Because it’s a big night for political fundraising, I’m getting constant reminders that ActBlue has given my number to every democratic candidate avd organization ever and I am going to be bombarded until the heat death of the universe.

I want there to be a punk band called “Widespread Twerking.” ew.com/house-republ...

I think it’s pretty inspiring how the Olympics are bringing people from all over the world together to boo at JD Vance everywhere he goes.

The parts of this about tear gas are really interesting. It’s so much worse than I ever assumed. ICE agents rolling tear gas canisters under occupied cars or shooting them in people’s faces are committing attempted murder IMO open.spotify.com/episode/0tbM...

Reading about the WaPo layoffs I’m reminded of when I worked at a company with many ex-Amazon employees and they talked about how people there would be crying, because making people cry was part of the management approach.

Good summary of the supreme cowardice of the Roberts Supreme Court. At a moment that calls for principles, we've got a bank of simpering toadies afraid to displease their king. Roberts will be remembered as the man who destroyed the Court's credibility.

Waking up listening to a playlist of 70s music so I need to say "FREE BIRD!" Thank you.

OK so MAGA is mad that an American sporting event has an American recording artist who's one of the most popular acts among Americans, because this is all very un-American? These people are so weird.

@vanhollen.senate.gov I’m really concerned by what we are hearing from Schumer about the funding deal. It sounds like his usual caving at the moment Dems have leverage due to public outrage. If it’s as anemic as it sounds we are counting on you to vote NO.

Senate Dems are already caving. I swear to god if they vote for something that doesn’t include criminal prosecutions for the murders if Good & Pritti, removal of Noem, require that ICE crimes are investigated by local law enforcement, and the end of deportation quotas, I’m never voting D again.

I get that banks, credit cards, etc. are concerned with security but logging into accounts is becoming such a clusterfuck. Enter your ID/password - "you need a passkey and you don't have one! Scan this QR code on your mobile device!" "No not that device, a different one!" WTF.

The Settings interface in MacOS is a crime against humanity.

So apparently the new owners of the US part of TikTok are massively throttling political posts that are critical of ICE. Who’d have thought? It almost makes you think relying on corporate networks to keep us connected is a bad idea.

Before everybody gets too excited about ICE backing off in Minneapolis we should consider that this is entirely to make it harder for Dems to vote against ICE funding. It’s a feint. Dems better not be dumb enough to think their work is done.

Why we need good journalists - what a missed moment! This should have turned to convo to “wait, this is a stunning change in GOP policy around 2A! Tell us more! What changed the president’s thinking about this?” And then we would have seen Kash shit his pants on air.

Maybe I’m old fashioned but I think the director of the FBI should be familiar with US gun laws.

@wmata.com @wmatagm.bsky.social Metro, I beg you, please make old fashioned bus timetables available on your web site. Yeah I'm old but the classic paper timetable that told you the frequencies/times for both directions 7 days a week were really useful! On your web site....

Seems to me that if you’re in a state with a stand your ground law, and an ICE agent came running toward you, if you shot them in the face you’d have a decent chance of getting way with it.

In theory the idea that simply carrying a gun (not displaying, pointing it at anyone, etc) isn’t reason to kill that person should not sit well with the 2nd Amendment crowd (who lean strongly republican). Are they really down with the idea that carrying a gun makes killing you ok?

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social so you guys found a way to keep ICE $ flowing and ICE agents executing people in the streets of an American city. Are you proud?

So finally did it and made the jump to an EV, and I think there's an argument that incentives for them aren't needed because they're REALLY GOOD. I know MAGA hates things that don't kill anybody, but future Americans will probably like their Chinese-made cars.

This Planet Money piece on how trump has been using the presidency to enrich himself and his family is a great listen. We all know he’s doing this but hearing someone run the numbers makes it clear that this is while level of corruption we’ve not see before in the US. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

Hypothesis: people on Bluesky post things like a screenshot of some social post without saying who it’s from or why the context is as a way to signal “I’m so dialed in, if you’re not, you’re a loser.” Maybe uncharitable but maybe why this place feels increasingly like X minus Nazis.

