Reposted by E-norTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar. An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...harpersbazaar.comJuneteenth Has Always Been About Black LiberationPower to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice 122167925
Reposted by E-norPenny Puttanesca says WOODCHIPPER FOR THEM ALL, FEET FIRST 🧿 🍉🤌🏻 @pennyputtanesca.bsky.social · 19/06/2026👀 3625493
Reposted by E-norjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/06/2026pete hegseth is engaged in open racial discrimination against black officers. the clear message is that there is no place for black or women leadership in his militarynytimes.comSecret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity 16962041918
Reposted by E-norlynn0908.bsky.social @lynn0908.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I swear if anyone ever says to me that republicans are fiscally conservative I will throat punch them. They have wasted billions. All while telling us cuts to social programs are necessary. 510110
Reposted by E-norAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is BIG. After spending over $1 BILLION on the purchase of multiple commercial warehouses that ICE planned to convert into the largest jails/prisons in the nation, ICE is now largely abandoning the idea and will aim to sell off multiple warehouses at a loss. 1453090977
Reposted by E-norShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/06/2026by the time this budget actually reaches them it'll have gone from a 70 billion or whatever to 40 grand 410611
Reposted by E-norGullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The real Juneteenth story cannot be told without capturing the experience of the unsung heroes—the U.S. Colored Troops, who were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has long been overlooked. 130581
Reposted by E-norGullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026There’s a saying passed down from earlier generations of Black Texans who were there for the first Juneteenth: “It was not a piece of paper that freed the slaves, but the men with the guns.” 82154762
Reposted by E-norGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Indeed. For Iran there is now virtually no risk, and mostly potential reward, in pressing Trump. 771806386
Reposted by E-norJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm www.notus.org/economy/trum...notus.orgTrump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking PrivilegesTrump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns. 1261208710
Reposted by E-norJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The reviews on Trump’s war are in…and they are not kind. We lost thousands of lives, hundreds of billions of dollars, most of our artillery, and our international respect—but hey at least we maybe got the Strait back to where it was before the war. Major victory, amirite? 😣 29731
Reposted by E-norThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I’m in @foreignpolicy.com taking a big swing (but not a hot take): Trump’s defeat in Iran is a bigger US defeat in strategic terms than the US loss in Vietnam foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/i...foreignpolicy.comIran Is a Bigger Defeat Than VietnamA war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington. 601595489
Reposted by E-nordarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21/05/2026this story is increasingly strange and i am hard pressed to imagine any possible conclusion that could change this impression 811594271
Reposted by E-nor🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We have a literal network of virtually unaccountable, law-breaking, often for-profit concentration camps in operation across the USA. We are almost all *severely* under-reacting to that fact. 3400191
Reposted by E-norJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16/06/2026In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comRFK Jr. will oversee disability education policyThe dismantling of the Department of Education continues apace. 81095603
Reposted by E-norBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This sequel to ‘Idiocracy’ is a little over the top. 717050
Reposted by E-norMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 16/06/2026For writers and scholars in NYC: sign this open letter to remind our wonderful mayor to fund NYC's libraries fully. "New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budgetNYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad... 1240115
Reposted by E-norKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026As the government raids “antifa groups” in Minneapolis with the SAME charges levied against myself and the rest of the Broadview Six, we need to be asking how they got this indictment. And as charges (hopefully) get dropped, we must remember the process is the punishment. 310170595143
Reposted by E-norNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Ten years ago today, in April 2016, the Boston Globe printed a satirical front page imagining a future Trump administration. The page was called "alarmist," "hyperbolic," "dystopian." But we’ve put up with so much since then it now looks like . . . a slow Thursday? 10255932126
Reposted by E-norDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 18/03/2026TL/DR evopsych exists to justify being a nonce and has no actual academic merit. 🥰 1423432
Reposted by E-norsexy baba yaga @beardynoise.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The LotR memes will continue until morale improves 🚗 848481
Reposted by E-norDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This is Avignon Papacy *slander* and absolutely ignores the fact that a) the Romans had been doing it for centuries before that and b) Rome was on fire and you too would want to light out for the south of France. The worst sin of this administration is it's poor grasp of late medieval history. 3357983
Reposted by E-norTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026a must-read story by @burness.bsky.social 122084
Reposted by E-norSalomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Trans people from being constructively eliminated from social, economic and political life. Trans Kansans are *disenfranchised* and our politicians are still acting like this is an issue of who gets to play on a volleyball team boltsmag.org/kansas-trans...boltsmag.orgA New Law Voids IDs of Transgender Kansans. It Also Threatens Their Voting Access. - BoltsAlmost as soon as Kansas lawmakers passed a new law targeting transgender people in late February, state officials started invalidating some people’s driver’s licenses without warning. The law, which ... 27132
Reposted by E-norUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/04/2026"Ernesto" works weeding young lettuce in the Tehachapi CA area. "It's a very tiring job. We're pressured a lot to move as fast as we can. We earn minimum wage. We are only working 5 hrs/day. But they pressure us to do the same amount of work as it would take in 8 hrs." #WeFeedYou 561342486
Reposted by E-norBolts @boltsmag.org · 09/04/2026New Hampshire joins seven other states that require photo ID at the polls while disallowing student IDs, even those issued by state universities. Bolts last year wrote about a similar new law in Indiana:boltsmag.orgIndiana Republicans Ban Student IDs for VotingThe new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, is poised to make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout. 44619
