The first video I ever saw. It was in 1982 & changed my entire musical trajectory forever youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ

Happy new year! Keep on sharing this so that it doesn’t fade away as a NYE evening news dump.

I was a teen when we got cable and MTV. I remember my mother watched it once so she could "try to understand me." Lol. The one video she watched was Rock the Casbah by The Clash and she left the room saying "I don't get it." Still a banger

Japanese New Year traditions include a thorough cleaning of the home, putting up decorations, eating soba noodles, visiting a shrine, and taking note of your first dream. I've written all about it here, with lots of #JapaneseArt too. Happy New Year! 🎍 #WyrdWednesday open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...

Tune in to Native America Calling tomorrow! I'll be ending 2025 discussing this year's best moments in Native TV & Film! www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-de...

I highly recommend this moving and powerful film. This is not ancient history, the last of these schools closed in the 90s. Where is the accountability for these Canadian and U.S. children and their descendants?

"The fate of the site of one of the U.S. Army's worst acts of violence against Indigenous Nations rests now permanently where it belongs: in the hands of the atrocity's descendants." "Wounded Knee land will be used for sacred purposes and remembrance." #SouthDakota #USA #Military #Genocide

Anti-ICE Resistance Sprang Up Across Red States in 2025 truthout.org/articles/ant...

Abolish ICE. What is needed is a immigration service that works for the American people. We do not need an agency that is a terrorist organization against its own people.

ICYMI: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #scotland

NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:

Fenway Park concession workers just made history. They led the first strike in the park’s history and turned it into higher pay, clearer staffing standards, and protections for the future. Huge congratulations to all the workers who made this possible.

“Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a smartwatch-based alert system that signals parents at the earliest signs of a tantrum in children with emotional and behavioral disorders — prompting them to intervene before it intensifies.” www.detroitnews.com/story/life/2...

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I'm sorry, but this is not journalism. There is not a single quote from an activist or advocate on whether or not our Democratic supermajority is doing enough. It's a press release for Legislative Leadership with a few quotes from professors sprinkled in. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/m...

AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT: ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!! Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text. Translators translate, of course. But!

This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.

When it comes to the federal government, the answer for who can give it to you is ALWAYS the United States Congress. Congress decides the money. It can fire everyone else. It is Article I of our Constitution. End of story.

This year produced the single largest mass mobilizations in the country's history. Its entire history. I think that there are people who would say that this isn't true EVEN AS THEY ARE LIVING THROUGH THOSE MOBILIZATIONS. It's something to see.

While U.S. families struggle through an affordability crisis, mass incarceration still costs taxpayers $182 billion a year. That's a lot of money that could be spent on communities instead of cages.

For my last post of 2025, here's a look at a network of websites and social media accounts hawking #resistance- themed garments, frequently with slogans regarding U.S. National Parks. As it turns out, the websites in question are likely operated from China. www.conspirator0.com/p/how-not-to...

‘We own it’: Community-owned grocery store opens in Flint, Mich., marking the end of a longtime food desert

I guess Governor Healey's demands to the administration were ignored. Sure seems like she could figure out a way to stop this from happening. Maybe our supermajority trifecta could pass emergency legislation banning removal from MA without due process. Then arrest anyone who tries.

Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.

TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/

There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.

I did not intend to spend Christmas morning correcting this but I also did not expect people to spend Christmas Eve posting rape case court docs for clicks by pretending they're new. Show respect for the victims. They have been presenting evidence for decades. Both parties ignored or smeared them.

The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?

Merry Christmas, everyone!

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

This early entry really raises the bar for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas #Christmas

We are all just going through the same exact motions we are for every insane political scandal. The only way we can escape the doom loop is actually demand our members of congress remove these people from power.

This is how pressure works. Advocates say Jeanette Vizguerra may not have to stay in ICE detention while her case moves forward. ICE detention is often framed as inevitable. In reality, it’s discretionary. sentinelcolorado.com/metro/immigr...

Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.

uh www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision. Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.

Oh. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

We've all seen the CBS 60 Minutes episode on CECOT so where's the accountability? Congresswoman/minority Whip Katherine Clark could prepare articles of impeachment for Noem and whip the votes. It would be popular w/ the majority of Dem-leaning voters. An article for every offense. At least try FFS

Time to bust out my favorite Christmas video/blender ad

Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here. www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...

Stating once again that 3 people in MA have the power to pass legislation that would protect residents of our state. Speaker Mariano, Senate President Spilka and Governor Healey could pass emergency legislation to ban ICE from removing residents without due process and arrest violators.

Here is a link that still works archive.org/details/insi...

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas. It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)