Chinese New Year food at the 99 Market yesterday. Kung Fu Panda tie-in with Lay’s. I do not understand the family / social dynamics, but I imagine it to be, “our children will not eat traditional New Year’s food, why fight with them at a joyous time? Fine, fine, I give up. Have chips.” 1/2

A lot of push alerts not heeding Bump’s wisdom at this hour

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. “A reader of these letters would quickly discern the nature of her disease and the nature of its contraction.” A Conspiracy of Paper, David Liss

My hometown. Good.

Listening to the Victory at Sea soundtrack, vol 3, track 1, “Rings Around Rabaul.” Struck by how much “multimedia” there is on this LP from 1961. Lots of audio of ship’s PA, weapons firing, planes flying, etc. My father had this on vinyl. #music

Had delicious Mexican food at Tacos Puro Jalisco in Pomona. Highly recommended. But also, and more important: The front door had a sign, “ICE off my property/Get a warrant/the fourth amendment to the U.S. constitution” (with numbers for local PD, and the local Congress member.

Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.

Finished “Sunburst, the rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941,” by Mark R Peattie. Outstanding. Does for IJN aviation what previous book Kaigun did for traditional navy. Both highly recommended. His explanation of pros & cons of the Mitsubishi Zero? Chef’s kiss. #AmReading

hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.

East Window, 2008 by Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary, St Martin-in-the-Field, London #womensart

Minnesota art is always political. This one got a cheer from everyone in the crowd. #photography Justice for Renee Good!

If you exaggerate about the effects of tear gas or smoke, or just make up some nonsense, or take some pseudoscientific conclusions, or just play fast and loose with terms, you are helping ICE and their fascist tactics

Listening to the Haggis Horns “Enter the Haggis.” The soundtrack to a 1970s Scots-ploitation film that was never made. #music #funk

“Reform and retrain” ICE is some seriously weak shit. Call it laboratory liberalism. The data clearly justifies a more aggressive approach. “Reduce ICE funds and restore ACA spending” probably the most popular message rn. What voter is moved to vote D by “retraining” ICE? Come on

"People are being too purist about Gavin Newsom." He invited yet another rightwing extremist to have a podcast conversation and instead of pushing back against that extremism, Newsom, yet again, backed down immediately. I want a leader who isn't going to placate extremists. That's not a tough ask.

Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.

I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.

Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.

I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him" WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.

Sister and Friend, 2024 ♀ by Betty Acquah, Ghanaian feminist painter #WomensArt

Adam Tooze on professional Dems: “If you had any self-respect, you would not be on any podium again, ever, sounding off about anything. Because comrades, if we were in the 30s, I would have taken you out and shot you. You fail like this, you don’t get to come back and show off your wounds.” 👑

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i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.

Greater American [East Asian] Co-Prosperity Sphere

Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY! Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day. Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.

When I did This Guilty Land, I spent the year before its publication carefully & consistently framing its argument and its approach, and I do feel it's incumbent on someone making a serious game on a sensitive topic to do that. But to demonstrate your thoughtfulness you need to *be* thoughtful. 🧵

I see we’re at the, “C’mon, the Alabama state troopers were really being treated disrespectfully at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Also, a couple of them got scratches that day,” level of ICE apologetics.

Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

Adams was Trump's Riefenstahl writ tiny, tiny, tiny.

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A network of social media accounts posing as Scottish independence supporters has fallen silent once again, closely mirroring a fresh shutdown of internet access inside Iran.

“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.

we have been way too tolerant of cowards: we should be demanding that far more people in power who claim to be against the murderous evil of MAGA meet the standard currently being demonstrated by Jerome Fucking Powell

Someone just DM’d me to tell me that using profanity in my handle “cheapens my argument.” They are probably just under a lot of stress, things are tough at CNN.

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

At San Francisco Airport. A young woman just ran past me, on the concourse, and lost her passport and boarding pass. We’re in the international terminal. She is going to need that, pretty soon. I gave it to an airline employee, who said she would take care of it.

We must extradite all Republicans to Denmark to be tried for planning a war of aggression

Seen yesterday, a car with the vanity plate ASTRLTZ (Austerlitz, a famous battle between Napoleon & Russian/Austrian empires) Not what I expected to see on my way back from buying groceries. #Wargames #Napoleonics

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Yesterday I posted the birds from my walk, so today here is a thread of the non-birds :) Helicopter seeds.

Just call them what they are: the GOP SA.

Now is a good time to reach out to your Iranian-immigrant friends and see how they are doing. For people who came here after university, a lot of them have parents and family back in Iran. (That describes most of my Iranian-American friends) Trying to put myself in their shoes. Stressful AF.

1950-something

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

I'm glad the NYT did a video analysis that authoritatively backs the truth we can all see with our naked eyes, and I'm also glad @danielsuitor.com referenced their trans coverage as a reason not to help them.

lawmakers have incredible resources and access to some of the best comms people possible (if they actually wanted them), yet they still fuck up basic messaging