BFSCR
@bfscr.bsky.social
They/Zi
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Unitarian Universalist, multi-generation Texan, sometime climate justice organiser, cat person
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[upbeat zohran voice] I'm here at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, where 80 years ago some important progressive work started [smash cut] but hasn't ended. So here's what we're doing:
February 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
[upbeat zohran voice] I'm here at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, where 80 years ago some important progressive work started [smash cut] but hasn't ended. So here's what we're doing:
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Thank heavens
Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off
Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off
An AI killswitch.
buff.ly
February 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Thank heavens
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Right-wingers are always whining about George Soros this and that, but as of today, Elon Musk had 104 times Soros's wealth, and spent more money to sway the 2024 election than anyone has ever spent on any election in the history of the world. So all those Gomers can fuck right off.
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Right-wingers are always whining about George Soros this and that, but as of today, Elon Musk had 104 times Soros's wealth, and spent more money to sway the 2024 election than anyone has ever spent on any election in the history of the world. So all those Gomers can fuck right off.
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If you've never reported a rape and been horribly mishandled by the state and authorities, I do not think I or any other victim ever need you to ask why victims don't report.
Go look up your state's backlogged rape kits before you speak to me on this subject.
Go look up your state's backlogged rape kits before you speak to me on this subject.
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
If you've never reported a rape and been horribly mishandled by the state and authorities, I do not think I or any other victim ever need you to ask why victims don't report.
Go look up your state's backlogged rape kits before you speak to me on this subject.
Go look up your state's backlogged rape kits before you speak to me on this subject.
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Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
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Tigrayans in northern Ethiopia fear a return to all-out war, 3 years after the last devastating conflict in the region. Fighting broke out again last week in a disputed area of western Tigray. The civil war of 2020-2022 killed more than 600,000 people.
u.afp.com/S2xX
u.afp.com/S2xX
u.afp.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Tigrayans in northern Ethiopia fear a return to all-out war, 3 years after the last devastating conflict in the region. Fighting broke out again last week in a disputed area of western Tigray. The civil war of 2020-2022 killed more than 600,000 people.
u.afp.com/S2xX
u.afp.com/S2xX
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Quips aside, seems fair to say that certain strains of 21c journalism, pop-sociology, pop-neuroscience—the post-Gladwell, TED talk-adjacent, "counterintuitive thinking" industrial complex, w/its market-friendly parables & tech-utopian visions—laid some intellectual groundwork for today's nightmare?
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Quips aside, seems fair to say that certain strains of 21c journalism, pop-sociology, pop-neuroscience—the post-Gladwell, TED talk-adjacent, "counterintuitive thinking" industrial complex, w/its market-friendly parables & tech-utopian visions—laid some intellectual groundwork for today's nightmare?
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Good reporting on Epstein/Edge here
How Jeffrey Epstein Bankrolled An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club And Reaped The Benefits
The Edge Foundation runs what has been called the “world’s smartest website” and held annual “billionaires’ dinners.” It was also financed by Jeffrey Epstein and gave him access to elite circles in sc...
www.buzzfeednews.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Good reporting on Epstein/Edge here
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TODAY: @littlewow.online vs yoga teacher training. "Because I’m a librarian, everyone kept asking for book recommendations. I suggested Orientalism by Edward Said, but I don’t think anyone took me up on it." flaminghydra.com/issue-493/#i...
Subtle body / Life story
Enlightenment on a Mexican beach with Jennie Rose Halperin; a thrilling biography by Emily Flake and guest Emily Menez
flaminghydra.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
TODAY: @littlewow.online vs yoga teacher training. "Because I’m a librarian, everyone kept asking for book recommendations. I suggested Orientalism by Edward Said, but I don’t think anyone took me up on it." flaminghydra.com/issue-493/#i...
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
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OP-ED: "Across the United States — in detention centers, jails, and emergency departments — nurses are providing care to individuals who have been harmed not by strangers or partners, but by law enforcement and immigration officers."
