we live in hell

Chinese Solar Technologies. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/b...

Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.

Ok so if you're still using Spotify I highly suggest you stop (Personally I use Qobuz for streaming convenience but buy the mp3 from bandcamp if possible and from retailers if not) Bandcamp has a strong anti ai policy and is committed to artists

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.

what a legend lmao

Record *low* temperatures are becoming rarer and rarer (only one city in the past 10 years has experienced its coldest year on record) But in 2025 nearly 4,000 cities experienced their *hottest* year on record archive.is/Bi6qf

Behind the scenes, the diplomatic machinery is making moves that suggest a desire for regime change, not just behavior modification. Reports confirm that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met over the weekend with Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah.

The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/

"Larry Ellison funnels $26M+ to Israel's settler-colonial army via FIDF, hosts Netanyahu on his private Hawaii isle, vets US politicians for Zionist loyalty, & through Oracle enforces "commitment to Israel" silencing pro-Palestine dissent amid genocide" www.reversecanarymission.org/person/larry...

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

Dating scene in DC somehow gets ever harder.

My idol 20 years ago | My idol today

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

This dude is intense and correct

Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”

This is the universe these folks have built, one where all that matters is how to convince “moderate” white Americans and nothing else. Nothing about morality, fighting for others, etc. They frame it as smart, but ironically it’s a lesson in how to constantly lose a messaging battle.

I'm one of many people testifying CON on HB 2112 (age verification for "adult content") at tomorrow's #waleg hearing. If you're against 2112 -- or age verification for "adult content" in general ... why? After I've testified, I'll follow up with email to the committee with people's perspectives.

Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day

If you see federal agents pulling into your driveway, reporters, power down your electronic devices ASAP. That's the advice from @runasand.bsky.social, via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/news/hannah-...

No paywall. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/14/a...

I’d heard of the “Harper‘s Letter“ in passing but had never understood its import. This was informative.

“there's a tremendously bitter irony in Trump lambasting Iranian regime forces for their violence against their protestors at the exact same moment that his own regime forces are committing violence against American protestors.” abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/eternal-suns...

ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.

Fuck Josh Hawley. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

They low-key blocked the site in the US. He's the archived version. archive.ph/ivmTa

Whistleblower drops the largest ever ICE leak, so far, to unmask Trump regime ICE thugs. The DHS whistleblower released the identities of about 4,500 paramilitary regime troops Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department. #GoodVsEvil

When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.

hey by the way todays the last day for open enrollment if you haven’t done it yet

ICE Is amassing dozens of vehicles in Burlington, MA in anticipation of a surge in New England. Given new reporting by @marisakabas.bsky.social, this could be used in Lewiston, Maine to go after the Somali community there. It's a 2 hour straight shot on I-95 between Burlington, MA and Lewiston.

Not exhaustive by any means, but it does seem like things are moving towards strikes on Iran

Verizon network is completely down in Boston. There's a national carrier outage on multiple carriers right now.

Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:

In 2020, the Supreme Court decided a single case that strengthened legal protections for trans people, and the conservative movement's response was to whip up an unhinged moral panic to ensure that Their Justices would never make such a grave mistake again

Iranian voices rejecting foreign intervention are being drowned out in western media, journalist Samira Mohyeddin told Drop Site News. She said Iranian students were active in the early days of the protests, calling for human rights & democracy while explicitly rejecting US & Israeli intervention...

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

[scanning the code while being beaten, blood streaming over my eyes, masked men grasping to steal my phone and throw me in a van] shame on you, officer 404 error, shame

Trump is threatening to attack, invade, occupy & annex Mexico, Venezuela, Greenland, Canada, and Panama to the rightful outrage of many; but “European officials“ are on board with state terrorism when Iran is targeted, why?

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

If any private lawyer acted this disrespectfully towards a federal judge, we would be facing bar proceedings, court sanctions or both. The fact that Trump administration lawyers continue to act this way is a disgrace. It is time for judges to put an end to it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I misread the headline at first and thought they made a pill that could make you sleep for a year and was overcome by yearning when I realized my mistake.

The NAACP chose their more ”respectable“ secretary Rosa Parks, to be the face of the bus boycott months after Colvin’s initial and brave act. Colvin was a teenager, and unmarried who later became pregnant in the months after her arrest.

“.. % of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue .. hit an all-time high of 6.65%.” @barchart.com

(1/3) Thousands took to the streets in cities across the US over the weekend to protest the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Renee is one of 16 people killed by ICE since July 2025.