My liveblog of @indivisible.org 's #WhatsThePlan meeting with @ezralevin.bsky.social & @leahgreenberg.bsky.social for 1/8/2026. My #WhatsThePlan basics 🧵 is here: bsky.app/profile/doct...

I talked to a guy who was former FBI at a party once (OK, I realize how that sounds but he wasn’t trying to chat me up) and I asked him how much of what we saw on TV was real. His answer was, “They usually get that weird green color of the walls right.”

I'm not trying to be an ass, but alt text that does not include the actual text in a screenshot of text does not help the blind and low vision people that alt text is actually for. Please be accessible. Especially when it's so easy to copy and paste that stuff. Screen readers don't read the image.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

That’s what training is for. As prior military police, I can assure you that training instincts work, IF you’re not receiving “warrior “ training. Most cops I’ve worked with just don’t care. They have a superiority complex and they’re very open about it. Reform or defund.

What I told new colleagues last month. Reject the notion that cops don’t have time to think. Do not fall for that crap. That’s an excuse for repeat garbage behaviors. Make time to think. Slow down. Plan. React smartly. Determine WHAT IS THE POINT. Communicate. Or find a new job.

Riley #cats #torties

X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images before new legal protections take effect. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/will-mu...

why would women like a series based on a book written by a woman in a genre largely written for women and a subgenre full of the most ferally horny women around. who knows

"CBS News reviewed bystander video of the shooting frame-by-frame with retired ICE agent Eric Balliet to discuss the tactics used. He spent a quarter-century with federal law enforcement & was injured in a vehicular assault in 2008." He has serious questions about the behavior of the ICE officers.

So @governorwalz.mn.gov, MN needs to prosecute *now*

Hey, a quick hint for anyone trying to follow the news in Minneapolis from out of state: if you add ?utm_source=gift to any Star Tribune URL, it'll let you read it. Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free: www.mprnews.org www.minnpost.com sahanjournal.com

45 seconds after the shooting, in the same video, the camera app appears to be visible on the agent’s phone as he walks away from Good’s vehicle.

This actually makes sense in the context of competitive white social hierarchies. A LOT of white people are raised in this unstable, ladder-like social system where someone doing better than you actually lowers your own position. This makes calls for systemic change feel like a personal attack.

We're hiring a full-time research software engineer for biodiversity & bioacoustics! Position offers a strong research component with independence + research pub opportunities and real-world impact. expected salary range $111K - $116K. dse.berkeley.edu/news/were-hi...

This isn’t just Apple’s responsibility basically any country on earth could put pressure on them. They have a pedophile robot. Every nation on earth is complicit at this point. Nobody wants to do anything.

Honestly think that if you pulled twitter from the App Store and shut it down it would fuck up the entire right wing ecosystem at that point. Like the entire media apparatus would fall apart.

Let’s just assume @tkingfisher.com has already seen this and save ourselves some time.

and, well, "we're protecting the kids" is the easiest possible framework to go with - because you have piles of nonconsensual deepfakes, including of children, to point to as your justification

banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world this is not a difficult call to make

pepe le pew is an unrealistic depiction of a French intellectual because he only pursues adult cats.

Late afternoon sun yesterday behind the TransAmerica Pyramid and the Tower on the Eastern side of the Bay Bridge. San Francisco from Emeryville, California. #sunset #sky #nature #eastcoastkin

you know what would be a genuinely useful site? "Was It Better or Were You Younger?" just take various elements of life and look at the actual facts of the past. because it is true of some stuff! but generally much less than nostalgia and aging leads us to believe

Minnesota investigators were forced out after an ICE-involved killing. The FBI swoops in. This isn’t justice- it’s a fucking cover-up! Trump and Noem built a system where federal agents police themselves after someone is murdered. That’s not law and order. That’s abuse of power.

At 3pm Eastern I'll be liveblogging @indivisible.org 's first #WhatsThePlan meeting of 2026, with @leahgreenberg.bsky.social & @ezralevin.bsky.social. Join me! mobilize.us/s/mCo2BX/a My #WhatsThePlan basics 🧵 is here: bsky.app/profile/doct...

This was also what Charles Manson was saying before his arrest. Almost word for word.

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

The picket has now moved to directly outside of the One World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is currently giving a press conference on the 50th floor about ICE operations in NYC.

Real question, do they/we know the identity of the agent? Given the rhetoric out of MN electeds, I'm wondering if they just don't know *who* to charge yet

Has anyone seen a good rundown from the legal perspective as to what options Minnesota has to pursue Renne Good's murderer? My understanding is that the state could pursue murder charges, presumably doing their own investigation (they wouldn't lack for witnesses or video...)?

For what it’s worth, Gov. Walz opened his press conference right now recognizing Renee Good “and her wife.”

Frontiers | Blackwater diving illuminates biodiversity and ecology of siphonophores in the Gulf Stream www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🦑🧪🌎

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."

Let me introduce you to Clive. It took me 6 years to finally figure out what he is willing to eat (kibble with a little water and a little wet food mixed in). Before then we had to stand by giving him affirmations with every bite.

This is Orwellian shit. They know this account bears absolutley zero resemblance to the video evidence and witness accounts. They don't care and they're betting they can get away with brazenly lying about it.

I applaud the Governor for taking a big step to protect our kids by making schools a safe, phone-free place to learn. Our young people are facing a mental health crisis – but, we all know that when children put the screens down, their mental health and academic results improve.

BREAKING: We @democracydefendersfund.org filed a FOIA request demanding the secret OLC opinion that allegedly authorized US military force and arrests in Venezuela No secret evasion for illegal wars👇 f9c23fd5-1644-4a5f-a561-d04e6b5736d6.usrfiles.com/ugd/f9c23f_4...

Watching my pets update their pros and cons lists about me in real life and reassessing whether they like me Pros: -rescued me when I was ailing in the wilderness -provides all the food, water, treats, and toys I need -stays home for cuddles every day -keeps bed warm Cons: -occasionally vacuums

On the happy news side, echidna species thought extinct rediscovered: www.bbc.com/news/science...

BREAKING: Ex-Trump campaign lawyer John Sarcone is DISQUALIFIED from investigating or prosecuting NY Attorney General Letitia James because he was unlawfully appointed as US Attorney. This is the second investigation, which I covered live from Albany. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

new @us.theguardian.com A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade

I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis. ICE is still terrorizing our city.

We not reading no Op-Eds today.

BBC Verify as well www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Even the fascist New York Times

[white house] Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now Trump: no reason, really, just because Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around Trump: and we thought Trump: why not JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir

I feel like I need to sprinkle some magic beans over the tl