OP-ED: When violence wears a mask and badge
Most of us imagine violence as something personal, a crime between individuals, an assault that happens in the shadows.
amsterdamnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
OP-ED: "Across the United States — in detention centers, jails, and emergency departments — nurses are providing care to individuals who have been harmed not by strangers or partners, but by law enforcement and immigration officers."
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The only thing that has ever stood in the way of the president building a big gaudy ballroom, is an understanding that the powerful would defer to self-appointed experts.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The only thing that has ever stood in the way of the president building a big gaudy ballroom, is an understanding that the powerful would defer to self-appointed experts.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
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Most House Democrats who spoke during a caucus call on Sunday reportedly plan to continue their protest of funding for DHS, even the short-term CR negotiated by their colleagues in the Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/mo...
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House Dems Still Opposed to Helping Fund DHS
After discussions with the White House, Senate Democrats were successful in convincing...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Most House Democrats who spoke during a caucus call on Sunday reportedly plan to continue their protest of funding for DHS, even the short-term CR negotiated by their colleagues in the Senate.
talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/mo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/mo...
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The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
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🔊 TONIGHT! A new episode of Make Some Noise launches on Dropout at 7PM ET / 4PM PT!
Starring host Sam Reich, and guests:
📢 Jess McKenna
📢 Zach Reino
📢 @pftompkins.bsky.social
Starring host Sam Reich, and guests:
📢 Jess McKenna
📢 Zach Reino
📢 @pftompkins.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🔊 TONIGHT! A new episode of Make Some Noise launches on Dropout at 7PM ET / 4PM PT!
Starring host Sam Reich, and guests:
📢 Jess McKenna
📢 Zach Reino
📢 @pftompkins.bsky.social
Starring host Sam Reich, and guests:
📢 Jess McKenna
📢 Zach Reino
📢 @pftompkins.bsky.social
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An emerging trend is statewide Texas Dem candidates basing a lot of their pitch on having flipped a seat in 2018. So it's odd to me how rarely media notes their performance vs. Beto in those districts. Allred ran 4 points under O'Rourke; Talarico ran 9 under.
February 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
An emerging trend is statewide Texas Dem candidates basing a lot of their pitch on having flipped a seat in 2018. So it's odd to me how rarely media notes their performance vs. Beto in those districts. Allred ran 4 points under O'Rourke; Talarico ran 9 under.
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Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
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I was told that as a kid I had no frame of reference for what real pain was like and needed to stop being dramatic. Instead I just became an adult with the exact same migraine problem
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I was told that as a kid I had no frame of reference for what real pain was like and needed to stop being dramatic. Instead I just became an adult with the exact same migraine problem
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The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
January 28, 2026 at 6:09 AM
The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...
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Reading the Epstein emails makes me wonder if we'd be better off if the world were run by space lizards wearing human skin
February 1, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Reading the Epstein emails makes me wonder if we'd be better off if the world were run by space lizards wearing human skin
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BREAKING: Man with Feeble Understanding of Human Beings Tired of Admiration for Bernie Sanders
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING: Man with Feeble Understanding of Human Beings Tired of Admiration for Bernie Sanders
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Everything they do aims to take away our agency. They want a society of drones that pushes buttons and keeps the money flowing all while having the lost the self awareness to see what's happening all around them. Like the Lego movie except nothing is awesome.
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Everything they do aims to take away our agency. They want a society of drones that pushes buttons and keeps the money flowing all while having the lost the self awareness to see what's happening all around them. Like the Lego movie except nothing is awesome.
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the logical conclusion to everything the republicans are saying and doing is violent ethnic cleansing. you cannot believe “the west” is under siege by immigrants and come to a “reasonable” or “peaceful” resolution with “people who disagree with you” in society from that starting point.
February 2, 2026 at 12:54 AM
the logical conclusion to everything the republicans are saying and doing is violent ethnic cleansing. you cannot believe “the west” is under siege by immigrants and come to a “reasonable” or “peaceful” resolution with “people who disagree with you” in society from that starting point.
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trump is secretly a great unclean one from warhammer 40k and every morning its like 6 hours of makeup just to give his flesh a normal hue
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
trump is secretly a great unclean one from warhammer 40k and every morning its like 6 hours of makeup just to give his flesh a normal hue