"Ever since I got into activism I've been getting some version of this comment from time to time." https://www.tumblr.com/nightmare-from-heaven/777651592303378432/davidhellman-my-comic-about-why-we-should-all-be

A Freudian GIF https://negativ00.tumblr.com/post/805341706995351552

The Kansas Industrialist, Manhattan, October 18, 1916 https://yesterdaysprint.tumblr.com/post/806293111174234112/the-kansas-industrialist-manhattan-october-18

"It is the misfortune of Minnesota's ICE contingent to have invaded the state with the second-highest levels of social trust, trailing only Utah.... stop spreading despair and nihilism. stop buying into the idea that nonviolent activism is useless, rather than (by far) the most effective form of […]

Mecha Comet is a handheld, modular computer that runs Linux. It looks sweet, and it tempts even my Apple-pilled heart. https://mecha.so/comet

Word of the day: “Yegg.” A safecracker or tramp and thief.

Word of the day: “fantods.” “A state of irritability and tension.”

What it feels like trying to focus on normal work/life routine this week. https://knitmeapony.tumblr.com/post/806045555752075264/nero-neptune-a-haunted-house-2013

I’m making travel plans for conferences in the first half of the year. Visiting the press page for the DTW Ignite conference in Copenhagen in June, I saw this banner photo at the top. I’m second from right. https://www.tmforum.org/events/dtw/media

"I feel like tumblr should be bigger fans of The Blues Brothers. It’s a movie that has everything we value as a community. Attention and respect to pioneering black musicians, open hostility to nazis, open defiance to police, Carrie Fisher with a rocket launcher and flamethrower, a soundtrack […]

I PR got a pitch for an article on integrating cannabis into healthcare. I am tempted to respond, “We are a telco pub. Why would you think this pitch is relevant to us? Are you high or something?” Cheap, obvious joke.

A friend and former colleague mentioned Xenix this morning.

"I'm Peggy Olson, and I want to smoke some marijuana." https://www.tumblr.com/blondebrainpowered/784424908303302656/mad-men-2007-2015

"Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting […]

This powerful and disturbing Lincoln Project video is a lesson in truth-telling. “We’ve lost two American citizens, but if we don’t stop Trump and MAGA in 2026, we’ll lose more than innocent lives; we’ll lose America.” Democrats, do this. https://youtu.be/nNRCcbTdHPg?si=YDs4h-qkB71HEW7V

Bell is mobilizing ‘sovereign digital spine’ for Canadian AI. Bell Canada is investing strategically to position itself as a full-stack AI provider amid escalating U.S.-Canada tensions. My latest on Fierce Network […]

“I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what’s happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people from more walks of life." […]

Gun Rights Activists Briefly Pause MAGA Cheerleading To Half-Assedly Defend Rights Of Murdered Minnesotan. “They don’t honestly care how many people are killed by law enforcement officers. The only thing they care about is being able to open carry while shopping at Walmart or invading federal […]