There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

crazy all the websites and paypros are doing their big No Horny Allowed crackdown while every online advertisement now is iether "AI SEX HOT AI CHAT NO FILTER BOOB AI FURRY GIRLFRIEND only for adults ages 6+" or "NPR is now teaming up with Bumfights dot com to revolutionize gamified asset trading"

perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls

the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality

Via @davidjroth.bsky.social: The conservative grievance business is always hiring defector.com/the-conserva...

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.

I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too. "We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

Now in 2025–2026, the centrist Third Way is holding luxury retreats for Democratic consultants to push the party against a small-donor base and progressive challengers. The dark money group's funding is largely finance industry, they've admitted. The centrist Dems got their vote sequencing demands.

"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

so many near identical “leaders” in implementing ai in higher ed, getting difficult to tell them apart

In certain domains, Palantir’s reputation as a shadowy, CIA-funded corporation staffed by ruthless bastards can really open doors, writes Mark Wilding. But notoriety can also be a liability...

It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’” Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”

NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Cotton admits there was no Congressional authorization of use of military force.

Tom Cotton’s endorsement today of the military shooting unarmed airstrike victims floating at sea may shed some light on the debate over what it meant when he called for troops to pacify disorder in U.S. cities in 2020

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

Jennifer Welch: “The Republican Party has done such a good job propagandizing that if you need anything from the government, you’re a lazy piece of shit and a moocher, when really the parasites in this country are the billionaires.”

In a new @gallup.com survey, 33% of Americans say it's a good time to find a quality job. That's the lowest percentage since the final days of Trump's first term, during the pandemic. news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...

a vision of the future

I dunno what Hakeem Jeffries is trending here for but I’m sure it’s because he was being a shitbag. Again. So lemme say it just to say it: Any electoral gains Dems make in next couple years won’t matter a good goddamn if this party’s leadership is still in place. Tell your reps to speak the fuck up

All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”

Here's the study, for anyone curious: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.” But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.

I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...

losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."

“The intention was to punish elite universities, it was not to destroy the scientific capacity of the United States, but that’s what they’re doing.” This is clearly and flatly wrong, as evinced by every science-related policy decision and appointment, whether to do with universities or not.

rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.

Trump states "affordability is the greatest con job"

I'm stuck on "to contribute what I saw of the cloudlessness to the cloud of our great american memory" like literally I have to keep going back to make sure that's what I read. Prestige journos, this is your writing god?

this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child

must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

at the very least, our candidates should not feel like they need to tack to the center or compromise with republicans in any way, shape, or form bipartisanship with fascists is not going to save us

Love the cope in the NYPost. If being 'too left' nonetheless shifts an R+22 district to R+9 despite massive efforts by the GOP, then every Dem everywhere should shift as far left as humanly possible. Special elections are funny things, but all 5 of them in 2025 shifted +D by over 10 points.

In today’s unpredictable digital landscape, the stakes of online engagement are higher than ever—especially for educators and scholars. The @aaup.org and Faculty First Responders have collaborated to create a timely guide offering essential strategies for protecting yourself online. buff.ly/4ewSaQp

and if you're a journalist who still uses twitter but doesn't cover twitter you are an exceptionally shitty and/or lazy human being deserving of extra scorn, despite whatever bullshit justifications you've concocted

if you still use twitter you support white supremacy

„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“

It’s not ugly.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?

This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.

Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD. “People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“ paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...