The Empty Library memorial, to remember the book burnings done by Nazis. In Berlin, Germany.
Politicians aren’t nearly outraged enough at the Trump regime disappearing these students of color. I’m not qwhite sure why?? But I bet we’d hear a very different tune if these students had the complexion for protection.
If you’re willing to sit silent when Black & brown people are denied due process and abducted by a fascist regime, then don’t be surprised when you’re the next victim of that same regime. That’s how fascism has always advanced—through complicit silence.
I've now seen a second instance of a quote attributed to me in a news site I've never heard of (and certainly was not interviewed for). In general, if the quote includes the phrase 'AI' with no scare quotes or other distance, that's a good sign it's not really from me.
I've written to ask for a retraction, so we'll see. I suspect this is yet another case of someone posting the text extruded from an LLM as if it were news. It's appalling.
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
I know trans people who range in age from 15 to in their 60s. I have noticed a few patterns. All of them are pretty normal. For those I've known before they let everyone know, they seemed much happier after, though that did take a few years in some cases. The only two people I know who are "struggling" are mostly struggling *because* they don't have a supportive family. But, most have supportive families, or families that learned to be supportive. And that is what I have noticed. Wow.
"As Defendants [Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security] acknowledge, they had no legal authority to arrest him, no justification to detain him, and no grounds to send him to El Salvador—let alone deliver him into one of the most dangerous prisons in the Western Hemisphere. Having confessed grievous error, the Defendants now argue that this Court lacks the power to hear this case, and they lack the power to order Abrego Garcia’s return."
The judge is angry.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.31.0.pdf
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The Oklahoman - US Senator Markwayne Mullin suggests shooting reporters would be one way to cut down on the frequency of “fake news” stories. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2025/04/06/markwayne-mullin-fake-news-remarks-us-senator-capitol/82963694007/?taid=67f2c129175fce0001c10fd3
Based on the shuttering of USAID alone, if the effective altruists had donated to block Trump's return to office, their return on investment would eclipse everything else they've accomplished in the past 15 years.
The tipping point is when Trump switches from "Tariff is the most beautiful word, and we are going to be so rich" to "Nobody knew we were going to be hit by a financial crisis because of the mess Biden left us".
Any day now.