It's crucial to understand that what's bad about income inequality is not just that it enables elites to consume more; it enables them to *control production*. They decide how to use *our* labour and *our* resources, and shape *our* future. It is a dictatorship of the rich.

Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville interrupted a red-carpet interview with a plea to stop Israel’s military assault on Gaza City. Bonneville was speaking to ITV News ⤵️

There's already a draft policy to create a category of "transgender domestic terrorism" within the Trump administration. They could potentially classify all trans people as domestic extremists and terrorists just as Russia did.

The theatre around RFK is great and all, but his holding a position as HSS Secretary is failed state behavior, and everyone who facilitated it should be drummed out of public life.

We must vehemently oppose federal occupation anywhere, including New Orleans. Trump says the governor wants troops on the ground there, but the people do not.

To repeat: The worst elements of Zionism have always prevailed while "liberal" Zionists live in denial. White supremacy works the same way.

I just spent my entire afternoon watching Tuesday night's Charlottesville city council meeting. 1) Thank you to everyone who went and showed the city that this is wrong and we do not want it. 2) I can't wait for Jen to be on Council 3) The pigs need to lose their immunity and their union

Because they're extremely soft little babies whose greatest fear is losing social status. Hence: getting dressed down by a presumed inferior < having to go along with the whims of a belligerent authoritarian superior

"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

I've been in Taiwan for over a month now and would love to share with y'all what I've been up to and how things are over here but I'm not entirely sure what direction to go in. Feel free to ask me any questions about what I've been up to, how stuff is over here, and otherwise!

People who don’t work in paediatrics have forgotten how horrible are these diseases Behind the statistics lies a heap of children’s suffering, both acute & chronic. Sometimes lifelong Not to mention some very unpleasant deaths - watch a video of a young baby with whooping cough to get the idea

@ianferguson.bsky.social I thought you should know that the nintendo bedsheets are now listed for over $1,500 www.ebay.com/itm/16744557...

"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Counterproposal: Abolish ICE and give the money to ICE’s victims

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

“Western media outlets have made possible the killing of more journalists in two years on one tiny strip of land than in WWI, WWIl, and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine combined”

Breaking: Kilmar Abrego García has just been detained by ICE after arriving at the agency's Baltimore field office as part of a required check-in, according to his attorney. "The only reason to take him into detention was to punish him."

"X is the frontrunner for the Dem nomination" buddy its August of 2025, you don't even know if this person will be alive when the primary rolls around, pls stop

Went into the immigration office here in Taiwan to pick up my Alien Resident Card and didn't get kidnapped even though I didn't have a document I needed for the physical card. This is how interacting with immigration officials should work in this world.

"...the question of whether Columbia gave up 'too much,' whether Harvard should 'settle,' or what UCLA should offer up to appease the Trump administration are absolute and sorry distractions by commentators too afraid to speak the truth aloud." www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The newspapers are not making a big deal of this today. This is a big deal. Someone shot into a Federal building repeatedly, fueled by misinformation and politics. It should be front page news across the country.

"somewhere last night in NYC a single mom and her children slept in a homeless shelter instead of paying $2300 a month for an apartment" are you fucking listening to yourself. Are you goddamn serious right now

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

Honestly I feel like we never get any reporting at all about how any of our stuff is affecting Mexico.

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is now censoring its own exhibits to serve the political goals of the Trump administration. How much longer before we must conclude that it is no longer interpreting American history for the general public? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Picked up the keys to my apartment!!!

I'm riding Taiwan's High Speed Rail to Hsinchu to sign a lease. The journey is about 90km and takes 32 minutes including 6 minutes of stopping time at intermediary stations.

Whether it's students at Oberlin asking for trigger warnings or the Department of Justice opening an investigation into George Mason faculty who criticize Trump, both sides have taken brazen steps to limit free speech at universities.

The damage that is being done will not be reverted through the pendulum swing of simple party politics. They have destroyed the administrative state. They have created a secret police. With camps. They have placed apparatchiks in lifetime positions.

I’m just remembering when a bunch of people got mad at you for suggesting that 50501 smelled of liberal counterinsurgency and then a couple months later your suspicions were 100% vindicated when a “safety team” member shot 2 people at the Utah No Kings march. I hope people listen this time.

i hate the game politicians play where they back israel 100% until it starts killing too many people too fast, then they start calling for peace until the killing slows to levels acceptable for them. they're not opposing genocide, they're negotiating how quickly it should proceed

I made it to Taiwan :)

Must read. This is criminal conduct, full stop.

Goodbye, America

Last time getting Waffle House!

My final selfie in my apartment. I'm going to my professor's house to say goodbye then I'll do a few errands and get Waffle House house one more time with my dad. Then it's off to CHO!

people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms. it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society

Stephen Colbert replies to Trump’s post on Truth Social: “How dare you sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go fuck yourself.”

I've got less than 24 hours in Charlottesville. I'm feeling so many big emotions and I have so much to say but no words to say. My relationship with this city and the people here are so complex and I'm going to miss so many people and so many places so much.

NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story

giving up my apartment AND moving to Taiwan on the same day was a stupid fucking idea