A little late, but: New blog post - Books acquired and book read in January 2026. www.eccesignum.org/2026/02/01/j... #BookSky #AmReading

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

The rightwing eugenic project now has its own army.

Mass illness is the point of concentration camps. It's not that the camps are failing, they are succeeding for their intended purpose.

On further reflection, ICE is more accurately described as Trump's Tonton Macoute. #FuckICE #DefundICE #ReleaseTheFiles theconversation.com/ice-not-only...

Anyone who thinks European libs "suddenly now" hate the US is a fucking mark Europe has used USA as a foil to disavow their own European colonial history and racism for decades, European libs and even leftists insisted racism only exists in the US and that USians are *various phobic stereotypes*

Classes for the week of January 18 2026: Tuesday, January 20, 6:00 - 7:30 pm: Tai Chi Jeung Thursday, January 22, 6:00 - 7:30 pm: Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu Saturday, January 24 10:00 - 11:30 am: Tai Chi Jeung 11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu www.sifulee.com #CCKTCPM

A quiet Sunday evening. #CatSky

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The first episode of ConFusion: Still Confusing has just been released! ConFusion's own Denise Beucler hosts a discussion between Vanessa Ricci-Thode and Jordan Kurella, on the subject of mental health and burnout. #VanessaRicciThode #JordanKurella #ConFusionMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4n...

This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”

Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.

I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

Today’s “living in my brain rent-free” paragraph www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...

Thunderstorm going on right now here in Grand Rapids. On January 8.

"Greene hasn’t shown any signs that she wants to take accountability for her extraordinary contributions to the most venomous elements of Trumpism." 🧐

Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt. This is cruel and unnecessary. If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

American conservatism in a nutshell. www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...

"Pleasantly disquieting... There's much to savour in this Black speculative world where wealth, trade and magick intersect, witchery and martial arts merge in action, much action..." Eugen Bacon, Aurealis Magazine #172 Starting the year at $10 at Amazon.

A point that Wallerestein made often: as overall US power declines, it overplays its best card—military force. But each time it does so, it accelerates the decline of its overall power. SeeVietnam, Iraq. Violent coercion is the strength of the weak.

Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?

This is specifically why conservative Christians voted for Trump. They have the same interests.

So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.

This is what my afternoon looks like.

Since collecting Heads of State is the new rage, we have a clapped-out orange president with the mental capacity of a Big Mouth Billy Bass, along with his semi-functioning replicant wife. Free to the first taker, but you need to pick them up yourself. Needs disinfecting. Kids included.

December 2025 books acquired and books read: www.eccesignum.org/2026/01/01/d...

NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/ theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...

Satya Nadella is obviously a chatbot powered by Bing. No sentient being would have defended AI using that phrasing. #ReplaceAllCEOsWithChronJobs

Trump is going to extraordinary lengths to distract from the Epstein Files.

We are *all* Real America in the same way a naturalized citizen who took his oath five seconds ago is exactly as much of a citizen as someone whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower.

day one in mamdani’s new york

I hate to break it to you but today is kind of the last day you get to love Mamdani unconditionally. Tomorrow you gotta start holding him accountable.

BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins

If I were this guy I would absolutely get sworn in on Karl Marx's personal copy of the Quran just to make losers have strokes

Happy New Year, everyone!

One of the things that punts me out of immersion for zombie apocalypse movies, especially ones placed years or decades after the fall of humanity, is seeing modern firearms. World ended by 1983? But everyone is packing heat from 202X with the latest optics and gear? Where the hell did that...1/2

2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X. I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change. berjon.com/fascintern-m...

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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Sergei Yesenin died 100 years ago today. Here is some of his poetry. ruverses.com/sergey-esenin/

Good morning, BlueSky! Today's weather in West Michigan: warm and rainy. A perfect day to sit inside and read books all day.

This message hits hard.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Poe and Pepper are worn out from the festivities, and there weren't even any festivities.