State Dept spokesperson Tommy Pigott: "If the ICC continues to try to threaten our sovereignty, they will know the full power of American resolve" (are we going to, like, bomb the International Criminal Court?)

The problem w the ICC is that they are powerless and can't/don't do anything about war criminals if they are from rich and powerful countries. Even this weak shit is too much for the bully rogue state to tolerate. America threatens everyone's sovereignty not the other way around.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero weren't murdered because of car pursuits. They were murdered because the men driving those cars felt comfortable recklessly killing. None of this ends until we shut down ICE completely.

Holy shit. Buried in that DHS document about its desired “deportation airline” is a request for contractors to procure and maintain 1,000-bed “detention facilities” in foreign countries. Huge scoop from @charliearchy.bsky.social. www.theredoubt.net/ice-detentio...

So they’re franchising concentration camp hotels.

Until Trump I was frequently baffled by this behavior, after Trump I realized it was mostly driven by racism. White people vote for Republicans because they have a sense that Republicans are the party for white people like them. It’s identity politics, not policy.

low info voters are constantly being convinced that Republicans have more moderate policies (and Democrats more left wing policies) than they actually do and the mainstream media is a huge accomplice in this effort.

This the most comprehensive video compilation so far of the horrific ICE killing, not for self-defense, but purportedly for "public safety." #mepolitics edition.cnn.com/2026/07/14/u...

While other cities struggled to handle this year’s World Cup crowds, Seattle thrived with pedestrians happily exploring and transit records being broken. Good planning and an urban stadium location was key to Seattle outperforming its American peers. Story: www.theurbanist.org/how-seattles...

Large concentrated hog farms that send manure contamination into local waterways not only impact human health but threaten the existence of more than a dozen endangered species, according to a new study. Brian Bienkowski reports for @thenewlede.bsky.social:

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“It's a legislature whose most prominent grandees cling to power at the very brink of death's door, long after they can be effective leaders, just so they can anoint their successor during the next election.” @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/d...

Cities across the nation are re-evaluating whether to allow mass surveillance by Flock ALPR cameras. Want to find out whether your local police are using Flock to scan for immigrants targeted by ICE? EFF tells you how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

if taco bell is giving you the runs then you need more fiber in your diet

HHS claims it hasn't abandoned the rule cutting Medicaid from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to trans youth. Its own calendar shows the rule effectively shelved, with finalization set for Dec. 2028. That's the month the proposal expires by law. The proposed rule has an expiration date.

Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.

stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.

Also Godzilla, like God, is at this stage largely a gestalt of accumulated Old World and New World traditions filtered through the lens of unresolved postwar traumas.

This is not actually true...... but aren't lies the REAL truth?

You cannot technically explain yourself out of UX issues, please stop trying. So often I see users bring up UX issues, and programmers then tell them how much work it was to create their product. It doesn't matter how much work it was!! What matters is if your target audience uses it or not.

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Best known for telecoms infrastructure and smartphones, Huawei has, in recent years, quietly become part of the backbone of the global energy transition. The latest for @bloomberg.com Gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three who built houses in Houston, started his own business, and raised his family here for 35 years. His son became a teacher. ICE agents killed him in cold blood. 🧵

Joan Sebastian Salguero, the 26-year-old husband & father killed by ICE today in Maine, was at least the 9th person killed by federal immigration agents, and at least the 22nd person shot, during the lawless regime of Donald Trump.

ICE is getting scarier, which is all the more reason for us to watch them. The brave folks Rob interviews have been fighting against state violence for decades. Let this be your inspiration to find a neighborhood org, get trained, and sign up to help.

something important imo that isn't mentioned in the Reuters piece is the fact that, in response to the NAACP suing xAI, Trump's DOJ is trying to *take over the lawsuit as plaintiff* and "voluntarily dismiss" the case ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term

“On one hand everyone hates this, but on the other hand a few people are getting rich” - every news story

They aren't claiming the officer feared for his life, but "feared for public safety" when Guerrero attempted to flee. But he was not the target of the warrant. Which means they had no reason to think he was dangerous. Fleeing an immigration stop does not make you a threat to public safety.

A slave patrol argument if ever there was one. The free movement of racialized people does not make them intrinsically dangerous. That is a racist lie designed to promote terror & legitimize violence & plunder.

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

An unfathomable clean air act violation. I worked in this exact field for years, including in oil and gas, and i still can't get over how wanton and obvious this crime is. Just stunning

I spoke with a nurse who has worked at a Bronx Hospital for 39 years and is now being laid off, along with 11 other nurses, to be replaced by AI. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Is Taco Bell growing their own lettuce? No. They get their lettuce from companies like Taylor Farms (that has 1/3 of the market *including hospitals*). This is deflection on the part of the federal government, which specifically cut funding for food safety screening/testing.

Just a recovering lawyer from another country, but pretty sure this is the opposite of “mitigating one’s loss” and would not look good in actual court - a clear tell that this is an abusive use of legal threats. Don’t let this lady who’s made scapegoating her whole personality intimidate you.

Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.

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✍️ Megan Rapinoe, writing for Marie Claire “No girl deserves to be discriminated against. That’s why all girls, including trans girls, should be able to play with their classmates in the sports they love… girls who don’t fit someone else’s expectation of femininity, will face further harassment.”

Judges overseeing immigration courts in places like Elizabeth are increasingly denying bond to nearly every detained immigrant who comes before them, part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation push. via @newjerseymonitor.com

As Central Valley temps increase, tomato transplant crews are scheduled overnight to improve the survival of young tomato plants. Working overnight means workers make long drives home while fatigued in the early am hours. They make minimum wage and work 8-10 hrs/day. #WeFeedYou

Overwhelming response to this column today. Pretty clear people are fed up with the gambling takeover of major sports - and that fans support Kylian Mbappe in his opposition to the corporate bookies. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

I am glad this happened, but I'll only truly believe Playboy has changed its stripes if it puts a trans woman on the cover That's also the only way I'll ever forgive them for what (former? current? no idea! they don't publish their masthead online!) editor Will Dana said to me a couple years ago:

Grok's auto-translate is taking some interesting liberties

Hey, this is what a really good public statement on ICE killings looks like. Whatever staffer that reads Haley’s engagements, pass it up. This is what we’re looking for. bsky.app/profile/mayo...

Last June, Rep. Stevens voted with Republicans to thank ICE “for protecting the homeland.” Michigan deserves a real Democratic fighter like @abdulelsayed.bsky.social who will hold Trump’s thugs accountable instead of praising them.

"Corridor zoning" amounts to jamming low-income residents into big, bland apartment buildings alongside stroads, where they can serve as a buffer, absorbing all the noise & air pollution cars produce, protecting the precious single-family homes that dominate everywhere around them. It's abominable.

this piece is excellent work and deeply relatable.

this a 2024 newsweek looking forward to the skrmetti verdict. every man like this. every woman working tirelessly to kick raped trans girls out of DV shelters. every guy who sends bombs to israel to increase the size of “the largest cohort of pediatric amputees in history,” i wish for slow cancer. 🧵