For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

And there it is.

Back in the day in Brooklyn, every memorable night was one that somehow ended up at Hank's.

May we have a fraction of this man’s courage and integrity www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

This should be a national shutdown

"...the emerging research is making clear that the ability to plagiarize is inherent to GPT-4 and all other major LLMs. None of the researchers I spoke with thought that the underlying phenomenon, memorization, is unusual or could be eradicated."

Eating less meat remains one of the fastest, easiest and cheapest ways to cut emissions. It requires no new technology, no subsidies or tax credits. "Our nation’s new food pyramid will mean environmental and health burdens for Americans," writes Matt Prescott www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...

This week: we execute a U.S. citizen. Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.” It's so transparent what's going on here.

The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

This is a stark (with stats) reminder of what the gradual collapse of the late 20th century international order means in terms of deaths in war. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.

"The Kra Ecotone is a national and global asset. If the land bridge cannot be built with credible safeguards that protect this living corridor, the wisest course is to rethink it radically -- or cancel it."

Siemen Dijkstra, Single Oak, color woodcut, 2008.

Just wait until these intelligent driverless cars suddenly stall during earthquakes and other widespread emergencies, and block vital evacuation and rescue routes.

The AI boom has caused as much carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere in 2025 as emitted by the whole of New York City, says academic Alex de Vries-Gao, founder of Digiconomist. AI-related water use now exceeds entire global bottled-water demand, too. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Cormac McCarthy line sticking with me this morning, from The Passenger: “Evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure.”

You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.

"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."

I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress

"...you, with complete and utter suddenness, began to believe in nothing at all anymore, and, thanks to the devices that you yourself invented, destroying imagination, you are left with only short-term memory now..."

"The separation of humans from the creative act, and the slop that froths up from the gap, is exactly the point."

“A warmer ocean and atmosphere are loading these systems with water, so even moderate cyclones now unleash rainfall that overwhelms rivers, destabilises slopes and triggers cascading disasters."

‘The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned against both, opposing the wars in Morocco in the 1920s and Algeria in the 1950s.’ Hal Foster: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

What an increasingly dangerous world worsened by a maniacal economic system to benefit the very few: "In the latest example of the impact of the climate crisis on storm patterns and extreme weather, heavy monsoon rains, exacerbated by a tropical storm, have overwhelmed parts of south-east Asia..."

It's not pointed out quite enough that, very often, "investors" is just another way to say "easy marks."

The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...

🇮🇩 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia has climbed past 370 as clean-up and search and rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sh8m

Indonesia, Thailandia, Malesia: nel Sud-est asiatico almeno 350 morti nelle alluvioni https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/11/29/news/alluvioni_thailandia_indonesia_malesia_morti-425010362/?rss

Inondations en Asie du Sud-Est : le bilan humain grimpe à 350 morts

The latest grim news Refugees heading north from baking, waterless, southern Europe, will meet those heading south from a cold, crop-less northern Europe as the AMOC shuts down www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabine...

"Palestinians will struggle to remain even in the 47 percent of Gaza still accessible to them. That may well, in fact, be precisely what the current reconstruction plans are meant to achieve." @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Long-term warming means persistent rain and the ensuing widespread floods, like the kind inundating southern Thailand and other parts of SE Asia right now.

Fred McDarrah’s shot of 8th Street at night, looking east from 6th Avenue, 1950 Greenwich Village, near Washington Square.

There's a new writers' space in Brooklyn. I've written and read a good amount here, and can verify that it's as wonderful as it looks. Find out more and contribute here: app.thefield.org/home/donatio...

‘Possession of the same genetic variant may contribute to an increase in intelligence in one person, decrease it in another and do nothing in a third.’ Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson on the flawed logic of selective gene editing. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

You wonder who they mean, but then you see. Their poison hemlock? That is you. Their brown tree snake. Their killer bee. -Amit Majmudar, 'Invasive Species' #everynightapoem We flower where we flower.

“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.

Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.

The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024 One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...

AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

Before CPR there was... blowing tobacco smoke up the bum. One of the recommended procedures for resuscitating "persons apparently dead from drowning", from a 1787 booklet by the Humane Society. More here: https://buff.ly/3FSaQjs

‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’ @brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn’t. Pretty much solid elephant. So there’s no room to talk about it. -Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room” #everynightapoem

Tim Berners-Lee’s original “design for the [world wide] web was an antidesign, refusing to impose particular structures, leaving space for unanticipated uses and possibilities.” —@around.com

Another year, another record for carbon emissions: