Everyone knows that this "pledge" isn't voluntary. It's one of the costs of doing business before the agency. Another one is dropping your DEI policies. It's amazing he can say any of this with a straight face.

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

not this totally serious guy who definitely isn't compromised

Sure. Why not? It's not like the FCC does literally anything other than apparently not enforce the rule this piece is about. I'm sure this has nothing to do with other functions the agency has, like overseeing satellite communications networks, that are of absolutely no interest to Bezos.

It's not surprising given *gestures around*, but instead of ensuring that the most marginalized in our country have a scrap of connectivity, FCC Chairman Carr is engaging in a racist, deeply cynical and dangerous effort to further demonize immigrants. It's absolutely shameful.

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

hey quick question, what does it tell us about a technology if companies need to roll it out under the cover of rising fascism?

Bitch, we can multitask...especially when the tech is certainly going to be used to feed the 50000 alarm fire we're all dealing with. Absolute ghouls.

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

shorter ring commercial: your spy camera’s auto-search function will only be used to track down lost dogs AND NEVER TO HUNT HUMANS (probably)

I'm pleased to see the NYT not mince words and call this what it is: "blatantly racist." Even CBS and The Washington Post put "racist" in their headlines. Apparently White House just took the video down and blamed a "staffer." Yeah, right. Which staffer. Did they get fired?

And here are examples of the racist capitulations so many of our nation's most powerful media companies have made to please Trump and advance their own political, business and ideological projects. This report was authored by my colleague @rlivier.bsky.social.

One of the many reasons for our nation's current crisis & constitutional collapse are due to the role powerful media and tech companies have played in capitulating to Trump and his racism. We have to reckon & redress the role these companies have played in ushering in this racist & fascist regime.

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to ICE & CBP through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill. Take action today: bit.ly/noicefunding

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

You all know I've been saying FOR WEEKS that this needed to happen to strategically focus on what's happening at DHS. They need to USE this to do shadow hearings across the country, to call for the complete dismantling of ICE (yes) but also the apparatus of detention, to get local media coverage.

screaming, crying, throwing up

It's extremely important that we figure this out, and I really encourage anyone asking themselves this question to check out and follow @media2070.bsky.social to learn more about how our media system got here and what pathways out could look like: mediareparations.org/essay/

Reminder for the new year

yep. whenever people say "the Dems can't do anything" what they are telling you is they don't understand where political power comes from and they don't understand how organizing works

just lobbing this out there a lot of your congresscritters are home in their respective districts right now, maybe hoping to enjoy one last dinner out tonight or a bit of shopping tomorrow before returning to DC might let them know what you think of all this, if the opportunity presents itself

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...

During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight

From Sara Fischer over on the Bad Place: The FCC deleted the part about the agency being independent mid-hearing. x.com/sarafischer/...

People across the world will likely spend the end of the year revisiting or newly discovering Reiner's art. When the other one dies, people will be looking for places to party and then they'll put him out of their minds.

I swear to god...this might push me over the edge. A SMART TOILET??? I'm begging people to be serious. We must stop feeding into the madness of making every household item "smart." Don't buy this shit. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

Brendan Carr is being toasted by all of DC’s communications lawyers. @freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake

so many layers of bullshit to peel back here, but maybe my favorite one is that tech companies keep insisting data centers are "local job creators." hm? in space?

Now that I've had a few days to mourn the Spirit's championship loss, it's time to mourn yet another national nightmare: The NWSL off season Where am I supposed to go to scream about *gestures broadly* in a contained setting until March???

CBS is SO. BAD. at carrying NWSL games. Their ability to cut away from live play to replays or commercials is truly incredible [derogatory]

If anyone's looking for gift ideas, I cannot tell you how much I want this mug. I am so extremely serious e.givesmart.com/events/LYw/i...

Let them fight is praxis. Some people don't seem to recognize this.

Shoutout to the @washingtonspirit.com for not committing attempted murder for the second weekend in a row 🖤💛👻

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.

so beautiful 🥹🥲

Pls share billionaire crashouts I need them all

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

No joke: made myself lightheaded screaming.

CWAers (@nabetcwa.bsky.social) joined @freepress.bsky.social at today's FCC open meeting to make sure FCC Chairman Brendan Carr knows we stand against attacks on our First Amendment rights by the Trump administration and media companies like Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group.

fwiw Rebecca Slaughter, an FTC Commissioner that the Trump administration is determined to illegally fire, just spent the one week she was back at work between court orders trying to re-issue the “Click to Cancel“ rule, which would make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up

The context here, of course, is that the “local broadcasters” Carr is egging on are actually huge conglomerates with a pending merger before his office that would give them (and him) vast control over all broadcast television stations

I wrote this essay right after inauguration day and it’s even more true today. dansinker.com/posts/202…

I repeat: This is WILDLY illegal. Trump is just outright, explicitly, egregiously ignoring the law. The fact that NONE of these words in the Times post say so is a failure of journalism.

Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.