Today on the Edge Effects podcast, former managing editor Bri Meyer talks with writer and designer @brebec.bsky.social about her short stories and their themes of gender and environmental destruction. Our first ever bilingual episode is everything we hoped it would be and more! 🔪📚

Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by attacks on the Constitution so extreme that even judges Trump appointed in his first term are aghast.

NEW: A majority of voters (55%) support the Block the Bombs Act, which would prohibit the U.S. from selling large bombs and heavy artillery shells to Israel.

He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Earlier this year, @theradr.bsky.social wrote this helpful piece listing ways to engage in "good trouble." Definitely worth a read for anyone who's still unsure where to start.

www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/

Bari Weiss has officially been announced as the editor in chief of CBS News. “She’s not a reporter; she’s never been in the field,” a 60 Minutes producer told Adam Piore for a recent profile of CBS. “Talk about controversies.”
www.cjr.org/feature/cbs-...

Novel idea: “If you believe you don’t have to abide by the law of Western Australia, then there is no way you can be considered a fit and proper person to be able to hold a licence to own and possess a firearm.” thenightly.com.au/australia/so...

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

All 45 staffers at the "Department of Government Efficiency" were apparently too valuable to lose, as the agency was completely unscathed by the temporary employment suspension. trib.al/oLvnmwO

Meanwhile, he furloughed 89% of the EPA, 87% Dept. of Ed, and 71% of HUD.

Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!

We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.

One city decided it didn’t want a data center and the community had about three weeks to organize. We talked with Dr. Mike Bogan from the University of Arizona about what went into Tucson’s efforts, including his role as a scientist, and learned A LOT www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi...

This is an Epstein shutdown.

Fuck ICE.

Good one. "Kavanaugh Stops" for when DHS officers grab US citizens on the street and detain them for anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple days, and "Kavanaugh Raids" for when DHS officers raid a worksite or apartment building and detain US citizens for hours/days while they check everyone there.

New polling suggests that Trump’s efforts to falsely claim that Democrats shut down the government because they want to provide “free health care for illegal aliens” are not working.

Nearly half of Americans blame the shutdown on Trump and Republicans in Congress, and for good reason.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Whoa! Employees at the SBA received a template for their suggested “out of office” email. They were advised to blame the Democrats.

🚨 A clear violation of the Hatch Act

Millions of veterans got this email from the official VA account with a blatant political smear and lie about the government shutdown yesterday. This is a massive violation of the law and federal regulations using our government resources for political actions.

It's important to name the tools of authoritarianism so we can identify and condemn them with precision. I'm glad we now have a term for ICE's openly racist, degrading immigration arrests: Kavanaugh stops. slate.com/news-and-pol...

BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement.

I really like the phrase "Kavanaugh stop." It's not a Terry stop, because a Terry stop is short and based on reasonable suspicion of a crime. A Kavanaugh stop, by contrast, is when masked goons kidnap a person for speaking Spanish.

I heard someone refer to PH as "Full Metal Jackass" and thought that pretty much hit the mark. 🎯