This is really important. Both in the fact of IMLS reinstating grants. (Which have been *crucial* for libraries and civic life across the country. Notably in rural areas.) And in the example that the overall stalwartness and rigor of federal district/circuit courts has made a huge difference.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

The new PRC white paper on arms control contains a strong and clear endorsement of China's no-first use policy. Whatever else one might say about the paper or the policy, one can't say it is ambiguous.

I think it most likely the Dim Philby leaks came from Russia. But if they came from Europe it’s a clever way to tell the US that Europe has started going it alone on intel. Keep in mind one of most important points of leverage is intel sharing. www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/t...

This is a deeply unprofessional and illegal partisan statement from the Trump hack who's currently director of the CIA. It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.

I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.

Thank you so much for having me on again, @jjwalsh.bsky.social It's always a pleasure to share ideas about how we can use design and creativity to better the world.

Thank you for posting this nice clip, @jjwalsh.bsky.social ! It's such an important issue and a major driver of everything I'm doing now.

Hugely useful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Garry Kasparov on the Ukraine "piece" plan. www.thenextmove.org/p/diplomacy-...

A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line — “The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

Very worthwhile and insightful thread.

Blessed are the peacemakers

Some clarity couched in black humor:

This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad. demos.co.uk/research/ver...

Creating the US SA was always and obviously the idea.

Shit. Pam Bondi has radicalized Reid Hoffman. 👀

Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...

The artist Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action after border patrol agents posed for a photo in front of his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, saying the scene represented “fascist America”.

In Russia, the first domestically produced humanoid robot powered by AI was presented. By creating it in their own image and likeness, the Russians have made the world’s first drunkard robot.

Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty

A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.

Please read.

Ten percent of Zuckerbucks come from scams and ads for banned goods 🫠 www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

This week's comic now up on @dailykos.com - Letters Home from The Second Civil War - www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Helpfully informed thread:

A warning from an anonymous DOD employee about how China could seize on the dangerous precedents Trump is creating www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

I missed this dispatch earlier. Details on the companies that should live in shame for their role in rushed destruction of White House East Wing. Remember them, and their "leaders." Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.

A House of Dynamite is a gripping nuclear thriller... that makes no sense? Here, finally, is my piece about what experts have to say about the movie (short 🧵 and then I'll do another 🧵 on what I think about it).... www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

It’s a money laundromat. And a fortified bunker for the end times.

ignoring laws and norms about killing civilians is never a good thing, obviously, but to understand how this could get to a war, just imagine how the u.s. would react if american fishing boats were being smoked by the mexican navy

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

I vastly underestimated the appetite for inflatable cosplay protest. Tactical frivolity FTW! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactica...

I am glad that demonstrations seem to have gone decently and have involved the most attendees so far. Well done y’all. A diversity of tactics remains necessary as does continued action.

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

#A_NewHope ✊

Also, they want to make content. And that means they are going to take the worst stuff people say in response to them (this being the internet, some of which might be quite bad) and splash it across the official comms organs of every major federal law enforcement agency. So take that into mind.

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert. And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

IT'S NOT COVERT IF YOU ANNOUNCE IT

I have been EXPELLED! From the National Atomic Museum Foundation. Which I kind of expected and would have done to me if I were in their place. Even so, not a good look to expel members because they use state law to make record requests about the organization. FULL REFUND, WINNING!

In #Odesa, the choir and audience continued the performance in the shelter of the Philharmonic Theater despite a Russian attack. 📹: y.krasinskyi

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content. I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye. Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n... And some thoughts 🧵

BREAKING: CDC is apparently reversing many of its layoffs. Letters seen by NPR indicate that many employees working with infectious diseases have had their RIFs revoked.

SUITED UP AND REPORTING FOR DUTY 🐸

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." Oh Alexander, honey.