Defense attorneys for the woman shot by #borderpatrol in Brighton Park this month want a hearing ASAP after the agent who opened fire drove his vehicle to Maine before the woman’s attys could inspect it. It’s not clear who allowed the #cbp agent to drive the vehicle to the East Coast. But […]

Zero respect White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build #trump #ballroom Trump had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure […]

Total cost of today’s AWS outage will be in the billions of dollars. https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/amazon-tech-outage-10-20-25-intl?post-id=cmgzdye9q00003b6ngdv69nyh

Worth a repeat. #NewJersey

Busted

I love this so much.

Good 🧵

"News deserts are widening. Newspaper closures continue unabated. Independent publishers are calling it quits at an alarming rate. Yet local digital-only news sites are multiplying. Many are even thriving.” https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2025/

President Trump’s White House is already the second most-blocked account on Bluesky, just days after joining the platform. The only account ahead of it on the block list? It belongs to VP Vance […]

Asahi Shimbun - Shedding their traditional image as accessories for gangsters and movie stars, sunglasses will be part of the uniform at a Tokyo girls’ school amid growing concerns about exposure to ultraviolet rays. https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/16102930

This makes me sick. Trump is the most disgusting, most idiotic, cruelest traitor imaginable. #Ukraine

Silent Sunday

I’ll be speaking about the destruction of US international broadcasting on the GWU campus at noon on Nov. 3: https://publicdiplomacy.org/news_manager.php?page=42338

The president, on his Truth Social account, posts an AI video portraying him as 'King Trump' piloting a fighter jet which drops shit on 'No Kings' demonstrators. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115398251623299921

Although we couldn’t see it from the tournament area, this photo is what they were setting up a little south of our location on Ocean Beach. #nokings #sanfrancisco #oceanbeach

One of the big topics at our #notyrants protest in #montreal was House Bill 5518. If like me, you've never heard of it, it's a US bill to negotiate cross-border law enforcement with Canada, including sending ICE agents and other US personnel across the Canadian border. If you're Canadian, please […]

Nuclear sub

There are frog marches, and then there are f'ing frog marches. Stong. Together. #NoKings

One thing we have to start talking about is that there's no going back to the status quo ante. We have to start talking about the world that we want after.

Big huge thank you to @50501movement.bsky.social for everything, for never giving up. #NoKings

All political violence is bad; violence is never a good answer. From report AG and potus want to hide: "…the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism." […]

2/ And a gigantic heartfelt thank you to @indivisible.org and all the other groups and individuals who participated, made this a reality. NEVER stop.

The #nokings Coalition says two million more people protested today than in June. Nearly 7 million total.

Nearly 7 million, folks! Congratulations! But we need even more. Never stop. #NoKings

I can relate. Sigh. #NoKings

Ever stop to wonder how MAGA parents teach their kids about what their great-grandpa did to stop the Nazis—and why? I’ve said it before: Many 1930s Germans were easily manipulated suckers. Our MAGA Nazis are intrinsically evil people who will prove to be far worse.

I met the inventor of the KCS concept and the original software at the NoKings rally today. We talked about pointing her work at social and political problems, as well as social web challenges. Done right, could be a big thing. https://www.atlassian.com/itsm/knowledge-management/kcs

"I forgot to put on pants!" What a GREAT video. #NoKings #LoveAmericaRally

Keep 'em coming

🚨 They're doing everything they can to predetermine election outcomes. We need remedies.

2/ "Sen Wyden began looking into Black’s payments to Epstein. Investigators learned that B of A..flagged $170 mil of his payments to Epstein as suspicious.+discovered that Black had paid millions to 8 women.. At least 3 of those women were listed among Epstein’s assoc's & victims in fed ct filings"

Show your signs #nokings

“ The Vermont state senator involved in the hate-filled Young Republican group chat uncovered by POLITICO announced his resignation Friday.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

#terrorism #wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down #gunman at Conference After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event & threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him. #law #gunviolence #gunlaws #guncontrol […]

NewsGuard tested OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator to see how easily bad actors could turn it into a misinformation superspreader. The results are alarming. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguardtech/p/openais-sora-2-is-a-willing-hoax?r=1g77q&utm_medium=ios

Paints a perfect picture.

Fact check:

"If man were wholly ignorant of himself he would have no poetry in him, for one cannot describe what one does not conceive. If he saw himself clearly, his imagination would remain idle and would have nothing to add to the picture. But the nature of man is sufficiently revealed for him to know […]

Important printable signs and protest gear...get them here: 👇 #nokings https://brandfolder.com/indivisibleproject/nokings?emci=599afd65-71ab-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=a0d32924-88ab-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=3910389

The #government Is #shutdown. But Not for #fossilfuels. Federal workers who issue permits for oil, #gas & #mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal #pollution limits. #trump #law #environmentallaw #regulations #climatecrisis […]

Ukrainian Navy says it’s likely Russia shot down its own Su-30SM fighter jet over Crimea. https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-update-2025-10-17/

#Halloween #Cat #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfPixelfed #catstodon #CatsOMastodon #catsoffediverse #alt #Caturday #Humor#alt

The target’s family, friends & co-workers could also be probed. While the overview says undocumented #immigrants would be the main target for the #socialmedia team, the draft guidelines designate “domestic or international terrorism,” which under Trump’s executive order includes #antifa, as […]

In another project, #ice has disclosed in recent days its potential plans to set up a #socialmedia monitoring team of 16 analysts who would sift through information from social media platforms & other databases to generate leads to locate *targeted individuals*. An Oct 2 “request for information […]

Jim Rodenbush, who has been fired as director of student media at Indiana University, reacts to receiving a standing ovation here at #mediafest25. Jim’s ouster this week came amid growing tension between the school and the student newspaper over what content was allowed in the print edition.

2/ One more. Please read the whole thing. bsky.app/profile/wire...

Important thread. #NoKings

Vought. And Miller.

#NoKings #LoveAmericaRally

6 am #bunnybutt for #bunnybuttfriday ❤️. #sitaralove