Mr. Fahrenheit
@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social
Currently in the process of moving to Sacramento, CA
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mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
she/her
mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
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also "investigations" into joe arpiao, man, the guy was on tv for years yelling "i am racist!" before the DOJ got involved, and even then only thanks for local organizers who tracked every single traffic stop. That is how hard people worked.
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
also "investigations" into joe arpiao, man, the guy was on tv for years yelling "i am racist!" before the DOJ got involved, and even then only thanks for local organizers who tracked every single traffic stop. That is how hard people worked.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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Investigations like this take months of labor to complete.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Investigations like this take months of labor to complete.
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison visited the Whipple Federal Building on Thursday.
"It's abundantly clear that Whipple is not at all equipped to handle what the Trump administration is doing with their cruel and chaotic 'Operation Metro Surge,'" Morrison said in a statement.
"It's abundantly clear that Whipple is not at all equipped to handle what the Trump administration is doing with their cruel and chaotic 'Operation Metro Surge,'" Morrison said in a statement.
Rep. Morrison: 'No protocol' to prevent measles from spreading to Whipple
U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison visited the Whipple Federal Building on Thursday but was blocked by agents "for nearly half an hour" from entering, according to a statement from her office.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison visited the Whipple Federal Building on Thursday.
"It's abundantly clear that Whipple is not at all equipped to handle what the Trump administration is doing with their cruel and chaotic 'Operation Metro Surge,'" Morrison said in a statement.
"It's abundantly clear that Whipple is not at all equipped to handle what the Trump administration is doing with their cruel and chaotic 'Operation Metro Surge,'" Morrison said in a statement.
Cage fights at the White House! A gigantic arch! Trump’s gaudy plans for America’s 250th anniversary
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
Cage fights at the White House! A gigantic arch! Trump’s gaudy plans for America’s 250th anniversary
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Cage fights at the White House! A gigantic arch! Trump’s gaudy plans for America’s 250th anniversary
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
From minting coins featuring his own face to covering buildings with gold, the president’s proposals for marking America’s semiquincentennial say a lot about the country’s backwards outlook
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Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isn’t just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Illegally withholding billions in transportation infrastructure funding to get shit named after you isn’t just an instantly impeachable offense, it should get you laughed out of public life forever.
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Instead it’s just, “Well, at least he isn’t killing people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
On Wednesday morning, Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray got on a Zoom call at 8:30 a.m. and told roughly a third of the newsroom they no longer had jobs. The sports section, gone. The books desk, gone. The entire Middle East reporting team, including the Cairo bureau chief, gone.
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Jeff Bezos Gutted the Newsroom. He Kept the Megaphone.
Bezos didn’t abandon the Washington Post. He just decided which part of it he wanted.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
On Wednesday morning, Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray got on a Zoom call at 8:30 a.m. and told roughly a third of the newsroom they no longer had jobs. The sports section, gone. The books desk, gone. The entire Middle East reporting team, including the Cairo bureau chief, gone.
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they are seriously taking out their angry divorced dude energy on a little kid
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
they are seriously taking out their angry divorced dude energy on a little kid
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Dear Dems, the people want you to run on abolishing ICE, not appeasing fascists.
INBOX: the Democratic National Committee is forced to delete a premature congratulatory message to former Rep. Tom Malinowski in the #NJ11 special election primary to succeed Gov. Mikie Sherrill this morning.
DSA member Analilia Mejia, running on abolishing ICE, took the lead late last night.
DSA member Analilia Mejia, running on abolishing ICE, took the lead late last night.
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Dear Dems, the people want you to run on abolishing ICE, not appeasing fascists.
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Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
“You can sense, particularly from characters like Knowles, a cloying desperation to be seen as important, shiny media figures in their own right. They want the glow of stardom, and they hate the people who have it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity
MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
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Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.
Michael Knowles and the other Daily Wire chuds play act at being celebrities because it’s the thing they actually crave
“You can sense, particularly from characters like Knowles, a cloying desperation to be seen as important, shiny media figures in their own right. They want the glow of stardom, and they hate the people who have it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
February 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Learned from the Posting Through It podcast just how many MAGA-era influencers turned to politics after failing at more glamorous pursuits — theater, comedy, fashion, TV, movies, music. Knowles, if I’m not mistaken, had dreams of Broadway.
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This. As I've been arguing for decades now in prose and on film, we are now living in a time when human beings are worth less. Some of us have more and feel empowered, but most are betrayed. And society is firmly structured for such.
Grigory Yavlinsky warns that the postwar order is collapsing and that human life is no longer the organizing principle of global politics.
https://bit.ly/4ahwNdc
https://bit.ly/4ahwNdc
“We Are All Passengers on the Titanic”
An interview with Grigory Yavlinsky.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This. As I've been arguing for decades now in prose and on film, we are now living in a time when human beings are worth less. Some of us have more and feel empowered, but most are betrayed. And society is firmly structured for such.
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My weekly newsletter is up. Along with the usual assortment of fascism and sadness that is this country’s news cycle, I think Sam Alito just shadow dropped his retirement announcement with his book launch.
