“But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.” — W.E.B. Du Boishttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvbxohdbs22e“Alberta’s premier Danielle Smith used medical legislation to essentially ban gender-affirming care for youth under 16 in that province. Saddle Lake leaders argue it violates the rights of its transgender and two-spirit young people” https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2026/09/11/in-canada-first-nation-leaders-announce-they-wont-comply-with-alberta-trans-care-ban/12 Sep 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbxohdbs22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvbwbdnycs2e“‘our court stands practically alone in its decades-long fence-sitting, declining to either adopt or definitively rule out the state-created danger doctrine’” https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippians-have-no-constitutional-right-to-clean-drinking-water-court-rules/12 Sep 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbwbdnycs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvbv2glfgc2eMy E. Gordon Gee story. 25 years ago he was Vanderbilt Chancellor while I was employed there. This was our first meeting. Gee: “I believe we've met before. Me: “Don't recall that.” Gee: “We have. You look familiar.” Me: “Not sure about that.” I got razzed afterwards by colleagues for differing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbv2glfgc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvbp2wtlu22e“‘Most of us couldn’t afford to move out if we wanted to if this thing is as heinous as we think it will be …. I think the thrust of your argument this evening has been: “You’ve heard that it’ll be really really really really bad. It’ll only be really bad.” And that’s not good enough for us’” https://www.404media.co/we-did-not-invite-you-citizens-rage-at-town-hall-over-proposed-nuclear-ai-data-center/11 Sep 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbp2wtlu22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvbdby3vr22e#otd 1973 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbdby3vr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvau72knwk2mIt’s not news when a white man plays the victim. It’s dog bites man. https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/grant-napear-loses-appeal-sacramento-kings-khtk-firing-supreme-court.html11 Sep 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvau72knwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvataiaj2k2p“Through artificial light sources and environmental control systems, underground spaces can realize the independent supply and precise regulation of key production factors such as light, heat, water, air, and carbon” https://www.sciencealert.com/chinese-scientists-propose-turning-abandoned-coal-mines-into-farming-laboratories11 Sep 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvataiaj2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvassajnos2p#otd the Palmetto State went full Jim Crow [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvassajnos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvankj5v4k2p#otd 1973 — “blood and fire” #history [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvankj5v4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvancv4ye22pThe scientists knew in 2022: “millions in the scientific community quickly jumped to help the world understand [COVID] better. They built upon years of existing data on coronaviruses and communicable diseases …. they have all acknowledged the efficacy of mask-wearing” https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/do-face-masks-work-here-are-49-scientific-studies-that-explain-why-they-do/11 Sep 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvancv4ye22phttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvalzvqruc2qFrom Octavia Butler’s 1998 novel Parable of the Talents wherein she imagined life in 2030. Right on the money.11 Sep 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvalzvqruc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/micchiato.bsky.social/post/3mvalevmk6s2q💫 no excuses for not masking 💫 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7resn4ug7cdrv5lo7gz3teh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvalevmk6s2q