Reposted by E-norBolts @boltsmag.org · 09/04/2026A new law championed by New Hampshire Republicans and signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte on Monday will prohibit college students from using student IDs to vote.concordmonitor.comStudent IDs no longer valid for voting under new NH law - Concord MonitorNew law in New Hampshire restricts college students from using student IDs to vote, sparking debate on voting rights and election security. 87443
Reposted by E-norMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 09/04/2026"You know, they all claim to be Republicans, but don’t even communicate. That’s not a way to lead the state. Mississippi deserves better, and Mississippi’s going to get that when I’m lieutenant governor,” Michael Watson said, vowing to improve relationships among leaders as he launched his bid.mississippifreepress.orgMichael Watson Vows to Improve Relationships at Legislature if Elected Lieutenant GovernorMichael Watson said if he is elected as Mississippi’s lieutenant governor, he will improve relationships in the Legislature and with the governor. 0121
Reposted by E-norKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One of my neighbors has a tree in their front yard that had a big limb nearly break off during the blizzard, and now even though it's cracked in half and lying on the ground, it's in a defiant full bloom. Same, tree. Same. 22120775
Reposted by E-norSharon "Screams in Perimenopause" Z @sharonz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I just made a loud noise - omgomgomgomgomg 093
Reposted by E-norBolts @boltsmag.org · 09/04/2026Wisconsin voters yesterday grew the supreme court’s liberal majority from 4-3 to 5-2—the largest margin Wisconsin liberals have had in this venue since at least the 1970s. Liberals are now sure to keep the majority through 2030.boltsmag.orgLiberals Gain Seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court, Adding to Firewall in Voting CasesChris Taylor’s win on Tuesday expands liberals’ majority on Wisconsin’s high court and locks it in through the next presidential race, when new lawsuits could challenge voting access. 011218
Reposted by E-norBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics 86108571746
Reposted by E-norSatanley (the first 'a' is silent) @satanley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Two preorders I'm looking forward to are... @chanda.blacksky.app's The Edge of Space-Time www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... and @tomlevenson.bsky.social's A Pox on Fools www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808113...penguinrandomhouse.comThe Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos “With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status..... 093
Reposted by E-norBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Unprecedented corruption 8938241204
Reposted by E-norGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/04/2026Hey, friends in NYC! There's a Sunset Park Rent Party on Saturday from 3-7 pm to raise money for families in Brooklyn impacted by ICE! Check it out and swing by if you have the chance! 05529
Reposted by E-norDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 09/04/2026Like aristocrats and nobility of old, dudes they want to believe that their place is ordained because they were just That Special.What makes them special just varies - bloodlines and birth gave way to Meritocracy and Grindset instead. (H/T to John Rogers). 8/22 1854
Reposted by E-norDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 09/04/2026Manosphere grifting slapdicks RELY on folks ignoring nuance because it's EASY to sell One Simple Trick That Will Solve All Your Problems. And it's even EASIER when they're selling the same fear and insecurity that One Simple Trick will solve with the other hand. 4/22 11038
Reposted by E-norDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 09/04/2026One thing that comes up a lot – in fact, it's going to come up in Friday's column – in the whole "male loneliness epidemic is how "the manosphere/far-right are the only people offering answers to the problem", and that's not even vaguely true. 1/22 122169
Reposted by E-norThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/04/2026As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes:bit.lyPete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military“Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but. 18294112
Reposted by E-norDoctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social · 09/04/2026They don't oppose Trump for moral reasons but because they're bitter antisemies who think he's a puppet of The Jew. 23311
Reposted by E-norRickey Purdin @rickeypurdin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Interested in working behind the scenes in comics, or know someone who is? Not afraid of organization & deadlines? Able to commute to NYC daily? You’re in luck! I’m hiring an entry-level coordinator in Talent Relations! Note: applications must be submitted online w/resumes in order to be considered!disney.wd5.myworkdayjobs.comTalent Relations CoordinatorJob Posting Title: Talent Relations Coordinator Req ID: 10142778 Job Description: Job Summary The Talent Relations Coordinator supports the Director of Talent Relations in executing Marvel’s talent re... 15837
Reposted by E-norSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 09/04/20261) they're cooked and they know it 2) it appears that a big reason Planned Parenthood won't get targeted like it did last year is because Democrats refused to fund DHS, effectively forcing Republicans to focus their second reconciliation bill on funding the secret policewashingtonexaminer.comJohnson to skip defunding Planned Parenthood in party-line billMike Johnson, an anti-abortion movement ally, is not considering the language as Republicans attempt to pass DHS funding through reconciliation. 1507118
Reposted by E-norDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/04/2026It's really striking, even for those of us who live here. The signs truly are all over *every single block* 352286
Reposted by E-norKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The federal government is literally striking words from official record based on them being too “woke” and pundits are arguing if the wokeness is what went too far 261612320
Reposted by E-norShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/04/2026editor: you need to rewrite me: why editor: because we need plausible characters me: whats the problem editor: You're claiming its actually possible to turn the Iranian govt and the Catholic Church into sympathetic figures within 12 months??? 212173357
Reposted by E-norCezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A lot of my work is in tourism and I recently presented a report to one travel company about how Google's AI summary misrepresented some of their destinations. Highlights included: - Inventing non-existent parking - Inventing a dinner course included in the price - Inventing a whole-ass LAKE 616376
Reposted by E-norMina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 09/04/2026yeah, I don't want to hear about how the No Kings protests "aren't doing anything" when this is going on, along with Dem overperformances/flips. 18416
