This is a wonderful essay, and you're missing out if you don't go read it. Also a neat illustration of why I, an accidental politician, am mostly an sff reader.

Rusty's distillation here is, genuinely, the single best articulation of why software isn't people that I've ever seen. It's so obvious to anyone who actually understands code, and so infuriating to watch others take the bullshit seriously. Such a great read.

One day before my city's public hearings on this very issue. I have no idea what prompted this, but I'm happy to see it.

You know, if some people would just stop making it hard to get a scrip for add meds . . . (Also, in 'everything old is new again,' who else thought about this and rejected it aeons ago, as likely genuinely addictive and too goddamned expensive?)

in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.

Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul. This is hardly the profile of someone looking to chart her own path. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

This. And then they got so freaked if you suggested that perhaps you had a male brain, despite being a cute little girl, because obviously you were very, very good at math and even better at spatial reasoning. Whether you actually thought there was any possibility that you had a male brain or not.

You should probably read this: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-... LLM demands code changes to a project, and when refused, starts writing blog posts attacking the human coders. Extortion through reputation attacks is going to be a big, fraudulent business that will go after every author.

They talk and act exactly like Nazis in pursuit of the exact same objectives as Nazis using the exact same tactics and rationales as Nazis but it would be wrong to call them Nazis until they grow the little mustache.

I love seeing people embrace forums, webrings, RSS and the indie web lately as the only way we're gonna escape enshittification Who wants to get an account and start posting in fandom comms on dreamwidth? Has anyone built a modern livejournal thing yet? We had this all figured out once 🤔

While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.

For that matter? Please do not send me video or audio links to something that has no transcript. It doesn't matter how great they are. If I can read it, I'd like to, but I do no have time to watch or listen to it.

I know nothing at all about Arc Raiders, but I feel this. In my bones.

I think it's supposed to be funny, but it's really really not.

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning. *21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity. *Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution

This is insane. I mean, literally. As always, unless we stipulate that he actually wants to destroy the country.

Wow: A top GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota just announced that he is dropping out from the race. *And* that he is leaving the Republican Party. He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state." www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...

WMass voters may notice certain resemblances between what's in this reported letter from Bondi and what federal feedback was invited in a failed resolution before the Holyoke city council this past autumn. This is why we didn't want to ask ICE for advice at all, let alone promise to take it.

Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived

I'd be careful of that penguin, Mr. President. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWMn...

When this is over and we win and we have to somehow put the country back together, can we make Minneapolis our capitol?

"Haidt’s claims of inherent harm are not well-founded, and the policy proposals to ban kids entirely from social media are a bad idea. For older teenage boys, having no social media was associated with *worse* outcomes than having too much of it"

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

If you’re a sitting member of Congress and not reacting to this speech by calling for immediate impeachment, removal and conviction, why are we paying you?

As someone who volunteers in local Democratic politics I want to once again remind the Bluesky community that the Democratic base is your friend, and LIGHT YEARS ahead of the national party leaders on literally every issue

I am begging: Do not learn how to do activism or organizing from social media influencers. Do not join massive unvetted Signal groups promoted by “revolutionary” influencers. If you want to be an activist, you need to be embedded in local community with people you know and trust. I am BEGGING here

This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting. Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.

The stated reason for ICE agents being in Minnesota is because of the ongoing fraud claims around daycare and other services. The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart

ffs. I know it's only a little local election, but I just won an election by not steering clear of Trump and the local impact of what he's doing. (People told me not to do it too. Until it was obvious it would work.)

Replace them all. This should be a no-brainer for any senator. What the hell do they think they're doing?

Reminder: Plato argued that, since souls reincarnate, souls in men & women are the same & equally capable of all things, so the sexes are equal. P’s mother Perictione was (ancient sources say) a Pythagorean philosopher. 19th C didn’t believe she could be a philosopher so erased her from P’s bio.

The Republican Party tried and failed more than 60 times to repeal Obamacare when they were out of power. 60 fucking times. Maybe Democrats should consider trying to impeach Trump more than *twice*?

This is the content I need right now. I bet some of you do, too.

none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.

So hey new virus mutation just dropped. If you have a horrible sore throat, fever that won't go down with NSAIDs, bad headaches, PLUS all the other symptoms of the flu, but are testing negative for COVID and Flu A&B on home tests? You have Subclade K/H3N2. You have the flu and it will suck.

I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago. Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑

Which came first? The octopus or the nationalization of #Holyoke's election this year? Yes, it's all part of the story of the Paper City's results last month. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/nati...

anil isn't kidding. this level of transparency and detail — talking to voters like adults — is remarkable. i would imagine it also helps people feel like they are part of something bigger. and, christ, mamdani is insanely charismatic and good on screen. like, you just want to watch him talk!

My God, they've reinvented the Deadly Joke. And somehow possibly developed immunity to it. We're all doomed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_o...

This. Greenblatt and the travesty he's made of the ADL shouldn't be allowed to claim they're the one true arbiter of "Jewish concerns." They're not; they don't speak for anything like all of us; and they don't get to claim to do so over our objections.

ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you.

This whole thread. Please. A grateful nation will thank you. DON'T RANK CUOMO.

Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.

I don’t see this mentioned at all about Andrew Cuomo. He’s on Netanyahu’s legal defence team for his ICC claims. nypost.com/2024/11/25/u...

I'm trying "Brad Lander is a Jewish Zionist, and he knows both Mamdani and Cuomo better than most of us do, and he's ranking Mamdani #2 and not ranking Cuomo. I think we can probably trust his judgment on this one." It has the merit of all being true. We'll see whether it works.

Why I will never give another penny to the @nytimes.com , number approximately three hundred thousand. I know excellent journalists still try to make it a good paper. I only wish they could quit en masse and create the paper they deserve to work for, free of their clueless management.

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again