What I witnessed today was so beautiful. Everyone was so kind and lovely. And the things people were saying were so heartfelt and genuine. It's nice being in a more rural area and hearing people genuinely care and fight for one another. Newport you are beautiful 🖤

I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that officials are considering putting in town. The room is completely packed, the hallways are packed, there and tons of people protesting ICE outside and

The reason the emails read like hot garbage is because they don't have to worry about being judged. These are not men who have ever poured over an email out of fear of not being taken seriously or not being treated professionally.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough. There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.

Good shit

Highlighting the work that was done to gather data on the impact of sweeps on our unhoused population. We will further exacerbate an endless game of whack a mole where people become homeless and we expand contracts and industry for sweeps. Everyone loses here. www.propublica.org/article/port...

Russ is a generational phenomenon, I’m so glad I got to see him in person, even if it was upper bowl. Just a force of nature in his prime and still holding it down. After KG retired he took top slot in guys I want on my team. In anything. Love this dude.

What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?

dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure - maybe high barriers to entry into politics - maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem - maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability

Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.

the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true

@dirquez.bsky.social has the scoop that ICE is actively trying to hire detention officers in Newport, Oregon. That adds a ton of credence to the speculation that the federal government wants to open a new facility in the coastal town.

"There is neither misdeed nor remorse." - The Perfect Crime

"I didn’t have anybody to teach me how to be or what to do with emotions. Didn’t know how to contain them or how to express them or how to soothe them."

After other large public Latino cultural celebrations in Central Oregon were cancelled this year because of fears about federal immigration enforcement actions, Día de Muertos in Bend carried on.

the PPA does not need any more fucking money fucking ridiculous

"I’m not going because they haven’t recognized Black people in motion pictures. And I’ll probably never win an Oscar for saying this, but hey, I gotta say it."- Eddie Murphy

seriously confusing ambiguous "they" in that headline

Do not under any circumstance hand your phone to law enforcement.

Back in 2022, I was minding my own business, being pretty darn healthy, when all of a sudden I had to be rushed to the hospital for a very scary event (and is now a manageable condition). Here was ONE of my bills. I could not have afforded this under any circumstances without insurance.

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Let’s not fall for any political theater, the Dem establishment is only half-heartedly offering any. This opposition party, as presently constructed, has no alternative to offer besides fascism lite. Remake the party from the ground up, or replace it. Them’s the options.

Cool story from Dan Tyminski about how he ended up on Avicii’s “Hey Brother”

Notably absent is the media wing of the US Gestapo, such as Katie Daviscourt. I guess a bunch of veterans protesting against ICE doesn’t support their narrative about who is speaking out against the fascist regime.

A mighty man was Eldred, A bulk for casks to fill, His face a dreaming furnace, His body a walking hill. In the old wars of Wessex His sword had sunken deep, But all his friends, he sighed and said, Were broken about Ethelred; And between the deep drink and the dead He had fallen upon sleep 1/

Something for those who lament the ‘masculinity crisis’ to ponder, both valiant Eldred and the poet whose work so valorizes him

Seattle media, tonight, is going as close as possible to saying Katie Wilson won the mayoral race — without phrasing it as entirely final. (Which is all very defensible at this stage.) Seattle is shaping up to be the left's second big mayoral win, a sort of West Coast companion to NYC.

In Japanese, nudibranch is ウミウシ (umiushi) which literally means sea cow and I think today's #Nudivember fully earns that name.

Hearing many kids can't read these days due to the popular pedagogical method known as "who cares what the words are, just make something up." Concerning

Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit. www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

SHAKES THE CLOWN

"The Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in the jungle there, returning U.S. soldiers & Marines to a three-week course once called the "Green Hell" because of its similarities to Vietnam." Nothing says just winnable war like "cuz of its similarities to Vietnam"

Looking to protect your sensitive information from data brokers? Don’t want Big Tech monetizing your personal data? Privacy Badger is here to help! www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

“It is essential in this society that we not only have a norm, but that we conform to that norm. Differences weaken us. Variations destroy us."-The Leader #ZoneSky

The eyes truly are windows to the soul

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Vonnegut. Happy Armistice Day, everyone.

NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY! I talked to art historian and curator @brigittevdsande.bsky.social about war, art, fiction, disasters, imagination - join us: issues.org/not-now-but-...

This is btw the last planned episode of this mini-season of the series. If you enjoyed it, please let @issuesinst.bsky.social know, or email them at [email protected] - hoping for another season!

Remember that it's legal to lie to your customers but illegal to lie to your shareholders.

Once again, investor self-interest cuts through the hazy curtains of PR with the real news.

The "retail theft crime wave" disappeared as soon as companies had to actually file their annual shareholder reports. Same thing with AI: hype for the consumer, extreme skepticism from the analysts. Papers that report on this stuff rather than on "CEO said a thing" are going to be more reliable.

Mavs fans can't even chant "fire Nico" at the games anymore, truly a low point for the franchise

"I have trained my whole life in the battlefield of crisis" is a Will Ferrell line in a movie where he gets punched in the nuts so hard he pukes

I'm pivoting so hard on the humanoid robotics trend... it's not actually an absurd waste of capital and brainpower that will never live up to the relentless hype, I was wrong about that, it's a very real and serious field that our tech oligarchs should pour all of their money into

There's nothing inherently wrong with climate change. It's just that the ecosystems and built environments that we depend on as life support systems aren't equipped to handle the rapid changes. So if we want to live, we should deal with climate change ASAP.

GO READ WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON (and also nominate it for the Otherwise Award: otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...)