As is the tradition #thecrow #devilsnight

Packing to move, and ran across these guys. Always nice to see an old (robot overlord) friend courtesy of @rstevens.bsky.social

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

For all you fancy boys and girls who say 'fracture' instead of 'break' 'larceny' instead of 'theft' 'interrogate' instead of 'ask' You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066). 🧵⬇️

Focusing on Stranger Danger means we don’t have the brain space to worry about the bad dads, funny uncles, scoutmasters and preachers that kids come into contact with regularly and often

Absolutely right. We've policed our world terribly, all so we could protect the real threats from scrutiny.

They rise heads up high. GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. #speakhisname

one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them

People who are looking for a way to fight Trump, I have it for you in one name: Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. He's the poor guy who got pulled off the street, declared a gang member for no reason, then sent off to that hell-hole in El Salvador. Fight for him because this case will unravel everything. 🧵

The massive success of the Arcade Fire spawned a truly vile era of white people music and I'm glad it's dead (also fuck you Win Butler you fuckin creep ass)

This is maybe the most succinct explanation of transmisogyny I’ve ever seen

Yes, please, listen to him

Instant follow.

The reason that the US is locking up tourists for weeks in hellish detention centers rather than letting them book tickets back home is because the detention centers are owned by corporations. They are charging the taxpayers fortunes to cage these people, and making bonanzas off their suffering.

Fun little comic I made about trauma and dissociation. Posting here because it got removed by Instagram twice lol, anyway!! (1/2)

There is a quasi-religion in Silicon Valley that views AI as godlike. This faith has always been parallel to Evangelical Christianity: salvation (transhumanism), the rapture (the technological singularity), and demons (Roko's Basilisk) Lately the AI faith has fully fused with Christian Nationalism.

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

If you’re a journalist writing about Japanese American concentration camps — or just a person discussing their connection to the present day — I implore you to not use “internment,” “relocation,” “assembly centers” etc. Denshō has a useful guide on specific phrases. densho.org/terminology/

This is a must-watch. I never connected the dots that the Statue of Liberty was commissioned in 1865, just at the end of the Civil War.

SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada. Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:

The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943. Only one cat has ever received the award. This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25

HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

GNU Terry Pratchett #speakhisname

The thing is, when we had high marginal tax rates on the rich, the rich still had yachts and second and third houses and fancy vacations and really good schools for their kids, so, yes, I think most people who are really very rich would do just fine, and the rest of the US would do better than now.

If you’ve made it this far in life without getting sucked into a cult or MLM, thank a cynic

Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵

No, *you're* crying

Panic and despair without an outlet can be self-destructive. Interrupt the doom spiral: -Do 1 self-indulgent thing that makes you feel happy or content. -Do 1 thing to make your home environment more calm or comfortable. -Do 1 thing to help your community and people in it. Repeat as needed.

This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility

I hate that this is such a perfect way to describe what these gutless jerks are doing in response to a coup

Read @marisakabas.bsky.social’s excellent reporting on Friday’s developments. www.thehandbasket.co/p/musk-frida...

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

In 2023, six children under 12 were among at least 100 minors who had to leave Texas to have abortions. www.jezebel.com/texas-aborti...

It is taking all I have not to scream until my throat bleeds.

They tried to pull this same shit with Muslims early in the first term and we all rallied against them. Its clear that the lesson they learned from that was "We need to find a target no one will rally for." I am so angry that they are probably right.

Seriously, this book has everything: new-reader onramp to complex lore, unobtrusive callbacks to reward longtime fans, a strong female protagonist, a strong female antagonist, girls kissing, trans rep, body horror, a dragon, a talking corgi, life-changing decisions, medieval weaponry, and Batman!

Internet rando second opinion: It's really a great book

A “hoax.” I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Yeah, looks like it was a Nazi salute after all. www.joemygod.com/2025/01/musk...

Neat! This is a long list of really useful tips