Lisa
@brarylanne.bsky.social
Some positive news!
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’ | New Mexico | The Guardian share.google/9sTZab5ozhTh...
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’ | New Mexico | The Guardian share.google/9sTZab5ozhTh...
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’
Move is expansion of existing program that has helped lift tens of thousands of people out of poverty
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September 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some positive news!
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’ | New Mexico | The Guardian share.google/9sTZab5ozhTh...
New Mexico becomes first state to offer free childcare for all: ‘model for the nation’ | New Mexico | The Guardian share.google/9sTZab5ozhTh...
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There are different ways to control internet speech as highlighted by this 20-year old comic.
August 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There are different ways to control internet speech as highlighted by this 20-year old comic.
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
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The fact that literally zero outlets ever cover crime decline as a story is a huge reason. (And before you yell at me, we do!)
This @today.yougov.com poll is why I'm going to become the Joker.
The US murder rate in 2024 was likely down nearly 30 percent relative to 2020 and down nearly 50 percent relative to 1990.
The US murder rate in 2024 was likely down nearly 30 percent relative to 2020 and down nearly 50 percent relative to 1990.
July 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The fact that literally zero outlets ever cover crime decline as a story is a huge reason. (And before you yell at me, we do!)
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A father screams for his child from a tiny interview room within a basement waiting room inside LA federal building. The space is not a holding area. No food. No water. No diapers. Those initially detained include a 2-year-old US citizen and a woman with high-risk pregnancy.
June 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A father screams for his child from a tiny interview room within a basement waiting room inside LA federal building. The space is not a holding area. No food. No water. No diapers. Those initially detained include a 2-year-old US citizen and a woman with high-risk pregnancy.
How was THAT the "Nevertheless" sentence?!
"The states not experiencing mass death refused to change their policies to more closely resemble the states experiencing mass death."
June 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How was THAT the "Nevertheless" sentence?!
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❌ NO: This is not a CNN graphic & the stats comparing military & civilian losses between Pakistan & India are not accurate.
⚠️ Presenting a falsehood as if it came from a reputable news source is a common way to spread misinformation.
RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/FakeGraphic
#ImpostorContent
⚠️ Presenting a falsehood as if it came from a reputable news source is a common way to spread misinformation.
RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/FakeGraphic
#ImpostorContent
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
❌ NO: This is not a CNN graphic & the stats comparing military & civilian losses between Pakistan & India are not accurate.
⚠️ Presenting a falsehood as if it came from a reputable news source is a common way to spread misinformation.
RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/FakeGraphic
#ImpostorContent
⚠️ Presenting a falsehood as if it came from a reputable news source is a common way to spread misinformation.
RumorGuard post: go.newslit.org/FakeGraphic
#ImpostorContent
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One of the greatest travesties of this administration so far. Absolutely appalling.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 1,000 openly identifying transgender troops will be moved out of the military immediately under new Pentagon order.
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
One of the greatest travesties of this administration so far. Absolutely appalling.
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Its also fascinating because it uses enormous amounts of government subsidies to make it possible
Car supremacy is kind of a fascinating tic of conservative ideology to me: They can only conceive of liberty within the structures of the status quo.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
Driving in a dense city is *theoretical* freedom but in practice it’s oppression. Meaningful freedom is walking, biking and regular public transit.
April 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Its also fascinating because it uses enormous amounts of government subsidies to make it possible
“We went into this study expecting to find what many researchers, teachers and other observers assume: smartphone ownership is harmful to children. Not only was that not the case, most of the time we found the opposite – that owning a smartphone was associated with positive outcomes."
USF study reveals how smartphones may benefit kids, risks of posting publicly to social media
These findings will help inform a 25-year national study that will track young people’s digital media use and wellbeing into adulthood.
www.stpetersburg.usf.edu
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“We went into this study expecting to find what many researchers, teachers and other observers assume: smartphone ownership is harmful to children. Not only was that not the case, most of the time we found the opposite – that owning a smartphone was associated with positive outcomes."
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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery
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”white supremacist book purge” is exactly right. it goes along with the segregationist purge of the service academies.
Some horrifying details on the white supremacist book purge at the Naval Academy library:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
April 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
”white supremacist book purge” is exactly right. it goes along with the segregationist purge of the service academies.
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Elon Musk thinks senior citizens should get their information on Twitter only.
What could possibly go wrong… www.wired.com/story/social...
What could possibly go wrong… www.wired.com/story/social...
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Elon Musk thinks senior citizens should get their information on Twitter only.
What could possibly go wrong… www.wired.com/story/social...
What could possibly go wrong… www.wired.com/story/social...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Here's why it would be a mistake to do anything that resists fascists, By Some Fascist
January 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Here's why it would be a mistake to do anything that resists fascists, By Some Fascist
Feels like it's all just oligarchs playing games...
January 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Feels like it's all just oligarchs playing games...
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”
Scorched Earth
The precarity of living on a burning planet.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”
Trying to organize the various newsletters I subscribe to and realizing I've essentially gone back to reading regular blog posts.
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trying to organize the various newsletters I subscribe to and realizing I've essentially gone back to reading regular blog posts.
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“The public reaction to the coldblooded killing of a CEO should serve as a wakeup call to other practitioners of corporate greed: While your wealth and status may garner respect in life, the same guarantee cannot be made in death.”
My latest:
My latest:
Breaking the norms of death
A healthcare CEO was shot dead. Many are glad. What now?
www.thehandbasket.co
December 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
“The public reaction to the coldblooded killing of a CEO should serve as a wakeup call to other practitioners of corporate greed: While your wealth and status may garner respect in life, the same guarantee cannot be made in death.”
My latest:
My latest:
Remember in 'A Christmas Carol' how gleeful everyone was at Scrooge's death in the future that could have been? Yeah... Unfortunately, personal ghosts and guilt aren't great ways to enact systemic change.
December 5, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Remember in 'A Christmas Carol' how gleeful everyone was at Scrooge's death in the future that could have been? Yeah... Unfortunately, personal ghosts and guilt aren't great ways to enact systemic change.