Pretty simple answer. They didn't see him as human.

bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

The Carney speech is worth reading in full: globalnews.ca/news/1162087...

As I always say: The greatest predictor of belief in misinformation is not stupidity or ignorance, it's over-confidence.

They are so desperate to instigate a violent confrontation that they will now attempt to break down your front door and enter your home without a warrant. State terrorism at its finest.

PhD in criminology (actually extremism) here to say GenAI products as currently constructed are powerful bias amplifiers that operate at the expense of minority out-groups in both subtle and gross ways

Trump in Davos, Switzerland: "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German". German is the main language of Switzerland.

This shits so fuckin accurate lmfao

Historical Juxtaposition by Rod Emmerson @rodemmerson.bsky.social

A new history of the famous Lloyd Geering heresy trial that pitted one New Zealand city against another, reviewed by Philip Matthews

Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader

Cool cool cool. We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canadian PM Carney’s speech at Davos reportedly received a standing ovation. The speech marked the end of an era. It will no doubt be looked to as part of the historical record of the end of the transatlantic rules-based international order. You can read the speech in full here:

wow just woke up from a nap, turns out the pilot of this plane says we're going to The Hague. some of my fellow passengers are screaming at him to turn around.

i thought the president would do something that would distract people from the virality of Bus Thread but somehow he managed to do the exact opposite

Lol, they launched without potus

If we all start going "That isn't Donald Trump, that's clearly a body double" I bet we can make everyone in the White House lose their minds within a week. But we have to _commit_ to it.

Not one of them a Living Wage Employer #villains #freeloaders #taxwealth #oxfamnz #nzpol

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)

The UK Government just released its national security assessment on #biodiversity loss: an actual intelligence assessment using the same frameworks as military threat analysis. The conclusion? #Nature is a foundation of national security and every critical #ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse. 🧵

This article swings a little hard on the US political divide, which to non-Americans is *entirely* right wing, even the Democrats... But the notion that the big collapse isn't among the Left, it's surrender of Conservatives to Fascism, rings pretty true to this student of politics.

This is almost as epic as the rice truck story!

🧵Hey lovely people, I've just signed up to Tidal. If anyone here is on Tidal and would like to share a playlist they love, I'd so appreciate it. I'm seriously a music omnivore and pretty much love everything. All genres (including metal, electronic and classical) welcome!🤘🎻🎵

FSU spent $7,898 on 156 ads on Facebook alone in past 90 days. For comparison, in same period, Auckland Transport spent $8,431, & Dept of Conservation spent $7,836. So yes, very well funded, though by exactly by whom isn't a transparency they are required to furnish - which is larger issue in NZ.

DWARF CONTRACTOR: *on the phone* alright so tell me this, BEFORE hand, how greedily were you digging.. uh huh... and how deeply? okay, I don't even need to come out, I can tell ya right now you gotta balrog. I'm gonna be honest with ya, does this mine hold any sentimental value

Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.

On holiday. Going to build this bad boy with the neph. Weather in the Central North Island is pretty average :D

Oh hey new followers, hi I'm Paul from Ōtepoti Dunedin, NZ. I take photos & don't suffer RW cults. I chase Aurora Australis here in the South Island of Aotearoa NZ

The really dumb stuff they get so excited about is sometimes welcome just because this dynamic is so funny:

Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.

We designated this group, 764, as terrorist entity on 7 December. First country in the world to do so.

China’s shift to EVs and clean power is shrinking its oil appetite 🌍⚡️ Once a top buyer of Venezuelan crude, China’s “peak oil” demand now looks near as EVs boom. That weakens long-term oil markets even as the U.S. pursues Venezuelan oil. 💡🚗 #CleanEnergy #EVRevolution

This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.

I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

Happy Wellington Anniversary day! We shall be going to the Petone foreshore to sell each other land that we do not own, in commemoration.

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

Close to 100% of people have no clue how right-wing psychology works or how the modern world aggravates and fuels it. This guy gets it. Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it. If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.

Why. Why do these arseholes need to make everything after LOTR. We're at the stage where if you hear of a startup named Gondorian or some shit? Just torch it.

This is New Zealand too, on our typically shittier scale: it is common knowledge among journos which press gallery hacks are poinking politicians and their staff but it’s all nod nod wink wink yawn yawn.

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

Enzed as a share cropping, exploitable spoke to the metropole.

Forestry Companies care not a jot for the people/communities/environment they destroy in their quest for increasing profits. The concern is that the Government could well be on their side against the wishes of people and their elected Councils. It’s reprehensible. #nzpol

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...