A bit of James Baldwin today: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

Ennui. Malaise. Anxiety. Depression. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

When the history of this conditional crisis is written, it should be reflected that the best training ground for flouting laws and reneging on obligations was being an American CEO. The voters got their wish. These guys are running the country like a business.

This is all going to end very very badly. Just a question of when and how bad.

A Dark-eyed Junco wearing a snowflake on his cheek ❄️

For those confused about South Korea, an “opposition party” is a political party that actively opposes the one in power.

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time

Kaoru Yamada

You ever see two random people conversating and think, what the hell could they possibly be talking about

A tale of two platforms: BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