The inevitable point where AI is eating up the barf from other AI

Everything old being new again all at once is not a coincidence

Trump: “For my friends, everything. For my enemies, TARIFFS!” A good video on how he shakes down corporations:

I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.

We don’t have to look to historical examples for everything - we can instead imagine a version of the future where post-violence social cohesion doesn’t come at the cost of ignoring/forgetting about something until the people who did it are in their 80s

Rather than comforting ourselves with things that didn’t happen, we should be asking questions that actually strengthen our resilience. For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refused to allow 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to stay at his Columbia Heights home with family after being detained, observers said, despite people in the home, neighbors and school officials begging them to do so.

the only reason i am not loud about reparations anymore, that are ABSOLUTELY owed, is because this fucking hell colony of a country and a bunch of other european nations & their colonies owe so many mf people and nations that they'd have nothing left. atp it's so much bigger than just reparations.

One problem with having so many millionaires billionaires is that they're by definition so out of touch with lived experience and basic reality that they have no human compass anymore. People hate secret police forces kidnapping neighbours. You need to be very isolated to not to know that.

Lol

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said ICE agents arrested one of his corrections officer recruits Wednesday evening in Portland despite the county having verified the man's U.S. work authorization. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

They are out with their guns today. It’s getting worse.

Couple of cases in recent days of foreigners getting arrested in Brazil for racism (which is illegal there). First an Argentine woman in Rio, then two tennis players from Colombia and Venezuela. www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sud...

The other thing that happens tho is that a large number of white people from the neighborhood show up to observe. Literally the only thing that gives ICE goons pause is white people from the community watching them. That’s why every school has parent patrols and vulnerable places ask for observers.

As the son of a man who as a teenager had to hide in an attic to avoid capture by the Nazis: Every word of this thread. Every word. And this is what I would say to them if I were face to face with them right now: Sooner or later, you will all be going to jail for what you're doing.

imagine if you had just let us punch nazis

they were valid 10 years ago too, liberals just didn't want to accept what all the left saw coming from miles away

In Maine, ICE is grabbing people in the early morning, out of their cars in areas that are unfriendly to pedestrians, and swooping into places that aren't that busy. We have lots of people in downtown areas but it's the places in between where they can get you.

my gmail spam filter absolutely crapping itself today. I'd place a high chance some over-reliance on generative AI is to blame here. Things-that-worked-are-now-breaking example number 432982481

Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.

Embargo our single largest trading partner 10 months before the midterms, fucking do it and let’s end this.

Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner

According to an internal email to Washington Post sports staff, the paper isn't sending any reporters to cover the winter Olympics next month. The decision comes as major layoffs are expected in the coming weeks.

A leaked video shows Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez telling pro-government influencers that U.S. forces threatened to kill senior officials unless they cooperated after Maduro’s capture. She claims leaders were given 15 minutes to comply, citing “constant pressure and blackmail.”

There you have it, what we all knew. Labour are moving to the right and normalising fascist rhetoric to win over people who will never vote for them Every time you hear a Labour voter say "they need to talk to the right to win them over and win" is lying They need to win over the left to win

And this is why. As much as I will work? As much as this directly impacts me ? I understand why Black people are tired and if they don’t want to do this anymore The reason we are here is because people don’t care, don’t listen, don’t repair and STILL haven’t changed

There is some really weird revisionism going on about what happened to the Nazis after World War II

This is a very good point. They’re inviting an inevitable backlash by running on an issue that they won’t be able to fix in any kind of way that will actually resonate with voters

The key point is that the ICE military occupations are predominantly not about enforcing immigration law. That is a pretext. They are an attempt to terrorize, injure or kill those in political conflict with the Trump Administration. They make no meaningful attempt to follow or enforce the law.

This looks like a proposal for preparatory action to me. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Us vets of the poaster wars know that the key to having an actual community, is by not allowing some to have a platform. And we've seen with this fascism, platform removals also works. That's why they've been buying the platforms.

"There is a cooperative agreement between the city and the federal government that dates back to 2006. That agreement requires parties to meet and confer if there are to be any changes made to an exhibit."

This makes sense from the perspective of this country electing Trump twice. But again. STOP LISTENING TO THE CONSULTANTS!

“The ICE motor pool appeared almost totally full during the action, suggesting that they weren’t staging from any secondary location. It is possible that this action effectively trapped a large number of ICE agents at their headquarters.”

Many if not most American university administrators, politicians and journalism executives would condemn these clergy for obstructing law enforcement

We have the same dynamic in Chicago. Our Governor and Mayor talk a good game, but when push comes to shove they order their cops to push and shove for ICE.

You know what Congress can do: open its own investigation into Renee Good’s death and make its own referral to DOJ. And if the Republicans don’t want to do it, I think we know have 10 attorneys and 1 FBI agents perfectly willing to testify at shadow hearings held by the Democrats.

"I have privilege. I was medically retired, I'm a combat vet, I'm white, I'm middle class. If I can't advocate for people who need it, then who else is going to do it? Who else is going to stand up and speak truth to power?" abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

Guys, ICE is attacking and harassing ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, HAS A FOREIGN-SOUNDING NAME, OR HAS AN ACCENT. When they jump out and grab you, and carry you off screaming, it doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not! They’re not asking! I’ve seen it happen multiple times with my own eyes.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." -James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980) #everynightapoem #ofsorts

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

‘Trump quer criar nova ONU’, diz Lula sobre Conselho de Paz. Presidente criticou Trump durante encerramento do encontro nacional do MST em Salvador nesta sexta (23). sul21.com.br/noticias/pol...

Trump keeps trying to steal funding from democratic states and cities that refuse to bend the knee. And the Courts keep striking down their efforts.

Also AI-related, lack of correlative awareness: Was watching a really interesting off the cuff take (not sharing, I'll get to why) from a South Sudanese filmmaker about Avatar (series but key in Fire and Ash) using w/o attribution South Sudanese body type, skin tone, clothing, cultural ritual. 1/?

Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.

TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list. They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.

There is zero excuse anymore. They are literally just not doing this because they like Trump and want to keep him in office.

This impeachment “oh we don’t have the votes” thing is getting absolutely ridiculous. Even Republican leadership is freely admitting Democrats have outnumbered them on the floor before. Just seize control and force a vote?

Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are. And MAGA knows it. www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...

i saw another recounting of this while it was happening, & the photo of the tear gas canister matches that account. So did ICE just leave the scene of an accident? I've said before these federal agents are breaking Minnesota law on a daily basis & why isn't Minnesota state police enforcing it?