Happy Birthday, Jane 🎂 Is it possible that everyone’s favourite librarian was in charge of this post….? (this has been an Among the Stacks reference) www.instagram.com/p/DSU3Iq4jJsh/

My latest in @lawfaremedia.org: Nihilistic Violent Extremists (NVE) closely resemble two other forms of mass violence that have evaded simple characterization: incels and school shooters. Ambitious efforts to better classify such violence should be applauded. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-te...

ICE agents are the lowest common denominators of our society.

“Shutdown? Look, I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, let alone something that happened so long ago, really you should get some new material…”

"It's just crazy how relatively rarely Ghislaine comes up because that is such a smoking gun that there was some kind of quid pro quo," @willsommer.bsky.social says. "[Susie Wiles] says, well, if it matters, I guess I could look into it for you. Well, yeah... I would say it matters."

Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."

“Are we in a democracy or a dictatorship?” Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan challenges Pakistan’s military regime. The facade of democracy is wearing thin, as oppression and repression intensifies in Pakistan under the #AsimLaw regime.

#News: #Australia’s #ocean faces record extremes by 2040—marine life is fleeing to the poles to survive. Climate refuges are vanishing. Demand urgent #climateactionnow! 🧐🔥 #ClimateChange #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This applies to so many things (h/t @serwewx.bsky.social)

We are failing our kids

Just really awesome how our financial elite just spent the last several decades admonishing people for pursing the humanities and creative fields, and are now suddenly pedaling the idea that "there are no good ideas anymore" after spending the last 5 years laying off everybody with a brain

I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

THEY'RE HERE! Recordable Book Buddies are 9" tall and can be attached to the back cover of any book. What do they do? You can record your voice reading or responding to a passage, then sticker the page with the matching number. Read aloud to someone you love! (Not just for kids!)

Social media erupted after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Australia’s support for Palestinian statehood for the deadly attack in Sydney - a claim that many online called illogical and a politicisation of tragedy. #NetanyahuWarCriminal www.middleeasteye.net/trending/net...

Famously, ideologically motivated Armadas, sent by authoritarians, to foment regime change, have been very successful over the course of history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish...

An unreliable ally is not an ally, just like an unreliable smoke detector is not a smoke detector. The essence of the thing is its reliability.

Finnish members of parliament representing. You can guess the party. The populist (far) right one. Our Trumpsters. We need these goddamn idiots gone just as much as any other country needs to get rid of theirs. I'm not much for nationalism but I love my culture and this is so shameful.

Impossible to overstate just how much of a mensch Rob Reiner was to interact with. A jewel of a person.

Grateful for the endorsement from IfNotNow Chicago and the Justice Coalition. This campaign is about naming harm, rejecting the influence of power and money, and showing up with real action.

QUINTANILLA: The president said the other day "why can't there be 25% GDP growth." What is the street supposed to do with that kind of number? HASSETT: Heh heh heh. As an abstract thought, I don't know what the highest growth ever is, but I doubt it made it to 20%

Leavitt dismisses the Vanity Fair feature as a hit piece on "the greatest president in our nation's history"

Is this the Louis XIV (The Sun King) regime, or the Marie Antoinette (Let them eat cake) regime? You decide. Let me know. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

He’s right you know.

I’ll be over here waiting for the GOP or evangelical leaders to comment on the latest Epstein photos, i.e. the condoms, black glove and various sex gadgets.

This.

Trump double whammy has Ohio farmers now facing 'full collapse' www.rawstory.com/ohio-farmers...

trump is the very definition of DEPLORABLE. 💯⚠️

Donald Trump is a deplorable piece of shit.

BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)

southampton.stonybrookmedicine.edu/sites/defaul... (from April 2025) this brief article explains how #RFKJr believes that #LymeDisease was bioengineered by the U.S. military at #PlumIsland Animal Disease Center, & info about how this is simply not possible.

📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

🇹🇷 The Turkish Defense Ministry announced the shooting down of an unidentified drone. The drone was shot down in a safe zone over the Black Sea by NATO F-16s and the national air force.

Yet another reason I'm glad I live in CT. Thank you, Gov. Lamont: www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...

Lindsey Graham: "The least of my concerns is this frickin' video. Release it, make your own decisions. This is lawful. I have every confidence that what they're doing is no different than what Bush did."

Rep. Jim Himes: "Of course they're not dismantling these networks — that's insane…Until you figure out how to stop Americans from being willing to put their hard earned money down for cocaine or for fentanyl, these networks will exist to service that demand."

Suddenly they don’t like showing when they bomb boats? Jeepers, it’s Almost like they have something to hide

Walz: "To watch people word salad - there's too damn many guns & wrong types of guns on the street. I don't want to hear 'how do you define assault weapon?' I damn sure can tell you what it does & unfortunately we have a bunch of parents now who know a lot more about what these weapons do"

You know who HAS got Trump Derangement Syndrome, etc.

There have been 389 mass shooting this year. We have a gun problem

I think a mistake we make on the gun control issue is assuming MAGAs care more about their children than themselves.

WELL DOJ EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THE JUDGE'S ODERS: RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!! NOW DAMNIT!

How we feel about this is how the whole rest of the world feels about Americans.

‘Trump Flipped On Us’: MAGA Reacts to Potential National Citizen Database www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

My initial reaction when I see memes like this is to question if it's true. Why do I even bother thinking like that. After the last 11 months, nothing should be discounted and everything should be believed because this regime is literally capable of anything.

Netflix, Warner Bros., Paramount, Jared Kushner, and Saudi Arabia? My reaction to @goodworkmb's timely skit about movie mega-mergers.

It was another bad week for Russia's oil refineries. Every week is now a bad week for Russia's oil refining industry.

Sen. Kelly: “Obviously, they have issues with what is in that video, and that's why they don't want everybody to see it.”