Let me give you a thought experiment: Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should. www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

If an authority without equipment to brutalize and kill civilians makes them worthless at their jobs, perhaps they were never good at their jobs, and maybe we never needed them in the first place. And maybe not having them at all is an even better outcome still.

The Republicans are ending the Department of Education (established in 1979) but the Democrats can’t imagine abolishing ICE (established in 2003). “That is why you fail” as Yoda said

“There are common sense measures that need to put in place” Abolish ICE is a nice, simple, achievable common sense measure to do this.

A term like "immigration crackdown" is no longer sufficient to describe what's happening in Minneapolis. We're seeing a state terror campaign being waged by the regime's paramilitary forces.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.

The Carney government’s refusal to take the smallest steps against Musk’s CSAM microblogging site reflects the toxic mix of Carney’s strategy of not upsetting the US lest they punish us at the negotiating table, and his FOMO-driven AI policy. We’re starting to see the fatal flaws in both strategies.

Kids and I biked to zoo for first time in a long while (sunset dunes is the best!) and learned they no longer have paper maps - all apps. 11yo reads the sign for the app that says “your zoo visit just got smarter”, without missing a beat she says “it just got enshittified”. That’s my girl…

Fuck this shit Democrats #HouseDemocrats #SenateDems @chrismurphyct.bsky.social , defund ICE and remove Noem, remove Homan, DHS can’t be reformed, they are terrorizing our communities like 1933 Germany, no negotiations #DefundICE #DV1 #ProudBlue open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

Like seriously: checkerboard pattern on uniforms, high-vis vests, compact squad cars with high-vis paint. Armed with only a baton

Framing basic public health as “COVID absolutism” is how grifters and right-wing operatives destroyed public trust in science. Makary promising to fix it is like the arsonist promising to rebuild your home.

In 2025, I recorded several acoustic covers for fun. Check 'em out if you want youtube.com/playlist?lis...

More training isn't going to fix the ethnic cleansing squad! The problem is that we employ an ethnic cleansing squad that attracts the type of people who would want to be part of an ethnic cleansing squad!

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She needs to come back with a sizable show of force from her local sheriff & PD. It’s literally the law that MOC can inspect these facilities at will, on demand, with no notice. Enforce the law. Stop letting the people breaking the law get away with it.

if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement

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When you learn how many "they should have just followed orders" people are in this country, then you begin to understand how we arrived to the point of a federal fascist takeover.

I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement. Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.

This is the point. They are using an immigraiton system that has long dehumanized people, that has long operated with a lack of due process, to create state police force, whose victims are by definition “domestic terrorists,” who have license to kill at will. This isn’t a mistake. It’s the point.

Thanks to all those Americans who are putting up a stiff resistance against Trump and his cadre of creeps and criminals. Many of you probably feel unseen and powerless. This Canadian sees you and knows you have the power to do what's right.

there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school

and in Kitchener, being a smaller city, many footpaths even in the downtown areas weren't cleared of snow, so I witnessed an elderly person in their stroller decide that walking on the road in the same direction of traffic was the next best option. which is just a failing for a city in so many ways

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As someone who has multiple dangerous interactions with a car every time I ride my bike I have zero patience for this bullshit from JD Vance and Kristi Noem about the agent feeling threatened by a car turning around. The average bike commuter has more courage than trigger-happy Jonathan Ross.

Can I offer you a happy snow pup after all the horrible images and news from Minneapolis?

Musk has a long history of getting away with things others would not. After a year of becoming openly fascist, contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and now enabling the proliferation of child pornography, that must end. Ban X. Put Musk behind bars. disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x...

Charge Jonathan Ross with murder. Arrest Jonathan Ross for murder. Prosecute Jonathan Ross for murder.

Maybe it's the autistic "sense of fairness", maybe it's too many superheroes and D&D paladins in my stories, but I believe that if you're going to enforce laws then you're not above them. You need to be bound by them and don't get to avoid consequences.

"Cyclists dismount in crosswalk or get $110 fine" So what's the difference of 10 feet to the bike lane? Either way, it's on drivers to look before they turn

Need a good spite listen in protest of that *other* wizard school book? Stealing from Wizards, for all you cozy YA fantasy and spite needs. New chapter is out today! #booksky #podcast #audiobook

If the US moves to take over Greenland – a threat we’d be foolish to dismiss – Canada would be forced to rethink every aspect of its relations with the US. Canadian officials need to start thinking though this nightmarish scenario now, not later. It would be a seismic event.

Renee Nicole Good was 37. She was murdered by an ICE agent in the street in broad daylight. What really happened to her will not be forgotten, minimized, or ignored.

If Trump is really stealing spending power from Congress then it would be insanity for Democrats to vote to fund the government later this month. Shut it down until the president stops wiping his ass with the Constitution.

The only good thing about Hitler was that he killed Hitler.

Mount those PV panels on 18-holes worth of multifamily housing community and then let’s talk

MyDrunkInnerDJ: Sweet carrot lime! (Side of rice) Stir-fry never taste so good (so good, so good, so good)

Millions and millions of impressionable and lead-poisoned baby boomer children saw Robert Newton's Long John Silver and went "that, to me, is what a pirate is." And that is why you picture pirates the way you do.

Want to know what emboldened them to do more evil? No fucking consequences. That's what did it.

People love to hand-wring about bike lanes hindering emergency responders, but it's always cars -- parked or otherwise that cause issues.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

Felonius regime, not content with ignoring domestic laws to harm people, moves to ignoring international laws to harm people

I wish that folks employed to clear snow from sidewalks & paths understood that their job is to make walking easier or possible. Not just drive their little plow along a route. Leave a big enough furrow of snow & you might as well have not bothered at all

Trump is transactional. This isn’t about narcotics, it’s certainly not about “helping the Venezuelan people”. It’s about the $billions in oil money they now plan to extract. And likely, in no small part, to gain leverage in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiations with their largest trading partner.

Trump’s administration has decided the rules no longer apply - U.S. or international law. Justice does not come from force. It comes from accountability under international law. Maduro’s repression does not justify these actions and Canada must not tolerate any violations of international law.

I feel for the people who post their selfies and discover, instantly, weirdos using grok to pornify them. Had a hunch where this was going in 2021 and stopped posting pics of myself/any pics/details about family. But if you're, say, a cosplayer who can benefit from a big audience, you're screwed.

We live in a society where being anti-racist will get you labeled a troublemaker. And that tells you all you really need to know about the status of conditions as they stand

I really love living in a time of deep fakes, trusting AI hallucinations, and mistrust of experts during a period of ongoing pandemic, climate collapse, and fascism. Wait, not love. *Loathe*! Stupid autocorrect