THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
I got so frustrated at one point I just said
"You have soup. We are making a sandwich. We cannot make a sandwich out of soup!"
And I feel like that's what rebuilding from post-slop everything is going to be like.
Columbia President with NEW details:
5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant.
They said they were police looking for a missing kid.
Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid."
A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss.
They ignored him & took the student.
we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
I'm so happy to share that our reporting on the Venezuelan men sent to a prison in El Salvador was just named a finalist for one most special awards in journalism -- the Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. And congrats to all of the other finalists who produced such important work last year!
What also surprised me is how much the *pathways* into activism shape what tactics people are willing to use.
I trace this across generations of activists in No Option But Sabotage (out now from @academic.oup.com).
www.zeitzoff.com/no-option-bu...
ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working.
This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose.
Let me explain & offer some advice.
This made me weepy
NEVER THOUGHT I'D DIE FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH A LIBERTARIAN TAXATION IS THEFT PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK JIP AND PUT YOUR GAS MASK ON
i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
Grandpa’s Garden has awesome wraps for back, shoulders, hands, etc. that you heat in the microwave. Truly lovely products. Plus, they are a small business with good customer service.
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
That’s rough—I’m sorry. You’re both gonna feel a lot better in a couple of days.
Rep Robin Kelly (D-IL) is introducing articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem
A grey pitbull uses her generous tongue to slurp a ramen noodle
A pitbull makes a funny wide eyed face as she inhales a noodle
The very same pitbull stares admiringly at the noodle she is inhaling
As the noodle comes to an end, the pitbull’s remarkable tongue extends to catch the last of it
Everything sucks so here is my dog eating ramen. 🍜
Check out my latest newsletter - I have some confessions to make and news to share, particularly for my friends in the UK - I'll be in #London next week! Looking forward to connecting with colleagues.
#Reckoning
#RadicalEmpathy
www.linkedin.com/pulse/confes...
Bobcat at Pt Reyes Wednesday ...
Studies are beginning to reveal fissures in the argument that AI boosts productivity, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio. Nonetheless, companies and governments are pouring investments into speculative growth without ample evidence.
My new book is published today, and my cats highly recommend it.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
We are witnessing a swift and sweeping consolidation of media (traditional and social) into the hands of a small number of billionaires who are actively aligned/aligning (both via free will and coercion) with Trump and his right wing political party. This is (I’ll say it) a fascist project.
The US Justice Department appears to have removed from its website a study into political violence in America by the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research agency, which concluded that far-right extremism outpaced “all other types of domestic violent extremism”.
When women aren't heard, their opinions ignored, their testimony dismissed, we end up with criminals and psychos like Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, RFK Jr, and Krasnov taking a wrecking ball to American institutions, sabotaging public agencies and dismantling our fragile democracy.
30 seconds of Adonis biscuit time for you
I love zotero.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. and if compassion for humans is so fucking far for you to think about, know that stripping trans rights means your rights are next
#Rumeysa #Ozturk now free from ICE custody, released from Louisiana processing center. These are some of the first images of her release. We’re the only Boston TV station here. The message she shared, later tonight on @nbcboston.com @telemundonuevainglaterra.com
Congrats!
The week after Harvard filed a lawsuit against Trump they: gutted their DEI office, stopped affinity graduations, centralized their disciplinary process over protests, and handed over student records of international students to DHS.
These were all demands by Trump. They're complying with all of it
I’m listening to a lot of Hermanos Gutierrez. Such delightful music.
So, they’re coming for judges now. Please keep talking to your friends, neighbors & colleagues about the actions being taken by/for the current administration. Talk about what democracy is & is not. Talk about the country we want and who we believe ourselves to be as a people. Courage is contagious.
