AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

"But Americans — particularly, let’s be honest, white Americans — might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

Hey @hiltonhotels.bsky.social, I just canceled my reservation at your hotel because you side with ICE, with murderers, with fascists. You might as well delete my account. I will not be staying at Hilton hotels.

This is not a real problem compared to *gestures wildly* but I know the overachiever to "oh hell no I'm not doing all that" pipeline is complete based on the fact that I didn't just spend an hour redoing my resume as requested in my application - yes application - to an unpaid university committee

If you would have told me how often we’d be quoting this one day…

At its height, about 150 people showed up to the protest outside the federal immigration office in Milwaukee after Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier today

This is INSANE. A SCHOOL. “The guy, I’m telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he’s trying to push me, and he knocked me down,” a school official, who spoke to MPR News on condition of anonymity said.

i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

Also from the New York Times. How is this "objective?" It does not objectively convey reality; instead, it shows a clear bias toward status quo power structures by parroting official statements as though there is no visual evidence.

Old news, but such a textbook case. THERE IS A VIDEO. The NYT has an entire team that is very good at parsing these videos. This headline makes no attempt to grapple with ACTUAL REALITY AT ALL. AGGGGH

Years later, Six Feet Under immediately comes to mind.

Yet another example of how the New York Times strives for the most neutral language possible--and in doing so presents a skewed picture of reality. "The Party was at odds with the rules of math when it suggested two plus two equals five."

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.” So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?

Things I never thought I would see, once again! (Accountability for past misdeeds matters, but so does growth. Two things can be true, imho.)

Hundreds of people in Minneapolis are protesting against ICE after a woman was fatally shot by an agent.

All hail Liquor Store Dog

When a cop murdered my big brother at a road block 21 years ago, their post-facto justification was that he tried to run over a cop. His foot released the brake after the officer shot him in the chest, and the car bumped an officer.

my god.

must-read analysis from @joshuabenton.com on the @post-gazette.com news www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/will...

We @niemanlab.org published 210 predictions for journalism this year. It was our biggest (and @joshuabenton.com says best) batch yet. If you're not a future of news sicko who's already read every one, we've highlighted some of the most notable for you here. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/what...

Protest sign on Route 4 in Paramus, New Jersey reads “ICE murders woman in MN”

The sky is blue. Trump said it's green. We're about to find out if national U.S. news media can still tell the truth or if even a cold-blooded murder caught on video gets the "both sides" treatment.

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

Lots of talk about the demographic cliff around here, that's for sure. nymag.com/intelligence... (Sept)

My students have always struggled with this, partly due to their own shyness….but it is REALLY difficult now. Approach people at a festival and ask them if then are having a nice time for an innocuous event story? People act like you asked for their social security number.

"It’s starting to feel like everyone in New Jersey has the flu." Indeed, over the holidays pretty much everyone. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

Good. What he was originally fired for? “Charlie Kirk says gun deaths are ‘unfortunately’ worth it to keep 2nd Amendment,” read the headline of an article Michael shared. He did not add any additional comment on it." Kirk did in fact say that. And it was a headline of an article. FFS

jfc I can't

I live in a quiet and affluent NJ suburb and still there is a woman on a local Facebook group saying she is glad to see state police walking around because it might fix our scary "rampant crime." People are effing crazy out here.

She loves this thing.

You know what you all need? You all need some EPIC SAX www.instagram.com/reel/DS97_Uv...

Yeah this story stopped me in my tracks earlier today. It is well written and reported imho, but this part comes at you fast without warning that it is about to get this bad.

I am geeking out about teaching social media fundamentals this semester, I admit it! There is just soooo much that students don't know about the history, context, big picture of social media but really just the Internet that I am very excited for them to learn.

Okay, Claude did just generate me a template for my course schedule that just entered all the correct dates automatically without me having to look it up and get it wrong 50 times so there is a particularly benign but useful use of AI lol

"many news outlets are centering their coverage on explanations that “Grok apologized.” I think it’s crucial to note that Grok cannot apologize." www.usermag.co/p/is-anyone-... by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social

Can attest that Bloomberg is a good place to work with solid pay and benefits, nice coworkers (me, others) and an enormous variety of snacks on offer

It’s unclear if Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) @mikiesherrill.bsky.social would support the legislation. Her spokespeople did not respond to a request for comment. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/01/06/t...

"Our history says that with enough power, and if you’re the right kind of American, you can escape consequences altogether and die a citizen in good standing"

At this point, the reporters should just collectively tell the HHS senior officials, “Fuck off.” End the press call right there. This is not a matter of national security. Their jobs are not in danger. They are representing an official government policy. One that affects every single American.

Hear me out. I feel like my two basset hounds experiencing their first real snow in London is a really excellent timeline cleanser.

three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal

Your moment of Zen

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"I keep thinking about how many interesting folks have essentially stopped writing anything substantial because they've moved their entire intellectual presence to Twitter or Substack Notes." Feeling inspired to start blogging again. Man, the blogging days were good ones.

The most telling part of this CBS News thing to me is their assertion that "Because we’ve taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American" people don't trust us. www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

A not surprising fact is that friends still on X but are generally online haven’t heard of Heated Rivalry. Most of us are here because we know this but I mean there’s exhibit 10 million on how that mfer is SHAPING WHAT PEOPLE SEE

I would deeply prefer to play the Bears than the Eagles omg Lions what are you DOING rn #packers

Exactly. If this is how you want to roll, it’s fine! Just be honest instead of this desperate act that nobody believes that you are so full of saintly objectivity ffs!