Laugh at and belittle fascists at each and every single opportunity.

Your regular reminder that it is not hyperbole to say that Republicans do not care if you live or die, and will proactively advance measures to ensure the latter. There will be a reckoning of one stripe or another for these evil evil motherfuckers.

Siamo tutti antifascisti

The people who legislate this with their greed and apathy will burn this country down to rule the ashes. They show us this every day.

I’ve been away from this app for a week and 1/2 for some work and personal shit and coming back in tonight it’s like walking into a fucking buzzsaw. There really should be some kind of online merge lane or something so I can get a minute to pick up speed with the traffic

Just mute or block this person and move on with your life

A class for which laws bind but don't protect; a class for which laws protect but do not bind.

This seems like a persistent problem--it feels like what really happened to LA and DC never fully got through, is already in the process of being forgotten, and now lots of people seem only vaguely aware of Chicago's situation. How do we get more people to care before it shows up at their doorsteps?

Two preventable causes of death that we have chosen to do nothing about. Two preventable causes of death with evidence-based solutions that we have chosen to ignore.

The @nytimes.com shamefully insists on "both sides" rather than reality of #Portland /Chicago/LA (NO credible reason for POTUS to send the Natl Guard - against the wishes of govs) vs. POTUS and GOP elected propaganda. h/t @timdickinson.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/timd...

I talk about and call out our epoch's Collaborators quite a bit and know it can sound trite coming across on social, so let's see the historical parallels about who these maga fascist Collaborators are and what they are capable of. 🧵

NMR FTW! Science 🧪 BAM💥

"The government shutdown began a few weeks after Trump was sworn in." Accurate.

This is how it’s done. I keep saying this: if you’re running for national office right now, this is the platform. These tactics are not popular and will not be protected by a majority in the future.

This is why the work of community watch groups is so important. It's not just capturing the faces of ICE agents, but also their vehicles. In Massachusetts we are already seeing them adapt and change their tactics in response to the work of community groups.

Good morning to @salvagni.org and other #chesbay nerds youtu.be/8e-tUiXVtBY

Is traditional legacy media incapable of meeting a moment in which power relies on propaganda and political theatre?

I posted this over a year ago: "It will take cigarette-level destruction for any meaningful changes to gambling and gambling advertising in this country. Like, hundreds of thousands of bankruptcies, money laundering crimes, minors gambling, suicides, for anything to change."

If nothing else, I hope Trump's executive order convinces anti-fascists to stop using "antifa" in public. Just think how (more) absurd his EOs would appear if "antifa" were replaced with "anti-fascist." It's a bad communications failure.

Y'all ever look in the mirror and think, "man, I should really look at my life choices and do something worthwhile and beneficial for society instead of stenography for fascists" or nah? Straight up verbatim copaganda repetition for this fascist regime. You dangerous fucking clowns.

The Supreme Court is so illegitimate that cases are often about fictional matters with plaintiffs who have been harmed in no way, now to the point where they are not aware that they are plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case.

This is coins they find in the couch cushions level of "enforcement" and no, of course it won't change musk's behavior or their corporate culture. We have very little consumer and environmental protection regulation in this country, quickly moving towards zero.

Eleanor Holmes Norton has served Washington, DC honorably for a long time. It is time for her to pass the baton to new leaders. www.notus.org/money/eleano...

📫 Do postcards work? 📊 We've got the data. www.environmentalvoter.org/updates/2022...

Also, regardless of your political leanings, it's absolutely embarrassing that with the amount of $$ our military industry complex is swimming in that so many of our enlisteds live paycheck to paycheck. It's been embarrassing for a long while.

I'm consistently told that it's uncouth to speak about common sense gun laws after a shooting—mass shooting or otherwise— but see, then the issue becomes that we have so very many shooting murders that we can never speak about common sense... oh...

Bar associations need to start disbarring. There's immediate precedent with Giuliani. To the point @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social has repeatedly made, a polity that allows elites to repeatedly lie, obviously and with impunity, is not sustainable. Feels like the legal profession is at the same juncture.

I posted this over a year ago: "It will take cigarette-level destruction for any meaningful changes to gambling and gambling advertising in this country. Like, hundreds of thousands of bankruptcies, money laundering crimes, minors gambling, suicides, for anything to change."

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

America has convinced people that yelling your unsolicited opinion at a stranger is free speech but someone telling you to fuck off in response is oppression.

New evidence shows the Aisuru botnet, which outpaces all other IoT-based botnets, is drawing most of its firepower from hacked IoT devices hosted on US ISPs (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

This government is a well-oiled machine that’s definitely not suffering from internal power struggles hastily papered over as technical mistakes

Skink looking quietly confident IMHO

"Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit" #ICYMI www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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I'm consistently told that it's uncouth to speak about common sense gun laws after a shooting—mass shooting or otherwise— but see, then the issue becomes that we have so very many shooting murders that we can never speak about common sense... oh...

GOP "supports the troops" I'm told constantly by corporate media

Recognizing World Mental Health Day: How families play a crucial role in suicide prevention THE AFRO — Experts stress that family and community support can be lifesaving in preventing suicide, with simple acts like listening, showing up and ... blackpressusa.com?p=1128443 #BlackSky

they've made a huge mistake gob bluth gif

I will never, ever, not ever forgive the voters who supported these politicians who clearly and plainly stated their ignorant, obviously harmful platform of "make America healthy again" bullshit snakeoil nonsense

Politicians who use "password" as their credentials think age verification is Good Akschully. Reality says "A hack... shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online."

This man said "packed supreme court" like it's not a GOP temple of BigotWizards right now...

Politicians who use "password" as their credentials think age verification is Good Akschully. Reality says "A hack... shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online."

This dude getting a national platform to criticize someone else's appearance is Peak 'Murica

Yep, boy howdy, and absolutely. I’m not a civic tech person, but I know some good ones — @erie.bsky.social, @merici.bsky.social, @waldo.net. A Democratic Party serious about rebuilding state capacity would give folks like them the latitude to supplant contractors with internal tech.

This ruling flew under many radars given the big rulings on whether deployment itself was legal under Title 10. But it’s very impactful.

Get to know #Pegasus. Coming to an American phone near you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus...