1) V interesting story. 2) The porn machine and bigot-cesspool once known as Twitter was *the* journalistic hangout. Encouraging every time a major media outlet/figure posts and engages here. Can't fully recreate the pre-Musk "public square," but good to see more and more journos/publications here

you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review

Up to $125 million to rename the Department of Defense. But they can't find the money to lower premiums for Americans crushed by health care costs. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats. "The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said. “Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”

I suppose it makes perfect sense that this is how the man who dumped a bear carcass in Central Park would celebrate his birthday.

NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.” Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.

📷 TICKETS! Come join us at our big live DC event on Jan 20th: * I'll talk Epstein files with @rokhanna.bsky.social * I'll talk broken media with @joyannreid & @jimacosta * Plus @swin24 will talk Trump with ex-Trump folks Miles Taylor & Sarah Matthews. Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/mehdi-...

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say" Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’ Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:

We must continue the work to abolish ICE. But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121

The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states

Stewart has had some bad public health takes. In 2005, he interviewed Robert Kennedy Jr. and thanked him for raising awareness about vaccines and autism. Years ago, he endorsed the COVID lab leak theory. More recently, he joked about people still masking in public for their health.

New at Can We Still Govern? "I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government." Please read, share, help. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

Saint Planthony! I love this guy.

Can GLP-1 drugs reduce the incidence of cancer, independent of weight loss? Results from cohort studies are encouraging for many types (Figure) and clinical trials are ongoing nature.com/articles/s43...

Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt

Stay safe and stay peaceful today. Our public safety team has the resources, coordination, and personnel on the ground to maintain public safety and respond if needed. Thanks to local law enforcement for keeping the peace. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/li...

Donald Trump promised to lower prices on Day One — but a year later, all he's done is jack up electricity bills and slash thousands of good jobs.

Here’s a few things to consider. The data is downloaded and is local to my machine in a SQLite db. The AI has access only to that and isn’t storing, remoting the data and doesn’t have persistent access. Plus I can use LMStudio or ollama and do it totally locally if I want.

Damn shame Meta is shutting down supernatural. It was THE killer app and community for VR. They never should’ve bought it, they’re not willing to have just small boutique things remain small and boutique. It’s a big loss. The only app I used.

Will Trump really invoke the Insurrection Act? Is he serious about capping credit card interest rates? Is progressive economic populism the antidote to fascism? @rbreich.bsky.social & Heather Lofthouse break it all down in this week’s Coffee Klatch, with special guest Lina Khan!

What is the most beautiful place you have traveled to?

I’ve been stalwart backer of transatlantic alliance all my life. I understand why Europeans have so far trod softly/tried to keep Trump onside. But, there comes a time when you have to face reality. The US is no longer our ally. Its defense guarantee is worthless. Time to kick ass back🧵

Europe has - in technical terms - an absolute sod load of potential economic leverage over the United States. It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns. The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security. So Europe may start using that leverage.

Andor was a textbook

CODE (Copilot/Claude Skill) here for #t1d analysis from an Agent. github.com/shanselman/n...

Been using the GitHub Copilot CLI with Opus 4.5 as a #t1d diabetes agent accessing my CGM via @NightscoutProj REST APIs

"This Week in Democracy – Week 52: A Year of Abuses, Violence, Corruption, and Outright Fascism" Capping off a year of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term. (No other media organization did this, by the way!)

In case anyone is still unclear, a tariff is a tax on imports and in practice American consumers pay most of it through higher prices

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account. Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.

allthatsleftofyou.com/buy-tickets Here are places you can see this moving and informative film.

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Rep. Robert Garcia: "This is an administration that is so inherently corrupt. And they have turned our federal law enforcement agencies against our own people. That's what should be very concerning to everyone ... Kristi Noem should be removed from office."

Finally, Europeans are taking to the streets to protest against the American aggression against Europe. But it should not have taken this long. And it should not only be in 🇩🇰🇬🇱. If you want your leaders to to stop their supplication to Trump and fight for you, then you need to tell them.

First, he threatens to take Greenland by force, now he is threatening to tariff anyone who stands in his way. First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance. Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.

Putin is pleased.

From Gaza: we lost our home, not our hope. If you can donate or share to help my family rebuild, it means everything. Link in below. 🤍

In case anyone is wondering about that Noah Wyle clip from Jimmy Kimmel's show—sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the fancy medical term for brain freeze/ice cream headache.

YouTube LIVE now www.youtube.com/watch?v=on5R... "What was my worst lunch?" AI-Powered Blood Sugar Analysis with GitHub Copilot + Claude Code Skills #diabetes #t1d

When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways

“The group, STAT learned, was not convened until August — about when Kennedy had promised the guidelines — and was given less than three months to pull together its review of the evidence… The result was speedy science that at times relied on industry-funded studies or the authors’ own research”

From an optics perspective... the protesters being the ones waving the US flag while Bovino et al looks like every awful nazi inspired movie we've ever seen... hats off to Minnesotans.

$1.5T for the military budget $170B for ICE and Border Patrol $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $470M to send National Guard into cities $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $100M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

I grew up in Minnesota Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves

My take on the Iran protests, the brutal crackdown, US and Israeli involvement, and more. It's time for us to be morally and politically consistent.

My last two shots before my world went dark.

“On the nursing home front, “it’s clear C.M.S. has no interest in ensuring adequate staffing,” said Sam Brooks, director of public policy for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care. “They’re repealing a regulation that could have saved 13,000 lives a year,” he added”

“As with environmental law and consumer protections, the Trump administration’s enthusiasm for deregulation has undone long-sought rules to improve care for the aged. And it has introduced a Medicare experiment for prior authorizations, now getting underway in six states, that has alarmed advocates”