This feels like an appropriate bit of history today.

Can we stop called what ICE does “immigration enforcement?” There are now more ICE agents than cops in Minneapolis. What we are seeing is the federal government invading an American city because the the locals don’t support him. It’s unlikely to be the only place this happens.

ICE just shot someone else in Minneapolis, and apparently they are now carrying long guns with rounds designed to bounce around inside the body to cause maximum damage

Elise Stefanik:politics::Bari Weiss:journalism.

This should be a national shutdown

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You cannot fund the federal government if this is going on. This is basically the President starting a civil war in our streets. If you vote to keep the $ for this flowing, your party is deservedly dome for because it's been so useless.

Imagine if the House and Senate minority leaders were capable of speaking this clearly.

I think the some House Dems need to introduce a bill formally labeling ICE a terrorist group. No, it won’t pass. That’s not the point. The point is to get that fact into public discourse and the Congressional Record.

Look, we all do crazy things when we are drunk.

just a reminder that social media is better in the fediverse & you can find me there at @[email protected].

I realize that much worse things are happening which affect many more people but this so emblematic of Trump. These golf courses provide recreational resources to people who can’t afford private golf clubs.

Every interview with an Apple or Google executive needs to pivot to “why you are allowing X in your app store when its child sexual image generation features clearly violate your terms of service, and the law?”

The thought had occurred to me that every time the US has elected a Republican who's a famous entertainer, millions have died after a disastrously mishandled virus. Only today did I realize that both times, the president went obviously senile in office AND HAD A NAME ENDING IN -ONALD!

Slack: where shared knowlege goes to die.

Remember that 80s sci fi show "V," where lizard aliens landed and wore human skins to keep everyone from noticing they were taking over everything so they could eat all the human beings? That's JD Vance!

Don’t say ICE murdered Renee Goode for no reason. The reason was to scare Americans from standing up to them. That’s why the administration was so quick to claim it was justified; they want people afraid.

I’m usually Mr Pragmatic who says “hold your nose and vote blue, it’s still the best option” and these guys have pushed me where I can’t be bothered. Schumer and Jeffries are a waste of oxygen and their leadership has turned the party into an impotent mess. They’ve gotta go, and well before Nov.

It seems pretty clear that ICE has been directed to terrorize the people of Minneapolis.

Reminder to Dem leadership as midterms approach: throwing out the demented US healthcare system and replacing it with something modeled in approaches proven to cost less and provide better results in other countries is a *centrist* position.

Watching @schumer.senate.gov talking about Venezuela and yukking it up with Rubio is grotesque. Any Dem Senate candidate who won’t commit working to remove Schumer from leadership should be primaried into oblivion. We can’t have this impotent fool running the show.

Rick Grenell after his latest meltdown tweet because another act cancelled and everybody hates him.

So ICE assembled a group of thugs after lowering the standards for getting them job, sends them out to terrorize and intimidate people, and they shoot someone in the head for “threatening” them. Who could have seen it coming? And now they’re lying their asses off about it.

Aging pets are a huge emotional burden but if you orient yourself around “how do I give her a good day today?” it is easier. And knowing you are giving them your all is a kind of grace that will get you through the dark moments.

It's fun watching @daringfireball.bsky.social coming to grips with what's been obvious for at least the last year or so; that Apple UI design is on an express train to Garbageville. (I say this as someone who's used Mac stuff since the first Mac.)

“President sells stolen goods to fund a private slush fund” is not actually something the US Constitution allows.

Fellow Americans, happy 5th anniversary of Tipping Point Day.

I really hope Denmark is taking this seriously and creating concrete plans of response should Trump try to take Greenland by force. He is crazy enough to do it and if he does it will shatter NATO and Taiwan and Ukraine are likely collateral damage. Big issue for Canada also.