We’re excited to publish this piece by our friends in the @cais-research.bsky.social Platformed Visual Misogyny working group on misogyny in the mainstream media and politics Thank you to @becomingbri.bsky.social @shanamacps.bsky.social @suayozkula.bsky.social And all of our PVM colleagues!

So upset about @teenvogue.com being absorbed into Vogue. Teen Vogue’s political reporting has often been sharper than other mainstream outlets. Now there will be no political staffers left. www.thewrap.com/teen-vogue-e...

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

One day I would like a researcher to analyze what collectively shitting on the humanities for 20+ years and pushing everyone to STEM has done to our collective critical thinking abilities

"That’s the heart of Trumpism—watching an authoritarian father figure mete out punishment against the wicked." @shaneburley.bsky.social & @swordsjew.bsky.social discuss Wild Faith & how evangelical homes are a model for what Christian nationalists want to see nationwide @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social

The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

Some solid advice we need to listen to and share

The National Security Ballad 🇨🇦

"Canada First" is a slogan.

The people were ALWAYS going to have to lead the way. The movement is not the party. The PEOPLE are the movement. Is anyone really surprised? The answer is in organizing. Not in hoping that feckless politicians will grow backbones.

I wish we could fast forward through this misogynist tradwife era and just get to the part where someone writes the feminine mystique again.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.

SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi, @peard33.bsky.social, @makenakelly.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Always follow the money

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

Trump’s Day 1 actions leave no doubt that his administration intends to take up the mantle of the Heritage Foundation’s initiative.

Recall the wise words of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate and great humanist author: “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” www.americaamerica.news/p/refusing-t...

Mark Zuckerberg has chosen to disregard longstanding human rights norms in favor of a simplistic approach to free speech, writes NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights policy advisor on technology and law Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat. It's not too late to change course.

" The 'Daddy Trump' chorus isn't a quirk or a joke – it's a window into how millions of Americans process political reality." - @gilduran.com

All "minorities" are #TheDiverseMajority.

Elon Musk and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. Can Europe stop their meddling?

No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you. Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.

Public service christmas message for Bluesky Ho-Ho-oh can't be arsed 🎅🏻

Surround yourself with the kind of people who read banned books.

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Reviews of the yard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Amazing milkshakes" ⭐☆☆☆☆ "Too many boys"

I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Your homework. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

This is How Big Tech Radicalized America & Helped Trump Become President Filmmaker @alexwinter.com joins The Left Hook to discuss how right-wing media & big tech have monetized disinformation to radicalize Americans, spread confusion, & ultimately help Trump win. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Not your body? Not your business.

If you're done with corporate media but still want the important headlines with appropriate profanity, maybe it's time to check us out. It's free. Start a new habit and listen on a morning walk. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance.

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

What if, instead of trying to have a productive writing day, you aimed for a satisfying one instead?

Evergreen post

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

ICYMI, I wrote about why feminist cultural criticism is so important to me, my long history with online feminism, and cofounding @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social

the white feminist to overt white supremacy pipeline is something to behold over the last sneeze or three (it's always been there obviously but WOW these days are different days, aren't they)

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...

I just learned that Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. An alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform (and yes it's really easy to transfer your lists from Goodreads to StoryGraph). You know, while we're moving things.