*When you stand for nothing, nobody wants to stand with you* by Alex Skopic #Politics www.currentaffairs.org/news/keir-st...

This post is going to be long but it’s important. One of the least-discussed developments in the Trump administration is the creation of the National Design Studio (NDS). On the surface, it was presented as a project to modernize government websites and improve the user experience.

writing about this 😌

Yup. Make America Green Again

JUST NOW from @statuscoupnews.bsky.social livestream — ICE agents outside Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ pushed a protester into an 18-wheeler causing the truck to run over his leg. They then pinned him on the ground and carried him away.

We're where we are in part due to this dynamic. "No one is doing anything" Well you are someone, so do something. "Not me, I've got a million other things going on. Someone else should do something."

Happy Mothers Day

People (outside of libraries) always laugh and pooh-pooh the kindness and feelings that people have about libraries. They think that everyone only wants the reality (including the attitude) of tech. But do you know who is fighting for big tech when they lose a shit ton of jobs? hint: nobody.

At Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida a large and dedicated crowd is protesting the President as part of the national #NoKings day of protest.

We’re happy to report the total count is now up to 8.1 million and still growing.

My inner curmudgeon woke up a little sassy today 🏺#archaeology

Operation Epic Fury. Or EF for short, as in Epstein Files.

New Zealand lawmakers have introduced legislation recognizing whales as legal persons. The move, inspired by an Indigenous declaration, would affirm whales’ rights to a healthy environment and to migrate.

Workers' capital -pension funds - pushing for AI to replace workers is one of the exquisite ironies of the financialised welfare bargain

Something good for a change As grocery prices climb, one farmer bets on growing African staples in B.C.: thenarwhal.ca/bc-black-far...

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

Happy Bovino TACO Tuesday!

Really hoping historians will call the attempt to buy/take Greenland “Sewer’s Folly.”

Regime violence will keep escalating. The current low level of fatalities no longer gives MAGA a good terrorgasm.

ICE agents are making a habit of shooting tear gas at demonstrators who object to their kidnapping and murdering. Please consult this thread regarding how you can safely, swiftly extinguish tear gas canisters. crimethinc.com/RiotMunitions

Maybe ICE and CBP have been thoroughly infiltrated by antifa. Agents should turn on each other just to be sure. Pass it on.

MAGA hates coastal elites, so I’m not surprised they’re attacking Minnesota

When we invaded Panama, we knew Noriega was a trafficker because we kept him in business, which funded other illegal wars. Maduro’s mistake was never cutting in the US Don

Yeah yeah. Release the Epstein Files

Im genuinely so befuddled by this; I DON'T LACK IDEAS. I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.

I do wonder sometimes how much of the cultural pandering to Silicon Valley techbros, of being framed as lovable quirky nerds who wouldn’t hurt a fly, has allowed them to do some truly heinous shit. That and capitalism, rampant greed, lack of any regulation, and political pandering, that is

people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors. You don’t get to demand civility.

Yesterday, millions marched against fascism. Now our elected leaders need to take action to confront Trump’s assault on Democratic cities and states. In The Guardian today, I outline a strategy: “fiscal disobedience” as one part of an “anti-fascist federalism.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Spirit Halloween is gonna have a banner year, and it has antifa to thank. #antifa #resistanceeconomy

It’s all about alienation.

Air ICE

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Less cowbell.

Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity. Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute. Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections. But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents. The legacy of the Roberts court.

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

In times of tension, we commit to peaceful, creative action. Our pledge to nonviolence guides our efforts. Facing threats while exercising your 1st Amendment rights? Join a free virtual training with civil rights attorney Blake Kremer on September 23, 5pm (Pacific). RSVP at www.backbonecampaign....

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk. The first offers were from Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

“I trust my immune system - I don’t need a vaccine.” I trust my immune system too, but it thinks pollen and cardamom are trying to kill me, so I’ll be giving it some directions, okay?

Social injustice warrior who said shootings are the cost of liberty, dead of irony at 31.

If you’ve ever called the (armed) police on someone committing a crime, or voted to increase police funding—- then yes, you believe in the threat of lethal violence to deal with others.

Fun fact, despite what the lower 48 may think, only about 2.6% of Alaskan workers are in the oil & gas sector, per state labor stats. Only “Information” and “Wholesale” sectors have fewer. Local, state, and federal government employees outnumber oil & has 10:1. Oil is dead

I feel like maybe the Hyundai raid stemmed from MAGA marketing department’s realization that their first pick for scapegoat ethnic group isn’t working out

That thing you promote as free from/of ideology, probably *is* ideology

It's so much easier when someone is both incompetent and an asshole bc when someone is incompetent but a nice person I can't help but let their incompetence color my otherwise favorable opinion of them lmao

Massive and growing protest in Anchorage against President Trump and Putin meeting tomorrow on Ukraine without Ukraine.