Just to add to this, the far right is ceaselessly trying to fund the creation of art that answers their politics, and it’s very hard www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The whole controversy over Bad Bunny boils down to the simple fact that extreme social conservatism is incapable of producing interesting and compelling art of any kind, and so its adherents must use inferior artists to try to convince themselves that they aren't out of touch.

Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

Bullcrap

huge mystery man. who pays your salary again?

Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal. @passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...

Even under a best case scenario — Dems take the WH in 2028, ICE and BP are abolished or rebuilt from scratch — we’re still going to have thousands of angry, unemployed, well-armed, MAGA loyalist former immigration cops who have been told for 3-4 years that they’re above the law.

Mad as hell youtu.be/4au2yN-1hog

Chip Berlet (1949-2026) When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will take it from here.

Yeah but he would say that wouldn't he

Everyone in this picture looks like a character from the Bioshock universe

“Of course, the video that President Trump posted depicting the Obamas as monkeys is not racist at all”

"Plenty of Democratic politicians are now looking to Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, 36, and not their party leaders, for cues on how to get that message across, viewing her instincts as sharper than consultant-driven, focus-grouped direction out of Washington." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced legal action against the Houston area Screwston Antifascist Committee, alleging commission of terrorism and doxing. Their account has been quiet for some time, but this was one of their last posts — identifying a neo-Nazi.

Believe Women

TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)

Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked. When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.

It's fascinating that no one is making him do this

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.

In a Rotterdam courtroom today prosecutors are asking for a two-year sentence for Thomas D., a leader of far-right Geuzenbond, for illegal weapons possession (a “small arms factory”). I’ll update the thread as more information comes in. www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60030...

Dating myself but I'm old enough to remember that even before 2017 raping underage girls was considered "illegal" and "uncool."

Thinking this brave, vital and heterodox is absolutely a two man job

The future is bright www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As a month to month hack I can’t see a reason for a writer to do audio or video unless someone else is paying them and an engineer and an editor

"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..." www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

ICYMI yesterday

I just don't know why people like Glenn Dubin and Eva Andersson-Dubin are redacted from things like reprints of WSJ articles, which are trivial to find.

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

geniuses of redaction

This seems insane, just one guy's opinion www.afr.com/life-and-lux...

#OtD 4 Feb 1987 Afghan women’s rights activist Meena Keshwar Kamal was assassinated. She founded RAWA in Kabul in 1977 which promoted Afghan women’s literacy. RAWA continues mostly in secret due to Taliban rule stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...

New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

May I humbly suggest you read this instead www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

It’s interesting to see people try on negative polarization against age of consent laws. I mean if your main thing is natalism and the white race why wouldn’t you

serious question: is anyone with power/influence *actually* arguing that we replicate long-ago living arrangements? the primitivists are one thing (and they are stupid) but I've never heard Indigenous advocates call for mass modern-day displacement or anything of the sort

3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it. A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

Out TODAY! A must read!

oh god why am i posting this to bluesky

ICYMI, I legitimately think this is one of the most interesting interviews I've ever conducted!

A teen-led group known as the “Blueshirts” is exploiting Roblox’s user-generated games to stage virtual neo-Nazi demonstrations, recruit young players, and circulate white supremacist propaganda on a platform dominated by children. Read more:

If anyone has had trouble downloading Epstein materials (especially DataSet 10) this discussion and a torrent client may be useful. The DOJ presentation is becoming more and more degraded in my experience. www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarde...

"Extreme heat has caused more deaths in Australia than any other natural hazard", researchers say. But the media no longer cares about global warming.

The real abundance agenda is socialism with Chinese characteristics www.wired.com/story/china-...

4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

Epstein files currently wreaking more havoc in the UK than the U.S. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Liam Conejo Ramos is not alone. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...