Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

Rahvaan Queer -illan toisena esiintyjänä upea Paula Raitanen 🏳️‍🌈💕

Niin. yle.fi/a/74-2017439...

Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.

Norway fuel giant 'refuses to fill US submarines' after Trump-Zelensky clash Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy. www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

A major Norwegian fuel company is refusing to provide fuel to U.S. warships after the “shitshow” in the White House yesterday over Ukraine. This is the way. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...

The first Republican senator to condemn the Trump administration for “embracing Putin.”👇

Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:

Hämmentäviä lukuja.

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

NEW: Who’s guiding Elon Musk as he navigates life in DC—and uses DOGE to dismantle key parts of the government? Stephen and Katie Miller, multiple sources tell WIRED. An inside look into the couple who have become integral to the world’s richest man and his ambitions in Washington.

PhD in Practical Philosophy, Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. Application deadline March 5. #philsky Current Master's students may apply provided that they will *submit* their thesis and complete coursework by June 30. For details and to apply, see su.varbi.com/en/what:job/....

This article is great, and definitely starts at the (chronological) beginning doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Dear all, do you know of philosophical defences of bureaucracy? Starting from scratch (or Weber) here. Or do you know who would know? #philsky

No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.

Saved a lot of cash. This is gonna roll all day for free.

From firing nuclear safety workers to this—Elon Musk’s DOGE is completely out of control.

Check out this community note👌🔥

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Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.

Captures it perfectly.

Finnish pm Orpo reportedly said that while there are confusing messages from the US, things are basically ok. Eh.

We are nearing a precipice.

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.

A critical point.

Hyvä essee. Erottelukykyisempää tosin olisi erottaa länsimaisesta elämänmenosta rakenteet kuten kapitalismi ja "arvot", jotta viimeksimainittu olisi hyödyllinen käsite. Kapitalismin pakkoja ei muuteta arvoja muuttamalla, monia asioita muutetaan. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Tämä varmaan herättää keskustelua ja hyvä niin. Minusta ongelman ydin on, että edes alueluovutuksia sisältävään rauhaan tarvitaan kaksi ja Putinin kanssa ei minkäänlaista rauhaa ilman massiivista sotiaallista uhkaa. Edes huono rauha ei ole ollut korteissa Putinin vuoksi. www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...

House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

I fear they’re coming for ALL school vaccine mandates next. Including measles, mumps and rubella.

A fine point.

Trump is reportedly looking to shrink the FDIC and consolidate it into other govt agencies. The FDIC was created during the Depression to protect bank deposits. This would come after Trump and DOGE shuttered the CFPB, which protects us from financial fraud. See the pattern?

Hilarious. https://www.comicsands.com/denmark-petition-california-trump?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

He could have stopped all of this in January 2021. All of it.

Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

Kuinka pm Orpo reagoi Yhdysvaltain tilanteeseen, jossa mm. teknojättien regulointi jäädytetään? Ehdottamalla, että EUssa digireguloinnin pitäisi olla lähempänä Yhdysvaltain tasoa. Juu-u.

Finnish PM Orpo reportedly said EU should loosen its tech regulation closer to the US level. At the time when US is putting regulations on ice. Hello.

On those new Trump tariffs: I don't think people realize how narrow they are. They're ugly and stupid, but also arguably an attempt to save face after he lost his nerve on broad tariffs

@gregsargent.bsky.social was one of the first to warn of what was coming frim the Trump-Musk Broligarchy Now it’s here But so is the rule of law & democracy pushback !

One for @chrisbrooke.bsky.social I think #beaversinthenews

One of the best articles I’ve read about the age we are entering. And it touches on something that we need to discuss more: in authoritarianism it is *logical* to cede power to those in power. Or rather, it is seemingly logical. Ultimately, even after you give in, they’ll come for you.

Näinpä. En ole ikinä oikein uskonut, että dollarin asema maailman keskusvaluuttana horjuisi Brics-suunnitelmien ja muiden geopoliittisten haastojen kautta. Mutta aivan saatanallinen typeryys Yhdysvalloissa saattaa toki kaataa dollarin statuksen ja siten Yhdysvaltojen johtoaseman kv. järjestelmässä.

Thinking about this letter to the editor right now www.sltrib.com/opinion/lett...

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

This report is especially notable because it seems that, just hours before it was published, Treasury Secretary Bessent lied to GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee about this exact issue. (And props to @murray.senate.gov for calling BS on it.) www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Exclusive: Federal workers have filed an emergency motion requesting a restraining order to disconnect the DOGE server that's being used to conduct Trump's "deferred resignation program." The workers had previously accused DOGE of illegally bypassing a mandated privacy audit. By me at @wired.com: