoculture
-The Fox/MAGA caricature is absurd and unrecognizable from the inside
-The authoritarian assault would make things vastly worse by destroying academic freedom
Column worth reading, by former two-term GOP governor who discovers that Harvard is not the hellscape of intolerance and group-think that the MAGA and its media are constantly telling him about.
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I was a red state governor. What I saw at Harvard surprised me.
The spirit of association remains alive in unexpected places.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is lovely. All can be true
-There is a real need for internal change in higher ed to counter tendencies toward groupthink & monoculture
-The Fox/MAGA caricature is absurd and unrecognizable from the inside
-The authoritarian assault would make things vastly worse by destroying academic freedom
-There is a real need for internal change in higher ed to counter tendencies toward groupthink & monoculture
-The Fox/MAGA caricature is absurd and unrecognizable from the inside
-The authoritarian assault would make things vastly worse by destroying academic freedom
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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*taps the sign* newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/chur...
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
*taps the sign* newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/chur...
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One day apart - In Tennessee and Texas Republicans at the top of the state announce a plan to put TP USA chapters in every high school in each state
Likely not a coincidence
Likely not a coincidence
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One day apart - In Tennessee and Texas Republicans at the top of the state announce a plan to put TP USA chapters in every high school in each state
Likely not a coincidence
Likely not a coincidence
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"You wouldn't come to this committee and say something you couldn't prove. I know you wouldn't do that.
But you did."
But you did."
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"You wouldn't come to this committee and say something you couldn't prove. I know you wouldn't do that.
But you did."
But you did."
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Critical issues:
-COVID
-Measles quarantines
-Loss of healthcare subsidies
-Rural hospitals closing
-Loss of doctors due to immigration frenzy
-MH during holidays
-We have no money to buy groceries
But you write about freaking testosterone levels.
Are you utterly tone deaf and stupid rn⁉️
-COVID
-Measles quarantines
-Loss of healthcare subsidies
-Rural hospitals closing
-Loss of doctors due to immigration frenzy
-MH during holidays
-We have no money to buy groceries
But you write about freaking testosterone levels.
Are you utterly tone deaf and stupid rn⁉️
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with FDA Commissioner Martin Makary about the decline in testosterone in men in the U.S. and what his agency wants to do about it.
Testosterone levels have declined in men. Here's what the FDA wants to do about it
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with FDA Commissioner Martin Makary about the decline in testosterone in men in the U.S. and what his agency wants to do about it.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Critical issues:
-COVID
-Measles quarantines
-Loss of healthcare subsidies
-Rural hospitals closing
-Loss of doctors due to immigration frenzy
-MH during holidays
-We have no money to buy groceries
But you write about freaking testosterone levels.
Are you utterly tone deaf and stupid rn⁉️
-COVID
-Measles quarantines
-Loss of healthcare subsidies
-Rural hospitals closing
-Loss of doctors due to immigration frenzy
-MH during holidays
-We have no money to buy groceries
But you write about freaking testosterone levels.
Are you utterly tone deaf and stupid rn⁉️
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Somali Minnesotans can speak to this xenophobia so clearly because they feel the consequences of his hateful words.
Read what Faisa has to say:
Read what Faisa has to say:
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Somali Minnesotans can speak to this xenophobia so clearly because they feel the consequences of his hateful words.
Read what Faisa has to say:
Read what Faisa has to say:
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The justice department is compromised. Targeted prosecution is the new norm. Black women are taking the brunt of this violence. It is a white supremacist regime. Keep fighting!!
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted for fraud, money laundering
The longtime leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City has been indicted for fraud and money laundering.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The justice department is compromised. Targeted prosecution is the new norm. Black women are taking the brunt of this violence. It is a white supremacist regime. Keep fighting!!
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
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I recall someone (maybe Dean Dad from IHE??) saying that if a rich philanthropist really wanted to make a epoch-defining gift to higher education, they would pay for a free-to-ues ERP system for universities that actually do what universities need to do.
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I recall someone (maybe Dean Dad from IHE??) saying that if a rich philanthropist really wanted to make a epoch-defining gift to higher education, they would pay for a free-to-ues ERP system for universities that actually do what universities need to do.
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In my 25yrs in the academy I 👀 the proliferation of expensive enterprise software that shifted the burden of sooo many basic administrative functions — reconciling receipts, paying honoraria, booking travel — from competent, efficient staff to faculty + students. I’d spend entire days on this crap.
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M
Protests force disclosure of costs totaling $16,000 per student over 7 year rollout replacing 80 legacy systems
The total cost of a Workday implementation project at Washington University in St. Louis is set to hit almost $266 million, it was revealed after the project was the subject of protests from students.…
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In my 25yrs in the academy I 👀 the proliferation of expensive enterprise software that shifted the burden of sooo many basic administrative functions — reconciling receipts, paying honoraria, booking travel — from competent, efficient staff to faculty + students. I’d spend entire days on this crap.
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This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
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Anti-vaxxism is an ideology with maybe the dumbest combination of pointless and evil that has ever existed bsky.app/profile/nyti...
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Anti-vaxxism is an ideology with maybe the dumbest combination of pointless and evil that has ever existed bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Anyway, a very good FOIA to file this morning would be for all emails and calls received in the last 24 hours by the immigration “judge” who issued the order.
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Anyway, a very good FOIA to file this morning would be for all emails and calls received in the last 24 hours by the immigration “judge” who issued the order.
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Who gets the blame for the ACA price inflation? Trump and the GOP do. Moreover, it's clear that they made a series of moves explicitly designed to precipitate the crisis.
Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who gets the blame for the ACA price inflation? Trump and the GOP do. Moreover, it's clear that they made a series of moves explicitly designed to precipitate the crisis.
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HELL YEAH
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
HELL YEAH