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architect, photographer, designer, singer, wanderer #thingsIcallmyself opening cans of worms #whatitendtodo, 5th gen CA resident of the Anthropocene

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He always tells us what he's going to do next. Connect the dots.

03.03.2026 15:33 👍 1413 🔁 559 💬 69 📌 30

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

25.02.2026 20:48 👍 12642 🔁 6090 💬 56 📌 330
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Man who tried to assassinate Trump in Florida sentenced to life in prison Ryan Routh who tried to kill president in 2024 also gets a consecutive seven-year sentence for gun conviction

@theguardian.com are you sure the last sentence in this article is truthful? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

04.02.2026 18:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda.

Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.

Democracy dies in billionaire hands.

04.02.2026 17:27 👍 5294 🔁 1742 💬 188 📌 62

US authorities must immediately release journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. Journalism is not a crime. Reporting on protests is not a crime. Arresting journalists for their reporting is a clear example of an authoritarian practice.

30.01.2026 16:42 👍 177 🔁 69 💬 2 📌 4

Just published an essay on this

www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...

25.01.2026 13:50 👍 725 🔁 232 💬 3 📌 30

You know Alex Pretti & Renee Good—the 2 white people ICE killed.

ICE has also killed Keith Porter, a Black man, Parady La, a Cambodian man, & 5 Latinos—Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.

9 TOTAL.

ABOLISH ICE.

26.01.2026 02:32 👍 3343 🔁 1698 💬 63 📌 77

CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.

This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting

25.01.2026 20:01 👍 18505 🔁 6902 💬 888 📌 744
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.

09.01.2026 00:15 👍 35322 🔁 9070 💬 1146 📌 524

Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.

Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.

It's an assault on American democracy.

06.01.2026 16:43 👍 2005 🔁 593 💬 103 📌 19
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

Five years ago.

06.01.2026 03:24 👍 5878 🔁 3439 💬 106 📌 282

If we are not going to follow Constitutional law then we are not the United States of America anymore.

06.01.2026 16:50 👍 35 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

05.01.2026 17:54 👍 12247 🔁 3399 💬 265 📌 142

uh holy SHIT?

01.01.2026 16:00 👍 5771 🔁 3145 💬 1 📌 0

"I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin. "And what happened?" pressed Ford. "It committed suicide," said Marvin

31.12.2025 08:50 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Betty Reid Soskin, once the nation’s oldest park ranger, has died at age 104 She co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, dated Jackie Robinson, delivered cash for the Black Panthers and published a memoir.

She co-founded Reid’s Records in Berkeley, dated Jackie Robinson, delivered cash for the Black Panthers and published a memoir.

21.12.2025 23:00 👍 49 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 2

His name was simply John Watson, though he preferred to be called — and some of his friends had now reluctantly agreed to this — Wonko the Sane.

28.11.2025 18:46 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Before she died, my great-grandmother told me what her mother told her as swastika uniforms took her to the gas chambers:

"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.

A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."

Never again is now.

20.11.2025 23:55 👍 433 🔁 210 💬 24 📌 5
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LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

02.11.2025 08:42 👍 3283 🔁 1774 💬 414 📌 587
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What does BART have against The Prisoner title sequence?

31.10.2025 16:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

26.10.2025 19:00 👍 4473 🔁 1892 💬 172 📌 77
cover of book

cover of book

book open to index pages;

1. Do not obey in advance.
2. Defend institutions.
3. Beware the one-party state.
4. Take responsibility for the face of the world.
5. Remember professional ethics.
6. Be wary of paramilitaries.
7. Be reflective if you must be armed.
8. Stand out.
9. Be kind to our language.
10. Believe in truth. 
11. Investigate.
12. Make eye contact and small talk.
13. Practice corporeal politics.
14. Establish a privatelife.
15. Contribute to good causes.
16. Learn from peers in other countries.
17. Listen for dangerous words.
18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19. Be a patriot.
20. Be as courageous as you can.

book open to index pages; 1. Do not obey in advance. 2. Defend institutions. 3. Beware the one-party state. 4. Take responsibility for the face of the world. 5. Remember professional ethics. 6. Be wary of paramilitaries. 7. Be reflective if you must be armed. 8. Stand out. 9. Be kind to our language. 10. Believe in truth. 11. Investigate. 12. Make eye contact and small talk. 13. Practice corporeal politics. 14. Establish a privatelife. 15. Contribute to good causes. 16. Learn from peers in other countries. 17. Listen for dangerous words. 18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. 19. Be a patriot. 20. Be as courageous as you can.

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder ©️ 2017

16.10.2025 20:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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San Francisco nights

10.10.2025 02:00 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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San Francisco days

09.10.2025 19:53 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

06.10.2025 02:14 👍 11586 🔁 2948 💬 231 📌 80

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

27.09.2025 23:34 👍 8073 🔁 1755 💬 151 📌 159

Disney has and always will repackage your dreams and sell them back to you.

21.09.2025 07:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

18.09.2025 18:39 👍 60089 🔁 16805 💬 1907 📌 897

If Andor taught us one thing, it’s that we should probably cancel Disney+ right now.

18.09.2025 03:43 👍 1532 🔁 333 💬 67 📌 19
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Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everywhere, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

400 days, if we survive that long www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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