Reactionaries convinced us for decades that something like gender studies has no practical use in society, and I know many reasonable people also believe(d?) this. It was the butt of the joke for as log as I can remember.
But OMG does this video drive home the point they were wrong.
UNC won’t release results of its months-long $1.2M investigation into School of Civic Life. UNC says release would run the risk of harming or embarrassing subjects and sources in the investigation into conservative-led school. (Via Jane Sartwell) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced
My daughter reported that the ICE presence outside her school during recess last week involved ICE officers sitting IN AN ICE CREAM TRUCK. And this wasn't kids misinterpreting. We had an email from the school the day it happened; we just didn't get the ice cream detail in the email.
“.. U.S. crude futures this week skyrocketed at their fastest rate in records stretching back to 1983 ..
“.. ‘You see why the [1970s] oil shocks were so hard to control.’”
@wsj.com
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This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.
AFTER Putin reportedly shared U.S. weapons positions with Iran? How….odd.
This is what they said about tariffs, too. We must all be willing to endure some short term pain so our dumbass president can implement the policies that will ensure long term pain.
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
Absolutely sickening shit: the Dena had just participated in international naval exercises *with the US* and was unarmed and the US knew this and sank it anyway and left the survivors to drown
i work with words for a living, so I am biased, but I really think we've got to bring back words. really useful if you imbue them with meaning and arrange them properly!
What brainrot has stricken so many to believe it's okay to take speakerphone calls or facetime or listen to music and/or videos without headphones in coffee shops and other public (yet enclosed) spaces?
NEW: In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades.
Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.
By the time they did the last interview, Trump was in the White House. He's just attacked this woman again, years and years later. If she isn't safe, none of us are safe.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has told a judge that it is not able to comply with his order to begin refunding tariffs.
CCTV video showing the moment a missile struck next to a boys’ school in Iran’s Qazvin, causing panic amongst students and staff, has been released by IRGC-affiliated media.
Iran blamed the attack, which reportedly took place during the first day of the war, on the US and Israel.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has credibility problem. open.substack.com/pub/politics...
U.S. stocks are falling sharply Friday after getting a whiff of a worst-case scenario for financial markets: a weakening economy combined with high inflation.
Oh wow. North Carolina Republican Bob Rucho—whose name is on the caption of the infamous 2019 SCOTUS case that greenlighted partisan gerrymandering, Rucho v. Common Cause—has resigned from the state Board of Elections after violating a ban on board members donating to political candidates.
“.. Given the U.S.’s intelligence capabilities, they should have known that a school was in the vicinity,” said Beth Van Schaack, a former State Department official ..
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Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Three months before the start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, Dare and Hyde County officials urged state lawmakers Thursday to help them fund a more permanent solution to maintain North Carolina Highway 12. ncnewsline.com/2026/03/05/w... #obx #ncpol
Follow the money
The Coinbase CEO met with Trump at the WH & hours later Trump attacked banks for opposing stablecoin yields
His family has made hundreds of millions from World Liberty Financial, which issues USD1 — a stablecoin that benefits directly!
Corruption in plain sight
Were corporate executives briefed in advance on U.S. operations in Iran like they were in Venezuela?
The Trump Admin can’t answer that basic question.
Americans pay more at the pump, all while Big Oil companies profit from war.
What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
This week's primaries made clear: Texas is a key battleground. The national importance of Texas and other Southern states is already growing. @chriskromm.bsky.social looks at new projections into the South's growing clout as we head towards the 2030 census: www.facingsouth.org/2026/03/sout...
I still can't get over Trump, Hegseth and company naming their war, "Operation Epic Fury," highlighting their anger (qualified as if they are characters in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure) rather than even pretending to emphasize any sort of political justification.
Also, buy popcorn.
Magas love the military, as long as they're just murderbots.
