I’ve written about this multiple times, but MOST countries aren’t prepared for this kind of war. I don’t think folks understand how much combat has evolved during the Russo-Ukrainian war. It’s unrecognizable from other modern conflicts. www.thetimes.com/business/com...

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

"I am ready to pull the plug on my association with Brockman’s agency—and would encourage other authors to consider doing the same—until and unless he clarifies the relationship between him, the Edge Foundation, and Epstein." Well, quite. newrepublic.com/article/1548...

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Pay attention to Cameroon. Trump is off-shoring a Gulag operation

Acknowledgements: Pablo Alvarado. I brought a copy of FIRESTORM to Pablo at @ndlon.bsky.social because the work he and his colleagues do on behalf of those who are actively rebuilding L.A. — while at the same time being targeted — is what gives me hope for a better tomorrow, as you’ll read.

The headline does not convey how completely batshit this story is. The Archive Today (archive.ph etc) admin weaponized the site's captcha to attack a blogger who wrote about them and *altered archived screenshots* as part of the attack. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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The huge danger of commodifying #forests 🌿 🔥 and seeing them as merely an "investment", denies #indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and #extinction risks. #humanrights 🌴⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-92u

Personnel records indicate Trump's top pesticide policy official is Kyle Kunkler, a former pro-pesticide lobbyist. In 2020, Kunkler won a "rising star" award from the pesticide industry's trade group.

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Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧵

This is such a good point:

Idk why I'm surprised, these mfs aren't good at much but they've got grifting down to an exact science

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

Nailed it… When she glitched out and said, “the Dow, the Dow is over 50,000 dollars”. Like she just remembered what Trump told her to say. ☠️

Wow. Fed. judge tells DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem, AG Bondi, EOIR and others that they are harming "the fabric of this very nation" by defying a court order that vacated their automatic-detention policy. Order is linked here: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Arizona does not vet new voucher schools. Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning. (Published Dec. 2024)

BREAKING: The latest version of the GOP’s “Save America Act” would require that all 50 states give our voter data to Trump’s DHS. Are we supposed to just “trust” that Trump’s people won’t then give our data to Palantir (Peter Thiel)? Call your Senators: 202-224-3121 #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes

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Congress: he can’t go to war without us!!! I mean… technically, you’re right. Maybe do something about it other than a strongly worded letter.

New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.” Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.

2/18/1878 — b. Blanche Ames, American inventor, artist, suffragist, birth control activist. Inventor, hexagonal lumber cutter + anti-pollution H20 device; co-inventor, scientific color paint mixing system.Pub political suffrage cartoons #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #womensart #PolSky

Holy shit. A lot of people have suggested this, but I don’t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.

i am begging people to understand that without black church attendees, especially women, the democratic party is not a viable political party and religion isnt just about right wing evangelicals.

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Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime: www.404media.co/leaked-email...

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

A short overview of how Peter Thiel and Palantir have been systematically weaponizing your data. Against you.

going mad because anyone working with medical imaging and segmentation knows there are *specific* models to do this, not LLMs

I'm not suggesting Trump's behavior proves conclusively that he's a pedophile, but I am a behaviorist, and if you were Trump, and a pedophile, here is how you'd behave: You'd agree to release files, direct your people not to release most of them, then claim you were exonerated.

NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality. Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:

and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...

"I think it's reversible, but this is authoritarianism." It's only reversible if we all come together any Say NO. LOUDLY AND CLEARLY. Quit buying these corporations products. www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...

This is why your work is so important. The refocusing of the frame from this big terrifying thing to “oh my GOD THESE PATHETIC LITTLE WEIRDOS” is like a slap to the face that wakes you up to the absolute buffoonery of the whole goddamn movement. Thank you!!

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Fantastic work:

Never believe anything until the Kremlin denies it

"If the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, a country that inflicts the ultimate punishment on those who dare to be vigilant can no longer be free."

i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.

“Putin is afraid of his soldiers returning home, which is why he needs them to keep fighting” ♟️🇺🇦🇷🇺 World chess legend and Russian opposition figure living in exile in the United States, Garry Kasparov, on the Ukraine–Russia war:

If we don’t want to repeat history – then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it.

A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.

Awesome. Here is a song I wrote and wanted to share. I’m 48 and it’s my first song written wish I started young like these kids. youtu.be/wl6BX11WEYY

Robin Williams on Trump in 2012: And he owns all these beauty pageants. Miss America, Miss Universe. Isn't that a bit like Michael Vick owning a series of pet stores? It's a f-cking catch and release program for him. This is a man who said, 'My daughter is hot.'

A lot of people talk about wanting Dems with the courage and anger to meet this moment, but Rep. @ramirez.house.gov is actually doing it. Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:

Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.

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🇺🇦🌐 Special overall analysis on the state of affairs in the world and in Ukraine at this moment from Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social @munsecconf.bsky.social