glacialmojo
@glacialmojo.bsky.social
Always moving forward, slowly.
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This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
Watching the segment: The first thing I'm going to zero in on is the crime stats. Here's how 60 Minutes set it up:
- Leavitt saying the people going to CECOT were the worst of the worst
- Then 60 Minutes saying the Human Rights Watch report says that nearly half had no criminal history at all
- Leavitt saying the people going to CECOT were the worst of the worst
- Then 60 Minutes saying the Human Rights Watch report says that nearly half had no criminal history at all
Here's the rest of Bari Weiss' memo. "We do not present the administration's argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT," and on Sec. Noem's trip "no comment from her or her staff about what her goal on that trip was... or if she had or has concerns about the treatment of detainees." LOL!
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
Oh my.
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
wrd.cm
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oh my.
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Failure to recognize this moment as part of the centuries long battle against white supremacist oppression is a dangerous denial, and a gift to the American fascist project. @sifill.bsky.social is right on.
“The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Is It Too Late?
No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle
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December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Failure to recognize this moment as part of the centuries long battle against white supremacist oppression is a dangerous denial, and a gift to the American fascist project. @sifill.bsky.social is right on.
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas is about learning to love people who look different from you and who were raised with different customs.
It’s about realizing that deep down we’re all the same with the same core desires and values, and that we all deserve to be loved and included.
It’s about realizing that deep down we’re all the same with the same core desires and values, and that we all deserve to be loved and included.
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is about learning to love people who look different from you and who were raised with different customs.
It’s about realizing that deep down we’re all the same with the same core desires and values, and that we all deserve to be loved and included.
It’s about realizing that deep down we’re all the same with the same core desires and values, and that we all deserve to be loved and included.
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Today, lots of pundits will write that last night confirms their priors. Ignore them all. The truth is that Americans are fundamentally good and when they vote, good candidates, who represent their values win. That's the basic bet of democracy and last night proved it
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, lots of pundits will write that last night confirms their priors. Ignore them all. The truth is that Americans are fundamentally good and when they vote, good candidates, who represent their values win. That's the basic bet of democracy and last night proved it
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The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.
“That’s a privatized patchwork of tip jars.”
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News by Ana Marie Cox talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News
Writing about the failure of patron-supported journalism is itself a kind of...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“That’s a privatized patchwork of tip jars.”
Apple needs to explain to shareholders if they are financially complicit in the destruction and inshitification of the White House complex.
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Apple needs to explain to shareholders if they are financially complicit in the destruction and inshitification of the White House complex.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social “More than a thousand people are displaced.”
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
What we know about the devastating storm in Western Alaska
The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social “More than a thousand people are displaced.”
Just gets worse.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the storm damage is of “such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state.” State lawmakers are raising concerns about options given to people who lost their homes.
Dunleavy requests federal disaster declaration after Western Alaska storm
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the damage is of “such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state.” State lawmakers are raising concerns about options given ...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Just gets worse.
Damn.
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Damn.
Our president is an embarrassment to our great country.
September 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our president is an embarrassment to our great country.
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University of Alaska Fairbanks officials estimated cuts of $8.8 million for a variety of programs and student services. Via @alaskabeacon.com
Trump administration cuts to University of Alaska programs for Native students are worse than previously announced
UAF officials estimate $8.8 million in canceled funding for a variety of programs and student services.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials estimated cuts of $8.8 million for a variety of programs and student services. Via @alaskabeacon.com
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These funds were passed by Congress — and many were signed into law by President Trump himself.
And the official White House position is they’re going to ignore the law and “it doesn’t matter” if Congress says no.
A profound challenge to the self-respect of Congressional Republicans.
And the official White House position is they’re going to ignore the law and “it doesn’t matter” if Congress says no.
A profound challenge to the self-respect of Congressional Republicans.
This quote from the Trump admin about its pocket rescissions couldn’t be more brazen. Pocket rescissions are an illegal way to ignore the will of Congress — which they feel comfortable saying out loud directly to the press.
