Up early to drive to my hometown of Lexington MA (where the first No Kings day was arguably held in 1775). If you don't know where it's happening near you, here's the guide. Please turn out--this is one of those days that matter in American history www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=t...

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”

a very spooky tutorial

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting. Now the official line is crumbling. 1/ (link) newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Our enemies are cowards and we're going to defeat them.

We need to get past the idea of these people being "radicalised" on X. The British ruling class has been racist for centuries. For a while that was suppressed by hard won anti-racist social norms. But after years of chipping away with e.g. talk of "legitimate concerns" those norms are now collapsing

“Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.”

many conversations I have had with complete normie libs, the kind who have a tote bag from donating to NPR and shop at Whole Foods, involve the kind of rhetoric that under no circumstances should be put on the internet people are very mad

This government suffers from severe loser stench. Everything they say and do is a barely veiled form of "I'm the BOSS and you have to RESPECT ME!" and nobody does. Millions of people are going outside tomorrow just to say so

Some assorted reminders as we enter the weekend: 1. Posting illegal content is a violation of §3.B of the Bluesky terms of service. 2. Violations of the TOS may be reported through the app. See TOS §6.A 3. The Hatch Act (5 USC §7321 et seq) is a law.

A better world is possible.

This is a very good point about DHS. They direct harassment campaigns on Twitter using quote-tweets.

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

Quarter of a million accounts are now blocking the DHS account just via block lists. Another 25,000 through individual blocks.

GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...

Spending a Friday creating accounts on a niche social media site to troll people is not a sign of strength. It is not a sign of confidence. And it is certainly not a sign of good judgment.

If the federal Executive Branch is going to repeatedly violate the law by withholding appropriated funds that they owe to state and local governments, and the other federal branches don't stop them, at some point the state and local govts will feel compelled to withhold money they owe the feds.

The regime's desire for authoritarian control is bottomless, but its capacity is not. In carrying out abuses, it reduces its own resources, and ties up some of what remains. It can be pushed beyond its limits. Then it breaks.

What's up Bluesky, this is the Department of State and we're here to post some Hatch Act violations

Have raised this a few times in articles and directly with a few state-level electeds. If they aren’t already gaming out how to lead tax protests, they’re falling behind. Logistically complicated, but not impossible.

This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.

I feel that some of you need regular reminders of how unpopular this man is. And frankly I see him getting even more so as the economy worsens. Again, this doesn't mean that he will give up any power but it does mean that WE HAVE POWER TOO.

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

this, who like a block hath denied my access to thee.

I'm loving how much of my timeline rn is people simultaneously saying "okay I know we like to fuck around here but for real everybody just block the white house"

Anyway, block, ignore, talk football.

The reason they're coming after this place is because they can't control the people on it and it drives them nuts.

WHAT HAPPENED?! Earlier this week, Judge Susan Illston issued a TRO blocking shutdown RIFs affecting AFSCME and AFL-CIO members and bargaining units. Today, upon plaintiffs’ request, she expanded that on two fronts: She added three unions to that coverage. They are NFFE, SEIU, and NAGE.

It can’t be a coincidence that the White House and its minions have joined bluesky the day before the No Kings protest. Do not engage. Block. Protect your peace and what’s left of this space.

the whole point of mass protest is to demonstrate overwhelming opposition to the political direction, at a scale that can't be cracked down on dress comfortably and stay away from anyone inciting violence, but don't let clout chasers scare you into losing sight of how the basic concept works

we are not having a lot of luck with institutional pushback - everyone who does is fired and replaced we are definitely not having any luck with “norms” what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO! nokings.org

South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers restofworld.org/2025/south-k...

literally no need for this the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems. I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.

Folks fleeing to Canada to escape persecution in Delaware is one of the oldest stories in First State. And the wickedness of that tradition isn’t any less rotten for being recreated anew in this generation.

“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”

J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI. MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

I love this book.

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

great stuff, extremely serious people honestly hard to justify engaging with them at all, much as one would not engage with the comments section of your average blog

More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.

They fired a top-level commander, the top of the chain of command but for SecDef and POTUS, because the wanton murder spree on the high seas as it's been conducted so far wasn't enough for them.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT GUYS GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks. This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

A post that is deleted, rewritten, and posted again is called a "palimpsest." A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."