From personal experience, Northeastern’s rapid expansion was an administrative trash fire. My kid had a dozen swiftly rotating advisors over his time there, none of whom could explain graduation requirements or fixing problems with anything. Great teachers, awful administration.
come with me. and you'll pee. in a room, that's built for urination.
Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
Extremely grim news from Texas.
Absurdly, a jury has decided to convict all of the defendants on most of the charges, including "Corruptly Concealing a Document" for moving a box of zines.
The jury's verdict:
www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/v...
Background on the case:
crimethinc.com/Prairieland
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What Is To Be Done? How to Take Action in Horrifying Times By Politics and Policy Lecture Series Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7pm ABOUT THIS EVENT Vollum College Center, Lecture Hall 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
Very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at Reed College this Tuesday, March 17th, about how we can fight back. Swing by if you would like to!
events.reed.edu/event/what-i...
Lumberpunk?!
My latest column 👀
Is this something we can do a Polymarket for?
In other news, my forthcoming book with @fieldsmeyer.com --ON COURAGE, How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear -- is now available for pre-order.
We interviewed 100+ dissidents worldwide to craft a practical guide to personal courage under authoritarianism.
www.harpercollins.com/products/on-...
As a secrecy cheerleader, I'll point out that text threads and serial emails are *documents* and available through the public records act. Conflating records with meetings was a mistake that needed to be fixed.
Here we see the themes and motifs that resonate with me most deeply: difficult and weighty moral choices, strategic and tactical thinking, full-throated artistic expression, defense of that which needs and deserves defending, savage parody, things blowing up
The Oregonian failing to acknowledge the genuine *serial* communications problem by whatabouting some imaginary secret work session problem.
Nearly a dozen former military lawyers filed a document in federal court Tuesday supporting the removal of an Army attorney who was appointed as the sole prosecutor in a case against a man accused of assaulting federal law enforcement officers in Minnesota.
A collection of 9 anti-ICE and related signs; messages include variations of “ICE OUT” and love for neighbors.
A collection of 9 anti-ICE and related signs; messages include “A person was stolen by ICE here” and “ICE + CBP are scum”
I’ve been photographing anti-ICE and related yard/window/tree/street signs around Minneapolis. The variety of commercial and especially handmade signs is amazing, as is the urge for people to let their neighbors know they care and are furious in ways big and small. Batch #5
O'Henry level twist ending here
SCOOP: Federal judiciary approves new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS.
Its full-time director will serve as a counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.
Did you know the City of Portland’s relatively robust lobbying regulations rely on self-reporting? Lobbyists are expected to register with the City, maintain records of their interactions with officials, and submit their records to the City. Not everything you might consider lobbying gets reported!
Note the level of back-channeling to try & keep someone in a role that is supposed to be a rotating thing (especially in a new form of government!) & keep out a truly great public servant like Sameer Kanal bc he believes in basic police oversight. MAGA who???? www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/03...
So excited to read this.
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other
I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.
Excellent essay on The Secret Agent
www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...
The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.
The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.
A horrific piece of rotten flesh with zero redeeming qualities and hes burning the entire planet
Fucking mood
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Three doctors and a priest are wearing masks around an operating table during the Korean War. One says, "Everybody knows war is hell.” The second jokes, "Remember you heard it here last." The third, Hawkeye, says, "War isn't hell. War is war and Hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot worse." The priest asks, "How do you figure that, Hawkeye?” “Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?" "Sinners, I believe.” "Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. But war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander."
It’s still kind of shocking how good and adult a lot of 1970s American TV was, that a show like M*A*S*H was a massive hit without dumbing anything down. Not a lot of conversations like this on sitcoms now.
Former LA Times managing editor @sarayasin.bsky.social launches The Key, a new publication about Palestine that will be "a home for journalists who have had their stories spiked in mainstream outlets."
Her opening essay is worth every second of your time: www.thekeymagazine.com/p/western-jo...
This is a really, really great interview by Shawn and Teos, which includes Brian talking about why genAI is not part of DDB’s roadmap, and why paper-and-pen gameplay remains essential.
