“He’s unwell,” “he doesn’t belong near power” are as beside the point as “he shouldn’t be allowed to do this.” They’re callbacks to an order that’s been broken. We know fascism is wrong. We must after 10 years move past the part where we keep rediscovering it daily with new shock.

Read Full #XRGlobal Newsletter #105 at bit.ly/xrnews105 What do we do in the face of a sorrow so enormous we sometimes can’t even feel it? Perhaps simply acknowledging the complexity is one place to start... 1/5

Came in the mail today with negatives. The end of an era, mes amis. I've been sending these cats my film for nearly 30 years. #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #EastCoastKin

The humanitarian crisis in Cuba continues. Help DSA raise $50,000 for the most-needed medical supplies: sutures and rehydration kits. Our first purchase will be May 1st! go.dsausa.org/aid

Your alleged resistance warriors are being bought up by AI, CRYPTO, and AIPAC money. Suppose these Democrats win. What makes you think anything, structurally, will change? (It won't.) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

This is a multigenerational sin that isn’t really reparable

Dark and Bright avec @collibrina.bsky.social Canon Elan 7 Ilford HP5 film

The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle the U.S. Forest Service. The goal is to cause constant chaos so you can’t follow what’s happening day to day. Here is what’s going on. BREAKING: The administration just announced a sweeping restructuring and it’s as bad as it sounds.

Below, a cautionary tale for Good Germans and others who enjoy the taste of luxury footwear.

Age verification laws purport to keep minors from accessing online adult content. But not only are they ineffective, as Michael McGrady Jr. writes, they are part of the right’s agenda to target sex workers, curb free expression, and reshape digital labor.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

Excellent discussion with @attackerman.bsky.social www.democracynow.org/2026/4/2/ira...

Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine. They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal. A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.

“What this actually is, stripped of the Orwellian window dressing, is the largest forced purge of a federal land management agency in American history. It dwarfs anything that’s come before…. 1/3

It should be the norm. nymag.com/intelligence...

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

"There are no good options for the United States and Israel...The United States and Israel will have to face the world as fuel and food prices skyrocket. This was a miscalculation by the United States and Israel. Iran will not bend so easily." peaceandplanetnews.org/the-miscalcu...

What Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Rainbow Coalition can teach us about building the broadest possible front to fight the authoritarian Right.

The announcement of a permanent FBI office in Quito is the latest iteration of the US using security cooperation to intervene in the country’s domestic politics.

Just out of interest, is there any point at which US military will simply say "No" to Trump's increasingly Hitlerian pronouncements and goals of plunder that violate international law -- or will it simply obey orders to the end no matter how ghastly those orders are? www.afr.com/world/middle...

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Becomes First Native Nation to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Lands. futurism.com/artificial-i...

This UN resolution is an essential step in our fight for reparations & addressing the systemic oppression of Black people. Shame on the US Ambassador for voting against it. Justice delayed is justice denied, and we will not back down in our pursuit of reparatory justice.

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

Deploying ICE at airports is to normalize their transition from being a special operation targeting immigrants to being an entity that polices all. This is the production of the American Gestapo, one institution at a time.

Collibrina, the one and only. Model: @collibrina.bsky.social With Polaroid i-Type and 600 film

‘Nonfiction books are a crucial bulwark against the surging public culture of “alternative facts,” outright lies, and the brazen embrace of ignorance.‘ newrepublic.com/article/2076...

DSA calls for the dismissal of the litigation against President Maduro. Read our full statement at dsausa.org 🌹

146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.

"...in 11 cases they went rogue, sharing private files—containing medical details & Social Security & bank account numbers—without permission...One agent publicly posted a potentially libelous allegation about a fictitious person." www.science.org/content/arti...

I know I don't have to tell any of you here that ICE is deployed at the airports because he wants everyone to know that they are his personal police force and that he will deploy them anywhere at will.

Occam's Razor, comrades.

The past 11 years were the 11 hottest on record amid an increasing onslaught of climate-driven disasters, the World Meteorological Organization said in a new report

When I retired only around 25% of Full Professors in STEM were women. I was proud be one of them, and to support the success of fellow women in STEM through mentoring. This was not an organic process. It took hard work and persistence. And now The Regime is setting us back decades.

Hommage à David Lynch. Avec @collibrina.bsky.social

As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba, a general told Congress that the military will “set up a camp” at Guantánamo Bay to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States.

Eugene Debs said, “James Connolly was well known to the Socialists and working people of the US. He addressed them by the thousands (with) eloquence and his inspiring appeals.“ 110 years later, the Irish rebel socialist is still inspiring activists and leaders in New York… including Zohran Mamdani.

For Christian Zionist followers, the war with Iran isn’t just about Israel’s “right to defend itself,” said Mimi Kirk, director of the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism...According to Kirk, combating Iran is part of its ideological mission.

Epstein Trump Regime, a failure according to federal workers. bestplacestowork.org

What really irritates me about the US labor movement is the virulent racism dressed as "I'm too radical to see color." If you're happy to "build bridges" with eugenicists for "the greater good" I'm not interested in being around you. Its not an accident that these "labor" spaces are so white 🙄

As Trump's war in Iran goes ever-further off-track, the administration ratchets up its attack on the media -- blaming the messenger for the fiasco. In my latest Authoritarian Watch column for the Nation, I explain the threat to the First Amendment this poses. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

This story needs to be circulated widely. www.wabe.org/woman-charge...

This.

How can Trump go to war with Iran without Congress’s approval? Did you know U.S. presidents going back to George Washington have fought undeclared wars? And it all started as wars with Indigenous Nations.

Trump is hardly the first American president to misunderstand the capacities, motivations, fears and grievances of Tehran’s theocratic regime—but, he is the first one stupid enough to start an actual shooting war on the basis of those delusions. https://bit.ly/3Pi66y5

Given the horrific destruction that Israel’s extremist government has wrought on Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, the last thing in the world American taxpayers need to do right now is to provide 22,000 new bombs to the Netanyahu government. No more weapons to support an illegal war.

I think often too many of us sort of mock or deride it as par for the course—which in one sense it is—and don’t recognize it as an escalation, which it is also is. I’ve been writing on these issues for years. Hegseth is by far the most militant Christian nationalist at this echelon of power.

Must-read here by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social