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Thread of beautiful shots of women here, all with alt text (as it should be) 👇
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
4D chess: appointing a leader who is already dead so Israel can't kill him.
Screenshot of article which reads: Let’s talk about the value of solidarity. Recently, senior leaders at the University of California, Los Angeles, made overtures to work with the Trump administration after receiving a settlement proposal that required the university to restrict freedom of speech and expression on campus and to pay $1.2 billion to the federal government. The UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, along with the American Association of University Professors and other unions, sued the administration. The judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration, writing that the administration used a “playbook of initiating civil rights investigations of preeminent universities to justify cutting off federal funding, with the goal of bringing universities to their knees and forcing them to change their ideological tune.” (A ProPublica and Chronicle of Higher Education investigation detailed how the administration tasked lawyers to “rapidly ‘find’ evidence backing a preordained conclusion” at UCLA.)
Screenshot of article which reads: Last month, the Trump administration dropped its appeal of that ruling. While the case itself proceeds, this means that unions were the ones who protected academic freedom at UCLA, not the institution’s senior leadership. Faculty unions can provide some scaffolding to make it easier for faculty members to find ways to act together. But if you can’t join a union at your institution (seriously, join your union!), it can be just as important to join organizations like local chapters of the AAUP (which has already shown a willingness to fight government repression that directly contradicts their past actions during the Red Scares). United Academics of Maryland at the University of Maryland, College Park (affiliated with the AAUP), which is not an official bargaining organization, still worked collectively to win nearly $9 million for workers at risk of losing their jobs due to canceled federal contracts.
Unions are by no means perfect (anyone who's ever been in one can tell you). But I would rather be part of one and push for change than be trying to go it alone.
“Zohran Mamdani is the most prominent observant Muslim in American life. He has made his religious identity a central part of his political identity, and he has vowed to stop ‘biting his tongue’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks,” Reihan Salam, a Muslim who is the president of the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, wrote in an email. “That gives him unique credibility and authority to speak out against the chauvinism, extremism, misogyny and racism that exists within Muslim communities and that has spilled over into violence again and again.”
why isn't the Muslim mayor taking this opportunity to talk about how all Muslims are bad?
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
Those fuckers. I am incandescent
Let me tell you about the time that a literal labor union used AI images in a teach-in (I did not know this was going to be the case when encouraging members to attend) and members understandably messaged me during the teach-in to be like "hey, WTF."
love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name
Transphobia is a rot that hurts everyone. Everyone should be safe in our city centre, and this kind of violence for clickbait is unacceptable. Full solidarity with @greenpartyhan.bsky.social and bravo to her for staying resolute against these bullies. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
So bang on
Will Jennings @drjennings.bsky.social It does sometimes feel that a lot of people in Westminster are just in denial about how much the world has changed over the past decade 00:50 • 9 Mar 2026 Everybody can reply 8 reposts 2 quotes 70 likes 2 saves 2 10 70 ... Will Jennings @drjennings.bsky.. •7h Probably the biggest red flag for the Starmer government should have been the riots of summer 2024 - they had a lot of relevant ingredients... malevolent global far right actors, online disinformation, social unrest.
They thought they had saved Britain for Sensible Moderation. And then, it turned out it was them that had wildly radicalised themselves and each other, and it was them that had been the problem all along.
Case study in gratuitous distinction between 'the Russell Group' and 'outside of the Russell Group' in the stats presented here and the way in which the latter (large and very diverse) group is depicted as lacking research intensity or focus.
No report in the Guardian about a woman MP being attacked on International Women’s Day by transphobic fascists after just a week in the job.
They have these “news” items though
Remembering that when blockers were banned, those consulted (and whose talking points were taken on board) included SPLC designated hate group Genspect, and the child-abuse-tip-sharing Bayswater group.
Slow handclap for Starmer, calling the Green Party extremists and helping to enable this shit
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
This is not a drill
bsky.app/profile/alda...
THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.
I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. It’s so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And it’s not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBC’s homepage.
This repeats yet another pattern from the Iraq War. When the Iraqis did not behave as the Americans wanted — without the deference and gratitude that a foreign military occupier felt it was due — they became targets.
Remember when the IDF had a squad dress up as medical personnel to enter a hospital and execute an injured man in his hospital bed
Bread & peace is something I can definitely get on board with.
Al Jazeera cracked this "enigma":
This school had many daughters of military officers and soldiers. The idea was to attract them to the school, strike it to draw in rescuers and relatives, and then strike it again to kill them.
James O 'Brien • @mrjamesob.bsky.... • 58s There's always a danger of embracing hyperbole when a moment is still unfolding but I do wonder whether, for many past admirers, Tony Blair has just destroyed every last vestige of the 'legacy' he cares so much about. Traditionally, Mandelson would now be advising him on how to turn things round...
The Iraq War report came out in 2016 and it was instantly thrown in the bin and never mentioned again, because he was too useful a guy to be burning him to the ground.
I served, you're absolutely full of shit. The poster or book with forbidden tattoos is older than either of us. And I was a combat medic, saw plenty of infantry with ink and none of it racist symbols. Because they wanted to stay in the military.
move slow and repair things
Lots of people asking why men aren't being tested.
a) your standard, everyday patriarchy
b) it's widely known a non-zero number of cis women will "fail" this crude test. It's less widely appreciated some cis male athletes would "pass" - at which point the entire farce would become unsupportable.
