I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing

Not to go all poet on y’all but I think a lot about his last name being one letter away from “human.” Looks like a human, but isn’t. There’s a void in the name where you should be.

I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.

This is horrifying.

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

@samlmontano.bsky.social recommends some great reads in her January newsletter. If you’re adding to your cart, don’t forget to add her book Disasterology! I can also say her upcoming reads Tilt and Wildfire Days are amazing! I couldn’t put Tilt down.

I sent my January newsletter out early. It is about disaster books including some recommendations. It’s about as cozy a newsletter as is possible for a newsletter about disasters so if you need something to disappear into for a minute this might be the thing. open.substack.com/pub/disaster...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school

variety.com/2026/digital... And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.

Holy crap.

If they're murdering people in broad daylight with cameras rolling, imagine what they're doing to the thousands being held in the camps.

My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.

Disaster researchers, the GAO, emergency management practitioners, FEMA employees, and members of Congress from both parties all agree FEMA has a shortage of staff. The ONLY people who think firing people is a good idea is this administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/c...

Leaked docs state how DHS plans to "cut FEMA’s staff by more than 50%" (11,500+ jobs). This is exactly why we shouldn't take the FEMA "Review Council" Report seriously when it finally comes out. They are and always were a sham, even before it leaked how Noem was editing their actual recommendations.

"They should cancel the election."

Sorry to maybe be dumb, but like... how are you guys searching for news? Google News simply does not work anymore? What are we doing instead?

this store is 18+ and they’re strict as hell about it. none of this has ever been about “protecting children,” it’s about trying to force trans people to disappear

Activist arrested on-camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan while summarizing the reasoning behind a peaceful protest against the U.S. government’s kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro held earlier that day.

!!! "FEMA officials said archaeological work at the site, which contained more than 1,000 artifacts and a layer of burnt clay containing clues about two 18th-century fires that devastated the French Quarter" www.nola.com/news/busines...

This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro. But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.

A major use-case for AI is reality destabilization.

The Chicago Tribune loves doing a bad disaster take. The problem here is really not "kids on cellphones". Come on, man. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/s...

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

Trump is doing petro-imperialism the right way. - Ezra Klein

based on the most recent tweet visible on screen, this photo was taken in the hour that passed between these two posts... during which time the strikes were taking place. the most important thing in the room was tweets. they wanted to make sure people were posting about it.

Demonstrators set US flag on fire on Place de la République in Paris during the rally against the American military intervention in Venezuela.

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

"We're in the oil business" - Trump

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Adding this to my 2026 vision board.

Stranger Things should have ended with all those people going to therapy.

Another Project 2025 tracker that doesn't include FEMA. Don't worry -- I have you covered: disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...

Has anyone in the 5,000-subscriber range but low-paid subscriber numbers figured out how to switch from Substack to Ghost without losing a huge percentage of the money you make? I want to leave Substack, but I cannot get the financials to work.

Holy shit...

Excellent summary of the #Trump admin’s actions to effectively eliminate federal #EmergencyManagement & weaken states, localities, tribes, & territories in one fell swoop. #EM #FEMA

Ending the year with an assessment of how many of Project 2025's policy recommendations have been enacted at FEMA. open.substack.com/pub/disaster...

I love it when people's criticism of NFIP is that it is subsidizing the cost of flood insurance. Yeah, man. That's literally the point of the program ???

Annual reminder that the world didn't crash on Y2K because countless people put in countless hours of work to ensure computer systems were updated to handle the date switch from 1999 to 2000. It was a real problem that a huge group effort fixed.

these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside

I have now seen multiple emergency management leaders emphasize that removing FEMA from DHS should not be equated with doing the needed broader emergency management reform. Cool. I agree! But who is saying that it is?? I've never once heard anyone say that all we need to do is remove FEMA from DHS.

This Nazi passed a bill to imprison trans kids' parents two weeks ago.

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14

This is just for Mainers: I went to Flatbreads for lunch today solely to get the scoop on last night's fire. I didn't learn anything new, but it was the talk of the place! One of the fire boats was docked out front and was covered in icicles. Tough conditions.

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.