for a fired professor, “the university recorded four of his classes using the existing Panopto camera in the classroom.” having read Foucault is such a burden in this new world

I've lost track of how many times now grand juries have rejected Trump admin attempts to secure indictments. Just an amazing-to-behold combination of (1) bad lawyering and (2) weak / transparently political prosecutions. Would be humiliating, if these folks were capable of feeling humiliation.

The Epstein money trail leads straight to 45*! 45* sent FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE (4725) wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein. They totaled over $1.1 billion. 😱

Wow

The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong. The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself. We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.

These are not “like” concentration camps, they ARE concentration camps, and we all need to stop calling them any other bullshit the media is trying to get us to call them instead. “Holding facility” “i c e facility” “staging area.” How do you listen to this and not want to throw up?

JUST IN: A federal judge in Michigan has rejected the administration's attempt to obtain the state's voter rolls. Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, said the law does not require the state to turn them over. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Why is that a rule?!😮

that's certainly what it brings to mind

This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights. When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.

Funny how following THE LAW is so problematic for the GOP

Woman boarding a plane wearing a cap that says “Make Orwell Fiction Again” getting lots of compliments on it

I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…

Stop calling Trump's horrible law "the Big, Beautiful Bill." Call it the "2025 Megabill" or the "Big, Ugly Bill." I don't care if "beautiful" is in the official name. Since when have people been bound by that? Do not echo right-wing sloganeering.

Panican In The Disco

This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.

“If passed, the SAVE Act will disenfranchise 20 million voters.” Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week. Call your Rep and your Senators. 202-224-3121

You know I hit the brakes on sharing most anything that features photos of the hideous creatures running things right now, but this graphic is one I’m good with 👍🏽 A++ 😂🤣🤠

@teslatakedown.com A victory here in Alameda, CA: City of Alameda withdraws proposal to buy Teslas for police officers (after MANY residents let the City Council know we didn't want to spend our taxpayer $$ on Teslas) www.themorningbun.com/city-of-alam...

All of his promises always always always turn out to be bullshit, after he’s collected subsidies and conned investors

can all publications just adopt the taxonomic convention of a section called "Rich guy said a thing" and then just tuck all corresponding stories in there away from actual events.

I’m sorry, but nobody should be operating a car at 92. Reaction times are slower no matter what your health status, seeing and hearing are not what they once were.

NEW: Dr. Maya Angelou's estate has joined an ACLU of Utah lawsuit after 2 Utah school districts banned I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings under the state's "sensitive materials" law. The government doesn't get to decide what we read.

NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...

Great job everyone!

Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

Amazon prime, but for human beings.

I am pretty dang tired of powerful evil people making the world suck for the rest of us.

ALERT: Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has arrived at Justice Dept office to review unreleased Epstein files (Under law, as of 9am today, Congress is permitted to view what Justice Dept has withheld from files)

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Several Utah faculty members spoke out against HB204, arguing a university education is meant to challenge students and expose them to different ideas.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

The “least racist president” took a dinner designed to host all of America’s governors and made it a whites only event

🧵 If you care about our Haitian neighbors in Ohio, please debunk & “call in” folks with large platforms claiming the churches are trafficking children. The community is bracing for what could possibly be the largest family separation operation in US history. Video via @haitianbridge.bsky.social

I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud

it's #SuperbOwl Sunday! Best day of the year. For your consideration, the Blakiston's fish owl. Largest owls in the world (six-foot wingspans, weigh close to a bald eagle), salmon eaters, live year-round in remote forests of northeast Asia. 🦉

LLM companies make the academic dishonesty equivalent of heroin, and we do not have academic honesty equivalents of methadone yet

According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals. That amounts to $456,621 per hour. But how are you doing?

The more people that choose to walk, bike and ride public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for everyone, including drivers. EVERYONE. There’s no “war on cars,” just an opportunity for more successful cities. You’re being lied to. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.

And for more on this story: missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-m...

And ICE lied and said he intentionally hit his head against a wall. www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

Impeach RFK jr now! Where are all the dem house reps? Why aren't you co-sponsoring Stevens impeachment articles? www.govtrack.us/congress/bil... Hey @whipkclark.bsky.social do your job and whip the dem votes. Our health is at stake. @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social

I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Bollards save lives. End of story. #WorldBollardAssociation

Brilliant. At the “March for Billionaires” in #SanFrancisco. Photo credit: Elias Zamaria

Yes, there really was a 'March for Billionaires' rally in San Francisco

SF is the most beautiful major American city. Very funny/good to see people who thought it is hell discover this objectively true fact and other amazing things the city has (burritos).