US "crime," policing, and immigration panics are deeply rooted in the country's history of slavery and the belief among the rich white former slave-owning elite that they won't be able to maintain control or enjoy "white culture" without a massively violent and oppressive system to keep themselves on top.

Everything else they say on the subject is bullshit.

This is a longshot, but I'm between my Masters and being accepted to any PhD programs. There's a conference that's right up my alley and I'd like to attend, but money is an issue. (EDIT: If it matters, I'm a USian currently sojourning in Albania & the conference is in Spain.)

Does anyone know of grants or awards that would help a non-traditional disabled woman in science get travel funds?

#AcademicChatter #Science

In America under Trump, Republicans, and the christian nationalists and technofascists who support them, this five year old child spent longer in jail than any of the billionaires in the Epstein files.

edit: image credit originally seen on https://freeradical.zone/@FranceskaMann/116018451309766060

Scientists Warn 'Garbage' Models Underestimate Risk of Economic Collapse From Climate Crisis | Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-and-economy

Surprisingly Dangerous Foods
https://flipboard.com/@sciencing/surprisingly-dangerous-foods-oj6ukf0hn51r7e4m?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Science @science-BGR

Oof. Burst pipes = frozen house.
https://youtube.com/shorts/bae-b6Xj3fo

I'm an electrician.

I dare you to use ChatGPT to wire a plug.

This is why AI is absolute horse shit.

#chatgpt #aibullshit #aiisdangerous

The Wonderful Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year 7
https://petapixel.com/2026/02/05/close-up-photographer-of-the-year-7/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Photography News @photography-news-PetaPixel

Whatever you let the conservatives do to a small minority is what the fascists will do to you eventually.

Where users face threats to their privacy and security online, EFF’s technology tools are there to defend them. https://www.eff.org/tools

Project Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO set
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/project-hail-mary-is-getting-its-own-lego-set-191106809.html?src=rss&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Entertainment @entertainment-Engadget

How offensive it is to see the point at which a medical professional finally notices that a girl is autistic described as ‘a late onset of symptoms’.

Fork that.

We are born autistic & we remain autistic. It’s part of who we are. When or whether we are noticed depends on the extent to which we are punished for our sensitivities, how well we learn to hide them & whether our ways of coping with an overwhelming world are seen as problematic (as they often are in boys) or as just our being shy and cute (girls).

Autistic folx have been talking about this for ages. How slow the ‘experts’ are to catch up.

And they wonder why we don’t take them seriously 😹

#ActuallyAutistic #women #diagnosis #ignorance #experts

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/autism-women-men-diagnosis-childhood-adulthood?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

End Nazism. Abolish ICE. Oppose anyone who wants to keep them around. It’s really that simple.

Pizza Hut closing 250 US stores as parent company considers selling the brand
https://apnews.com/article/pizza-hut-closing-us-stores-yum-brands-4479dc3e6fe0221db862f2148fbe1c82?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business and Finance @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress

Purely unscientific observation on my part, but based on about 35 years in IT...

Almost every time in the those last 3+ decades, right before the U.S. economy goes to hell, I get a surge of reach outs from recruiters who are trying to fill IT Manager/Director/CIO positions with folks who have experience with "change" or "crisis" scenarios.

I also get a surge of staffing agencies and MSPs aggressively pitching their services, with "reduced costs" being the tagline.

Guess what???

@Annacats Any further updates?

RE: https://mas.to/@anna_lillith/116014421777685089

THIS - EVERY SINGLE DAY

"The list of those associated with pedophile and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein from the released files reads like a who’s who of the MAGA/oligarch class."

Rubin points to the ways in which the Trump regime is hurting children: measles outbreak as RFKJr rolls back vaccine recommendations; cuts to SNAP and Medicaid; destroying USAID; snatching and deporting children, using them as bait, etc...

#Epstein #Trump #MAGA #EconomicElites #pedophiles
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#Via Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 /danifroom
7:30 PM · Feb 4, 2026

"Really can't be stressed enough how badly Republicans want you to be uneducated and incurious, especially about other places and peoples."