Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"Political scientists have found that nonviolent rebellion is the most reliable path from dictatorship to democracy. Decades of research point to four steps that successful rebellions follow." 16429177
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Here for lifelong friends and THE FAIR. 010
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Want to resist imposed genAI use in your workplace? There’s some advice and inspiration in here (h/t @readywriting.bsky.social) aftermath.site/ai-resistanc...aftermath.siteWelcome To The Resistance: Meet The Workers Dodging (And Sabotaging) Their Employer's AI Mandates'When I copy-edit writing I take an extra twenty minutes to double check, then say I had Claude copy edit it as well. Everyone’s really happy with my performance' 1288
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026How incredibly proud am I to know the brilliant @roopikarisam.bsky.social ! 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026If you are responsible for the life of a senior (as I am for my 90 year old mother), you know how important immigrant communities are to their care. This is devastating. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder Care (Gift Article)Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I agree with Rahm Emanuel. Mandatory retirement from federal public service at age 75. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...nytimes.comGraham’s Death Highlights Congress’s Age Issue (Gift Article)By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn’t particularly old. 001
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Nice piece. This work on developing local fibersheds has actually been around for more than a decade. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5871...one.npr.org🔊 Listen Now: Ohio entrepreneur wants to bring 'farm-to-table' concept to clothing industryMorning Edition on NPR One | 3:32 030
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Here we go, down the hill www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...nytimes.comDecline of Ph.D. Admissions Could Imperil a ‘Generation of New Talent’ 012
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Good. www.ajc.com/education/20...ajc.comGa. teacher gets nearly $300K in settlement over Charlie Kirk social media postThe teacher accused the school system of violating her First Amendment rights. 010
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Not the least bit surprised. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week 010
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialAlexis Nexis @fullofshark.bsky.social · 18/06/2026“Widow’s Bay” is arguably the best new show of the year so far — by a long shot. And maybe one of the most solid, creative first seasons in a long while. And so this search “suggestion” when you Google the show tickled me quite a bit. 042
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Fun funny times for voting here in Georgia roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/06/05/h...roughdraftatlanta.comState Election Board passes resolution allowing counties to switch to hand-marked ballotsGeorgia's State Election Board pushes for hand-marked paper ballots, contradicting guidelines from the secretary of state's office. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026“Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning.” 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026www.ajc.com/education/20...ajc.comEmory had ‘no choice’ but to call cops on Gaza protest, school says in lawsuitEmory argues that it had “no choice” but to request assistance from the Atlanta Police Department during a 2024 protest that led to the arrest of three professors. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Here are some of the results you get if you search the political contributions made by Emory’s new president. You’re a smart cookie. You can draw your own conclusions I am sure. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Seriously!? These are OUR TAX DOLLARS. Federal workers are accountable to the PUBLIC. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 23/05/2026So glad I give them my money. This is what I have done for the past year instead of donating to democratic candidates. Seems a more effective use of my resources. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Unspeakable. The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Less sickening , but too little too late. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...nytimes.comDOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Just sickening. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...theassemblync.comHow Two Duke Alumni Helped Conservatives Take Over the NEHThe Trump administration fired most of the National Endowment for the Humanities' advisory board. Two Duke-trained political theorists are now key leaders. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 30/04/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...nytimes.comThey Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead. 000
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Racism is over says the Supreme Court, which you can tell because it took literally a matter of minutes after they gutted the Voting Rights Act for Republicans in the South to start moving to make sure Black people in their states get no representation in Congress 3931991154
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 28/04/2026This researcher created a fictional illness, and fake studies funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and University of the Fellowship of the Ring and the Galactic Triad. LLMs warned people the illness was real. go.nature.com/4cQabS5go.nature.comScientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was realNature - Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness? 14221
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 28/04/2026RFK Jr. is holding up $600 million in vaccines for poor countriesdlvr.itRFK Jr. is holding up $600 million in vaccines for poor countriesThe distributor of the shots said it would cost tens of thousands of lives. 108847
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Another reason to degoogle your life, in case you needed one. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...nytimes.comSergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side 010
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026www.ajc.com/news/2026/04...ajc.comICE begins 2026 with high pace of arrests in GeorgiaGeorgia ranks as a top state in the country for enforcement, updated federal data shows. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Good. (April 25, 2024, was the day I decided it was time to retire.)wabe.orgEmory professors take on their own university after arrests at 2024 Israel-Hamas warThree professors at Atlanta's Emory University filed a lawsuit Thursday over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over the Israel-Hamas war, saying the university broke its own free speech polic... 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I really just cannot with these people www.ajc.com/news/2026/04...ajc.comTrump and other top Republicans read passages in a marathon Bible eventPresident Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event. The America Reads the Bible event is being livestreamed from the Museum of... 000
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism 336104722197
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Incredibly creepy www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...nytimes.comHundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media 011
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Protecting us from the worst criminals. Way to go ICE www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comFrench woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheartThe family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I adore @petridishes.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...theatlantic.comThe 10 Things the Bezoses Are Almost Certainly Grateful for Each MorningNever mind. We said “money” yesterday. 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026“Dr. Bolivar did everything right,” said Victor Haddad, mayor pro-tem of McAllen, in a statement. “She followed the rules. She dedicated her life to healing others,” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...nytimes.comSecond Venezuelan Doctor Detained in South Texas by Immigration Agents 010
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026How small we are. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...nytimes.comAnother Giant Leap Reminds Us How Small We Are 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 11/04/2026A friend of mine called watching the Artemis II mission competence porn, and she is not wrong. It’s also absolutely thrilling. www.youtube.com/live/NXv_Oiq...youtube.comWatch live! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic moon missionYouTube video by VideoFromSpace 032
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026“Shawn Harris lost by about 12 percentage points in the 14th Congressional District, but he shifted the district 25 points to the left.” — this is MTG’s district. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...nytimes.comDemocrats Pulled Off Their Biggest Shift Yet Among House Specials Since 2024 021
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 04/04/2026If they had run this headline on April 1 nobody would’ve thought it was real. I’m still having dome difficulty with it www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...nytimes.comNo One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In 142
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 03/04/2026My thoughts go out to everyone in their decision-making. We can’t afford to lose more people AND accomplish our mission. But isn’t that the point? It seems like it’s going to get worse before it gets better. “strategic initiative to improve resource management” my ass.federalnewsnetwork.comInterior Dept gives employees third shot at voluntary incentives to leave their jobs | Federal News NetworkInterior is looking to shrink its headcount ahead of a “strategic initiative to improve resource management and the delivery of critical resources." 35217
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2026Georgia’s election system is flirting with disarray, experts say, after the state legislature failed overnight to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system, which uses QR codes, before the November midterm elections.nyti.msGeorgia Lawmakers End Session Without Fixing a Threat to Its Midterm ElectionsThe state legislature failed to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system and find a new one — all before November. 25332
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 31/03/2026We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.propublica.orgThe Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention CenterProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of... 25928578
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Most especially @jesseduquette.bsky.social 000
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...nytimes.comMelania and the Robot 000
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 24/03/2026but wait it gets better 232356105
Reposted by @citycrofter.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 24/03/2026This is Cannoli. He shows up in almost every Facebook Marketplace ad placed by his human. He often overshadows the items for sale, some of which are cut off entirely. He seems mostly on board with modeling, but we're curious about his grudge against the pancake griddle. 13/10 (FB: Cassy Day) 634975446
citycrofter.bsky.social @citycrofter.bsky.social · 24/03/2026In case there have been any interesting depositions you might want to cite. ::coughdogebroscough:: 000