The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3

The enshittification of a consumer tech product can be measured in the number of times one must click “Not now” to complete a task.

A century of colonial rule by oil and gas companies and corrupt leaders at county, state and national levels.

“…pastors said they knew of groups organizing grocery store runs, where individuals who felt unsafe leaving their house could be connected w/ppl willing to pick up groceries…churches have volunteered members to stand guard at the door of predominantly Latino or immigrant populations during worship.”

The EU can start delinking itself, especially in tech, from the dying American empire. Hurt the Tech Bros and Trump will suffer for it.

This is a Trump+8 county led by a Republican county executive.

Not just here, but all over the world, people have actual problems to take care of and lives to lead, and they end up spending so much time and energy just dealing with the damage Trump needlessly causes every day. It's exhausting.

Holy shit. Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

“How dare you discuss politics on my social media feed dedicated to capitalism”

These photos... Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October

We need Walz to stop saying “don’t give him a reason” and at minimum, switch to “there would never be a legitimate reason to deploy the military against the American people.”

Fascists are pathetic because they only know how to operate through fear, hate, and pain. They also always (always) lose so long as people come together to fight with care and community. Anyway, this is great stuff from David Roth at @defector.com: defector.com/fascists-are...

My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.

Shame on every member of Congress who won't make this stop

1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend. She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care. This is her story.

Simultaneously unsurprising and fucking mind bogglingly stupid. Ultimately on brand for a government of criminals and eugenicists.

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. n.pr/4qn9Iwz

Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.

The @cbsnews.com clown car seems content to go over the cliff into oblivion like a herd of little fascist lemmings.

To be clear, Joe and most of his blathering peers really don't believe in anything or have political or moral principles. They're in it for the cash.

We have an economic problem masquerading as a political problem. The only way out of fascism is to make a democracy that delivers to working people the wealth our work creates. If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all the money.

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/ @mckenziefunk.com

This is an incredibly dark read from @garbageday.email…the on the ground reporting is appreciated and there is so much to be concerned about with ICE’s actions in Minneapolis & what they prefigure nationally.

New from me: There's some context missing from all of the conversation about Lynn Jones Turpin, the Black journalist who went viral for her words to the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach

there is no coming back from this without prosecutions up and down the entire chain of command

“In the long run–it is important to remember that it is only in the long run–the working class remains the most reliable enemy of Fascism, simply because the working class stands to gain most by a decent reconstruction of society. Unlike other classes or categories, it can’t be permanently bribed.”

Seriously? “More training” is how you fix workplace errors. It's not how you confront a fascist regime deploying masked men to abduct our immigrant neighbors, terrorize communities, and silence dissent. Treating this as an issue of “professionalism” obscures the truth: the violence is the mission.

«The lesson all leaders who are major fossil fuel importers - and that means most leaders - should draw from this is it is time to accelerate the transition off oil, gas as fast as possible.» backchannel1.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

It is difficult to explain how dire this situation is. There are 2,200 ICE agents in Minneapolis right now. They are heavily armed and are operating with no rules. The MPD only has 550 officers. StP even fewer. How can they protect us against an invading army? Because that's what this is.

Huge amount of aggression from ICE this morning. Just attacked protesters with pepper balls again. Absurd. There's barely two dozen protesters here.

"We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. ... "On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." —Becca Good

X ceased being a public square years ago, and over the last month, it’s degraded even further. A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it. Enough is enough.

I-94 and Wilson, Chicago, IL

Just in - "According to @climatecentral.org, 2025 ranks as the third-highest year (after 2023 and 2024) for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters..." + Interactive graphics/data: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv... + Climate Matters article: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

I can't stop thinking about how any group of racist, power-hungry men can just put on vests they bought online and wander around, taking people off of the streets into unmarked SUVs to who knows where. Masks, no warrants, no IDs/badges, unmarked vehicles, etc. No accountability.

One of the great things about email is that it is unmediated contact with people, businesses, and organizations. Of course they want to change that.

Google: How can we make Gmail worse? Google: That would be hard but how about using AI?

Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.

I wanted to just share one story about a kid who spent a lot of time in the neighborhood where Renee Nicole Good died today. Prince got married at Park United Methodist just down the street from 34th & Plymouth; he went to high school at Central High a few blocks in the other direction over on 35th.

Trump keeps finding new lows. Now pulling the U.S. out of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (only country in the world that won't be a member) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

About an hour ago, @axios.com was first to report that some Dems will be pushing their caucus to shut down DHS at minimum over the ICE shooting today

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

ICE shot and killed a woman in a vehicle at point blank range today in Minneapolis. Make no mistake: this death is not only on the reckless officer at the scene, but on President Trump. Stop fomenting chaos and violence. Get your henchmen under control. This was an avoidable tragedy.

The NYT is incapable of doing the research I just did on my phone while lying on my couch.

the nyt says that no version of events in minneapolis can be "verified independently." but that's not true! there are multiple videos proving that the ICE version of events is a total lie. maybe the nyt can, y'know, watch one of them? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

i know there's Too Much News but i don't think ICE/deportations are getting enough NYT home page coverage. they should have one of their live blogs covering this story all in one place, with regular updates. anyway, just waiting to find out if ICE really did just kill someone by shooting into a car

Charlie writes about how a government full of shitposters is bombing civilians and starving poor children for the lols.

A host of new science books are due to hit shelves in January, by authors including Claudia Hammond, Deborah Cohen and Daisy Fancourt

ICYMI. Trump admin is forcing utilities to keep coal plants open. Even when neither the utility nor community wants (or needs) it open. Totally insane.