In case you missed it, last week’s newsletter question was “How do you deal with your impending mortality?” and I promise you the answer isn’t as depressing as it could have been. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

Kinda odd that the reason they denied his appeal seems to be different than the explanation for why they suspended him in the first place. People putting their head in the sand saying "I don't understand why people are mad." Cmon. Side with management if you want but don't be wilfully ignorant.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

Love living on an island entirely built of a bloating bubble that, when it pops, will plunge us all into the deep

Do ALL social media platforms have to be run by racist transphobes?

Thousands gathered in Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia Square on Sunday, Oct. 5, for a march organized by the Palestine Solidarity Platform to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza and to show support for the Freedom Flotilla missions.

Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition. Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back

Trust and Safety *is* the product. I'm running out of different ways to say this. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

A San Francisco native is among hundreds of activists being detained at an Israeli prison after that country’s navy intercepted a flotilla of boats bound for Gaza with supplies and humanitarian aid.

I know there's CNN people on here. Who fucking wrote this. You're not even a stenographer at this point you're just a fucking asshole and you know it.

Everything here is correct. Go Birds. Fuck ICE. Free Palestine.

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece just incredible @katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

“The law says he can’t do it so it’s not clear whether he can” is such a 2025 headline

still thinking of all those CEOs bowing and scraping to trump and giving him lavish praise and gifts it just makes their acquiescing to stuff like this seem less 'well we had no choice' and more 'we are happy to keep supporting this guy however we can'

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro. There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.

I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn

I really appreciate that Defector—nominally a sports site—keeps publishing honest news about what’s happening in Gaza. Please support them if you can. This one is from @redford.bsky.social: defector.com/israel-break...

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Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening www.404media.co/google-calls...

If you're wondering why they don't go to court with their high paid lawyers for an easy win, it's because this allows Google to bribe Trump. All the big players are way over their skis on AI investment and are sure they will need a bailout at some point. It's 2009 but for tech instead of housing

ICE en masse physically attacked a crowd of protesters under protection of @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s state troops. Disgusting.

State of Illinois now doing the goons' job for them.

really seems like @govpritzker.illinois.gov is talking out of both sides of his mouth. either step in or stop pretending.

When they cut your funding but you keep licking their boots anyway.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

Party at Ground Zero by Fishbone

I think I'm in trouble.

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

”The pain of being able to touch someone who is no longer there is unbearable. And when the second death comes, the death of body, there is almost a sense of relief, and along with that, of course, the shame of feeling it.“ buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

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This week’s newsletter is an uplifting banger! No, really. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

"i just use it to generate ideas"

To keep her in detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

At least 53 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-53-palestinians-killed-israeli-attacks-gaza-dawn

Yeah, well, this is what abusers do when they don't get their way. They destroy the house that everyone lives in because long-term consequences take a back seat to short-term indulgences of fear-inducing rage. We're in the smashing plates and taking a baseball bat to lamps phase of this now.

BREAKING: Union in Italy has announced a general strike on October 3, as per their promise if the Gaza flotilla was attacked, as it has been now.

RIP Jane Goodall

Once you discover that otters can play basketball your life CHAAAAAAAAAANGES.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

“If you leave your door unlocked and I steal all your shit it’s not on me.”

So excited when I hit the Powell St. Station this morning. I thought a new Butthole Surfers album was dropping.

“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”

and when your grandmother grows wheels, she'll be a bicycle

Sigh. Once again for the people in the back: YOU 👏🏽 CANNOT 👏🏽 MAKE 👏🏽 DEALS 👏🏽 WITH 👏🏽 NARCISSISTIC 👏🏽 SOCIOPATHS.

Fuck these people.