They robbed us blind and told us that our neighbors were the enemy. All that culture war shit was a diversion to distract us from the largest wealth transfer in history.
I just left a meeting with two families that just got released from detention. Two families with little kids who were traumatized for no reason. Two families that came here legally and played by the rules and it didn’t matter because Trump isn’t obeying the law.
Authoritarians don't win because they control the guns or the media or the courts or the streets.
Authoritarians win because they control imaginations. Because they make it impossible for citizens to imagine solidarity. To imagine justice. To imagine victory.
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bf told me our mutual friend saw several very long texts from me on his phone (your typical wall of text look) and asked if we were ok and he had to explain that i was just telling him about the role of greece in WWII
BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.
Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.
Here's what 4 months of data revealed:
(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
There is zero tolerance for acts of vandalism against the East India Company. Dumping tea into the harbor is wrong. Period. All Bostonians should condemn it.
ALERT: Boston City Council has voted 12-1 to make the City of Boston a sanctuary city for members of the trans, nonbinary, and LGBTQIA+ community.
No city resource or city property shall be utilized for detaining persons for solely seeking or providing gender-affirming care.
can any history buffs please tell me what typically happens when a government shows its citizens that they can no longer get their grievances addressed through nonviolent legal means?
Another day of watching more great scientists getting fired for pretty much nothing except taking a new job or getting promoted. The axe falling at NOAA/NWS today.
An absolute shame that will save us nearly nothing and lose us valuable services
You hear Costco is great. One friend describes it as a 'shopping Disney World'. You start thinking about it. You have some extra cash. You decide to try it out, you'll save that much money in gas anyway! What's the worst that can happen?--