This really is a great picture:

a man in Oklahoma was speaking out against a data center in his community. He went a few seconds over time and the city had him arrested for trespassing

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

There are no "reasonable Republicans" because they long ago ceased to be a political party. A political party tries to court your vote. An authoritarian regime tries to keep you from voting, and all votes from counting.

The joy! The genuine smile! Cheering for her competitors! Alysa's crowning achievement today wasn't so much winning the gold as it was showing the world that there is a way to win in figure skating without embracing all the toxicity that is the "Tutberidze Method."

“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.” she did it! her! way!!

In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers

The Brazilian political system is, structurally, very similar to the American one. But when they elected a Trump-style authoritarian back in 2018, their Congress and Supreme Court actually fought back. I went to Brazil to find out why. And what I learned surprised me. www.vox.com/politics/479...

Lovely piece by @rtraister.bsky.social on the great Mira Nair and her influence on her son Zohran www.vulture.com/article/what...

Nick Fuentes crashed out and is telling his base to not vote. And because I can’t stand his face here’s someone lip synching the audio.

Last week Donald Trump registered the trademark "Donald J. Trump International Airport." This week Florida Republicans voted to rename Palm Beach International Airport Donald J. Trump International Airport," putting taxpayers on the hook for licensing fees that go straight to him

Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.

The UK arrested Prince Andrew. Hakeem Jeffries is telling Democrats not to boo Trump at the State of the Union.

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir: “Palantir is here to disrupt (…) and, when it's necessary, to scare enemies and, on occasion, kill them. And we hope you're in favor of that."

surveillance state, 2026 #photography #concept #trafficam photo credit: Department of Transportation (DOT)

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"Eat, Sancho, my friend," said Don Quixote, "sustain life, which matters more to you than to me, and let me die at the hands of my thoughts and by the force of my misfortunes. I was born to live dying, Sancho, and you to die eating."

for some reason this diagram reminds me of a eurypterid (phylogenetically the most Desiring of all arthropods)

let’s see your profile pic in its full-size glory

You can see the buried waterways of Los Angeles-Orange County in www.arcgis.com/apps/mapview... @awalkerinla.bsky.social

Headline reflects newly installed President Ford's messages of peace after Nixon's resignation (but retention of Kissinger...)

a nothing that is, a nothing that ain't bsky.app/profile/hanr...

Was there a congressional appropriation for this, or are we at the stage of openly robbing the treasury without any pretext at all?

We cant let this go.

Doesn't Pam #Bondi realize that she will likely outlive the current admin and that crimes will be prosecuted even if you are AG? She is using DOJ to enrich her brother... youtube.com/shorts/9200i...

U.K. action helps expose DOJ coverup: Feb 7: Bondi DOJ memo: "We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties." Sept 16: Kash Patel testimony: "There is no credible information, none" that Epstein trafficked girls to other men.

How do you feel about having paid about $1,000 in Trump tariffs over the past year?

Watch the documentary, "Common Ground". Glyphosate is responsible for cancer in farmers and for destroying soil and waterway health.

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

I don’t think I’ve ever had so many people writing to me to ask about encrypted/secure/private tools for comms, collaboration, and organizing. So @lhn.bsky.social and I talked to experts and assembled this: the Wired guide to organizing in an age of surveillance. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Terrible news has hit the chess world today.  Grandmaster Jan Timman has sadly passed away at the age of 74. Known as the "Best of the West", Jan was a fearless competitor, a World Championship contender, and a nine-time Dutch champion. Rest in peace.

Dutch grandmaster Jan Timman, another #chess legend of my youth, has passed away. #RIP nos.nl/artikel/2603096-nederla… 📷 IBM tournament Amsterdam 1#RIP7#chess

Wow.

We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism. Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.

Two years ago, Ethiopia did something no other rich country has yet. It banned the import of new fossil fuel cars. In that time, the country went from less than 1% of its vehicles being electric to more than 6% — higher than the global average. Read our feature: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

"None of the deportees are Cameroonian citizens. And almost all had received protection from American courts, which banned the government from sending them back to their home countries, where they would most likely face persecution." The journalists were separated and interrogated at police HQ.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t quite work the same way for black and brown folks… Because of the caste system that has long defined the race system in America. (See Gunnar Myrdal, 1944)

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help. “A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...