In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

I'll support nearly anyone over Newsom in the primary (he's better than Rahm Emanuel lol), less because he's awful (he is) and more because material conditions will probably propel ANY Dem to a '28 win. That's an opportunity to pick someone who will aggressively push for change. Which is not Newsom.

Week six of the Zatoichi boxset is our favorite week yet, we get Zatoichi meets an Anarcho-mutualist, Zatoichi and the Porno Plate Plot, and Zatoichi meets Ikiru.

At the risk of being the kind of person who says, "My work is a critique of white masculinity," that is kinda sorta what the through-line is.

Keep fighting fascism. Keep caring for your neighbors. Keep riding bikes. Abolish ICE.

Like nearly everything in Ohio, Bernie Moreno's culture war gotchas are twenty years behind the times.

The purpose of Ring was always to create a police state and I don't understand how people bought into this shit

Trump's DOJ tells the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office to block investigations into ICE shootings and prosecute Don Lemon instead ... Joseph Thompson *quits Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office and *represents Don Lemon instead good shit

Caught the last 10 minutes of Hopscotch on Criterion 24/7 and I forgot how nice it is to suddenly find yourself watching a really great part of a really great film.

HOOOOOO boy. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?" Lyons: "Yes ma'am." McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?" "Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"

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No Kings includes Draft Kings

Weird. Youtube suggested a video from @readytoharvest.bsky.social. I clicked through and watched one called "Exposing the Denominations of Nondenominational Churches" that has seemingly random examples from around the country, including the small rural Ohio Grace Brethren church my dad pastors.

When you see unhoused people asking for money what you should see is a fracturing of the social contract where an issue (housing) that should be addressed on a municipal or statuary level is instead foisted on individuals in a way designed o put callouses on their souls

Anarchism is definitely having a moment in Minnesota. The anarchy is real, productive, and amazing here these days.

Would have taken less time, and therefore he could have escaped, if he'd gone with "CUTE ICE"

This week we have two films in which Zatoichi gets too sad to kill anymore, and one in which Zatoichi's sword gets too sad to kill anymore.

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

You can only attack protestors IF they're violent. You can only detain immigrants IF they're criminal. You can only wear masks IF they're necessary. And you get to define violent, criminal, and necessary.

There is nothing better than seeing a cop that abused you look confused as all your charges are dropped. It is just *chef's kiss* - only problem is I wanted the whole world to see that bodycam footage. That's probably why they dropped my charges. Shutting down #Broadview is a religious obligation!

All my charges have been dropped! When I tried to shut down a concentration camp, it was because Jesus was being tortured at #Broadview. I never did anything wrong, and the three charges were never going to prevail. The fight continues for all charges to be dropped for people doing the right thing!

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

When the President Shits His Pants song by James Kochalka Superstar

In the #TwinCities #Minneapolis and #StPaul, protesters sing outside hotels that house ICE & Border Patrol: "It's okay to change your mind. Show us your courage. Leave this behind. It's okay to change your mind. And you can join us, you can join us anytime."

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We have reached the Zatoichi film where there's an anarchist who refuses to kill, teaching the local peasantry about agricultural co-ops and I need 25 movies about this guy please.

10/10 ICE protest sign

I've not really been paying attention, but it's real fun that the first thing I've seen this administration announce about the US's 250th is the closing of the Kennedy Center.

This is actually a plot point in The Count of Monte Cristo. Mercedes knows that Edmund Dantes means to harm her family because he refuses to eat or drink anything while visiting her home.

The Beatitudes hit different coming from a guy with a black eye, gotta be honest.

memorial ride for alex pretti in lincoln, ne. about 16 of us in total. hit the trails and it was a great ride.

Lots of bikes today for the bike ride for Alex Pretti in Santa Barbara this afternoon!

This made me cry, no lie. Complicated reasons, one being its fuck you to the baked-in structures and strictures of the world that consider harm to be inevitable.

Proud of the people who showed up for Alex in -20 windchill. You all are officially Minnesotans.

Memorial ride for Alex Pretti There has been a world wide call for bike rides this weekend in memory of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was gunned down by ICE in Minneapolis last week. Toronto's ride was this afternoon, timed to coincide with the ride in Minneapolis. poster by the Biking Lawyer,…

Some photos from the Chicago memorial ride for Alex Pretti, where lots of folks came out in solidarity with similar rides across the country. Organized by @babski.bsky.social and @bikegridnow.org, with remarks from Kyle Lucas from @betterstreetschicago.org

On the Alex Pretti Memorial Ride, the kids came up with their own chant: “Let’s go bike! No more ICE!” Love them.

I live on the ride route and I cannot emphasize enough that the ride started passing my house 50 minutes ago and is 👏🏻 still 👏🏻 going 👏🏻. ICE OUT.

good turnout for the unity group bike ride for Alex Pretti in Columbus, Ohio. I'm bad at guessing crowd size but I'd say there were 100+ bike riders in 10 degree weather

This week we are to the point in the Zatoichi set where I describe one as "mercifully short" triggering a conversation on the fatigue we feel when Criterion shows us too much of something, but thankfully it is sandwiched between two actually pretty good movies.

Y'all is it possible that the national media calls every resident who interacts with an occuper a "protestor" because they are confused? Like, is the word they're looking for "Protestant" because of our heavy Lutheran population?

Local coffee chain got in hot water this week after an internal HR directive leaked saying baristas could not refuse service to ICE agents. Today released a statement implying that ICE Agent is a constitutionally protected class that they cannot refuse service to.

So is the legal theory here that we make all these already crimes extras illegal so that we can extra not prosecute them?

Glen Powell is starring in a Kind Hearts and Coronets remake but isn't playing all the roles.

When storeowners put cash in bags and handed them to Al Capone they weren't like "This is a wise investment, I will surely recoup this money"

It's not just "stand up to ICE when you see them," it's building many vast networks of support and trust to - create safe spaces - protect schools - get kids TO school - check on neighbors - deliver groceries - help pay the rent - let people know of danger - feed the helpers, too! - and on and on

The Episcopal Church has put together a very impressive toolkit for protesting, including tips for clergy in particular. Truly inspiring. This is how Christians ought to be engaging the moment. www.episcopalchurch.org/protesting-f...

This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom: "If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."