I just generally think the antidote to dooming and feelings of helplessness is getting involved in any way. It can be as a poll worker, doing ICE watch, running for local office, helping with mutual aid, whatever. You can get so much accomplished in your town or city if you just get involved.

many people are going to be tempted to say this proves the weakness of peaceful protest. this is incorrect because it assumes this happening is a failure of peaceful protest rather than the mechanism by which it succeeds

insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

It's counterintuitive, but people thrive on believing awful things. Take it from someone who is often told (in her private life) that she's catastrophising. I know what these spirals are like from the inside. They're awful, but they're addictive because they give you the illusion of mastery.

We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.

BREAKING: The Trump administration has canceled over 2,000 grants related to substance abuse and mental health services, totaling upwards of $2 billion.

FYI: this was in 2020

They keep doing it because they were recruited to do this, their bosses encourage them to do it and their is no meaningful pushback

oldhead advice from an oldhead. every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown" and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work gotta build for long term

"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?" If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.

1) every RPG should have a story mode 2) story modes should not include fighting or platforming mechanics

"Voters know this trick where we justify regime change by talking about how bad the dictator was, they won't fall for it..." My guy, we just went through an election where everyone across the political spectrum had mass amnesia about a guy who was president literally four years ago.

the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

Everyone who didn't say Charlie Kirk was a saint should be doxxed and fired from their jobs. Here's why it's fine that Donald Trump is celebrating Rob Reiner's death.

This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!

Julian of Norwich after eating a hazelnut: bro

Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️ thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

It's insane because like...there are much better comparisons in our own country's history! The long Redemption of the late 1800s/early 1900s, the Red Scares,

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

One of the reasons people--myself included--are upset is the lack of transparency from the Times about this entire situation when they've gone on endless crusades against transgender people on flimsy evidence or ideological whim; we can also talk about the Mamdani/Columbia thing or Claudine Gay.

I feel like Some People want to think that politicians like Zohran Mamdani or Bernie win because they're charismatic snake-oil salesmen, because that's far less threatening than voters electing them because their policies are popular.

and, not for nothing, there is a further acute moral injury in becoming so used to it all, and so used to it not mattering, that you begin to think of terrible crimes with real victims along the lines of "maybe this will be what hurts him politically"

"phillip k dick, but stupid" describes everything now

This is interesting, but I really hope doctors inexperienced with ME/CFS don't use this study's findings to recommend yoga over potential medications. (Also study only had 57 people w/ ME/CFS, so ofc limitations there). www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

oh my god they actually did it lmao

When Republicans win elections: The people have spoken, we must let them implement their agenda. When Democrats win elections: This totalitarian FREAK must be prevented from implementing the policies he ran on nypost.com/2025/11/05/o...

No thing is just a tool; all tools construct us as their subjects.

Hell yeah

One of the things I really need to write about is the fact that this current wave of fascism, but most especially its transphobic component, is the product of a tiny number of epistemic elites cooking their brains on social media and group chats.

I think it is very clear that the Trump regime sees the right-wing influencers on the ground in Portland as an informal arm of their government www.theverge.com/policy/81340...

It's definitely worth observing how it is that, for instance, Ross Douthat knows so much about certain far-right subcultures while sounding so credulous about them. See here. Ask yourself how he even knew who Keeperman *was*.

Rhys is a real one (we're in the same Quaker meeting), and I love that the article ends with him sharing the most Portland story

"the ballroom isn't being paid for by taxpayers, it's being paid for by corporations and billionaires!!"

back-to-back on my feed

Do you need a new book to read specifically on May 12, 2026? Yes? Oh cool, then you should pre-order the book @deandettloff.bsky.social and I wrote. Here’s the link: tinyurl.com/MagnificastP...

Please keep making podcasts about how democrats need to stop being so condescending about red states

LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

UAW international, auto workers, academic workers

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

"With Helene, there was something about the manifestation of Heaven on Earth the second time around that seemed to make it more expansive. Heaven wasn’t just a fleeting moment, but it was an entire mycelium network, growing and healing together..." rednecksrising.substack.com/p/i-saw-god-...

Highly recommend you read Sarah’s article for some history on Trump in Portland newrepublic.com/article/1591...

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict. They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning" When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Hi, folks. Briefly back from taking my own advice and Logging Off. I spoke to the "How to be a Better Human" podcast about my book, and why posting and politics are seldom a good mix. It was a great, wide-ranging conversation. Thank you (in advance) for coming to my TED Talk!

Several researchers have let me know that my introduction for "how to read an HCI paper" as well as my stance against generative AI (in an assignment I gave a former research assistant) has been really helpful to share with their students and RAs. Sharing here, in case this is useful for y'all too:

if you liked the latest (or really any) episode of @ifbookspod.bsky.social, I think you'll also enjoy this piece by the ever-insightful @quinnae.com!