🧵CHICAGO / WEST SUBURBS @brianstraw.bsky.social, of Broadway Six fame, is still standing against ICE & CBP's lawless brutality & DJT's attacks on the Constitution—but his legal battle is likely to be LONG. Here's a great way to support him & meet other folks (like me!) on the right side of history

You tend to think that being level-headed and suppressing any pre-existing prejudices leads to a better read on a volatile situation. Yet with Trump, it’s those level-headed people who keep misreading the situation, believing that he’s softening and this will end soon, over and over and over.

The Terror (2018)

no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part

OH FFS healthlaw.org/news/texas-a...

One reason Matthew MacFadyen is so good in Succession is that he really captures that combo of suck-up and bully, along with moral interference, in a coherent character.

It was only a few years ago that I learned that when they far right uses “demon” or “demonic,” they often mean it literally. It’s so bizarre to read it that way!

I strongly suspect people overestimate the “communicating facts” part of education and underestimate the “catch a talented teacher’s enthusiasm for the subject and love of learning”

I am a centrist along two axes: - Pollyanna v. Doomer - We need to be screaming at those fucking feckless Dems v. Screaming at Dems hurts them electorally and there’s not much they can do anyway

Interesting that there’s no shot in this that you can’t do with real locations and physically present actors, maybe with some CGI editing. Usually new film technologies (color, widescreen, steadicam) you see something genuinely new.

Okay but Mamdani Derangement Syndrome is a real thing

Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.

We do not let them get away with calling themselves pro-family

The only thing worse than telling people you’re a philosopher is telling them you’re in some subfield: logician, metaphysician, aesthetician.

Been a while since I've done a bigger update on Weather Folks list. Have added a few here and there recently. Let me know if you aren't on and feel you should be there! bsky.app/profile/ianl... (I've still never added myself as I go off topic a lot)

Fascists - they’re just like us!

It's horrifying. Trump even took time out of his Davos speech to spew gutter racism against Somalis and slander Ilhan Omar.

I still can’t get over how freely leaders of government defame Somali-Americans.

Oh? What makes blogs and online commentators pious?

Murder rates in NYC are lower now than the 1950s.

Like this alone is worse than Teapot Dome or Crédit Mobilier or Watergate or whatever (arguably Iran-Contra is still worse). But there’s so much else going on that we can’t even focus on this.

I can’t post what I’m thinking. I’ll just say I never used to think of myself as a vengeful person.

the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.

Philosophers, I kindly ask that you share this CFP for the University of Calgary’s annual Graduate Student Conference to your networks. The link to the full announcement on PhilEvents can be found in the comments. Thanks in advance! #philsky #philosophy #philosophycfp #CFP #gradconference

It’s my turn to pick a novel for my book club made up of middle-aged wine moms, anyone want to suggest some ideas? Ideally it should be recent, neither a total beach read nor highly literary, and something that some of their friends might have read.

A big first in my phone life today: I listened carefully to the options, and the menu had indeed recently changed!

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

It’s absolutely terrible that NATO is getting dismantled, but it’s grimly hilarious that Rubio is forced to be the one who does it.

Several posts on X murmuring about whether Pretti is Jewish, and—setting aside the trifling implication that if he were Jewish his murder would be justified—how do people not know what Italians look like?! And about the great Italian Jewish Movie Pact in which we agree we can all play each other?!

What’s funny is that she’s not even defending herself with “just following orders” about the murderous crackdown, she’s just saying they told her to call him a terrorist.

To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.

If more than 7 people show up for this, I’ll know there’s been a genuine turn.

If Bovino and Noem are both pushed aside, perhaps agents on the ground will start to realize that “absolute immunity” is not a real thing. Not that it will end ICE’s gratuitous violence, but if even a few more agents hesitate to do their absolute worst, that would be an incremental improvement.

Tillis says Kristi Noem needs to go as Homeland Security Secretary: ““I think that what she's done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job. And I mean, really, it's just, it's just amateurish.”

I think MAGA has actually accomplished a lot real change in the world through voting.

I’m no businessperson but literally everyone and anyone can provide takes and opine about health. CBS and WaPo have (had) the ability for sophisticated, worldwide, in-depth newsgathering that provides opiners with facts.

JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled

A lot of normie Dems discuss how and whether to welcome former Trump voters, but there’s not much discussion about the same for leftists.

One difference between left and right is that there aren’t dozens of podcasts and journalists on the right urging sympathy with the left.

If you’re looking for a little respite from the insanity and depravity of the news, I really enjoyed this #WITHPod convo on the philosophy of games with @add-hawk.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.

Latest WPC post: "Here is the latest information regarding a potentially significant coastal storm this weekend. Chances have increased for impactful snow and/or wind along the immediate East Coast, but uncertainty remains rather high with respect to details. Be sure to keep checking for updates!"

This is another outrageous detention in Maine. He’s a good man who is legally in the US who was taken by ICE after visiting his wife in the hospital. www.pressherald.com/2026/01/26/i... visiting-newborn-in-the-hospital-pastor-says/

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

One of the more interesting dynamics to the Battle of Minneapolis is that it's very clear that it was chosen as a target because of 2020. Which, IMO, was a significant misstep because 2020 is what taught both its activists, police, and leadership how to handle such a situation.

A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB

They aren’t backing down. They’re just threatening people in other cities. Still illegal. Still unconstitutional. Even if they haven’t yet backed it up by shooting someone in the face.

ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...