web_rant
@webrant.bsky.social
Human-powered news feed defending your civil liberties and climate from oligarchs & fascists. Rants as necessary here already for quite a while.
Reposted by web_rant
Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
Read more: bit.ly/3ZQgQ8J
Reposted by web_rant
Steven Spielberg joined the EGOT club with a Grammy win for the film “Music by John Williams." It joins his three Oscars, four Primetime Emmys (and many more daytime Emmys) and a Tony he won as a producer of the musical “A Strange Loop.”
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Steven Spielberg joined the EGOT club with a Grammy win for the film “Music by John Williams." It joins his three Oscars, four Primetime Emmys (and many more daytime Emmys) and a Tony he won as a producer of the musical “A Strange Loop.”
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
Follow live updates: bit.ly/4ruKqg8
Reposted by web_rant
People dying from bad weather, it's very MAGA!
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
People dying from bad weather, it's very MAGA!
Reposted by web_rant
Olivia Dean: "I guess I want to say I'm up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I wouldn't be here... I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated"
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Olivia Dean: "I guess I want to say I'm up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I wouldn't be here... I'm a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated"
Reposted by web_rant
Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
Reposted by web_rant
Full Bad Bunny speech
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Full Bad Bunny speech
Reposted by web_rant
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
Reposted by web_rant
Elon Musk is mentioned 1500 times so far in the Epstein files.
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
In the last 48 hours, Musk's reactions to the Epstein release show exactly why he bought Twitter.
He's used the platform to call coverage of his emails with Epstein as "lies," elevated his fans who have defended him, and gotten positive reinforcement from his AI chatbot.
He's used the platform to call coverage of his emails with Epstein as "lies," elevated his fans who have defended him, and gotten positive reinforcement from his AI chatbot.
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Elon Musk is mentioned 1500 times so far in the Epstein files.
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
It's as though someone that guilty requires paid defenders and an army of bots to broadcast otherwise across their algorithmically rigged social platform.
bsky.app/profile/rmac...
Reposted by web_rant
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
Reposted by web_rant
Young Republicans, especially college Republicans, are an overt violent fascist movement that thirsts for blood. The future of politics is us against this, which is why it sucks so much when our own politicians try to minimize who these guys are and what they want.
the Republican Party will get worse before it gets worse, but God willing it will also get a whole lot smaller
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Young Republicans, especially college Republicans, are an overt violent fascist movement that thirsts for blood. The future of politics is us against this, which is why it sucks so much when our own politicians try to minimize who these guys are and what they want.
Reposted by web_rant
Manufacturing Consent...with underage girls
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Manufacturing Consent...with underage girls
Reposted by web_rant
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
Reposted by web_rant
Reposted by web_rant
It is unprecedented because it is expressly forbidden by the constitution -- the only specifically enumerated cause of action for impeachment and removal.
WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
It is unprecedented because it is expressly forbidden by the constitution -- the only specifically enumerated cause of action for impeachment and removal.
Reposted by web_rant
Here is Jesus (Jesse) Ochoa
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Here is Jesus (Jesse) Ochoa
Reposted by web_rant
Here is Raymundo (Ray) Gutierrez, the second agent to shoot Alex Pretti
(seen at a 2013 Halloween party in a Border Patrol vest and more recently.)
(seen at a 2013 Halloween party in a Border Patrol vest and more recently.)
February 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Here is Raymundo (Ray) Gutierrez, the second agent to shoot Alex Pretti
(seen at a 2013 Halloween party in a Border Patrol vest and more recently.)
(seen at a 2013 Halloween party in a Border Patrol vest and more recently.)
Reposted by web_rant
Looks like white smoke at Disney:
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Looks like white smoke at Disney:
Reposted by web_rant
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Reposted by web_rant
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
Reposted by web_rant
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Reposted by web_rant
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
Reposted by web_rant
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by web_rant
FUN FACT: It's NOT about "making grief obsolete."
But it IS about manipulating you with mental illness for more oligarch control.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
But it IS about manipulating you with mental illness for more oligarch control.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
FUN FACT: It's NOT about "making grief obsolete."
But it IS about manipulating you with mental illness for more oligarch control.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
But it IS about manipulating you with mental illness for more oligarch control.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
Reposted by web_rant
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Reposted by web_rant
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them