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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Who else didn’t blink when RFK Jr.’s speech on autism was interrupted by his quack ringtone? Almost too perfect.

Because Unitarian Universalists are so dangerous, lol. Better be careful - they might sing Blue Boat Home at you and feed you soup. (I mean, they definitely will.) A real criminal enterprise. www.uuworld.org/articles/min...

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?

On another dark day, our ICE-impacted Minneapolis neighbors could use a hand with their very-much ongoing recovery. We've received a large donation toward Aug rents, but the need is great and we'd really like to be able to meet a greater percentage of each ask from our school families.

The price of Forever never stops going up.

This is maybe my most BlueSky take but… Sewage treatment plants are why most places have potable water. Sewage treatment = clean water. This is blue collar prejudice for an essential service underpinning daily life in much of the developed world. Signed, Son of a Septic Tank Pumper

Years ago, in a match between Naples and Verona, Verona had a banner saying “Let’s go, Vesuvius” and Naples had a banner saying “Juliet, you are a slut”

No, Laura. It’s not “Antifa.” It was Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization. They covered their faces because they’re cowards who don’t want to be identified. We’ve been saying for over a year that ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to wear masks either. They are cowards also.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

"I... I guess I'll just go back to Galilee then :(" --Joseph

The DOGE rats are still in the regime, still criming. Did you know passports.gov is now run by the White House, not the State Department, running illegal tracking technology? #doge

Eight months after the ceasefire, Israel is still blocking the importation of cement, steel and glass to Gaza. So, residents are building homes out of clay and mud, while scavenging reinforcing bars and concrete from the debris that is everywhere. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

On Mercy Otis Warren, @kathleenduval.bsky.social is so good on how even powerful & privileged women fade into obscurity. My fav is @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of MOW's 1775 scathingly satirical play The Group abt sycopahntic politicians annotated with all characters ID-ed. Beau Trumps, anyone?

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

SCOTUS piece filed. Now to watch every available video on the Knicks.

Boost your productivity with invasive, distracting, mostly incorrect summaries of emails you didn't want to read!

#Palantir in the #NHS: how many more warnings, scandals and leaks will it take for their contract to be cancelled? ❌

People have been asking me if I know of a resource like StandWithMinnesota for New Jersey, and I haven't found something comprehensive. So, for the moment, I have put together all the links to NJ orgs, crowdfunding links, events, and stuck them on a page of SWM. standwithminnesota.org/jersey

One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf

I’m relieved to hear this news. Thank you @mollyrains.bsky.social for your reporting. newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/resea...

It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

Tesla’s supposedly clean lithium processing plant is 16 miles from Corpus Christi, which is facing a water crisis. www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lit...

Why do faculty and students have so little say in the governance of American universities? This terrific new paper by Daniel Hemel and David Pozen asks why American universities are liberal autocracies rather than stakeholder democracies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

hey do you want to watch a financial expert that is paid a ton of money for that expertise argue that 3.3 is a smaller number than 3.0?

Happy International War Crimes Day to those who celebrate it.

Someone sent me this.

Don’t let this fly under the radar: the Trump administration wants to kick ~6 million more people off of food assistance programs, including nearly 2 million children. That would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war. Priorities.

Yep, it’s a sign. This is what happens if you continue to welcome ICE agents @hilton-hotels.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

1. Here's the tense moment when USIP outside counsel George Foote comes face-to-face with Kenneth Jackson, the Trump-installed new president of USIP, and the DOGE team. Jackson refuses to shake Foote's hand. “I’m asking the questions, not you,” Jackson says. DOGE staffers won't ID themselves.

"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com

new toad dropped

“In a place called New Mexico for 428 years—a place that has been buying and selling children for at least 300 of them—the land remembers what authorities prefer to forget.” open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

If it weren't for activists, we wouldn't know most of what's going on in our country.

1/7 Recent unsealed documents from Bartz v Anthropic showed an internal essay “An Economic Model for Compensating Data Producers” by Anthropic’s CEO, 2021. Anthropic knew of the importance and cost of our works. They then willfully decided to steal it. They do what they condemn Lets break it down👇

"large language models such as ChatGPT were consistently advising women to ask for lower salaries than men in recruitment processes,... AI tools already in use by more than half of England’s councils were downplaying women’s medical conditions, potentially resulting in unequal care"

Let’s play Concentration Camp or Data Center™! No cheating, vibes only. Human guesses only. First up:

Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.

"For 50 years, Wiseman has been making documentaries on shoestring budgets with small crews, focusing on institutions....A Wiseman film works on you slowly and imperceptibly. He never stages interviews, interposes B-roll that he hasn’t filmed himself, or identifies speakers with onscreen titles." 👇

Oh America, what have you come to :( “The couple who instigated the fight fled the club for their gated condominium on the beach, about 12 miles away in Ponce Inlet, Fla….” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...