bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers

to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe

LEAVE GREENLAND ALONE (Inman Square, Cambridge, MA)

It might seem like Trump is in an approvals slump but we need to wait for his "make Legos and Ozempic more expensive for no reason" program to take effect

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

For Squirrel Appreciation Day: a confident looking Wren Library squirrel, masterfully carved by Grinling Gibbons, at Trinity College, Cambridge. 🐿️

brb gotta make a PR before our open Design Lead position gets filled

1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills. This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history. If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Zohran CLAIMS to be a socialist, and yet he keeps doing things that I can only categorise as 'king shit'. INTERESTING.

Notice how Mamdani, who famously ran on an affordability platform, did not have to involve grocery prices in making the moral case why ICE should be abolished

It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.

Me pitching a train ad campaign

Throw away the freaking spy robots in your house.

Everybody's calling Assigned Media "the best little news site on the internet," but how will this scrappy team of journalists survive a new year of untold horrors? With YOUR HELP, of course! That's right, get hype everyone for the 2026 start-of-year fundraising drive!

Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky “It’s an unfair world, child. Be glad you have friends.”

Samus

How you know you’re married to the right person.

I’m starting to wonder if looking genuinely happy and acting like you really love the city is a more effective way to campaign (and govern) than scowling about what a shithole the city is and how many more cops it will take to subdue it.

"Crip Dyke, what is best in life?" "To raise your children, see them driven to the library, and to hear the storytelling of the drag queens."

ICE: "followed by will stancil"

oh sure, the internet just looooooves a Lady x Knight ship when it’s on AO3. but when I, former United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema…

Finished Metroid Zero Mission for the millionth time the other night, so here’s an obligatory Samus drawing 🦾👱‍♀️💥🪐💚

The LUCE network has been *doing* protection work since the beginning and has a ton of trainings this weekend. If you are in MA save their number to your phone and consider getting trained. www.lucemass.org

nonviolence kinda fuckin vindicated here cause these mfs are going "mods.... MODDS... MODS I spiL My JICE"

Do I have any trans followers from Maine who are part of organizing efforts against ICE? I'm in MA and can travel to report on Maine happenings, but I won't unless I can connect with people on the ground who would know my work and have reason to trust that I won't exploit people or sell them out.

"oooh we're gonna sip a little Jack Daniels at 6 pm" Hoda and KL were getting hammered on cooking wine at 9:30 am on a Monday, get sturdy or go home

In 2026, we're launching an ambitious effort to track legacy news media's coverage of the trans community, with a focus on the words news outlets choose and how those are changing as right wing pressure threatens the independence of our press. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

The most uplifting thing you can say to a clown is “who’s this clown?” because it shows that 1. you recognize they are a clown and 2. you want to know more about them

it just works so well

It is incredibly fucked up to see this now after just spending two hours playing a coffeeshop AU TTRPG where the premise my players came up with was a goth coffee shop that didn’t serve any cows’ milk because it took the darkness out of coffee.

Easy way to kick-start your One Big Wife, tho.

Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E." The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop." consequence.net/2026/01/drop...

sound on

THREAD: This morning federal law enforcement raided a building at Lesley University in Cambridge. Here's what happened and what we're doing about it.

It is unconscionable that a security fix this drastic and important is being gated behind an upgrade to an objectively-shitty UI. 18.7.3 exists, Apple just won’t let devices update to it.

YOU MUST SATE YOUR THIRST TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

"He's going to cancel elections!!" is doomerism and fear-mongering that absolves folks of the responsibility to prepare to win them. I'm uninterested in that bullshit.

OK. Green smoke. Coloured smoke grenades have existed for decades. They are for signalling purposes. They are not meant for riot control purposes. As with any smoke, they are irritating, but they are not meant for that purpose, so use as "riot control" agents is an off-label usage.

Wikipedia and Ian’s Shoelace Site are the last two good web pages.

A Bovino cocktail

hey, boys, let's go to Maine in the absolute dead of winter and make sure everybody there REALLY fucking hates the GOP right before a pivotal Senate election

There are reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in north Minneapolis. We will be updating our live blog at the MN Star Tribune as we get more info. Please consider following local sources during breaking news situations, we are familiar with the area in a way national media isn't.

We don’t need genAI to help non-coders make apps we need to bring back HyperCard.

People should absolutely be prepared and it's a great time to join LUCE or another community watch group. But the concern is that these posts are causing unneccessary panic among immigrant communities. As always, if you think you see ICE call 617-370-5023 and visit the LUCE website to get involved.

Today's colour is #091E29, a very dark shade of cyan-blue. A mournful doot from an alto clarinet echoing in the abyss. Notes of carbon, mysterious ichor, midnight sky, speliology, leather jacket, and the power cutting out while you're showering.

Massachusetts folks: I'm seeing some panic-inducing posts about the new SUVs at the ICE facility in Burlington. I wanted to share that LUCE believes the vehicles are unlikely to be used locally. That doesn't mean we won't see increased activity, but these vehicles are not an indication of that.

Bandcamp bans AI music