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Libraries, UBI and the commons.
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
This is a barn-stormer.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
The part about Keir Starmer is boggling.
Opinion: Marilyn Waring: Librarians’ work is essential – and still treated as expendable
Marilyn Waring: Librarians’ work is essential – and still treated as expendable
After hearing their testimony to the People's Select Committee, I'm outraged at how brutally librarians' right to equal pay was legislated away.
thespinoff.co.nz
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Opinion: Marilyn Waring: Librarians’ work is essential – and still treated as expendable
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Everyone is applauding now Presidential this guy looks but he needs to answer for this
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Everyone is applauding now Presidential this guy looks but he needs to answer for this
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Today's meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub features "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, which explores humans passively upholding authoritarian rule in exchange for mass-entertainment, tech, and comfort. Authors M.T. Anderson and @clarebeams.bsky.social join at 10 am ET to discuss. #Velshi
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Today's meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub features "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, which explores humans passively upholding authoritarian rule in exchange for mass-entertainment, tech, and comfort. Authors M.T. Anderson and @clarebeams.bsky.social join at 10 am ET to discuss. #Velshi
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As the kids say
Highly sus
Highly sus
"Black paid Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017 for advice related to tax, estate, and asset planning. That is a vast amount of money to pay for such services, especially for a Wall Street insider with easy access to top expertise."
NEW: Epstein emails show how billionaire financier Leon Black, founder of Apollo, relied on the convicted sex offender to help him leverage his multi-billion-dollar art for $500m+ in loans from Bank of America.
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
As the kids say
Highly sus
Highly sus
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Is Trump unwell? Is he now a Mad King?
@maddow.bsky.social joins me for an extended, fascinating and fun Super Bowl special Independent Americans.
It’s my old friend Rachel— unplugged.
🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
@maddow.bsky.social joins me for an extended, fascinating and fun Super Bowl special Independent Americans.
It’s my old friend Rachel— unplugged.
🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
February 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Is Trump unwell? Is he now a Mad King?
@maddow.bsky.social joins me for an extended, fascinating and fun Super Bowl special Independent Americans.
It’s my old friend Rachel— unplugged.
🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
@maddow.bsky.social joins me for an extended, fascinating and fun Super Bowl special Independent Americans.
It’s my old friend Rachel— unplugged.
🍎Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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I noticed anytime I log onto any social media, I feel bad. But in my job, I have to post to amplify my news outlet’s work. So I’ve mostly been posting via a third party app (Buffer), so I don’t scroll or see comments & my brain has felt better than it has in years.
There’s a lesson here, I think.
There’s a lesson here, I think.
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I noticed anytime I log onto any social media, I feel bad. But in my job, I have to post to amplify my news outlet’s work. So I’ve mostly been posting via a third party app (Buffer), so I don’t scroll or see comments & my brain has felt better than it has in years.
There’s a lesson here, I think.
There’s a lesson here, I think.
Some of you need to see this
tg.blk - SORE LOSER (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by tgblk
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February 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Some of you need to see this
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
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it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
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Landing in Dunedin Aotearoa in about 90 minutes for the start of a trip that represents the culmination of a dream I’ve had since I was ten years old.
Visiting academic to address spread of misinformation
For Carl Bergstrom, misinformation is like a living organism — it can travel across networks and spread through populations like pathogens. The...
www.odt.co.nz
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Landing in Dunedin Aotearoa in about 90 minutes for the start of a trip that represents the culmination of a dream I’ve had since I was ten years old.
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In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
In 1981, when I was ten, I visited Christchurch, New Zealand with my parents. I loved birds, especially albatrosses, and learned that tantalizingly close—360 km to the south—was the royal albatross colony in Dunedin.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
It was not meant to be that trip. But 44 years later, I finally made it happen.
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And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 AM
And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.
Anybody looking for a good Heated Rivalry reactor. This person is brand new to it all, and very, very funny.
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Anybody looking for a good Heated Rivalry reactor. This person is brand new to it all, and very, very funny.
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
www.youtube.com/@georgeous.r...
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
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Mr Nipples is here to curse your timeline
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Mr Nipples is here to curse your timeline
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The DOJ redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting, while failing to redact the names, faces, and nude photos of dozens of Epstein’s victims as part of its latest data dump.
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The DOJ redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting, while failing to redact the names, faces, and nude photos of dozens of Epstein’s victims as part of its latest data dump.
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im so sorry, this image arrived in my mind fully formed and i felt obligated to make it real. Saturn Devouring His Bun.
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
im so sorry, this image arrived in my mind fully formed and i felt obligated to make it real. Saturn Devouring His Bun.
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No one called it harder than Socko
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
No one called it harder than Socko
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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🔥
FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs:
“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
“Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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A small collection of lovely "how to" videos from the National Film Board of Canada, including how to build an igloo and how chain link fences are made. [kottke.org]
How Do They…?
I was poking around on YouTube for “how to” videos (one of my favorite video genres) the other day when I hit a small jackpot: a bunch of How Do They…? videos from the National Film Board of Canada. A f
kottke.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A small collection of lovely "how to" videos from the National Film Board of Canada, including how to build an igloo and how chain link fences are made. [kottke.org]
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I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
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PSA: this article i wrote 6 years ago still holds: www.webworm.co/farrier/
I am not right-wing political pollster David Farrar
Your annual reminder
www.webworm.co
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
PSA: this article i wrote 6 years ago still holds: www.webworm.co/farrier/