I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

And I’m tired of everything being a catastrophe.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

I’m tired of being the bad guys.

This aged well…

Do it now. Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices. Script here again.

I am already seeing "it's a distraction!" takes and please fucking kill me

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

The state of the union address was like 72 hours before the US and Israel chose to attack Iran’s capital and call for regime change, and Trump did not even mention his policy toward Iran before Congress, much less ask for a declaration of war.

This, from Ada Palmer as part of The Chronicle's survey of 11 scholars on the future of higher ed, is what I needed to end the week.

You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe what’s happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropic’s AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance. Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation.

The Radiohead statement is pretty great. I like to imagine Thom wrote it himself.

Excellent piece about how the manosphere got duped and are big mad about it. But one little bit kind of bugs me. 1/ www.publicnotice.co/p/rogan-trum...

You can read about his son’s experience here. It’s horrific. kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/28/i...

Also, I wish I could tell you the stories of the families being helped here, but it's not safe. But trust that they are experiencing the full range of life's struggles - poverty, despair, death, illness - all while being confined to their homes in a place where they have ZERO formal supports.

This is so unimaginably cruel and I hope the people responsible are forced to reverse course and sued to oblivion. Meanwhile I donated to tcpipeline.org and I hope others contribute too.

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

Britt is merely a token and a toady. The administration will never give women like her real power, but they want us to think they will, because it makes them seem less dangerous and misogynistic than they actually are. And women like Britt accept this bargain for the perks of proximity to power.

This is fucked and if you’re a “street safety” person this is absolutely your issue

i’m tired of every paper (even critical ones) on societal impact of AI starting by both-siding the “benefits” and risks/harms of AI in academia, i would like us to arrive at a collective reckoning that we don’t need to play both sides. it's totally legit to clearly state just the harms. period

I think we need to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of House Republicans targeting their Epstein investigation on HILLARY CLINTON (who says she never met him!) while ignoring DONALD TRUMP (who Epstein described as his best friend!) These are not serious people or good faith actors.

And I just had to share this story -- Beaver Dam resident Maily Kocinski lives near the construction site and spent her own money testing the creek that went dry when Meta started building. She found extremely high levels of aluminum. www.wkow.com/news/creek-c...

I just finished knitting my Melt the ICE hat! Honestly it looks pretty bad on me (I used chunky yarn and should have made the ribbing longer), and I’m unlikely to wear it bc it doesn’t fit and won’t work under a bike helmet. But I’m posting the internet for solidarity. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety. i can be reached securely via signal at marisakabas.04

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FOLLOW 👏 THE 👏 MONEY 👏

I would like to see this in Wisconsin.

It’s pretty much their whole personality.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

I truly hope that House Republican leadership protecting a sexual predator like Rep. Tony Gonzales for the rest of the year ends up costing them 5 more seats in Nov. They should be asked about this relentlessly every single day until he’s gone.

Fun fact from this article about transportation funding: congress rescinded $20 - yes, $20 as in two zero - from Amtrak that was appropriated in 1996 and put it back in the treasury t4america.org/2026/01/30/w...

@rtraister.bsky.social on @chrislhayes.bsky.social WITHpod talking about Me Too 2.0 was exactly the cathartic listen I needed today.

KEEP MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THESE “DETENTION CENTERS” ARE NOT WELCOME. It matters.

This is how I spent my evening instead of watching 47 spew racism and lies to his cheering cult for 2+ hours. I hope the journalists and historians who had to watch it for work got hazard pay. Making art is an antidote to evil. BTW the birds 🦜 made me think of @jbf1755.bsky.social 1/

If you’re not leading with the racism, you’re doing it wrong.

NPR, Politico and now CNN

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

For real. I did call my senators about this today.

All from Minnesota. Love to see it.

"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner

The fact that there’s a secret network of doulas going around Minneapolis to help with home births for parents afraid of ICE should be front-page news. These children, born in secrecy, are American citizens.

For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks. lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0...

Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live. Please take it to heart and take action.

100%!! I can stand on one foot to tie my shoe without tipping over. I have more endurance for running. It’s easier to bike up hills. & it just feels good to lift really really heavy shit.

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target.

We aren’t angry enough

Is this why the rehab center where my 80yo mother is recovering from a broken femur keeps trying to send her home, even though she clearly needs more time? She’s forced to appeal every single day. It’s absurd.

My office is steps away from the men’s bathroom and every morning I have the distinct pleasure of listening to the same guy loudly clear his phlegm.