The AI in this episode, the M-5 computer, caused Captain Kirk, Dr. Daystrom, and Commodore Wesley to totally lose their shpadoinkle. Check it out.

W/out reposting the vid, I want to make a different point about RFK Jr & his fellow travelers. Whether it's his workout, supplement, or eating regimen, Trump's makeup, everyone w/in 4 degrees of Trump's plastic surgery fetishes, all of it is done not for actual improvement of one's self. 1/

An F-16 fighter jet of Ukraine's Air Force spectacularly shoots down a Russian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone in the skies over Ukraine. 📹 Telegram/AirTeam UA

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thread: So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...

Two brothers of longtime Coloradan Renee Good told Congress they took some consolation in the hope that her killing would bring reforms to ICE, but it has not.

No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again. And nothing above is hyperbole. God, but you are not a leader for this time.

New #TrekPolitics! Mary Trump and Bob Cesca do a deep dive into the original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" and America's long and complicated history of racism and Donald Trump's revival of the Lost Cause myth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm6V...

IMHO this is one of our strongest episodes. Neo-slavery, Jim Crow, the both-sidesing of racism, and as always some fun #Bobservations at the end.

New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them. Protected bike lanes are far more effective. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong. I landed on "slopagandist." Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

People are organizing We Ride in Unity rides on Saturday, January 31, in memory of Alex Pretti. Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.

The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.” The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem. Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Colorado voters will be deciding this year on a conservative-backed constitutional amendment to require collaboration with ICE. The SOS just announced that this proposal qualified for the ballot, background on it here from @coloradosun.com: coloradosun.com/2025/12/22/w...

Every day is another reminder that there is literally no one in the Trump administration who understands what is currently driving energy markets. Markets killed coal and there is no amount of PR or politicians cosplaying in hard hats that's going to change that.

New podcast! -Jack Smith's testimony -Donald's embarrassing gibberish in Davos -There's another gigantic bruise on his hand -ICE can raid homes without a warrant And more! bobcescashow.com www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesc...

the reason the elite are so desperate to vilify hard-working people coming to this country to build a better life for their families, unleashing wave after wave of gutter racism in the process, is to distract from the fact that their incestuous degeneracy causes most of our actual problems

An independent autopsy of Renee Good reveals that she had 3 gunshot wounds: to the left arm, right lung, and left temple that exited the right side of her head. That means the third shot, the most unlawful one, from the side, likely killed her. abc7.com/post/minneap...

There's no moving forward as a country without a cleansing moral fire. There is going to need to be a leadership that embraces that reality, whether Dems like it or not

The #CyclingBlueSky #USschedule road watching for TONIGHT Wed 1/21: Tour Down Under Stage 2 (M) - Peacock, 730pm ET For tomorrow Thurs 1/22: Tour Down Under Stage 3 (M) - Peacock, 730pm ET

A combat-wounded Army veteran says federal immigration agents detained him for about eight hours after he watched an ICE arrest from a public sidewalk in south Minneapolis. #FuckICE www.kare11.com/article/news...

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

Simply put: I am in control of the world's largest and most powerful military. And because I didn't get a prize for making peace, I feel entitled to consider going to war with a longtime ally. This man is mentally ill. That is not hyperbole. He's sick. He must be removed from power immediately.

This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.

I have to tell a story about this. My great uncle, Jimmy Perrone, fought Hitler in WWII and then came back to our hometown and married Adeline Liguori, my grandfather’s sister. Adeline died of cancer in the early 1980s and Uncle Jim went through a depression. 1/x

I would never argue that you are entitled to punch Stephen Miller in the mouth and steal his wallet as long as you are bigger than him. But that is exactly what Stephen Miller is saying. The rule of the playground is no basis for peace.

Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.

"I'm no expert on bikes, but I have some pretty firm opinions on them. I've heard that the #bicycle is the most efficient machine ever devised by man. Philosophically, I like that a lot. It's Technology, Servant of Man, in its very finest form." ― Bob Weir, The Grateful Dead A strange trip it's been

On the next episode of #TrekPolitics. Sunday 6pm ET.

The core truth of the Trump era, and the one that journalism is forbidden from stating out loud, is that Trump has gathered around him a constituency of the country's worst people. That's what most distinguishes them -- not economic status, age, where they live, anything else. It's shittiness.

I implore my fellow Dems not to overthink this. You can just say - I’m against the government shooting people in the face for no good reason. This is not hard. Same with the ludicrous invasion of Greenland. Democrats are anti-invasion of Greenland bc it’s the dumbest thing ever. Be ruthlessly blunt.

I can’t support funding a status quo that accepts Trump’s illegal, immoral demolition of USAID. This minibus also fails to constrain the abject stupidity of Trump’s threats to attack Greenland, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, etc. I will vote no. My statement: beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.

I was puzzled for a moment about why DHS would release the phone footage from the murderer's point of view, since it clearly shows that the murderer was in no danger from the victim.

Congress must address Kristi Noem's failed leadership, up to and including impeachment. But that alone is insufficient. The entire chain of command who have enabled a culture of murder must face justice.

If you want to go deep on the theory and strategy, this resource on how to make political violence backfire is informative and practical. static1.squarespace.com/static/666b7...

This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.

Yup, in the best of circumstances it's hard to hit 100% accuracy when processing/editing a large set of disparate docs and pics, combine that with a holiday week, and probably a few that don't agree with the mission, I expect "Ah, screw it, close enough!" will be uttered a few times...

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

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

If you see that the Uber or Lyft you ordered is a Tesla, you can cancel free of charge within 2 to 5 minutes.

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posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely? hey.paris/posts/appleid/

Seems a little wild that DHS would call me out by name and say that this scene is offensive to Christians. I like seperation in my church and state. Moreover, what's offensive to Christians is the dehumanization that DHS and ICE are practicing. That is evil and an offense to God - not my nativity.

Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.