This AP photo of Trump doesn't look very heroic.

Angela Davis' advice to young activists (2011): 1) think and act in creative ways; 2) recognize the communalism, pay attention to the linkages, justice is indivisible; 3) ask questions about that which we most take for granted; 4) ask questions in ways that are destructive and aim for rebuilding.

Today was stressful, exhale.

Neighbor friend just sent me a note about an ICE Watch zoom training she attended with 2,000 people in it! ❤️

Greenland edition.

And for those of you who want to know more about Dorothy Thompson, this essay by @jenmercieca.bsky.social -- and how much it says about our current moment -- is fantastic jennifermercieca.substack.com/p/fascism-is...

Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.

Tfw the dog won’t wag

I see there's some meme going round where people post images of themselves from 2016 blissfully unaware of the dark future present (or similar, I'm not sure what it's supposed to be). Anyway, in 2016, I was doing this--warning about Trump's demagoguery. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/almost-any-p...

If the shoe fits… and I kinda dig the idea of everyone sending their useless trophies to the White House!🤪😂

"Once fascist ideas and ways of understanding the world become normalized, they become a part of a society’s disciplinary apparatus: acting according to the new “norms” is required for good standing within that society; failure to do so is punished..."

Minneapolis Rises: Trump had a playbook after Renee Good’s ICE shooting. I saw up close what’s happening instead. 🐸 archive.ph/MZqC8

oh.

"Upon meeting him, she hadn’t found the German Übermensch (Superman or Overman) that she had been told to expect from Hitler’s propaganda. Instead, she found him “inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, [and] insecure—“a man whose countenance is a caricature.” open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

"Upon meeting him, she hadn’t found the German Übermensch (Superman or Overman) that she had been told to expect from Hitler’s propaganda. Instead, she found him “inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, [and] insecure—“a man whose countenance is a caricature.” open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Fascism is for Losers open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest — people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.

Fascism is for Losers open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

🥰 Civic Friendship

I had 45 years in the university world, so when it happened that a group of philosophers, journalists, funders — and yes Bari Weiss — was creating a new "anti-woke university" (sorry for that term, hard to find a good one) well, I instantly put it on my follow list: The University of Austin 1/

This is a heroic image.

This is @gettymuseum.bsky.social photographer www.instagram.com/john_abernat... John Abernathy. He tossed his camera to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated, while he put his life in danger to take photos of ICEstapo. Go to his Instagram. This is American journalism as it should be.

No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.

Every time that dude brags about passing a cognitive test my only thought is "I guess he's competent to stand trial after all." 🤔

😂🏆🤡

If you're not already reading @404media.co you should be: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...

Sudden resignations among professionals who took their oath seriously are a tiny signal that something has gone deeply wrong inside the system. Typically it takes an investigation to know what. Watch how Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social develops this image. talkingpointsmo.com/edblog/the-l...

I made a chicken pot pie, nbd

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

"We want to inflict damage on machine intelligence systems."

A basic truth from my research is that people are hard to persuade, but easy to manipulate.

10/10, no notes. Very Presidential and Most Definitely Not a Pedophile Protector.

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A group of A&M alums have formed Aggies Forward, a new alumni group advocating for academic freedom and institutional independence. They made a petition: alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/co...

Freedom ideology

Reporting in from the octogenarian tech support trenches: you do not need to take a photo of a QR code. In fact, so doing will not help you. You can go ahead and delete those photos now. How to use QR codes: point your phone's camera at the box and hover. A yellow link will pop up. Click that.

The branding is done. It’s a See BS network now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I know the lady candidate had a funny laugh or whatever, but there wouldn't be ICE goons going door to door if she had won. Maybe some folks should have voted.

“Profit above people” is literally the subtitle of a book on Neoliberalism.

"If people believe the dictatorship will collapse, it does." 🧵

This is Reggie. He is a very sweet boy whose hopes and dreams are entirely invested in this blueberry. 13/10 (TT: reggiethebully5)

A+, no notes

Well, when you put it like that it doesn’t sound so good.

And I'm not impeached. Don't let them put in the museums that I was impeached. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Powell says the quiet part out loud.

Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it

Watch this clip for a concise explanation of a "pro democracy" press: the arguments for it, examples of how it works in practice, my warnings if it never happens— all from five years ago. Watch to the end and you will see my attempt at a mic drop. www.cnn.com/videos/busin...

"clearly so isolated in their own authoritarian bubble they cannot see how regular Americans would react to the video of a woman smiling at a masked agent & saying: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you,” only to have him shoot her in the face & then spit out “F*cking bitch” after he killed her."