Is Samuel Alito Preparing to Disrobe?
In this installment of Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the week’s big legal news, including a possible Alito retirement. Also, the anti-trans mob’s latest target: tight clothing.
www.thenation.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
My weekly newsletter is up. Along with the usual assortment of fascism and sadness that is this country’s news cycle, I think Sam Alito just shadow dropped his retirement announcement with his book launch.
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It is simply not true that the Obama administration "killed" 287g task for models. They were always there, but were not implemented. In fact, community advocates were DEMANDING Obama and Biden end 287g altogether, but he did not.
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It is simply not true that the Obama administration "killed" 287g task for models. They were always there, but were not implemented. In fact, community advocates were DEMANDING Obama and Biden end 287g altogether, but he did not.
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This keeps happening. Trump makes an absurd threat or exerts his power in a clearly illegal way. The White House comes up with some bullshit policy justification. Republicans dutifully parrot it. Trump then backs down, but for obscenely vain or brazenly corrupt reasons.
Think about what it says that we're not all freaking out that Trump has said he would unfreeze appropriated funds fund infrastructure if Chuck Schumer agrees to rename Penn Station and Dulles airport after Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This keeps happening. Trump makes an absurd threat or exerts his power in a clearly illegal way. The White House comes up with some bullshit policy justification. Republicans dutifully parrot it. Trump then backs down, but for obscenely vain or brazenly corrupt reasons.
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And they’ve already laying the rhetorical groundwork for the locations they’d like to seize with very little pushback aside from the election officials in those particular areas.
ICE at every polling place?
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
Not nearly enough goons.
Refuse to seat winners?
No mechanism and would crash markets.
Lie about the vote, falsely claim fraud?
Very safe bet.
Seize ballot boxes in certain locations?
Worryingly plausible, as @rickhasen.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain.
Trump's FBI raid in Georgia is potential model for getting search warrant to seize 2026 ballot boxes, says @rickhasen.bsky.social.
"Once those ballots are out of control of election officials we’ve lost chain of custody."
On the pod Rick illuminatingly explains all:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
"Once those ballots are out of control of election officials we’ve lost chain of custody."
On the pod Rick illuminatingly explains all:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
And they’ve already laying the rhetorical groundwork for the locations they’d like to seize with very little pushback aside from the election officials in those particular areas.
One protest after another: Images from Portland's resistance
Images from Portland’s months-long fight to keep ICE at bay.
Images from Portland’s months-long fight to keep ICE at bay.
One protest after another: Images from Portland's resistance
ICE has been trying to break Portland for months—and failing spectacularly.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
One protest after another: Images from Portland's resistance
Images from Portland’s months-long fight to keep ICE at bay.
Images from Portland’s months-long fight to keep ICE at bay.
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Credit where it’s due:
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Credit where it’s due:
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
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We reviewed more than 100 Minnesota license plates attached to immigration enforcement vehicles in recent weeks.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
Swapped, covered and removed: The license plate tactics ICE is using in Minnesota
The Department of Homeland Security defends secretive practices as safety measures.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
We reviewed more than 100 Minnesota license plates attached to immigration enforcement vehicles in recent weeks.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
We found that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good.
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Moving this up from replies because I think we all need to at long last look at Trump’s rhetorical violence as not just “distraction” or “weakness” but declaration of IRL violent intention or at least contemplation. Whether it’s weakness or distraction it’s very often followed by real violence.
Maybe another way of saying this is such usage seems to me to be a significant step toward arresting Obama, as he’s floated before. I still think it’s unlikely or a ways off, but I think this is him significantly further rhetorically prepping such an attack.
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Moving this up from replies because I think we all need to at long last look at Trump’s rhetorical violence as not just “distraction” or “weakness” but declaration of IRL violent intention or at least contemplation. Whether it’s weakness or distraction it’s very often followed by real violence.
Wambsganss built her political career advocating for strict censorship in schools and libraries, and her loss signals that, even in this very conservative district, people are getting sick of the far-right telling them what they cannot read.
Shock Democratic upset in Texas shows voters still hate book bans
Running against Moms for Liberty is a winning 2026 strategy
www.salon.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Wambsganss built her political career advocating for strict censorship in schools and libraries, and her loss signals that, even in this very conservative district, people are getting sick of the far-right telling them what they cannot read.
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Ah yes, I remember the legendary anti-Columbus woke mob of 1692. The anti-Italian riots in 17th Century Salem, Mass are a stain on this nation.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Ah yes, I remember the legendary anti-Columbus woke mob of 1692. The anti-Italian riots in 17th Century Salem, Mass are a stain on this nation.
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Cowardly and racist is an amazing combination. We all know that wasn't a staffer and that he meant that shit. bsky.app/profile/leba...
POLITICO reporting that the White House has now claimed the ape video was an accident and removed it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Cowardly and racist is an amazing combination. We all know that wasn't a staffer and that he meant that shit. bsky.app/profile/leba...