Me Too was Pearl Harbor for elites. Most of them saw Harvey Weinstein and thought, "that could be me," and since then every hint of accountability for elites, or mass movements by peasants, has further convinced them they are facing an existential threat that must be destroyed at all costs.

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

A look at how ChatGPT and #GenerativeAI are being used to polish or completely take over chats in dating apps. "she found herself checking with the bot between every message, and requesting five variations before choosing the one that sounded most like her." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"For immigrants in the system, these chaotic transfers can feel like a punishment, designed to wear people down, said Faisal Al-Juburi, head of external affairs at the legal aid group Raíces." Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) runs the majority of ICE flights. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘Let’s just power it on and update [it] and see what happens,’' [greentheonly] recalled [Tesla] suggesting. 'If I wanted to destroy evidence on the computer, that would be exactly the advice I would give.' He easily found the data #Tesla claimed it had "lost" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said." “They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #AlligatorAlcatraz

From @tnafziger.bsky.social’s most recent email, a piece about what he’s learned in the work to save Oak Flat. www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

“Fighting alongside Apache Stronghold is not just about saving Oak Flat. It is about recovering the rootedness of our ancestors: everyone beneath their vine and fig tree, in peace and unafraid (Mic. 4:4).” – @tnafziger.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”

A disturbing, innovative use of LLM training... "...the impostor sent fake voice messages and texts that mimicked Rubio’s voice and writing style to those targets including three foreign ministers, a US governor and a member of Congress." #ai #generativeAI #llm www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"An agent can be seen lifting Velez off the ground and carrying her away. Witnesses told media, including CBS Los Angeles, that the agents never asked Velez for identification, and that she did nothing wrong." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“…rather than oppose Trumpism’s masculinist domination politics and unaccountable cult of personality, the idea now [with Cuomo] seems to be to mimic them; not to oppose corruption and dictatorial politics per se, but to offer a Democratic version of them.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Increasingly, ex-judges and legal experts warn the verbal attacks by Trump, his attorney general, Pam Bondi, and Maga allies are creating a hostile climate that endangers the safety of judges and their families." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A new report chronicles decades of deception by the fossil fuel industry. It looks at hopeful parallels with collapse of similar lies by the tobacco industry and “efforts to revive a 2018 attempt to obtain a blanket waiver of legal liability from Congress.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...

"In social-media clips... ICE officers appear in dark clothing, some wearing masks or neck gaiters that make them look like bandits. The people they target may be walking down the street, sitting in a car, or otherwise going about their lives." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

“In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,” Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...

Breaking: The new Pope: “Prevost has been a vocal proponent of Francis' emphasis on synodality, which has emerged the first week of general congregations as an important issue to a significant bloc of cardinals who can vote in the conclave.” www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

"Bondi would go on to claim that Trump saved '258 million lives'." Any pretense of a constituency other than Trump is gone. Like courtiers in a King's court, Bondi and her fellow cabinet members understand their jobs depend on their emotional impact on one man. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

🤥 WATCH: Trump insists repeatedly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia LITERALLY had “MS-13” tattooed on his knuckles All the people who said he was just implying the tattoos stood for MS-13 and didn’t mean for the photoshop to be taken literally have gobs of egg on your faces 🥚 Liar-in-chief strikes again

I've updated the #Mennonite starter pack I put together last year with a few newer Mennonites I found here on Bluesky. As always, nominations are welcome: go.bsky.app/BcVbQ3R

One reason Democrats have such a bad "messaging problem" is because every time a prominent Democrat does something good, courageous, etc., other prominent Dems do dumb shit like this—making it so the Democratic Party brand is not improved by the good act. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

"...to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi said after his release... "What we are witnessing now and what we’re understanding is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King has said before: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“…when the current administration closed the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (Oido) last month, detainees… were left with less protection than ever… ‘It’s all happening in the dark’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“In the absence of a increase in actual deportations, the [Trump] administration seems to have pursued an increase in deportation spectacles: images celebrating people's expulsion from the country with a visceral glee...” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/m...

