Guy Whose Political Knowledge Is Exclusively From System of a Down Lyrics Better Informed Than 99% of People He Interacts With thehardtimes.net/music/metal/...

The Texas Observer debut of @alexbirnel.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundre...

I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care. margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...

Anyone dooming about there not being elections this fall please go register to work the polls. Here in Texas you have to swear an oath to the US and Texas Constitution to be a poll worker.

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.

We need to get out good, verified information to the public as rapidly as possible, so counteract populist, conspiratorial, and authoritarian narratives that are produced by systems that work well in our modern information environment.

Part of what strikes me about Trump, Noem, Bovino, Miller, et al and their willingness to lie in the face of overwhelming video evidence, is their absolute certainty in the tribal stupidity and cynicism of their supporters—especially on here—who will blindly repeat their lies.

I live in a red area. How the hell am I supposed to “persuade” people who eat this shit up that it’s wrong?

this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.

Tentative schedule for the April Cambridge Disinformation Summit is now available. Speaker names will be announced closer to the events to enhance security. In-person attendance is by invitation only. Questions: [email protected] www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

The Governors of the free States of America, particularly Democratic states, need to hold a summit to create a deliberative body and as a framework for collective action against those who would wage war against those states

In one year, Trump has poisoned our information environment and broken a lot of institutions that mistakenly believed they were powerful. Also true: the future is unwritten, in our hands, and anyone who says that we're doomed is effectively an enemy. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-is-go...

Average Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time

🎯🧵Insightful model re how folks process information:

Gonna be even weirder than usual watching people drop Dr King quotes on Monday

I’ve been doing casual research on crowdsourced accountability infrastructure & reading a lot of related research on the determinants of vigilantism. This is a new case study. It’s not yet clear how effective these communities are altering behavior. www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...

Senator Warren's speech this morning on the future of the Democratic Party is no holds barred. From Epstein's pals in the halls of power to the billionaires trying to buy the media and former Senate colleagues who sold out, Warren and took aim at those holding the party back

That’s what we’re here for.

Same

@texasdemocrats.bsky.social @ginafortexas.bsky.social is closer to securing the Democratic Nomination than any other candidate. Let’s get her the support on @bsky.app she needs!

the democrats are right we should focus on kitchen table issues. for example there is a guy at my kitchen table who wants to shoot me in the face with a gun

Make that 13,001!

“Women have lost their minds, that’s why society is going downhill.” - quote from a conservative I talked to the other day. Sure bud.

True objective reporting. Registered voters in Texas need this insight. @scottbraddock.bsky.social

Vance's conduct this week is obviously impeachable. I'm talking about his public conduct. Whatever private murder coverup he's participating in is what you find out once you start impeachment.

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

From Minneapolis to Venezuela, power is going unchecked.

We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands. Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat

Contact your local @dallasdemocrats.bsky.social and get involved. There’s more than enough time for anyone who has questions to get them answered and make a plan. Sign up to work at a polling location too!

"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money." I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.

The toughest thing about writing about Donald Trump is trying to explain what is new. That’s because so much of what’s terrible about him is what has been terrible about the Republican Party for generations now.

Its disgusting.

Not looking forward to the 2044 controversy about whether a Dem president handled the withdrawal from Venezuela right

Watching this inauguration has been such a treasure. The people of New York City are an inspiration. Imagine if we could muster that energy here in Texas.

I'm attending Elect Evan Hunt's event, “NO HATE Town Hall with Evan Hunt for CD3 and Texas State Representative Gene Wu” - sign up now to join m www.mobilize.us/ElectEvanHun...

Our politics nationally and here in Texas is now firmly in the grip of a narrow, petty tribalism that feeds on enmity. Each day brings new horrors; scrolling through social media inevitably becomes doom-scrolling. But they can't extinguish our light.

So I have the cover story in next month's TNR. I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol. They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.

Y’all are posting tonight!

JD Vance announces his 2028 campaign slogan: Yes We Klan.

Why chasing rural votes won’t flip Texas.

the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"

This is the fundamental reason I’m opposed to AI. It’s IP theft that is now being weaponized by people whose behavior should amount to harassment and incitement.

Sometimes I’m having a great day and then I hear someone regurgitate right-wing talking points. Ugh it doesn’t need to be this way.