Reposted
Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Sunday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4qJbrM3
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Robert Duvall, who as an actor transformed himself into a business-focused Mafia lawyer in "The Godfather," a surfing-obsessed Vietnam commander in "Apocalypse Now" and scores of other film, stage and television characters, died on Sunday. He was 95. nyti.ms/4qJbrM3
Reposted
Tech companies are racing to build thousands of huge data centers to power the A.I. revolution. To find the land they need, they are barreling into rural communities across the U.S. with the promise of good jobs. But not everyone is buying that pitch.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
When A.I. Comes to Town: The Backlash Over Data Centers
How one county in Indiana has reacted to artificial intelligence projects in its community.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Tech companies are racing to build thousands of huge data centers to power the A.I. revolution. To find the land they need, they are barreling into rural communities across the U.S. with the promise of good jobs. But not everyone is buying that pitch.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Reposted
Grok, X’s AI function, has allowed users to undress people, including children, and bend them into whatever porny positions the user requests. In her latest column, Katha Pollitt explores the deep harms of pornographic deepfakes.
https://bit.ly/3Mq5cyv
https://bit.ly/3Mq5cyv
The Deep Harms of Deepfakes
AI porn is what happens when technology liberates misogyny from social constraints.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Grok, X’s AI function, has allowed users to undress people, including children, and bend them into whatever porny positions the user requests. In her latest column, Katha Pollitt explores the deep harms of pornographic deepfakes.
https://bit.ly/3Mq5cyv
https://bit.ly/3Mq5cyv
My God. It’s like a bad spy thriller!
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Former opposition leader’s death while in Arctic jail at age of 47 result of mixture of diseases, according to Moscow
The Foreign Office has blamed the Russian state for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which it said was the result of poisoning from a dart containing frog toxin.
The frog poison – called epibatidine – is said to have been used when Navalny, 47, died suddenly on 16 February 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
My God. It’s like a bad spy thriller!
Reposted
Just received copies of this lovely book (look at those labyrinthine end papers!) from @ecwpress.bsky.social I hope folks pre-order it and enjoy it, because it’s a queer ride full of goblins, 80s history, fairy tales, and trans joy. Just in time for the 40th anniversary of #labyrinth
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Just received copies of this lovely book (look at those labyrinthine end papers!) from @ecwpress.bsky.social I hope folks pre-order it and enjoy it, because it’s a queer ride full of goblins, 80s history, fairy tales, and trans joy. Just in time for the 40th anniversary of #labyrinth
Reposted
Really found this whole framing of Epstein's ascendance as coinciding with the post-Church Carter-era off-booksing of a segment of the security state (the same moment/impulse that births Bill Barr) worthwhile, Jeet ( w/ @majorityreport.bsky.social @samseder.bsky.social @emmavigeland.bsky.social )
Epstein’s Influence Went Further Than We Ever Even Imagined | Jeet Heer | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Really found this whole framing of Epstein's ascendance as coinciding with the post-Church Carter-era off-booksing of a segment of the security state (the same moment/impulse that births Bill Barr) worthwhile, Jeet ( w/ @majorityreport.bsky.social @samseder.bsky.social @emmavigeland.bsky.social )
Reposted
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to call on Keir Starmer to stand down
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to call on Keir Starmer to stand down
Sarwar said to be furious Starmer’s repeated mistakes have heavily damaged Scottish support before May elections
*
UK politics live – latest updates
Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, is to call on Keir Starmer to stand down as prime minister and Labour leader at a hastily arranged press conference in Glasgow.
Sarwar is said to be furious that the prime minister’s repeated mistakes have heavily damaged support for Scottish Labour in the run-up to crucial Scottish parliament elections in May. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to call on Keir Starmer to stand down
Reposted
Date for your diary - join us Join us for this online training session on 28th April, hosted by the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social team, which will bring together a panel of historians, librarians and subject specialists to discuss the History of Emotions
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researching the History of Emotions
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
www.history.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Date for your diary - join us Join us for this online training session on 28th April, hosted by the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social team, which will bring together a panel of historians, librarians and subject specialists to discuss the History of Emotions
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Reposted
My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child
My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child
For pianist James Rhodes, the composer’s music expressed feelings that he could not put into words – and kept helping him as his mental health suffered in adulthood
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
My cultural awakening: Bach helped me survive sexual abuse as a child
Reposted
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
Reposted
Wannabe vigilantes are taking inspiration from the bogus fraud allegations in Minnesota and surveilling childcare providers around the country:
https://bit.ly/4a4E8xK
https://bit.ly/4a4E8xK
Childcare Providers Around the Country Are Being Targeted by Vigilante Surveillance
In response to bogus allegations of fraud in Minnesota, strangers are filming them, knocking on their doors, demanding to be let in. It's scaring parents and costing providers.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Wannabe vigilantes are taking inspiration from the bogus fraud allegations in Minnesota and surveilling childcare providers around the country:
https://bit.ly/4a4E8xK
https://bit.ly/4a4E8xK
Reposted
From Epstein to Bezos, the ruling class is rotten to the core. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core
Let this week be yet another reminder that plutocrats are a threat to democracy, not its saviors.
