“… we need to interpret the Constitution in a way that makes inclusive democracy real. Originalism is ostensibly tied to a single point in time, and as a result, it bakes the biases and bigotries of that time into constitutional interpretation.” - @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social

I think it's important to say every time that Americans have been frightened of Black Haitians since the Haitian Revolution succeeded because the Haitian fight for freedom inspired enslaved people across the Americas and showed colonizer slaveholders that sometimes we win. They're still scared.

The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing white people all racism must be intentional—when, in reality, most of it is not.

Sacks was the third player in the Ackman-Rufo disgusting takedown of Claudine Gay w/cherry-picked, ancient allegations, mock outrage, racist tropes about Black competence, and vibes. But he’s crashing out over a legit story abt his conflicts. Like Ackman melting down about his wife’s plagiarism.

“What’s new is that the federal government now openly says it will use its supercharged spy capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions…This serious threat to free speech and privacy rights protected by the First and Fourth Amendments is not hypothetical…”

“…. the president can’t “faithfully execute” laws by breaking them…. The question before the Roberts court will be if that is what they want.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

The endgame of genocide is the erasure of memory

As millions of families struggle to get by this holiday season, the U.S. spends $13.6 billion of taxpayer money locking people up who haven't even been convicted of a crime.

“…we are not just proposing economic policies but demanding a fundamental shift in how we value human life and dignity. Ours is a call to recognise our shared humanity and to take concrete steps toward a society where everyone has the freedom and support to flourish.”

No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear. If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way. Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.

This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.

“…greater emphasis on creative human thinking. Students must be able to envision new solutions, make unexpected connections & judge when a novel concept is likely to be fruitful…be comfortable & adept at grasping new concepts. This requires flexible intelligence, driven by curiosity.” -Michael Clune

My weekly grocery bill is &150-200 more than it was last November. #tariffs

“The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past.” - Robert A. M. Stern

this is includes architects - even if uncredited

Martin Filler, in this, his 40th year as a regular contributor to The New York Review (his 1st article abt Ada Louise Huxtable) writes this 1st paragraph in the love language of designers - quite seductively & then serves Piet Oudolf w/grace www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

marketing of these self-improvement devices emphasizes empowerment & control over personal data contrasting w/imposed surveillance where we have no choice but to participate in a wealth & privacy extraction system enabling the collection & commodifying of personal info, empowering corporatocracy

We need to get everyone up to speed on the vile Great Replacement Theory. Noxious & absurd though it is, it has many powerful believers among conservatives. And it shapes — you might say, determines — the Trump regime's immigration policy. theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

The unifying aim of all Trump pronouncements and actions is to trash the constitution and impose a white supremacist militarized autocracy by EO and truth social decree - the latest attack on naturalization and birthright citizenship is an ugly new escalation of that barbaric aim.

In case you didn't know, Berry Gordy - who turns 96 today - shares a great grandfather with President Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 less than a year ago. Also Berry Gordy is only 11 months younger than MLK Jr. And his grandparents were enslaved... because that's how close "history" is

The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda. And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all.

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.

Living under authoritarianism can complicate expressions of gratitude. In oppressive environments, focusing on small acts of kindness can help individuals maintain hope and a sense of agency. By intentionally noticing what’s good, present, or possible, we expand our capacity to be well.

“A land acknowledgment is not enough. The land exists regardless of settler acknowledgment, which can only ever be the first step toward meaningful action. Next steps involve building relationships with that land as if it were your kin. Because it is.” —Joseph M. Pierce

My favorite one: “Resistance is not futile”

“…this desire to get ppl to buy into the fun of sadism” - Jason Stanley…it’s part of…what his colleague @timothysnyder.bsky.social calls “sadopopulism”…policies…that inflict real pain & harm on the US populace, while also encouraging scapegoating & xenophobia against stigmatized groups.

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

dear lord, deliver us from stupid

The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.

OMA is led by seven partners – Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, David Gianotten and Managing Partner, Victor van der Chijs – and sustains an international practice with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Beijing, and Hong Kong

“Whether it is cost of living, or rising grocery prices, or prescription drug costs, or climate change, or gun safety, we know that the money and politics...is causing the gridlock and dysfunction on all of these issues.” - ECU President @tiffanymuller.bsky.social

NEW: For the first time in nearly five years, Georgia hasn’t enacted any new anti-voting laws. Instead, Republicans spent the year laying the groundwork to pass an avalanche of voter suppression laws next year that would radically alter elections in the Peach State. ✍️ @mattdcohen.bsky.social

Wetlands act as “natural sponges,” absorbing up to 1.5 million gallons of water per acre…they provide more than 1/2 of America’s $5.9 billion seafood harvest…They filter pollutants from water & sequester carbon dioxide…”You cannot beat wetlands in their natural state for holding back floodwaters…”

Retraction Watch has covered the problem of the “national IQ” database. Should be noted I’m far from alone in working to remove these publications. The spreadsheet of pubs which use NIQ - linked to in the article - was started by @kohngregory.bsky.social; a project also worked on by Cathryn Townsend

the true story behind thanksgiving

A good article on the real poverty line. The growing gap between the super rich and everyone else gets bigger every day. It is having serious political and social consequences. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.

this makes it seem like “poly working” is a good thing, ignoring the fact that “live to work” culture is the accelerated inequitable American grind scam on steroids in 2025 quite literally killing us.

“We are not fighting for access to an existing status quo. We are demanding a fundamental restructuring of society in order to have the possibility of a livable future. So let’s look at social movement history that might be more analogous.” - @wakerevolt.bsky.social

In other words, you can be sure: IF 900-page Project 2025 mentions a law, govt agency or protective measure, THEN the Christian White Nationalist overhaul either fully eliminates that law/agency/measure or redefines it to the point of being unrecognizable. This is what White America chose for us.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

pretty tired of the indiscriminate use of the word “unprecedented” these last 10 yrs & disappointed in the lack of linguistic precision…

GOLDMAN has some tough words about the young college-grad unemployment rate rising to 8.5%. 👀 “.. A further deterioration in employment opportunities .. perhaps reflecting AI and other efficiency-enhancing measures .. could have a disproportionate negative impact on consumer spending ..”