LiftingUp 🍁🫶

Stay safe out there, friends! It’s almost #NoKings day! 🥂

7/ During a decade in which the USA's favorite “tech critics” were busy shining the shoes of people like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, Borsook saw very clearly where things were headed. Because these things were obvious by the late 90s, at least to journalists like Borsook.

Over the weekend, we wrote about how dozens of judges have found ICE's new detention policy — seeking to lock up millions of people facing deportation without a chance for bond — is illegal. Last night, four more judges added to the growing list: www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

this archetype remains undefeated

We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world. I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

“Tell me why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat [filled with migrants]?” - Stephen Miller’s alleged question to an Admiral during Trump Term 1

Last night was the last bbq of the season! Time to put the charcoal away for the winter.

Based on these studies, comparisons, and citizen input, a clear vision emerged to transform Midosuji from a car-first thoroughfare to a people-first destination. By the time the Expo began in April, the city's showcase streetscape had become not only beautiful, but functional and safe for all users.

This is who the Canadian Broadcasting Company is memorializing. We are already in fascism in Canada 🇨🇦:

i've subscribed to: rolling stone WIRED 404 media defector the handbasket chicago journalism i subscribed to: unraveled block club it's time to support media directly so they don't fall into the hands of fascists, the replies to this post have additional great news media i recommend supporting

Must read article on "First they came for the" German pastor Martin Niemöller He voted for the nazis, woke up protested & was jailed by Gestapo for 8 years until #Antifa freed Germany in 1945 in 1946 he did a lecture tour in Germany "I did not speak out." encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Canada's parliament started the week giving a standing O for free speech and the memory of Charlie Kirk. They ended it by joining Orban's Hungary and Trump's America in targeting @kneecapceol.bsky.social an Irish hip hop group for challenging the genocide. Not our finest hour.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

We should also support the magazine, The Nation. It is One of America’s oldest and most important magazines from a liberal / prospective. It is highly likely to be targeted by the Trump Regime. @thenation.com subscriptions.thenation.com/TNA/?f=Site0...

I don’t get it. Does he have something on everyone? Are some people just existing in a bubble? Is it that some folk are just stupid? All of the above? (It’s all of the above, isn’t it?)

This was extortion. FCC Chair Carr threatened broadcast licenses for things regime disapproved. Nextstar, the largest US owner of broadcast stations, notified ABC it wouldn't broadcast Kimmel to protect itself. ABC suspended Kimmel to protect the time slot revenue stream. It's worse than it appears

This is all he said.

General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.

Hey #bookSky #WritingSky #CreativitySky 🙏 I started a substack for creative writing. Would love it if you could share with whoever you think might be interested! It will be a fun weekly newsletter with writing prompts to get the creativity flowing! open.substack.com/pub/learning...

Robert Redford has died. He was 89 years old. RIP. Just a few years ago, he had this to say:

Did you know that a man from Winnipeg not only co-founded IMAX, but he inspired George Lucas to create The Force in Star Wars? Or that he had two Oscar nominations? Roman Kroitor did it all. And this is his story. 🧵 1/10

Blood in the streets.

BREAKING: Finding that the evidence presented to the grand jury was insufficient to support a charge of terrorism, Manhattan Judge Gregory Carro has dismissed two terrorism-related murder charges against Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Today is publication day for “The Coutts Diaries” — easily one of my favourite books of the year. Congratulations to editor Ron Graham and Sutherland House for an incredible read. #NewsRadioBookshelf

One threat after another this morning. He's stimulated and excited about the upcoming purification operation and cultural revolution.

The fuck

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Universal childcare is on the ballot this November — but you don't need to wait to take action. Sign the @ny4childcare.bsky.social petition below calling for full-day care for NYC two-year-olds.

I want everyone to remember that there is nobody who’s coming to save us. The 25th amendment is not going to save us because we need 2/3 of the cabinet, 2/3 of the House, 2/3 of the Senate. We’re not going to be saved by impeachment either. We need a majority in the house and a 2/3 Senate to convict

A former Pentagon official says “U.S. forces went out and committed murder" in the drone strike off the coast of Venezuela.

They’re treating the murder of Charlie Kirk like the 9/11 terror attacks, as an excuse to go to war. But this time they’re going to war against the US.

White supremacist racist bigot is what he was.

Posobiec - whose ties to white supremacists are legion - wrote a book last year called “Unhumans” in which he labeled half the country UNHUMAN It is language designed to inspire political violence yet our cable news channels have made him a talking head about political violence

this joke broke containment and now i have a bunch of right-wingers gleefully informing me they've already called my boss and celebrating my firing weirdly enough i haven’t gotten a single phone call!

here's Elon Musk's dad going 100% mask-off on the entire white South African racist colonialist package and saying "Elon agrees with me" EXTREME ANTI-BLACK RACISM CONTENT WARNING www.mundoamerica.com/news/2025/09...

Tech companies have snatched millions of YouTube videos to train their AI models. Search The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog tool to see if yours have been used:

RFK Jr.’s new vaccine board includes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Doctor Doom and Dr. Evil

They are so desperate for blood to run in the streets.

You can tell that trans women are women because we get blamed when random white men do crimes

At least 15 people including journalists and teachers have been fired or suspended for criticising Charlie Kirk online, Reuters reports. Free speech for us, not for you. #NorthKoreaShit

Peter Mandelson’s advisory firm Global Counsel allowed the risk of conflicts of interest to persist for months after he was appointed Britain’s ambassador to the US because the loss-making company was unable to buy out his multimillion pound stake

That’s murder. Mass murder. For the crime of being poor. “Euthanasia” implies consent.

🚨 Large far-right demo in central London today, organised by Stephen Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) under the banner Unite the Kingdom. HOPE not hate will be monitoring closely. Follow this thread for updates throughout the day.

No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing. Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.