Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market. Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army. Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change

A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says. The frog is sweating. The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature. “He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs. All books about frogs have vanished from the library.

This is what democracy look like

Congrats to every Republican who warned about the massively dangerous pro-terrorist “I Hate America” rallies who now gets to see their words featured in a Daily Show montage with images of sweet little grandmothers waving little American flags

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

And we marched on

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

No, it’s not a conspiracy theory: Your TV is probably spying on you. So is your fridge. Your doorbell, your security system, and your thermostat, too. The good news: You can turn that data collection off.

More corruption! Federal prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi and her deputy were fired after she resisted Trump’s demand to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James. Thank you, Federal Prosecutor Yusi, for standing firm on principle and honoring your oath to justice.

Another 2018 Home Show Poster up to the plate ⚾️ 🎨: Ames Bros All proceeds benefit the Vitalogy Foundation: pj.lnk.to/AuctionsTP

By the way, the JumpStart tax will also provide $1.5 million to the Fire Dept's budget for the FIFA games in Seattle, in addition to more than $800K to SPD. The tax was supposed to go to affordable housing and other needs, but the council changed the law last year so it can be used for anything.

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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities? If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.

Wow, this single came out when I probably was the same age is this tot. Still moves me.

Just heard from my parents in Portland. They have a friend who was put in the ER by ICE- their friend is in a marching band, another band member is in custody. For PROTESTING. This is not a f**king drill.

Vile www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This hurts apnews.com/article/dang...

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

I know nothing about baseball, but I know I would not want to be the Blue Jays' manager right now

Respect to those who got here first.

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in. The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight. They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

Humor fuels resistance! See how Otpor overcame despair to win democracy—and why hope is serious business in dark times. #DemocracyNotDespair commonslibrary.org/overcoming-d...

The decay of the internet follows the same pattern as any system where power piles up. When ownership is concentrated, accountability fades. Algorithms get the blame, but they only reflect the priorities of the people who control them. Power decides what we see and who benefits.

History gives us plenty of examples of disease used as a weapon. There are fewer cases of governments deliberately using disease against their own citizens. We are living (or dying) through one right now. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Happy #Caturday. Pablo is his puffer collar

Happy Caturday because Sharing joy is resistance 😻 #caturday #catsofbluesky

I was at this debate. The Seattle Times is totally misrepresenting what happened to further the false narrative that Katie Wilson is a nitwit. Wilson was talking about the fact that the CARE team has not been allowed to exercise "its full latitude of responsibility" under the existing contract.

This is the America we live in. Thanks a lot, MAGA Idiots.

Dear WH Press Corp You should be ashamed of yourself. Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him. ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents Hold him accountable for the lies. Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these. Demand the proof

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

Sometimes Truman looks like he is thinking deep thoughts, but it is more likely he doesn't have the ginger brain cell. #Cat

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit. Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages. If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

👓💄🖋️ #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

'Judge April M. Perry of Federal District Court in Northern Illinois, a Biden appointee, pressed Trump administration lawyers for more information about National Guard assignments in the, describing herself as “very troubled by the lack of answers.”' { gift link } www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

NEW: Judge Immergut issues her written second TRO, blocking the Trump admin from deploying ANY federalized National Guard troops from ANY state in Oregon. (Full hearing thread below) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

🚨Kristi Noem brings peace to war-torn Portland, Oregon. 1/2

They look sweet but Truman Catpote testing his luck with Pablo Neruda. At least, they both enjoyed #Caturday