Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

No. This is a nightmare.

people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Just a reminder Persona’s ost came from Black Culture Katamari Damacy’s ost came from Black culture Sonic Adventure’s ost came from Black Culture Parappa the Rapper’s ost came from Black Culture Jet Set Radio’s ost came from Black Culture

Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen

This is exactly the type of stuff people mean when they say "everything is political". This is exactly why, and why it's such a privilege to not have to worry about this shit.

the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system

"AI is a tool of fascism" really needs to start being one of the primary talking points

Veteran Dice Tower reviewer Sam Healey resigns in wake of saying Alex Pretti, Renee Good were to blame for ICE killing them, after comments began impacting review giant’s annual pledge drive: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Canadians! If you're looking for ways to aid the resistance efforts of Americans, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social compiled a resource of Canadian companies with ICE contracts. These are excellent targets for local resistance with international effects! 🧊 rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/a-list-of-...

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I agree that the occupation of MN is different in scale than the brutality we've seen before, but the biggest difference is just that they're treating white people, white neighborhoods, with the impunity they've always shown towards black and brown ones. They're just saying "no lives matter."

i don't usually go this far but you really have to do this

Remarkable how quietly everyone in this industry excuses Terraforming Mars. Even in offline spaces, people get very uncomfortable if anyone brings up the horrible things people behind this game have said.

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Sounds like there are some cool games at the Xbox showcase? Too bad that Microsoft is one of the most harmful companies on the planet, and according to the BDS boycott campaign, "the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide"

Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

for what its worth, neither Kalshi nor Polymarket have bets on Trump eating it today, so if his inner circle isn't doing insider trading on him dying, he's probably still with us

Thread. We take for granted how our work day depends on everyone not losing their shit

I genuinely thought this was some kind of The Onion type shit but multiple outlets confirm this actually happened. Just HOW can you defend this person like he is a sane and intelligent being? These are the words of an incredibly entitled, petty child. Seriously, that's how this reads. Like a child.

Wish more people would use this site more xcancel.com/nickschifrin...

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.

One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.

Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

They are raising prices again. They don't pay artists. They stole Wrapped from a Black intern and didn't even credit her. Their CEO invests millions in defense contractors. Tons of AI slop. Payola schemes. Why are you still using Spotify?

ive been dreaming a lot about lazy days with friends about honey chai lattes and cuddles the quiet endless joy that to me is present when i imagine being with them, the chaos of a boardgame in the background little i'm-glad-youre-here touches here and now, we're together theres nowhere i'd rather be

YIKES. Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license. Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help. Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️

Love to see it, this is the hopeful news I want to see. But we should remember that this is the bare minimum

So this is what community looks like

Man, people ain't joking, everyone really does just come running out of the fuckin woodwork like game summons, holy shit that swarm is impressive!

Remember, they need bots to convey the idea that most people think like they do. We are not the minority. Don't surrender to that nonsense.

yes pls

In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet. youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

She lives in Saint Paul, MN www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fdKvax/

We also added a "no AI" clause to our publishing contract and contractor agreements. Some people I've mentioned this to (some who also run studios) have been dismissive, saying that people will just use AI without declaring it, but that's pretty easy IMO: don't work with them if you don't trust them

Crowd-sourced gentle TV list docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

If you’re vigorously defending ICE at this moment in history, you’d very likely have ended up wearing a uniform with very specific hat and boots in 1939

🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why. I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.