12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed

"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie. This is a fact. No one will ever be able to refute it." - Lenin

The US is an authoritarian regime so I guess Brazil can bomb Florida and kidnap the fascist in chief now? This is how it goes, right?

How it's going.

It's always been about oil, plain and simple "Trump said a group of people would step in to run Venezuela, including Secretary of State Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and added U.S. oil companies would have military back up as they move into the region."

Everyone moved on but I'm still here

Jesus fucking Christ

happy 2026! first stream back from my holiday break & i’m starting my first playthrough of ghost of tsushima! twitch.tv/kay_rpg

Absolute clown shit.

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police

Over and over the US inflicts obscene violence against the global South, in flagrant violation of international law, to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation for its decadent billionaire class. It's disgusting and intolerable. We cannot continue to accept this.

Remember that the US *does not care* about the people of Venezuela. It is not about "narcotrafficking", or "democracy", or whatever propaganda they have going. It is *explicitly* about US control over oil, capital accumulation, and geopolitical power.

I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.

You don’t hate ICE enough

"Miranda also noted an alarming cluster of deaths that occurred within the Department of Corrections this fall — six unexpected deaths at MCI-Norfolk and Souza-Baranowski, four of which were apparent suicides." Full letter: www.scribd.com/document/974... (h/t @courtwatchma.bsky.social) #FreeThemAll

The "rule of law" part is particularly galling from a program under the direction of a person who spiked a story about the foreign gulag where never charged migrants were sent in defiance of a court order.

This calls for a @citationspod.bsky.social episode or news brief

Cops don’t care if AI hallucinates false police reports as long as they can work less futurism.com/artificial-i... @futurism.com

Only 11.3% of MA residents got their COVID vaccine and only 34.1% got the flu vaccine. Both numbers are sharply lower than the numbers for last year www.mass.gov/info-details... #mapoli

THEY'RE FINALLY HERE, thanks @bookshop.org! #heatedrivalry #thelonggame @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social Let's devour these, shall we?

CA friends, take note:

BREAKING: Tesla loses its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker to Chinese rival BYD as sales fall for a second year in a row.

“It can’t be the case that just two people out of the more than a thousand pending clemency applications merit this kind of relief,” said Steve Zeidman, director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at CUNY School of Law - www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/30/h... - She's terrible.

This is an outrageous abdication of journalistic duty. Grok's apology was prompted by a human, as was its equally vehement self-defense. People are willingly hurling themselves into the AI trashbin at the bidding of oligarchs who will happily remove them from their jobs.

#heatedrivalry fic recommendation: Shane and Ilya's first Christmas together, Ilya's sick and Yuna takes care of him Rating: Teen Words: 11k over 3 chapters archiveofourown.org/works/762026... #hollanov

AirBNB wants Boston to relax short term rental regulations around the World Cup so that they can make more money www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

But they won't require masks, which is a much better way to control the spread of a respiratory virus. Watch them try and pitch hand washing next. Amateur hour.

Going with CRRC just because their bid was the lowest, rather than more established players in the US market was a huge mistake. The contract was awarded in 2014 and the Red Line cars won't be finished till 2027. We deserve better. #mbta #mapoli

Finished another full rewatch of #HeatedRivalry Now comes the crash

Happy 67th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution! Read Fidel’s UN speech archive.org/details/Spee...

Mamdani comes out swinging bsky.app/profile/robe...

May she continue to light our way to a better, more just, future: “I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."

A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...

I try not to stan or place hope in politicians (because they will inevitably disappoint/ let us down as an anti capitalist) but I'll be damned if that isn't a good line because fuck civility for those in power who send state violence on people (like ICE, Border Patrol, Cops etc)

We have a world to win, not just a city to reform.

Blockbuster interview about institutional transphobia at the New York Times that names names of the bigots responsible: A.G. Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, Carolyn Ryan at the top, plus Pamela Paul, Jeremy Peters, Azeen Ghorayshi, Katie J.M. Baker, & an entire anti-trans pro-mgmt splinter group in the union

when every part of a news story is distressing, in one sentence

To borrow a @deathpanel.bsky.social phrase: Medicare for all now, solidarity forever, stay alive another year. Happy New Year, y'all. Here's to making it through 2026 ❤️

2500 days sober! Here's to milestones in 2026 :)

I came off of a medication that was sedating and so I have only slept 2 hours a night since Friday night and at this point I'm so loopy I'm losing it. Send help and / or copius amounts of Ambien. Current status:

Happy Public Domain Day! At the start of each year, a new set of works is freed from copyright — ready to be shared, reused, and reimagined. See our highlights — Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, Langston Hughes, William Faulkner, and many more. #publicdomain

Not only that, it's also faced delay after delay after delay! The contract was awarded 7 years ago! mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/23/m... www.livablestreets.info/the_mbta_s_b...

It’s 2026 and they’re getting married!!!! Happy New Year everyone! #rwrb #rwrbart #fpdrawcember #rwrw

$25,000 stands between @psabortionfund.bsky.social staying open to fund callers in the weeks ahead. Every donation right now directly moves care forward. secure.actblue.com/donate/skyfu...

Counterpoint to DHS: No deportations, ever. At all. Not one. Abolish DHS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands, according to a Tuesday court filing. A great New Year for Kilmar and his family ! 🤩🎉💙 apnews.com/article/kilm...

They aren’t anti-‘fraud’ they are pro-death.

And 40-60% of COVID infections are asymptomatic, so you may be sick and contagious without even knowing it. Wear a damn mask!