This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.
The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.
Relaxing in the ace-ness of it all.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Just ordered a book from my local Waterstones. Click and collect so I’ll get it on way home tonight. As cheap as Amazon. Also bought an instant camera earlier this week from Argos, cheaper than on Amazon. It’s proving very easy not to use the evil billionaire’s website. More of you should try it.
KNOXVILLE STUDENTS: “To see this many people come out, it means so much. Because living in the South it can feel isolating to have these different viewpoints.”
Huge student-led anti-ICE walkout happened today, despite threats of discipline from school officials💪🏽
(From WBIR)
IF Americans take back their country (BIG if), it'll take SO MUCH WORK, & SO much money to undo the *foretold* damage that criminal traitor Donald Trump is inflicting on American institutions that took CENTURIES to build.
What a self-inflicted tragedy.
Because "Trump will lower my egg prices"..
Donald Trump continues to consolidate power and show a flagrant disregard for the rule of law. This arrest is another affront to our rights and freedoms and should alarm and enrage us.
Wikimedia has entered into an agreement to _limit the damage AI companies are doing to them_. Libby is actively producing AI content. These are radically different things, so it makes sense that they would receive different reactions.
More of this messaging please. AOC shouldn't be the only one.
"Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place."
I published this piece on January 9th, 2021. It remains all too relevant.
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/m...
Not one word of condemnation by our government of Trump's illegal act of war in Venezuela.
Not one word.
As much as this pains me as an American, the US is a rogue nation ruled by a despot unbound by national or international law. The free world must quickly form a new alliance perhaps across new borders to protect itself. Our engineered Supreme Court and supine Congress lack the courage to help you.
Notable to me that fed-up leaders of Greenland and Denmark are not only telling Trump to stop his threats, but also suggesting that their NATO/EU compadres should speak up against the bluster as well. I’ve seen messages of support from Finland, Norway & Sweden today.
📌It must be clearly articulated that we will not survive three more years of this frenetic, bloody pace. Trump’s “presidency” has been chaotic, brutal and has accomplished nothing but weakening our standing in the world, and making our day-to-day lives far more challenging, expensive, and stressful.
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
No, it’s much worse than that—since 1985 he’s openly said we should work with Russia to divide the world between us “for peace” and bomb or starve all other countries into submission by cutting aid, including punishing our NATO allies—sound familiar?
www.slate.com/articles/new...
I worked for DOJ. I don't think people realize how dangerous it is for the White House to takeover the daily operations of the Justice Department.
Christmas innovations that you can’t believe nobody thought of until somebody did: Icicle lights and THIS
15. Less than I used to do. Focusing more on other aspects of my life and don't need the distraction as much. Though on some days off I still have marathon runs. 😛
I'm pretty good about recording it in my journal. Maybe some day I'll tabulate it all and make a sexy chart...
Graphic with the headline “Put your money where your values matter.” Below is a screenshot of a social media post by a user named Lucas Kavner. The post reads: “Reminder: Lowe’s just donated 25 million to help minority owned businesses reopen. Home Depot founder donated 7 mil to Trump. Go to Lowe’s.” The background is dark, with white text and a small profile photo in the corner.
Americans may have opposed the GULAG but let's not kid ourselves:
Americans are more than comfortable with their own incredibly brutal and sadistic penal system. Look at what goes on at Angola and ADX Florence.
Remember this is a country where jokes about prison rpe are normal.
Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder Important to realize that Trump's approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It's not even American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. It's America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. That's the one logic that makes it all make sense. There is no conception of US interests, including an imperial one, in which this makes sense. 6:01 PM • 27 Mar 25 • 73.8K Views
Respectfully,
You say Trump is “Making America the Soviet Union,” but it’s even worse than that.
He’s making the USA a *vassal state* of the Russian Federation.
(Note: A vassal state’s “a political entity that, while potentially having internal autonomy, is subordinate to a more powerful state.”)
Collage of vintage boxes and tins containing old items like matches, cigarettes, medicines, and documents.
🎁 Ever heard someone say, “It’s a shame to tear the packaging”?
We agree! At the National Museum of Ireland, boxes and containers tell stories as fascinating as what’s inside.
Discover more in our latest blog: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #NMIBlog #RegistrationCorner #Museumology #MuseumBlog
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
This isn’t working.
Not to protect anyone, but because I’m sick of his fucking face. You’re welcome.
