“A decade of Trumpism has meant that, in many of America’s powerful institutions, from the Pentagon to the Washington Post to the presidency, asking questions is interpreted as a hostile act.” This has also been true in the nyt newsroom 🧵

Trump and Miller’s violent invasion of LA one year ago this weekend “set the stage for similar and subsequent abuses in cities around the country.” “Then and now,” ICE “officials stalk and seize ppl they suspect lack authorization to be in the country, separate families, and terrorize communities.”

How clueless is the billionaire class and their back-pocket politicians about Americans' fury over ugly, polluting data centers in their backyards? They have their terrorism cops spying on citizen activists, while claiming that dissent is a Chinese op My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/data...

"The fair-weather allies have revealed themselves. What remains is what was always real. What remains is Philadelphia." www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Pete Hegseth determining which religions are valid and which aren't — what could possibly go wrong? 🙄 www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)

Ted nails it. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

"Oh, Martha. You’ve broken our hearts once again." Read Alison McCook's lovely remembrance at @inquirer.com now: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

I had a little more to say on reflection about the apology for slavery and Pope Leo

subtle.

To understand this moment for Black Catholics, we must grapple with the Catholic Church’s past, writes @antheabutler.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Cecilia Vega, the first 60 Minutes Latina correspondent, was fired today, along with some of her colleagues, as Bari Weiss overhauls the news magazine. She has released this statement:

"We remain a city of immigrants and makers, where plain dealing mixes with creativity, invention and love of neighbor. We honor no tool before the people it serves."

"Technology built without people at the center will meet resistance — sometimes absurd, sometimes violent, sometimes justified. The question is whether we learn from it," writes @christopherwink.bsky.social. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

"From behind the thick plexiglass that separates Clearfield County’s undulating foothills from its desperate detainees trapped in an American gulag archipelago, Izzy Ally was pleading for his life." www.inquirer.com/opinion/izzy...

Because "reduce" was always seen as a message for the peons, never applied to monster corporations or the 5-10 guys running them, who are the ones in charge of forcing people to build data centers.

Was just told that old people (i.e. me!) should stop prioritizing concern over water tables and water consumption by data centers and instead prioritize the jobs/development data centers bring and younger people want. But ... aren't many of the ppl involved in Water is Life activism quite young?

Exactly this. Every statement from almost every institution is kneecapped waaay before it begins by the unspoken but unilaterally understood requirement to first accept/protect the interests of the investor class. Without capitulation, you cannot be taken seriously. But the Pope can just go for it.

Skimmed the encylical and was repeatedly struck by how shocking (good) it feels to read a coherent institutional vision / strategy for how to maneuver through These Times rooted in common sense and firm principles. We have been intellectually failed and starved by so many other institutions.

"That, of course, is what this government wants. Not only to punish dissent, but to enforce silence. Not only to intimidate, but to impose the habit of fear. Not only to imprison one person, but to warn everyone else." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/o...

"Hay cosas que estamos viendo a diario que hace 20 años eran ciencia ficción. Entonces creo que ese modo de escribir se vuelve más realista." www.prensalibre.com/vida/bbc-new...

The "Why We Fight" episode of "Band of Brothers" is such a gut punch, no matter if you've seen it before. #BandofBrothers #MemorialDay #Watching

“They don’t want oversight or accountability,” Sherrill said. “There should be no reason that they wouldn’t have people in the prison to show that it is being run well.” "Other lawmakers … say they have also been denied access to the facility.” SHUT IT DOWN AND FUND FAMILIES INSTEAD

“In an act of real bravery and obvious desperation, detainees wrote a letter about the conditions that they are facing here at Delaney Hall. Not enough food, no medical care, and conditions they call torture—conditions any of us would recognize as torture.”

STATEMENT by Gov. Mikie Sherrill: "My request for access to Delaney Hall was formally denied this morning, raising serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view." "In New Jersey, we believe in the rule of law and that everyone deserves to be treated with basic dignity."

Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery

Today in Inquirer opinion, a great read by Jennifer Finney Boylan, a professor of English at Barnard College of Columbia University and a trustee of PEN America: www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

This month, @globalvoices.org is putting a spotlight on how people and communities in the Global Majority are taking significant action to protect and improve their environment - stories that don't get enough coverage in the US-focused, rich-people-centered media. Like this story:

Thinking about how we* made decisions about what to prioritize in the nascent socio-technical project of the internet and instead of safety and reliability chose ephemeral monetization mechanisms. *decision-makers at tech companies and consulting, mostly, with govt complicity and a bit of societal

"This should not be mistaken for anything other than a daylight robbery of the United States Treasury." www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

"How might the US regain the international respect it has clearly lost under Trump as president?" theconversation.com/how-the-worl...

As a math teacher, I'm uniquely qualified to explain: two times (almost) zero is (almost) zero.

"Immediately end the use of criminal law and prosecutorial offices as mechanisms of political persecution and criminalisation against journalists and independent media." www.pen-international.org/news/guatema...

Of course. Because this administration has a xenophobia policy, not an immigration policy... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

"Immigration advocates, legal organizations, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association are developing detailed guidance as regulators issue formal direction to banks." wearemitu.com/wearemitu/ne...

The arena was my first thought when I looked at the map this morning.

Do you think his support for the Arena in Chinatown might have played some part in Street's defeat last night? Really asking.

Starting my day listening to Martin Sheen, long one of my fave actors and Catholics ... youtu.be/sHnHocpaL7w?...

Philly politicos .... yeesh. www.inquirer.com/news/rabb-st...

I've been trying to think who Altman reminds me of and he's the spitting image of Burke from Aliens

Nobody here needs me to tell them not to do this but Jesus Christ in a Cadillac do not do this.

Bill McKinney: Philadelphia will be center stage, celebrated as having birthed the nation, while the federal government wages war on its own cities, defunds basic services for its people, whitewashes and rewrites history, and bombs sovereign nations. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Sad day for Catholics that Dolan and Barron are joining in this public worship of the golden calf.

No, #MurdochJournal, he puts heretical, hateful white 'christian' nationalism at the center of Washington. A ‘Revival’ on the National Mall: White House Puts Prayer at Center of Washington www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act evil." Oh really? So the stuff you stole because you are a dystopian fucked up company has fucked up your dystopian fucked up company?

Since 1995, a Bellevue Hospital program offered free medical, mental health, legal & social services tailored to torture survivors. Where will they go when it closes? NYC Health + Hospitals says quality care will remain the same, but staff worry about what’s next for patients, writes Jenny Sherman.

"In 2022, Kenya’s Lekiji community secured legal rights to the land they had occupied for more than sixty years. What followed has reshaped how land, power, and gender operate within the community." globalvoices.org/2026/05/14/h...

There is a movement to recall Louisiana's intensely fascist and deeply hated governor. The state government political warfare against New Orleans has reached unprecedented levels, per folks there. Please share with your networks.

This is some next level evil. As always, Florida is something else when it comes to unexamined white supremacy. www.detroitnews.com/picture-gall...

You really have to wonder if this sinkhole would still be there, unrepaired, if it had opened up in any neighborhood other than Kensington.smdh. youtu.be/9RLy4gsu8X8?...