Jacob Patton

i’m at the anti-ICE protest i’m at the anti-war with iran protest i’m at the combination anti-ICE anti-war with iran protest

Abolish ICE is not enough. Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough. We need prosecutions and trials. Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.

If you're in line to demoralize an ICE agent, STAY IN LINE.

I see he’s moved on from the couch

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

You’re absolutely right — you are Pagliacci. It would certainly be difficult for you to attend your own performance! I should not have given such paradoxical advice, and I apologize deeply for the error. There is no excuse for my failure.

I heard there was a secret verse That David used to make AI worse But you don't really want to pub that, do ya

hey, just a reminder: being trans is good.

"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong." ~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788. Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.

who else up pondering weak and weary

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

@bsky.app has not yet verified @alistapart.com, we suppose because they’ve got bigger fish to fry first. We guess that at least some members of the Bluesky team learned their craft from us and trust that they’ll get around to verifying us sooner or later. Reshare if you care.

The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.

*both* a distraction attempt and an egregious act of fascist despotism

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her

The VISIBLE Act would require federal agents to wear visible ID and ban their use of ski masks and other non-medical face coverings. Urge your members of Congress to support this critical bill at aclu.org/pass_visible.

god damn he's cooking

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

Worth bearing in mind that illegal entry is a misdemeanor and being unlawfully present in the country is not even a criminal offense, but a civil one. This is the equivalent of saying we need to torch the Constitution & send in the SWAT team to catch jaywalkers & people with overdue library books.

This is the kind of thing that would happen if the Secretary of Defense was a neo-Nazi (the secretary of defense is a neo-Nazi).

How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

The bill now before the Senate is going to have a severe impact on trans communities. What can you do about it? Well, you can make two phone calls. Will it work? It’ll work better than making no phone calls. And it’ll take you five minutes. 5calls.org/issue/transg...

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You can have your choice of cans But I could never love this brand Only Dolly gets to call a drink Jolene

in the gop tax plan, the top 0.1% gets more than all the households in the bottom half of america combined

"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2° too warm.

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

This is just to say I have lost The F/A-18 Super Hornet That was on the USS Harry S. Truman And which You were probably saving For bombing Forgive me It was the second one So sweet And so expensive

🚨 ICE is conducting raids in DC today and they've been spotted in various spots, incl Fort Totten, Dupont Circle, and K Street. DC folks in need of legal support can contact Amica Center for Immigrant Rights at (202) 331-3320. More via @migrantinsider.bsky.social migrantinsider.com/p/ice-raids-...

It's not that everyone "deserves" due process. It is that everyone in this country is GUARANTEED due process. It is not a matter of deserving it. It is a matter of law. I realize in some ways its a distinction without a difference, but I feel like we turn "deserve" into a measure not a fact.

"Quite frankly, after seeing the horrors, I think abolishment is a middle ground. I think the proper course of action is to explore criminal prosecution against these agents, based on what they’re doing.”

ICE should be abolished Not because of their abject cruelty, but because their cruelty is their only function. There is nothing ICE does that someone from any other department can't already do. It's the "Promoting human suffering domestically" part of the taxes we send to the government

This is torture

"I don't know what the big deal is. I love all my children." If the world’s greatest Tough Guy™ gets it, so can you. www.bbc.com/news/article...

if you'd like to see a wide re-release of Hundreds of Beavers in theaters this year, one night only, in thousands of cities — repost this. we've got some doubters.

I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights. Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081