www.thenation.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
From Epstein to Bezos, the ruling class is rotten to the core. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted
Displacement has become the force that shapes Gaza’s geography. Reading alongside Edward Said, Alaa Alqaisi gives shape to a life now permanently marked with loss.
https://bit.ly/4rtM7KD
https://bit.ly/4rtM7KD
What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza
On Palestine and the geography of vanishing.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Displacement has become the force that shapes Gaza’s geography. Reading alongside Edward Said, Alaa Alqaisi gives shape to a life now permanently marked with loss.
https://bit.ly/4rtM7KD
https://bit.ly/4rtM7KD
Reposted
I wrote a thing
“Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable.”
In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities.
Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities.
Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
The AI Takeover Is Not Inevitable: Now Is the Time to Resist
"Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable."
www.nacbs.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I wrote a thing
Reposted
There are 130 Palestinian students who have been accepted into Canadian universities — but unlike other countries, Canada is doing nothing (or worse) to help them get here.
Advocates issued a fresh warning this week: these delays can be deadly.
Advocates issued a fresh warning this week: these delays can be deadly.
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
There are 130 Palestinian students who have been accepted into Canadian universities — but unlike other countries, Canada is doing nothing (or worse) to help them get here.
Advocates issued a fresh warning this week: these delays can be deadly.
Advocates issued a fresh warning this week: these delays can be deadly.
Reposted
Gabbard's Georgia Raid is about providing a pretext for future election intimidation. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Georgia Raid is a Pretext for Future Election Intimidation
Trump wants to rewrite the 2020 election in order to fix the 2026 and 2028 results.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Gabbard's Georgia Raid is about providing a pretext for future election intimidation. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted
The world was horrified by the footage of Aliya Rahman—an autistic, disabled woman—being dragged out of her car by ICE agents in Minneapolis. As she tells Fatima Khan, what happened next was just as chilling. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
ICE Brutally Dragged This Disabled Woman Out of Her Car. What Happened Next Was Just As Chilling.
“They laughed at me and told me this wouldn’t have happened if I was a ‘normal’ human being,” Aliya Rahman tells The Nation.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The world was horrified by the footage of Aliya Rahman—an autistic, disabled woman—being dragged out of her car by ICE agents in Minneapolis. As she tells Fatima Khan, what happened next was just as chilling. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted
On Sook-Yin Lee's wry, heartfelt Paying For It, which reinvents the romantic comedy by examining the gamut of relations from Platonic love to prostitution. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Cartoonist, the Director, and the Sex Workers
Sook-Yin Lee’s new romantic comedy, Paying for It, explores Platonic love and prostitution.
www.thenation.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
On Sook-Yin Lee's wry, heartfelt Paying For It, which reinvents the romantic comedy by examining the gamut of relations from Platonic love to prostitution. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Reposted
ICE's terror campaign is part of a long American tradition of state violence, writes formerly incarcerated prison activist Robert Willis. https://bit.ly/4bFk6v9
ICE’s Terror Campaign Is Part of a Long American Tradition
As a Black man, I know firsthand how often state violence is used to perpetuate white supremacy in this country.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
ICE's terror campaign is part of a long American tradition of state violence, writes formerly incarcerated prison activist Robert Willis. https://bit.ly/4bFk6v9
Reposted
MAGA and the NRA have made clear that they don't actually support the Second Amendment, at least not for people with politics they hate. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights
The ability to kill dissidents at will is more important to Trump and his supporters than the Second Amendment.
www.thenation.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
MAGA and the NRA have made clear that they don't actually support the Second Amendment, at least not for people with politics they hate. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted
I think a lesson here, too, is to actually fucking listen to overpoliced communities.
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
The United States of America. No one is safe — and the government defends this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I think a lesson here, too, is to actually fucking listen to overpoliced communities.
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
Reposted
Breaking news: 911 calls from ICE detention staff described the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos as a suicide, which conflicts with an autopsy’s later finding of homicide, according to audio recordings.
ICE detention staff reported death of restrained man as a suicide
The statements to 911 operators the night Geraldo Lunas Campos died appear to conflict with autopsy’s later finding of ‘homicide.’
www.washingtonpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Breaking news: 911 calls from ICE detention staff described the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos as a suicide, which conflicts with an autopsy’s later finding of homicide, according to audio recordings.