"The Kremlin has heaped praise on Donald Trump’s latest national security strategy, calling it an encouraging change of policy that largely aligns with Russian thinking." (The Guardian) #collapse

Impeachable Act of the Day

Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government. Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.

The shortsightedness of giving up green energy. Leaders think gas is infinite naturalgasintel.com/news/decembe...

"717 US large companies have gone bankrupt year-to-date, the most in 15 years. This is now higher than every full-year total since 2010. This also marks the 3rd consecutive annual increase and a +93% jump since 2022." (The Kobeoissi Letter) #collapse

This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Looking Back at the Movement That Elected Katie Wilson Op-Ed by John Burbank via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/07/o...

Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"

If ICE comes into your workplace dont let them single anyone out or separate citizens from non citizens. Stay in 1 group, especially if there are people present who are at risk of detention. Hold hands & lock arms if necessary. Know where it is safe to hide or easily escape from if it gets to that.

At the Indivisible Kenner anti-ICE/CBP protest outside of Burlington. The parking lot here has been the site of arrests and a staging ground for federal agents.

Czech President Pavel warns: “If Putin wins in Ukraine, we all lose.” He compared secret U.S.-Russia talks on territorial concessions to the 1938 Munich Agreement, calling them dangerously familiar. Letting Russia emerge victorious from this war, he stressed, would be a defeat for all of Europe.

Recent data and analyses show that the genetic difference between humans and our closest relatives (chimps and bonobos) is not 2% but about 15%. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/12/07/h...

“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again). I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”

Deforestation just hammering South Asia.

Y’all, I think we can really drive a wedge between local law enforcement and ICE. ICE is coming in and making communities LESS safe. Creating chaos and making the work of local law enforcement harder. We don’t have to be best friends, but it’s something.

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?

“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” - Garry Kasparov

New deep-sea species discovered during mining test share.google/PhRUPiXwXAqq...

Trump’s NSS is based on the same racist presumptions that his campaigns and administrations are based. That Europe is destined to fail because of migration. An unproven, fear based, misguided and misogynistic fever dream of racial superiority.

Europe Sounds the Alarm as the United States Sides With Putin open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200% increase in krill catch in Antarctica with profits jumping 270% Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

I just got a "Decomputing" talk accepted by a very tech-focused business conference (as a Keynote even) and a labor rights organization who wanted me to propose a talk instantly went for the "The Luddites were right" suggestion. Two things that a few months ago would not have been possible I think.

MAGA's rage at Europe & attempts to derail it, nation by nation: Trump, the Regressive Projects of this administration, the Tech Nuts-Buddies, the coercions & efforts to exert control, scream of unspoken knowing of the idiocy of their schemes. THEY ARE SELF-SERVING - end of. NOT routed in actulaity

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”

"Can't think of another example of a global power so demonstratively burning its assets and destroying its influence, in a single document" x.com/anneapplebaum

Effective committees powered the daily work of vigilance committees (an innovation led by Black abolitionists) as just one example. Poor Black women raised money for the organized arm of the Underground Railroad.

Suspicious timing of the US Treasury's partial suspension of Lukoil sanctions on December 4, 2025, just two days after Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin for over four hours in Moscow to discuss Ukraine peace terms.

This is very warm for Auckland at this time of the year. Below are the live observations from WeatherWatch

This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

Release the Epstein files. Lock up the war criminals. Abolish the ICE Gestapo. Lock up the felon.

I want my local police to police ICE. THAT’s what I want my taxes to do.

Our collective task is not to save tech but to save us, our world. The resonant computing manifesto is too focused on means and not on ends. And that's basically the core issue. The belief in technological determinism.

Lawmakers warn Trump administration against heavily redacting ‘Epstein files’ on.ft.com/4iHLzxm

AI is the secret sauce for CEOs to rebrand bad news as positive. Companies like AirTable, Opendoor & Handshake have announced pivots to be more AI-centric. But pivot sounds like you failed. These are branded as refounding the company. As in AI is so transformative that you need a whole new company

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Washington State: ICE attacks are increasing rapidly across the state. They are here. They are going to get worse. You MUST organize locally to stand up against this. #washingtonstate #ice

Mr. Feldman Said This At Chump's 1st Impeachment Trial.......

EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE AND CME: Both NOAA and SOHO coronagraphs have detected a full halo storm cloud heading directly for Earth. NASA simulations of the CME suggest an arrival on Dec. 9th. Earth is the yellow dot in this forecast model spaceweather.com/images2025/0...

Without Birthright Citizenship, you too could be ripped from your home in the middle of the night. Without the Equal Protection, the Privilege and Immunities and the Due Process Clauses, you and everyone you love could be declared subhuman and stripped of your most basic and fundamental freedoms.

This is an abomination.

Dates you can get in free at U.S. National Parks has changed. Along with MLK Day and Juneteenth, National Public Lands Day and the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act were removed. Trump’s birthday added.🤦🏻‍♀️ #NationalParks #MLK #Juneteenth #TrumpBirthday www.sfgate.com/national-par...

"If you do a Google search for 'ICE raid this is what I voted for' you will get a quick sense of how MAGA supporters are celebrating the cruelty of Trump’s deportation regime." Good @sykescharlie.bsky.social roundup on MAGA sadism here (includes our pod): charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-derang...

💪Young People Are Rightly Furious. Can They Organize a Movement Powerful Enough to Crush Big Money? www.commondreams.org/opinion/orga...

“There are enough voters out there who can absolutely turn an election & blow up what they are trying to do.” Our top story: A broad coalition are fighting for the spirit of their community, after GOP redistricting galvanized organizers.