It never ceases to confound me just how many folks think the point of essays is to provide teachers with essays. That teachers just like, collect them, or need them for sustenance or something. Rather than the point of them being the *actual fucking act of learning how to think about shit*

@scottlucas.bsky.social, congrats for your YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@scottlucasw...)!

Pope Leo is the smoothest of operators

Tremendous coverage from @channel4news.bsky.social on the science of #AMOC collapse 👏 Do take the time to watch this and take it in. This story needs to be shared and absorbed. #EmergencyOnPlanetEarth

The medieval cobbled lanes of Albarracín, Aragon. #Photography

Pam Bondi clings to her job by acting tough, but her performance before the judiciary committee feels like a scene where panic replaces dignity, giving the public the pathetic spectacle of a career in freefall. #ProudBlue #DV1

“.. the tariffs didn’t stop China’s export machine; they just reorganized it, while expanding Beijing’s global influence along the way.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Hero. www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter...

"The Battle for Minneapolis and smaller skirmishes across the country have revealed that Americans will defend their immigrant neighbors...inhuman monsters from ICE, CBP and DHS are a malevolent occupying force" Interesting @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com: www.liberalcurrents.com/abolition-am...

UK pledges to send £540m worth of weapons to Ukraine - Europe live

🧵 THREAD: 🇵🇸 Speaking at the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Hamas leader abroad Khaled Meshaal said the halt in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has not ended Palestinian suffering, stressing that Israeli violations continue in Gaza and the West Bank. Framing his remarks around four core questions...

France is about to prosecute them; Europe is about to investigate them; United States says there will be no investigations or prosecutions... Just 'Thinks' On It...! 🙄 #FuggahMAGA #MAGAIsFascism #FuggOrangeTACO #RealTauk

Todd Blanche's Bold Legal Strategy: Lie About Easily Verifiable Facts

Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate conflict. These guys seem to be doing the exact opposite. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@betoorourke.bsky.social tells Europeans Trump is dragging the US toward authoritarianism, but millions of Americans are organizing, protesting, voting to stop him. He urges Europe: don’t give up on the US—and don’t appease Trump or Putin; hold firm for democracy. open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...

Obsessing over polls won't change things. Action will. It's the antidote to despair, the key to victory, and what Trump fears the most. So at Powered by People, we're going to keep pushing at all times, on all fronts, wherever we are, with whatever we have, until we win. Join us: PoweredxPeople.org

"Woman, Life, Freedom" “We don't have one leader. The beauty and strength of our movement is that every single one of us here is a leader.” - Golshan, Women’s Rights Activist in Iran - Iranian girls are risking everything for freedom. FREE IRAN! 💚🤍♥️ Thread 1/6🧵

Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.

Happy New Year 2026, @tucsonward3office.bsky.social!

"According to US documents, Jeffrey Epstein was in Austria with three women shortly before his arrest in 2019. Equally puzzling: The American financier possessed an Austrian passport – under a false name." www.spiegel.de/ausland/jeff...

Here's a high-resolution picture of Epstein's mysterious Austrian passport.

We know who four or five are - they were mostly people who helped Epstein recruit girls I believe (but I’m not an authority on the topic). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5

Pro-Israel groups target Miss Palestine Nadeen Ayoub after MEE interview - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/miss-palestine-contestant-nadeen-ayoub-targeted-after-middle-east-eye-interview

lol - Nothing about this idiot is real. Nobody likes Couch D Vance .

The United States is de facto Russian territory.

The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law. It has no legitimacy whatsoever.

Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…

BREAKING NEWS: Drip feed of Epstein Files distracting from fact "Kirsty Noem still a cunt" claim sources.

It's Friday, and our newsletter is finally here. In this edition, we cover: -The ICE raid in Ward 3 And some more info about Ward 3 and Tucson. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZT...

Happy Friday, our Holiday Edition Newsletter is here! admin.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZT... In this edition, we cover: -End the Year Generously -Spreading Holiday Cheer at the Wildcat Inn -Meet Jonathan Courtney And some more fun info about Ward 3 and Tucson.

EA-Times Radio VideoCast: #Trump Worried as More #Epstein Photos Released (Scott Lucas w Maddie Hale) #EpsteinFiles eaworldview.com/2025/12/trum...

"We can't get away from the politics. But from the very start of this, the focus of this should have been to get accountability, transparency, and closure for the victims" #EpsteinFiles #Trump #TrumpEpstein

#NargesMohammadi and other mourners seized by #Iran security forces at memorial ceremony for human rights lawyers Khosro Alikordi Mohammadi husband Taghi Rahmani: “Targeted attack on democracy and the right to freedom of expression Son Ali: "She had a surgery just a year ago" #IranHumanRights

Attack on US and #Syria personnel on Saturday in center of country during joint patrol in support of anti- #IslamicState operations 3 personnel wounded #ISIS

The man knew how to own a newspaper.

#Eurovision latest: ➡️Iceland has now also quit the contest, bringing the total to 5 covering Western, Eastern, Southern & Northern Europe ➡️For the first time in history, a Eurovision winner (🇨🇭) has renounced their trophy ➡️🇵🇹national final contestants say they'll refuse to go to Vienna if they win

#Palantir is pure evil. CEO Alex Karp is a warmongering Zionist. en.al-akhbar.com/news/palanti...

conservatives used to mock anti-vaxxers as clueless libs but as soon as it became associated with the right it took over the party and became a mainstream threat to public health

Anti-vaxxism is an ideology with maybe the dumbest combination of pointless and evil that has ever existed bsky.app/profile/nyti...

All of this is from a superb new report from @ember-energy.org, which is doing so much great work lately.

People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers. Anyway, about China ...

Bernie Sanders tells Democracy Now! that Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign for mayor was a historic blueprint for the Democratic Party.

The grief our ancestors had to live with... even our grandparents. Unimaginable. That fucker RFKjr wants 50% of kids dead again