We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns

What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout: @peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE people.com/ice-detains-...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.

I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

I think this sums up hockey culture perfectly: gesturing towards inclusivity but, behind closed doors, continuing to be huge assholes.

During the night, occupation forces raided the city of Jericho, assaulting and abducting several young Palestinians.

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

Praying to the Blueskies that someone with means sees this. There is an incredibly talented Native artist, Dale Ray Forest, who could use some help. If you are in the position to help please do so and share! gofund.me/bc7d96347 #mutualaid #indigisky

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

”Finland enjoyed Europe's third-cheapest electricity prices in 2025, with negligible production from traditional fossil fuel sources. Approximately 28% of domestic electricity production came from wind power” (YLE). Nuclear provides 40% Hydro 16% yle.fi/a/74-20205942

CEOs at Davos concocted a new euphemism for their shameless cowardice: "Adaptive Normalcy." I have a lot of thoughts about this that you don't want to miss. Become a Democracy Docket premium member to access this and a lot more. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

If a person asked AI to (1) take the UN logo (2) reduce the map to not much more than the US, Canada, Greenland and Venezuela (3) put it on a school shield from an old American high school movie (4) dip it in gold paint then the result would be the logo selected for the Board of Peace.

Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

I like hearing abt migrants “not respecting the laws of our nation” from ppl who knowingly voted for a felon.

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

Trump, on Air Force One, explains the growing bruise on his hand by claiming "I clipped it on the table". Then goes on to blame the bruise on the fact that he's been "taking the big aspirin", and concedes doctors have warned him to stop. More on his aspirin habit here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

It's like overnight everyone stopped arguing about Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy on my post. It's a brilliant show. It's okay to let people enjoy things, even if it's you.

Slept very well. Now it’s Scottish cooked breakfast time on the Inverness-London Caledonian Sleeper. Now at our Birmingham International stop…

And relax…

When we address poverty in its multiple dimensions, we address multiple challenges simultaneously. At the OPHI Summer School, learn how to compute & analyse MPIs - key tools for tackling interconnected sustainable development challenges. Apply before 20 March: ophi.org.uk/event/ophi-s...

This post from our blog, although now two years old, is still one of our most-read pieces: www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1742

Should be interesting. Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W cybernews.com/tech/europe-...

❝ Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence ❞ — Mehdi Hasan

Canada has beaten us to having negative net migration. It’s likely to be the same story in the U.K. by the end of this year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC

"I'm very disappointed to hear Donald Trump said that about people like myself, who served in Iraq in 2003. I can promise you I was very close to that front line... and I saw things I don't want to see ever again." ~ Audience member #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

Department of Homeland Security is worried about people with "class-based or economic grievances," per its annual threat assessment (leaked to me): www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leaked-doc...

🇪🇺 Parlement européen, 21 Jan 2026 Les eurodéputé•es votent en session plénière pour envoyer l’accord UE-Mercosur à la Cour de Justice de l’UE. Résolution B10-0060/2026: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-01-21-RCV_EN.html 👉 Toute […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The EU Commission must fully respects the role of the EU Parliament. The EU Commission must now put the EU-Mercosur agreement on hold and refrain from any steps towards provisional application or ratification until the CJEU has delivered its opinion. ➡️ […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

UK Govt suppressed this horrifying report last year, sneaking it out now while attention elsewhere, no doubt hoping to bury dire implications of likely ecosystem collapse. Ministers must urgently step up, change direction & restore vital life support systems www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As this excellent Québec publishing house points out, the AI tools you are using were built on theft and infringement on creators’ rights.

The @nfucanada.bsky.social once again tells it like it is - that farmers, rural communities and indeed all of us need to have a right to repair mailchi.mp/nfu.ca/right...

Completely by chance, I have discovered that I am a lucky boy when I am in Cartagena next week: www.hayfestival.com/cartagena/home

Apparently world leaders don’t like being intimidated by unrepentantly brazen mob bosses. They prefer a well-spoken, subtle, structural form of empire (a la Obama)? None of us were served by either form of empire, and it’s high time to oppose ALL empire—which stems from the world’s rich countries

It's an awful world out there. This though makes me happy: youtu.be/jSet8ltTGUo?...

There's been a lot of chatter over Carney's speech at Davos. Let's remember, though: "Rules-based order is fading" Who was it working for? "The strong can do what they can, and the weak must suffer what they must." You're realising that just now? 1/

TFW you realize in the longue duree historians will view the fall of the Soviet and US empires as basically taking place simultaneously

State sponsored violence in the US: the six people who have died in ICE custody so far in 2026 are Heber Sánchez; Victor Manuel Diaz; Parady La ; Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz; Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres; Geraldo Lunas Campos

People who literally make $10-20 a day have bidets because they have class

If they keep publishing stories like this there’s going to be a movement to amend the constitution so Mamdani can run for president.

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

Talk about unconstitutional mission creep!

The people and politicians around Trump must stand up to him when it comes to his threat to invade Greenland, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. Read more: theatln.tc/pUygeIqx

Danish pension fund Akademiker Pension plans to sell all its US Treasury holdings by the end of January, citing credit risks associated with President Donald Trump’s policies. www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

Minnesota's AG, Keith Ellison: "Let’s be clear about why this is happening: Donald Trump is coming after the people of Minnesota and I’m standing in his way . . . I will not be intimidated, and I will not stop working to protect Minnesotans from Trump’s campaign of retaliation and revenge."