This evening, after watching the upteenth classical music / poetry reading / stage play on Start Trek: The Next Generation, I had an epiphany. This show is someone's answer to the question: what happens if you give your navy a really thorough liberal arts education? #StarTrek

“Part of the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals, the three-judge panel said the executive branch and the courts were “grinding irrevocably against one another in a conflict that promises to diminish both.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

"[The Trump administration] demanded Harvard close all diversity, equity and inclusion programs; share various admission details with the government; report foreign students who commit conduct violations to federal authorities..." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Where do you keep your used twist ties? #granolamennonite

A look at the increasing blow back against Joe Rogan from his guests (and peers) for his obsequious devotion to Trump and Musk: "There are no simple ideological lines being drawn between Rogan and the guests that are turning on him." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My piece on #datastrategy is a look at the problem of the "The One Big Silo That Does Everything (and Nothing Well)." The alternative is our connection layer that can serve as translator, orchestrator, and peacekeeper for your #engagement stack. www.exponentialnarratives.com/exponential-...

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the big legal firms that caved to Trump's executive order threats: "Those firms may have violated federal anti-bribery laws [by] offering or promising something of value to a federal official in hopes of influencing an official act." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"DOGE wants Palantir’s Foundry software to become the 'read center of all IRS systems,' a source with direct knowledge tells WIRED, meaning anyone with access could view and have the ability to possibly alter all IRS data in one place." www.wired.com/story/palant... #Musk #TechBros

This is video of federal agents in New England smashing a car window without a warrant: “They indicated they were looking for some guy by the name of Antonio, which is not my client. There would be no reasonable cause for them to use that level of violence.” www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2...

“In Ventura, California, Sandy Friedman brought her eight-year-old graddaughter, Harlow Rose Rega... Friedman said she was worried about her social security, remarking: “I worked my whole life and so did my husband. Now I’m afraid Trump will take it away.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the new kid on the block. Will it push out #SEO? “The biggest factors are credibility and citations; engaging content… with authoritative quotes; compelling statistics; clear language; and easy readability.” www.seoforjournalism.com/p/what-is-ge...

#NotAprilFools “The DOGE-affiliated acting president of the United States Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded, independent think tank, has moved to transfer the agency’s $500 million headquarters building to the General Services Administration free of charge” www.wired.com/story/doge-t...

“‘This aggressive violation of our place of worship and the forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society criminalizes protest,’ Mr. Parker said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/w...

Both the real Pikachu protest video from Turkey and the fake AI generated image went viral. We are living the weird, dystopian cyberpunk future of the 80's. We're stuck somewhere between Philip K. Dick's Blade Runner and George Orwell's 1984. #AIslop #ChatGPT #AI www.404media.co/pikachu-spot...

"Lowen had been... speaking to some of those in the crowds. He said the protests were 'galvanising the side of Turkey that feels stifled by President Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule'. When asked what the protesters wanted, one told him they wanted 'pure democracy'." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Nice to see this major upset Lancaster County. Behind this victory are many years of grassroots organizing by Lancaster Stands Up and other local groups that contributed to this.

Ominous euphemism of the day: “collateral arrests” Used in a sentence by ICE border czar Tom Homan today: “Collateral arrests are gon’ be … people who aren’t criminals that are found when we’re lookin’ for the criminal are gonna be taken into custody.” Source: newrepublic.com/post/193142/...

“May the day never come when the secretary of state is allowed to single out a college student for banishment from the United States because of political protest.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“White House officials informed the Navajo Nation that an AI-powered automated review process looking for content with DEI initiatives led to the elimination of anything mentioning ‘Navajo,’ according to a statement from Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren.” apnews.com/article/nava...

Adam Isacson points out that historically deportation from the US meant you were shipped to your home county. It “did not mean that you were sent to some medieval jail of an authoritarian leader in another country. So we’re in brand new ground here...” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

“Marty Garbus, a longtime first amendment lawyer who is part of the monitoring group, said: ‘In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Khalil described his arrest at his... apartment building in New York in front of his wife, Noor Abdalla, who is eight months pregnant with their first child. The agents who arrested him 'refused to provide a warrant' before forcing him into an unmarked car" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No one should be treated as disposable: “police left her ‘trapped inside of her vehicle without necessary care’ and she could have been saved if officers had hospitalized her.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ten years after the Indigenous-led protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline, representatives from Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the USA have arrived at court to fight a meritless lawsuit brought by US oil company Energy Transfer.

A nefarious new strategy in a fossil fuel led SLAP suit in rural North Dakota relating to Standing Rock: “In recent weeks, mysterious rightwing mailers have arrived at the homes of local residents that Greenpeace alleges could further taint the jury pool.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"In this new world where the foreign policy of the most powerful country on Earth has been rapidly reorganised around the fragile ego of a sullen and resentful old man, you might as well launch missiles at America’s eastern seaboard as utter a few words of rebuke" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...