FrogBoiling

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Arts admin, actor, writer, activist, concerned citizen. (he/him/his)

There is no economic growth on a dead planet.

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Now would be a good time to discard the analysis and opinion of any member of the commentariat who has been on the “free speech crisis on campus” beat but somehow only ever focuses on the threat of leftwing “cancel culture” instead of the escalating assault from the Right.
 
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/
Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.

The Texas Tribune
Despite Crow's representations to the IRS, ProPublica reporters could find no evidence that his yacht company was actually a profit-seeking business, as the law requires.
https://www.propublica.org/article/harlan-crow-slashed-tax-bill-clarence-thomas-superyacht
How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises

In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts.

ProPublica

michelle goldberg @michelle really gets desantis. good piece here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/opinion/desantis-higher-education-bill.html?smid=tw-share

i would propose that we stop referring to desantis as engaged in culture war. that gives it a veneer of respect, as if it's *for* something. it's not. it's a war against rights, a war *on* americans (literally against americans). it's orbanism, yes, and in the same way it's designed to degrade america as a place for all.

Opinion | Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary

Ron DeSantis borrows from Viktor Orban’s playbook.

The New York Times
We must prevent, at all costs, the presence of an authoritarian wannabe in the White House. There are two men in Florida who currently want that position and that power. Either would be a disaster for America.

Update - suspect is dead from self inflicted gunshot wound. Two guns recovered.. Including pistol with multiple magazines in backpack

⚡SUSPECT AT LARGE⚡

Mass shooting on campus of Michigan State University at East Lansing, Michigan.

THREE dead...at least five Hospitalized

Suspect is smaller black male, wearing red tennies, Jean jacket, blue cap and black pants.

At least two SWAT teams and multiple law enforcement agencies at the scene to search for the suspect.

Nazis are building community every day. Are you?
https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2023/01/23/dissident-homeschool/
The “Dissident Homeschoolers” of Upper Sandusky: Katja and Logan Lawrence – Anonymous Comrades Collective

The way to honor Tyre Nichols is to never stop fighting for justice, to never give up on reform and progress, and to hold fully accountable not only the murderers but the system that gave them the power and the implied permission to take his life so violently and with such evil purpose.

The cat just went over to the HomePod mini on my desk, meowed at it, and Siri said "sure here is some music for you" and the cat perched on the window sill listening to Garbage and Elliott Smith.

I just want to know how long this has been going on.

There's a new Mississippi anti-trans bill out that literally piggybacks off of a previous anti-abortion bill.

Abortion rights and trans rights are part of the same fight, and the same people are pushing the bad laws.

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https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/mississippi-bill-uses-abortion-ban

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