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Yep. Some of you never read Ann Rinaldi books in middle school and it shows.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Make it viral.

My journalist parents just told me I’m reading the news too much so that’s where I’m at 😂

If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement… You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.

**SPOTIFY, target of a long and strong boycott campaign from @indivisible.org has announced ICE recruitment ads are no longer running on their platform. **Another boycott target, Avelo Airlines just halted deportation flights. **Next Up: Citizens Bank. variety.com/2026/digital...

The idea that a man's previous traumatic experience is somehow an excuse for murdering a woman is risible—so of course J. D. Vance said it into a mic. “You think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him?” He's basically saying she made him do it. Think about that.

I KNEW IT. I knew that was gonna make him identifiable. Well done, Secretary Noem, you doxxed Jonathan Ross.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.

Moskowitz on Noem: "Is she hiding her face like her ICE agents now? By the way - is this what the $800b went to? Every day we see her after some new tragedy, she's wearing a different outfit with a different hat. She looks ridiculous. She deserves to be removed from her job, & if not impeached."

Hugs to everyone fucking furious and in mourning today, and every day.

I have an deep, instinctual (sometimes very misguided) love for institutions, just, like, as a concept even, but ICE is irredeemable, un-reformable, and a clear and present threat to domestic safety. Abolish ICE.

listen to how loud they cheer Renee Good's name

This is the point I’ve been making — what this government and its supporters are saying right now, with their lies and pulling up information that the woman supporter Bernie or was a lesbian, is the clear declaration that if you’re an ideological enemy, ICE and thus the government can kill you.

This is incredible chutzpah when anyone with eyes can look at the video and see that not a word of this is remotely true.

"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...

OK, hell fucking yes. Needed a good headline.

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content

I wonder if anyone will revisit their charitable interpretations of Elon’s definitely-not-a-Nazi-salute

brass band at renee good’s vigil at 33rd & portland in minneapolis

I don't care if she didn't follow directions; I don't care if she was disrespectful; I don't care if she was noncompliant; I don't care if she spit in his face, called him ugly, and smacked his mom - "immediate execution by the state" was not warranted; jfc, this isn't complicated.

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

yeah like no matter whether she was complying with directions or not, the punishment for failing to comply with directions should not be summary execution in the streets

ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen. Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo. Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.

Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.

"Biological Sex" started proliferating with Alliance Defending Freedom & ACPeds's trans bathroom ban model bill in 2015. It existed in some circles outside of legislation before then, but in bills it's only the transphobes using it - or it was until recently docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Why Would Women Like Naked Gorgeous Men Talking About Their Emotions. Why Would Women Like Beautiful Sexy Men Yearning Sexily. Why Would Women Like Sculpted Butts And True Love. The Female Mind Is An Enigma.

Beyond just the games industry, I think this is actually some of the most resonant writing about our current “AI moment”.

Wish I could internalize this

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

One of the coolest things I got to do all of last year

This is exactly how I feel. And, happy new year and all! slate.com/news-and-pol...

I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!! My gratitude is so deep this morning. lithub.com/100-notable-...

Reposting again cuz, GREAT and IMPORTANT

so what do you think ChatGPT will say when ten million people ask it who they should vote for next year

Can’t see what could go wrong with the chatbot that tells people to kill themselves also pushing DraftKings

Time for the best of @mikedrucker.bsky.social to help you into the new year upsettingly and for FREE. 1900hotdog.com/2025/12/best...

I see a lot of arguing on here and I just want to help out a bit: It’s possible to enjoy Marjorie Taylor Greene burning bridges with conservatives without also concluding that she is now a reformed progressive icon

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

This Brazilian woman hates AI

As @gregsargent.bsky.social explained in his deep dive into the twisted mind of Stephen Miller, Trumpers long to return to 1924, when Congress shut the door to immigration to the US by those belonging to disfavored ethnicities and rsces, by effectively voiding by executive fiat the 1965 law... 4/

This is why it's so important that people understand that Trump is a narcissist, and MAGA is narcissism operating as a political movement. You can't find a compromise or concession that will ever win them over. The goalposts keep moving, & you keep giving until there is nothing left.

Um serious question: what the fuck is this? Is this…romance? I can’t quite…? Protect humanities education, people.

Why do people think CEOs have powers of divination or even instincts toward futurism, an actual distinct area of expertise and study?