And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷

I was working on counter-extremism in T&S and it was already increasingly the case that the only way we could get tech company teams to focus on extremism-related stuff was tying them into hybrid child harms issues like 764. I don’t want to know what that is going to look like if this dam breaks.

A ream of norms are being shattered daily, but as a tech expert this one really shocks me. For a generation CSAM has been *THE* flaming red line for a tech platform. If they spent money on ANYTHING, it was moderating it miles away. To even have the whiff of it was a Federal kiss of death. Now? 🤷‍♂️

the Catholic Church being right about 60% of the time these days takes some getting used to

nothing annoys me more than people who want to feel like they have special information going "do you know this CAN work..." shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.

“A crowd of hundreds also gathered at Ocean Beach in San Francisco to form a human banner spelling ‘IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT.’” www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... #ICEOutForGood

Minn: ICE agents are entering houses and removing people

Word to the wise: even if you aren't in a city under direct attack yet, you want to be developing these sorts of relationships NOW with sympathetic folks at local institutions. You want to have those numbers in your phone ready for when you have to send exactly these sorts of texts.

stopped reading Liz Bruenig's piece after she, 1, said "self-professed doctor" and then said "claimed to be the wife of Good" - Liz showed her anti-lgbt bias years ago but the "self-professed doctor" bit is still a shock to hear -

The time for action is NOW

This would be a great question to pose to the White House. If you believe that federal officers can kill individuals who disobey their orders, does that mean you think the Capitol Police should have opened fire on January 6th? Do you think Ashli Babbitt deserved to die and others should have too?

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part....And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus -- and you've got to make it stop!" - Mario Savio

“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago

Success! Turtle cheesecake went well. I'm always reminded that cheesecakes are fairly easy to make if you have the right tools and I should do this more often.

when i remember depression & anxiety can’t hit a moving target

Los Angeles, CA - Protesters are once again going past the caution tape and next to the gate of metro detention center. DHS making a warning saying everyone (including journalists) are trespassing on federal property.

Los Angeles, CA - LAPD motorcycle units close by Metro Detention Center protest. Crowd currently about 100-150. (Sorry for the bad video I didn’t see ‘em)

Greetings! Several hundred protesters are currently at Pershing Square. They are protesting against recent fatal shootings in the US by ICE officers.

Zac Kinney shared this photo from the second of two ICE deportation flights at MSP today - one of the 47 deportees was still in their Amazon uniform. (I counted 127 deportees on the first flight)

ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens

There are more examples of Dolphins helping people in danger than there are of ICE doing so.

And if you point it out you’re blinded by ideology.

The only thing I’d add is, I would have told ICE if they actually had a signed judicial warrant, they can slide it under the front door. You can print out a “ICE Home Raids Poster” with more info here: www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/know-your-ri...

It’s a really hard thing to watch, but to go from ICE lying to these folks and threatening them that “the longer this goes on, the worse it’s gonna get,” to ICE then having to slink away minutes later…

People have been asking, how do you get ICE to leave? These folks did it, documenting as they figured out what to do in real time. Watch the whole thing.

please accept this photo of a dog who's wearing a turtleneck and has just received a greenie

A banger of a post from @slacktivistfred.bsky.social about a new song from Amy Grant, of all people: www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...

This is the stance of the Congressional representative for Albuquerque ...

Bluesky welcomes the evicted bear to make a new home for itself, posting-wise, on our platform

Traffic is flowing again, large number of people have dispersed. A small crowd is lingering at the site of the shooting. Media doing interviews. A sign for Silverio Villegas González, shot and killed by ICE behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September, sits in the snow and flowers.

Also: this happened earlier. Feds apparently pepper sprayed the inside of a journalist's empty car.

In Minneapolis this afternoon— Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota. It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.

this is really just the tip of the iceberg. if you are in minneapolis please continue to spread the word about Defend612.com ans the Monarcha line

Sen Chris Murphy wants to require warrants and ban masks as a requirement for more ICE funding. WHY ARE YOU GIVING THEM FUNDING HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING.

Warnock is helps folks to understand why elections won't defeat fascism. Only social movements can.

Seattle friends:

I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.

It's not like policing works both ways. It only works one way. It only oppresses. It just might not be you, right now.

HUDSON NY- Hey y’all I’m speaking at the ICE OUT FOR GOOD rally in upstate. 7th St park at 1200. Come support your neighbors in NY-19!

from our former mayor RT Rybak who is very much NOT known for being radical or using hyperbole:

A few North Country Resilience volunteers were able to get together in Littleton, NH today to protest ICE action. They displayed “ICE FASCISM KILLS.” We plan to be on one of our overpasses on Sunday afternoon, too. We’re determined to continue the fight no matter what comes next.

Trump's White House is hyping his declaration that credit card interest rates will be capped at 10% as if it's a real thing. But he can't just declare that. It needs to be passed by Congress. FYI: Bernie Sanders and AOC actually drafted bills to do this and they were killed by Republicans.

ilhan omar is so brave, and we are so lucky to be represented by her in CD5

I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building. Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained. The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.

if you take your legs out of a shark's mouth because of teeth, the sharks win - so I'm staying

Views from my walk on the lake this morning. The rime has been sticking around for the last three days, making everything look pretty, including the sleepy little shed in my neighbours yard. The anglers were taking out their shelters for the day, hoping for a bite.

ICE OUT of NJ: March and rally for justice for Renee Good and all victims of ICE. 🗓️ Sunday, Jan. 11 ⏰ 3PM 📍 Meet at Adelaide & Rt 27, Highland Park ⏩️ Marching to Oaxaca Park, New Brunswick More info: www.instagram.com/p/DTUOE8qjfT...

Remember the backlash to defund? The “fund the police” line that Biden/Dems settled on was from a memo by a reactionary centrist donor advisor and operative, Dmitri Mehlhorn. Straight line from that memo to this disaster.

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and as always, if you don't want to give money to the 'zon, our GFM funds our whistle printing/shipping but we also use any extra money to rush cash directly to activists who need it on a given day. This weekend, that's the twin cities. 💓