It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too

#OnThisDay Nov 19, 1855: Minnesota Deutsche Zeitung, the state's first German-language newspaper, begins publication in St. Paul. In 1858 the paper is renamed Minnesota Staats-Zeitung and becomes nationally prominent for its socialist, secularist, pro-immigration and anti-slavery viewpoints.

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...

'Berkeley Square' (c.1935) by Stanisława de Karłowska (Tate) ----- 🎵 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' by Vera Lynn youtu.be/xTeiYN_Vq6E?...

do you have any fucking idea how fucking insane it is that the country is dictated by the whims of a cabal of dementia addled pedophiles while literally every person i know and talk to is two audiobooks away from being a card carrying communist

I’ve long said indentured servitude is the logical end of the world as it is right now. “People should have the freedom to enter into any contract they please!” -Amazon spokesperson

This is bullshit! What are the charges? 📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

Notice how quickly liberals will add “former” fascists to their tent or efforts compared to how they treat socialists and communists

Jeffries Blocks Vote on Restoring Federal Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights truthout.org/articles/jef...

Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...

Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

Just a pedophile, another pedophile, and a guy who's totally not a pedophile hanging out together.

As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.

Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty

Leeds, 1954, photo by Marc Riboud.

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

okay, yeah, this is prep for suppressing the vote a year from now

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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run. We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader. If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.

I know the idea that ICE and BP will be prosecuted en mass is comforting but it absolutely isn’t going to happen. If you actually care about this issue you should be more serious about it.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Weekend reading: Where America stands, one year after Trump’s election. A fascistic movement controls the government; they are trying to build an authoritarian state; but they have not consolidated authoritarian rule. A democracy no more, but not a stable autocratic regime yet. This week’s piece:

You know it's higher admin-produced slop b/c the cohorts (Foundational AI, Applied AI & Responsible AI and Cybersecurity) are super vague. They don't care how the hires will fit w/ existing campus expertise/needs. In other words, it's the opposite of strategic - just the crassest opportunistic move.

“We’re not allowed to say whatever we want in the classroom,” says finance prof in statement, uh, affirming academic freedom.

This has been demonstrated to be a basic fact of migration over and over and over again. It's a centuries-old truism. But bigotry hates facts almost as much as it hates people.

No, because while they say they’re playing 4D chess against crafty opponents, they actually believe the shitty things they cast as tactics.

When we were on Twitter the line was “Twitter isn’t real life” and now that Twitter is deliberately stirring up bigotry it’s “Bluesky is a bubble you have to be on Twitter” and I think that is a pretty clear statement of value.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Working on spreadsheet calculations to power my new Millard-o-meter™ that measures campaign futility per dollar spent. Millard set an all time Ward 10 fundraising record, almost triple Chughtai, and lost big anyway.

Well, in NYC the socialist won despite the leading dems

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

if mamdani wins huge it's an outlier because it's new york, if he loses he needed to do more to protect women's sports. if dems win big in NJ and VA it's because they disavowed crazy positions taken in 2020. if dems lose in NJ/VA it's because they needed to do more to protect women's sports

Tomorrow’s very serious pundits: just because ZM crushed all rivals w an historic turnout doesn’t mean his shockingly victorious message can be applied anywhere else, dirtbags

******If you’re in line to tell Chuck Schumer to eat shit, stay in line!!******

Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.

The polls close at 8pm today!!! Let's go elect progressive champions who are ready to fight for working people, not corporations and big landlords💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Good news for Mamdani: NYC's Board of Elections said 735,317 voters cast ballots during early voting, more than five times the number of early voters in 2021. Voters 55 and under made up 56% of the early vote. #NYC #MamdaniForMayor #VoteNYC gothamist.com/news/nyc-may...

“I could smell the onions and mustard”

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