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
These funds were passed by Congress — and many were signed into law by President Trump himself.
And the official White House position is they’re going to ignore the law and “it doesn’t matter” if Congress says no.
A profound challenge to the self-respect of Congressional Republicans.
And the official White House position is they’re going to ignore the law and “it doesn’t matter” if Congress says no.
A profound challenge to the self-respect of Congressional Republicans.
Meanwhile, in Alaska.
Local officials, military personnel and businesses are scrambling to figure out basic details and get ready for an influx of visitors ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage.
Anchorage readies for Trump-Putin meeting, with many details still in flux
The visit coincides with a busy time for the city, but there are few indications residents need to plan for big disruptions.
www.adn.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Meanwhile, in Alaska.
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Autocratic leader, building on racist propaganda, falsehoods about crime data, and an alleged assault on a member of his extralegal office devoted to gutting the budget, moves to have federal armed personnel take direct control of the streets of the capital city.
August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Autocratic leader, building on racist propaganda, falsehoods about crime data, and an alleged assault on a member of his extralegal office devoted to gutting the budget, moves to have federal armed personnel take direct control of the streets of the capital city.
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OK, y'all, as I mentioned, I went to see Paul Simon play last night. I found it unexpectedly moving, quite profound actually, and I want to do a short thread about it.
I'll start by saying that, for a whole bunch of reasons, aging & mortality have been much on my mind lately.
I'll start by saying that, for a whole bunch of reasons, aging & mortality have been much on my mind lately.
August 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
OK, y'all, as I mentioned, I went to see Paul Simon play last night. I found it unexpectedly moving, quite profound actually, and I want to do a short thread about it.
I'll start by saying that, for a whole bunch of reasons, aging & mortality have been much on my mind lately.
I'll start by saying that, for a whole bunch of reasons, aging & mortality have been much on my mind lately.
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Trump has fired the Labor Statistics Commissioner after a weak jobs report. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
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August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump has fired the Labor Statistics Commissioner after a weak jobs report. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Aaaaaand there it is.
Privatizing Social Security has been their plan all along.
Lying thieves. All of them.
Privatizing Social Security has been their plan all along.
Lying thieves. All of them.
Treasury Secretary Bessent on 'Trump Accounts':
"It is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security....That's a game changer."
"It is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security....That's a game changer."
July 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Aaaaaand there it is.
Privatizing Social Security has been their plan all along.
Lying thieves. All of them.
Privatizing Social Security has been their plan all along.
Lying thieves. All of them.
🧵 Mr Roberts thought does not suck. “The whole impulse of fascism is to free oneself from the restrictions imposed by reason & decency.”
This is something I've only internalized recently: reactionary thought does not propose an alternative set of values. It doesn't envision an alternative set of institutions or governing structures. It has no generative aspect.
It is a permission structure to *ignore* values, to wallow in instinct.
It is a permission structure to *ignore* values, to wallow in instinct.
“the return to childhood is what the impulse to fascism is always about. That’s why Hogan was such a dangerously effective weapon for the Republican Party that he so dearly loved …”
Searing stuff, by @josie.zone 💪 www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
Searing stuff, by @josie.zone 💪 www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
July 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🧵 Mr Roberts thought does not suck. “The whole impulse of fascism is to free oneself from the restrictions imposed by reason & decency.”
Great 🧵from @seancasten.bsky.social
Privatizing a monopoly doesn't save money. It just imposes a tax (shareholder profits) on an entity that doesn't face competition while removing the oversight that - ostensibly - keeps it from putting its profit incentive ahead of the public interest. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
TVA rallies as MAGA figures raise idea of privatization | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Tennessee Valley Authority has long relied on elected officials and advocacy groups to head off any discussion of the U.S. government selling it off, an idea that has resurfaced as figures aligned...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great 🧵from @seancasten.bsky.social
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NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador:
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings
These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings
These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.
He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.
www.propublica.org
July 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador:
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings
These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.
• Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided
• More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings
These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.