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We are all drowning in a pool of systemic propaganda so I understand why the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti feel esp shocking and I think it is important to do the internal work of asking yourself, if this applies to you, why the deaths of immigrants/Black folks don't shock in the same way
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
We are all drowning in a pool of systemic propaganda so I understand why the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti feel esp shocking and I think it is important to do the internal work of asking yourself, if this applies to you, why the deaths of immigrants/Black folks don't shock in the same way
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
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The American far-right hates that. They think their utopia runs through an isolated, U.S. ethnostate. They hate the Atlantic Charter because they’re fascists who despise pluralist rule-of-law democracies.
Trump, OTOH, is just a narcissistic, sociopathic crook.
Trump, OTOH, is just a narcissistic, sociopathic crook.
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 AM
The American far-right hates that. They think their utopia runs through an isolated, U.S. ethnostate. They hate the Atlantic Charter because they’re fascists who despise pluralist rule-of-law democracies.
Trump, OTOH, is just a narcissistic, sociopathic crook.
Trump, OTOH, is just a narcissistic, sociopathic crook.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
The obstruction of our elected members of Congress is truly frightening. It reminds me of January 6. Feels like watching a coup in slow motion.
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The obstruction of our elected members of Congress is truly frightening. It reminds me of January 6. Feels like watching a coup in slow motion.
Hey, Ezra Klein, is this doing politics wrong?
Blessed be the canvassers.
Blessed be the canvassers.
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Hey, Ezra Klein, is this doing politics wrong?
Blessed be the canvassers.
Blessed be the canvassers.
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The trick is to make the case for the second (she deserved execution) while "officially" promoting the first (he acted in self-defense).
We've seen this before, both in the context of past ICE shootings and the death of minorities at the hands of police.
We've seen this before, both in the context of past ICE shootings and the death of minorities at the hands of police.
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The trick is to make the case for the second (she deserved execution) while "officially" promoting the first (he acted in self-defense).
We've seen this before, both in the context of past ICE shootings and the death of minorities at the hands of police.
We've seen this before, both in the context of past ICE shootings and the death of minorities at the hands of police.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
When Vance insists, contra the videos, that Good threatened the ICE agent and "had it coming", what he means is that he, like Ross, feels threatened by any woman who has the audacity to use her voice in the public sphere.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
Best Christmas Movie of the Year
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Best Christmas Movie of the Year
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Fuck this bullshit
Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Fuck this bullshit
Agreed.
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Agreed.
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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An in-depth look at the video team that helped so many people get into the Zohran Mamdani campaign: defector.com/selling-zohran
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU…
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
An in-depth look at the video team that helped so many people get into the Zohran Mamdani campaign: defector.com/selling-zohran
I love when a choice to change the smallest habit leads to an amazing surprise discovery.
She created her own chance for adventure 💕
She created her own chance for adventure 💕
I was running early to an event so I got off BART a stop early at Powell Street for an extra walk.
Instead I sat and listened to a wonderful pianist play for 20 minutes. At one point another person came up and asked if they could play together, and they did.
I love music on transit ❤️🎶
Instead I sat and listened to a wonderful pianist play for 20 minutes. At one point another person came up and asked if they could play together, and they did.
I love music on transit ❤️🎶
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I love when a choice to change the smallest habit leads to an amazing surprise discovery.
She created her own chance for adventure 💕
She created her own chance for adventure 💕
Horrified. I keep thinking, this is the most terrible thing I’ve heard them plan, but it’s everything. Everything they do/plan is the most terrible thing.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Horrified. I keep thinking, this is the most terrible thing I’ve heard them plan, but it’s everything. Everything they do/plan is the most terrible thing.
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The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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Take 5 minutes after yr shift and say hi to the super friendly volunteers who make it possible to exercise yr rights!
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Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Early voting is so easy! And yr vote is more powerful than usual.
Polls are open 7am-7pm.
Take 5 minutes after yr shift and say hi to the super friendly volunteers who make it possible to exercise yr rights!
Polls are open 7am-7pm.
Take 5 minutes after yr shift and say hi to the super friendly volunteers who make it possible to exercise yr rights!
This is so scary. Suggests that our military is beholden to an oligarch, without review without limit without accountability.
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is so scary. Suggests that our military is beholden to an oligarch, without review without limit without accountability.