Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

Media is demoralizing us by bombarding us with people who are antithetical to our values. It chips away at our belief in good people. Our belief in a healthy democracy. Our belief in truth & consequences.

But you know what? I'm keeping my ideals––against the odds.

You're not taking them from me.

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

I believe history is a circle, made by men who don’t learn from their mistakes.” -Edward Hogan

You don’t bury an ethics report that would exonerate Trump’s pick.

You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide.

See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.

"It is a mistake to think of these people as flawed. It is not they will do a bad job in their assigned posts. It is that they will do a good job using those assigned posts to destroy our country." I urge everyone to read all @timothysnyder.bsky.social writes. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.

You will not build up by tearing others down here.

Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome!

With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

It's somehow way worse than this

Two “feral and not trained” emus named Thelma and Louise are on the loose in South Carolina about three hours from the 43 monkey escape that happened days earlier

Holy Smokes! Moderation Lists are EVERYTHING. I just found out you can block an entire list of MAGA with one click! Click subscribe at the top of the list and it allows you to mute all or block all! PROTECT YOUR PEACE & the peace of your friends commenting on your posts!

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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope"

- Dr. MLK Jr.