Peggy Northrop
@pnorth.bsky.social
Ex-mag editor, current board member (Bay City News Foundation, W&J College), devoted to democracy, women’s rights, and Paris. Proud old white hippie committing thought crimes daily.
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The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
If you think calling it “technofascism” is a bit extreme please do read this
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you think calling it “technofascism” is a bit extreme please do read this
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
You know all those click-baity posts entitled “what they don’t want you to see!!!” ….well here’s a real one.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
You know all those click-baity posts entitled “what they don’t want you to see!!!” ….well here’s a real one.
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❤️🩹 NATIONWIDE: Jan 20, 2026 Free America Walk Out! ❤️🩹
★ We walk away from fascism.
★ We walk towards a Free America.
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.
★ Everybody in, nobody out.
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout
HOST a walk out: bit.ly/1202026
Pledge to walk: www.freeameri.ca
★ We walk away from fascism.
★ We walk towards a Free America.
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.
★ Everybody in, nobody out.
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout
HOST a walk out: bit.ly/1202026
Pledge to walk: www.freeameri.ca
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
❤️🩹 NATIONWIDE: Jan 20, 2026 Free America Walk Out! ❤️🩹
★ We walk away from fascism.
★ We walk towards a Free America.
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.
★ Everybody in, nobody out.
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout
HOST a walk out: bit.ly/1202026
Pledge to walk: www.freeameri.ca
★ We walk away from fascism.
★ We walk towards a Free America.
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.
★ Everybody in, nobody out.
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout
HOST a walk out: bit.ly/1202026
Pledge to walk: www.freeameri.ca
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Proof that local actions matter and that we can fight back against the technofascist regime
Flagstaff cancels contract with Flock Safety cameras
After months of community concern, the Flagstaff City Council unanimously voted to cancel its contract with Flock Safety, discontinuing its automated license plate reader system.
www.kjzz.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Proof that local actions matter and that we can fight back against the technofascist regime
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So poignantly haunting yet heartening. Chag Sameach.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So poignantly haunting yet heartening. Chag Sameach.
The same technique used in phishing emails we have all been cautioned to avoid. The grift is neverending!!
“Confirm Check Here”— Trump Sent Another Shady Tariff Rebate Email
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com/news/confirm...
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com/news/confirm...
“Confirm Check Here”— Trump Sent Another Shady Tariff Rebate Email
Trump’s fundraising message redirects those who click to a donation page
meidasnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The same technique used in phishing emails we have all been cautioned to avoid. The grift is neverending!!
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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An agricultural scientist and a seismologist walk into a bar
Wonderful story of interdisciplinary friendship, inspiration, and innovation
Wonderful story of interdisciplinary friendship, inspiration, and innovation
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
An agricultural scientist and a seismologist walk into a bar
Wonderful story of interdisciplinary friendship, inspiration, and innovation
Wonderful story of interdisciplinary friendship, inspiration, and innovation
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
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I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
“More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago.”
Give to your local food bank. And vote the bums out.
Give to your local food bank. And vote the bums out.
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago.”
Give to your local food bank. And vote the bums out.
Give to your local food bank. And vote the bums out.
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
Oy.
I was Scripps’s National Political Correspondent from 2016-18. The company’s news operation in the stations it owns across the country is honest and fair. Sinclair will make them right-wing propaganda outlets for an all-out push to prop Republicans up for the remainder of Trump’s term and beyond.
Terrible news.
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oy.
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Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Article about how right-wing Christianity turning a benevolent Jesus into a combative, selfish scold laid the groundwork for America turning a supposedly benevolent presidency into a force for everything Jesus stood against.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This Black Friday weekend we are going to send a message to corporations that enable Trump and the MAGA agenda: #WeAintBuyingIt
😠 Are you sick of corporations enabling this administration by ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chasing tax breaks?
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This Black Friday weekend we are going to send a message to corporations that enable Trump and the MAGA agenda: #WeAintBuyingIt
Every guy in America suddenly mad at their mom all over again.
A pristine 1939 issue of “Superman No. 1” was discovered in a San Francisco attic last year. This week, it made history.
Bay Area brothers shocked after discovering $9 million comic in mother’s attic
A pristine 1939 issue of “Superman No. 1” was discovered in a San Francisco attic last year. This week, it made history.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Every guy in America suddenly mad at their mom all over again.
At a time when the nursing shortage nationwide is estimated at 200,000 … On top of everything else (the corruption, the lawlessness, the cruelty), the epic stupidity of this regime!!
Mark my words, teaching will be next.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
I realized it was only a matter of time for other professions once I heard the professional, moral, intellectual & ethical requirements to be POTUS were completely eliminated. 🤷🏻♀️
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
At a time when the nursing shortage nationwide is estimated at 200,000 … On top of everything else (the corruption, the lawlessness, the cruelty), the epic stupidity of this regime!!
Taking bets on how soon one of the Maga-pedo-apologists blames 15-year-old girls for using their witchy wiles to ensnare god-fearing repubs
“We can’t answer right now because we’re working on our messaging about how teenage girls aren’t that young and all this is okay.”
Trump just ignored a bunch of reporter questions about Epstein in the Oval Office.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Taking bets on how soon one of the Maga-pedo-apologists blames 15-year-old girls for using their witchy wiles to ensnare god-fearing repubs
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What kind of people hate those who can’t afford to eat? Well, I think you know the answer
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open.substack.com/pub/seanelde...
SNAP Judgment
Hating on the working poor has been popular since I was a child. Let them eat junk!
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What kind of people hate those who can’t afford to eat? Well, I think you know the answer
open.substack.com/pub/seanelde...
open.substack.com/pub/seanelde...
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V-enlightening piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
All this is being widely mocked as a gaffe: Doesn’t suggesting we have “no” talented people here undercut “America First”? But we should also see it as something else: an expression of Trump’s growing political weakness on the broader immigration issue. It also hints at a deeper schism in MAGA that Democrats should get serious about exploiting.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
V-enlightening piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
on an overlooked aspect of Abigail Spanberger’s victory in Virginia — her successful use of the immigration issue against Trump & the GOP. Greg also points to Trump’s inconsistencies & MAGA splits on the issue.
newrepublic.com/maz/article/...
My motto.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My motto.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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Keep organizing, y’all. It is, and always has been, on all of us.
• Get connected to the resistance:
www.fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold for rapid response:
nokings.org/next
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
• Get connected to the resistance:
www.fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold for rapid response:
nokings.org/next
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Keep organizing, y’all. It is, and always has been, on all of us.
• Get connected to the resistance:
www.fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold for rapid response:
nokings.org/next
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us
• Get connected to the resistance:
www.fiftyfifty.one
• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise
• Get bold for rapid response:
nokings.org/next
• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com
• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us