"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

#tolkien #marquette c @hildyeric.bsky.social

Essential viewing:

The Strib doesn’t mention that the U administration advised faculty to hold classes online today instead of on campus

There’s a certain type of poster that seems to think it’s helpful to stamp out anything hopeful in the name of being realistic about how bad things are. Don’t be that poster. We know how bad things are. But for most of us, hope helps a lot more than your cynicism. Rebellions are built on hope…

The gop is an absolute SHIT PARTY. Brazil held their felonrapistpedo-fanboy responsible for trying to overthrow their government…so now the gop is trying to screw Brazil in a variety of ways.

Somebody got the memo that every single rural hospital was going to have to shut down

. And I'm going to post this cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social so the world never forget what Trump did . . . ... #January6th should have been the end. 💠 👊 💠

We are provoking a war and not much is being said about it over here. They are killing civilians at will. Obama and Biden got way more smoke from the left and its barely a whisper on here from the same people who pushed it then. Disappointedbut not surprising

This right here.

reminder that executive orders are NOT law. Only Congress can pass laws.

SO IMPEACH THE FELONRAPISTPEDO.

ugh I hate it when Rapture Week and Fat Bear Week coincide; it really divides my focus, you know?

Alright this is the second banger of Trump 2.

Nine months into 2025, it shouldn't be too much to ask of journalists that they pause, reflect, and expressly raise questions in their stories—prominently, at the top!—about whether an executive pronouncement like this is lawful or simply yet another attempt to engage in a lawless power grab. 🙄

Not the biggest issue, but I am also curious what happens to the $50K to that FBI officials gave Homan. Presumably he just kept it? Did he report it as business income on his taxes?

when the fug is Kash being called before the Senate again?? TOMORROW? How about RIGHT THE FUG AWAY?? @democrats-judiciary.house.gov @democrats.org @wisdems.org

Get. Off. Twitter.

They still haven't consolidated full authoritarianism yet; they can still lose

Start the gottdamm impeachment papers, for fuck’s sake, @democrats.org @wisdems.org. Prove you stand for SOMETHING.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

my GAWD! @i-talisman.bsky.social and I just rewatched the first one again last night - these are soooo good! LOVE THEM ALL!

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

I know I’m in the minority here, but I can’t stand it when a movie ends and they don’t show the credits. I’m genuinely interested to know who made the thing I just enjoyed.

What if the rapture actually happened every time they said it would it’s just that nobody qualified so it has to keep trying

A MacBook will last for yrs. And they’re quite durable. Don’t ask me how I know about the last part.

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde

ROCKSTAR, man!

Gotta be real with you, as a member of the generation that really kicked off leaving organized religion in record numbers: If the church wants to be cool and hip and relevant and bring people back into the fold, this is the way.

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:

Hint: It is not the Democrats.

LISTEN UP, @democrats-judiciary.house.gov

way to suck, and suck up, @cnn.com.

From heaven, the sound of a perforated palm meeting a forehead.

I’m at a community meeting about resisting ICE in Chicago. There are about 400 people in this high school auditorium. Chicago is showing up.

This is all extremely weird; it is both appropriate and necessary for people to say so. Charlie Kirk was a sleazy podcaster who constantly said repugnant things—that's all he contributed to society—but they're treating him like the Virgin Mary, MLK, Audie Murphy, and Superman all rolled into one.

hahahah, that IS hilarious.

We have gathered here to mourn the murder of one of our own and to encourage the murder of many others

It absolutely will :(

I guess modern history began in 2017.

Never in our history, not even during Watergate, has a single news cycle so comprehensibly established the deep corruption and politicization of the Department of Justice

Melissa Hortman, her husband & family dog were murdered in their home by a right wing nut job. John Hoffman & his wife were also shot. MAGA celebrated. Trump showed no respect, but yet you voted for a special day for Charlie Kirk. Shame on you. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

Saving this list for the next time I have a student ask why I say that Watergate was small potatoes compared to what goes on in an average week with this administration.

Nothing but naked corruption all the way down

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

The secretary of lying thinks we are all morons and acts like we didn’t all see Brendan Carr with our own eyes

Everyday the regime crosses yet another line. Time to say No financing for fascism. No dollars for dictators. No payouts for pedophile protectors.

Personally I don't think we should let the president make the entire country a safe space for himself

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

I saw that an acquaintance on FedBook has personally gotten over 55 people to cancel their Disney subscriptions. This is a homebound person and she found her lane and is absolutely kicking ass at the moment. People are doing things.