I just spent two hours talking with an American history professor here in Auckland about politics and social movements, and now I’m probably too hyper to sleep. Kiwis just don’t do vibe intensification the way Americans do.

Super important thread showing how academia shelters unaccountable men too. Larry Summers and Noam Chomsky are perfect examples, but there are many many more.

Periodic reminder: When someone shares news with "BREAKING" and they aren't a journalist and don't link to a news story, it's probably not the best source for people to be resharing. It might be trying to get rage reposts, even! Better to find a news article that is accurately describing facts.

I feel a very special kind of foolish to have gotten an infection in a tattoo for the first time, tattoo number 12.

These are the dedication quotes for 32nd century facilities: USS Athena (Starfleet Academy): "wisdom begins in wonder." USS Federation (Federation Headquarters): "Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

Back in my happy place today, marshalling a rally and march for unity and love. Gorgeous (hot!) day for it. I won’t share the “after” picture, but here’s the before!

Person with eight zeros on their bank balance: “Well, people are often complicated, and we weren’t quite sure if…” The platform where teenagers scream slurs at each other: “yeah no way, that guy is a pedophile”

Xbox Live had a stronger sense of moral clarity than a sizeable number of our social, business, and political elites did around that time www.theverge.com/tech/871425/...

I have lots of big feelings about Catherine O’Hara, mostly enormous gratitude for how many hours of true laughter she’s given us.

I know someone who is at the stage of dementia where taking care of baby dolls is extremely comforting. That’s not going to work for Trump because he doesn’t care of other humans, but maybe they can get him a Fisher-Price cash register with the little swipe card?

Wonder Man was flawless. Truly adored it.

Absolutely losing it at "prehensile tale" this is ART

"In theater?!" Are you fucking kidding me. He regards it as Nam.

did he also just nuke all the water bombers before wildfire season starts? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadai... bsky.app/profile/shar...

Mayor Gergely Karácsony of Budapest could teach a few American institutions how to deal with fascism. Rather than roll over to a Pride ban, he led a march of hundreds of thousands in Budapest. Now, he's being charged under their anti-Pride law. But he won't be deterred. Our latest story.

much like watching the games they run, i was shocked at how 50 minutes seem to go by almost instantly listening to these two talk about how they do it

“By turns heartrending, joyful, ruminative, and infuriating, these two books bring into focus a Gaza rarely seen and even less commonly rendered, save in a stray photo by an inspired photographer, or a poem dashed off by one of its many wordsmiths.”

Trump approvals in Feb. 2025 vs. Jan. 2026, according to @pewresearch.org: White: +12 to -8 Asian: -4 to -48 (!!) Latino: -26 to -45 Black: -59 to -71 That’s uhhhh quite the shift, especially with Asian voters.

The tools Americans pay for so ICE can spy on them www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Holy shit. The Trump regime has been revealed as bankrolling the Alberta separatism movement. It's something every (or at least most) Canadian suspected but lacked proof of Even the other Conservative premiers are calling Smith out. I think it's pretty clear everyone knows now she's loyal to Trump

“Require ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement” is the one that gets me. State and local law enforcement have no obligation to help enforce federal law and it actually is unconstitutional to force them to do it. I don’t see this leading anywhere useful.

Ashland, Virginia: "Despite widespread hazardous road conditions and icy weather from the recent winter storm, more than a thousand residents from across Greater Richmond made their opposition clear..." www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...

FUCK THESE GUYS.

Hard to pick just one devastating stat from this survey but holy shit

It's wild that David Brooks has two new jobs despite photos of him turning up in the Epstein files

Kansas City Star’s David Hudnall: “So, here’s my advice: Drop the deal. Eat the embarrassment. Find another buyer. Make a clean break and say, plainly, that you don’t want your legacy tied to masked men hauling people out of their homes and into warehouses on the edge of town.”

Gonna celebrate V-B Day annually from now on

@theradr.bsky.social wrote this last year, but I think it is evergreen. If the horrors feel overwhelming right now and you're wondering how to help without burning yourself out to a cinder, here is a checklist: www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/

This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent. After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility. Within weeks, two men were dead.

"A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning 'covered in vomit.'"

noted woke liberal squish rag The Economist

"CBP’s arrest and misconduct rate is 5x higher than other federal law enforcement agencies—and over the last decade, the arrest rate of CBP [officers and agents] (.5%) has been HIGHER than the arrest rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States (.4%)." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...

This is just classic ableist discrimination. Warehousing disabled kids leads directly to lower educational standards, lower lifetime income and employment, and it’s always racially slanted as well.

Minnesota, I’m with you literally every step of the way now. Repping the Loon Platoon on my left calf now.

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Ope, I'm thinking about "The Year Without Sunshine" again for some reason shout out to @naomikritzer.bsky.social no idea how she pictured the neighborhood or block barricades . . .

Calloo callay it’s new tattoo day! #ICEoutofMN

Minnesotans may also want to contact the office of the governor of Minnesota to say a few things. Of particular concern is we need an eviction moratorium though, uh, there are plenty of other things to talk about. mn.gov/governor/con... Phone: 651-201-3400 🧵

In Minnesota? These numbers should prove helpful: Sen Klobuchar: DC: 202-224-3244; Mpls: 612-727-5220 Sen Smith: DC: 202-224-5641; Saint Paul: 651-221-1016 Rep Omar: DC: 202-225-4755; Mpls: 612-333-1272 Rep McCollum: DC: 202-225-6631; St. Paul: 651-224-9191 🧵

Up late? It's a great time to call your members of congress and leave a message. Call daily/nightly if you can. 🧵 reps.fyi 5calls.org Tell them your name and your zip code so they know you're a constituent. State Senator Erin Maye Quade's thread is a good start on a script IMHO:

Marshal training tonight. Feels really good to be getting back into the hi-viz saddle.

Literally never heard that expression once in all the time I lived in the Cities. Then again, I lived a block away from “Little Mekong” on University Ave in St Paul and never heard a local use that either.

A second general strike is being called for this Friday, January 30, in support of Minneapolis and against ICE. nationalshutdown.org

This much is clear: Stephen Miller is in charge. They've shipped off Bovino, they're hanging Noem out to dry, Trump is using slightly conciliatory language...and Miller is still running a blitzkrieg in Minnesota. He, not Trump, is in charge. And he is the one Democrats should fight to remove.

People outside of Minnesota, in case you are wondering how to help the current situation, this website has many current opportunities to donate and support people who need help in Minnesota. Help pay rent, get groceries, and provide other support for people in hiding. www.standwithminnesota.com

1. ICE is using Palantir apps to collect biometric data on protestors. I'm working closely with @markey.senate.gov to stop this.

This tracks with LA. They make the spectacle, act like it's over when Bovino leaves and then continue the same level of crackdown without a spotlight after everyone gets used to it.

2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.