Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow. “Accept that this is happening. Denial...
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow. “Accept that this is happening. Denial won’t change the outcome.”
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Thing I should not be surprised by but I am somehow surprised...
Thing I should not be surprised by but I am somehow surprised by: a gold-framed photo of Trump’s mug shot on the cover of the NY Post hangs in an office near the Oval Office.
How Democracy Supporters Can Still Beat Back the Rising Tide of Fascism....
How Democracy Supporters Can Still Beat Back the Rising Tide of Fascism. “We are (still) in the majority. They are divided. Extreme levels of material inequality are eroding democracy. Knowledge is power. Organization matters.”
“Masses of enraged, terrified people are looking at the analog, slow-motion leadership...
“Masses of enraged, terrified people are looking at the analog, slow-motion leadership of Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer and the zero-calorie rhetoric of House leader Hakeem Jeffries and want them replaced by people who know how to fight.”
My Open Letter to Elon Musk. “I will use every tool at...
My Open Letter to Elon Musk. “I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.”
A bunch of libertarians took over a small NH town and couldn’t...
A bunch of libertarians took over a small NH town and couldn’t stop the bear attacks. “Several of the town residents had taken to feeding the bears, more or less just because they could.” Ah, FAFO strikes again.
Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities...
Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities (and imagination). “The world we have known is the world that is bound up with the movement toward greater destruction. What about a world we are yet to know?”
Political scientist Adam Przeworski (born in Nazi-occupied Poland) is keeping a diary....
Political scientist Adam Przeworski (born in Nazi-occupied Poland) is keeping a diary. “I am trying to find categories in which to place the current situation and historical precedents from which one could draw some enlightenment. I fail in both.”
“If you’re looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as...
“If you’re looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here’s a thread of where to start.”
87% Of Loud Crashing Noises Are Nothing, Report Top Experts From Other...
87% Of Loud Crashing Noises Are Nothing, Report Top Experts From Other Room. “Despite initially reporting ‘Dammit!’ and ‘God dammit!’ separated by several seconds…”
Microsoft claims they’ve made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing involving Majorana...
Microsoft claims they’ve made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing involving Majorana quasiparticles. “It’s theoretically possible for an electron to hide itself, with each half hiding at either end of the wire.” 😳
Where Do Trans Kids Go from Here? “I never thought that my...
Where Do Trans Kids Go from Here? “I never thought that my country would want to disappear my child, and would want to essentially deny her existence as a person.” Heartbreaking, infuriating, cruel, immoral.
The Information Overwhelm
In the most recent issue of Garbage Day, Ryan Broderick writes about how Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone with shit” has been embraced by the Trump administration in both governance and in messaging.
The brain-breaking feeling you get watching something like the ASMR video or...
Here’s a site that tracks how much of Project 2025 has been...
Here’s a site that tracks how much of Project 2025 has been implemented. Currently at 34%.
“Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate...
“Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power”. Here’s how that has played out recently in Türkiye, Benin, Hungary, and Venezuela.
“The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should...
“The odds of a city-killer asteroid impact in 2032 keep rising. Should we be worried?” If the JWST can’t rule out an impact in the next few months, we may have to wait until 2028 to know for sure. “Bit awkward, if so.”
Timothy Snyder recaps what he heard at the Munich Security Conference about...
Timothy Snyder recaps what he heard at the Munich Security Conference about the new foreign policy strategy being pursued by the Trump administration. He calls it “affirmative action for dictators” (of Russia and China).
They’re Purposefully Traumatizing the Federal Workforce
Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platform committee for the 2024 election, and is currently the director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau....
If you’re wondering “where are all the protests?!”, they are happening all...
If you’re wondering “where are all the protests?!”, they are happening all over the place. “From Stonewall to Tesla dealerships, protesters are pioneering a form of opposition that doesn’t necessarily center on Washington, D.C.”
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump. “I believe that it’s we...
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump. “I believe that it’s we elites, who do not enjoy getting dogpiled on social media or having college students yell at us about settler colonialism, who are the most put off by the hyperwokeness of our era.”
Lizzie Wade’s forthcoming book is about human resilience in the face of...
Lizzie Wade’s forthcoming book is about human resilience in the face of cataclysm. “For millennia, the rich & powerful have conspired to conceal how resourceful, creative, and resilient humans beings are, and always have been, when the worst befalls us.”
Unbelievably Cruel ASMR Video by the White House of Deporting Immigrants
This afternoon on Twitter, the official White House account posted an ASMR video of an immigrant deportation flight. Elon Musk quoted-tweeted the video with “Haha wow 🧌🏅”. Here’s a screen recording I made of the video & tweet:
A popular genre on YouTube, ASMR videos a...
Over the past 20 years, archaeologists working in the Amazon have found...
Over the past 20 years, archaeologists working in the Amazon have found evidence of an ancient civilization that reached a peak population of 1 million around 150 CE.
Good read. “Dismantling the federal government to prevent that from happening was...
Good read. “Dismantling the federal government to prevent that from happening was a key object of the conservative project before Trump. It has remained so with him at the head of the Republican party and will remain so whenever his time is up.”
The War on DEI Is a Smoke Screen. “MAGA’s attacks on ‘wokeness’...
The War on DEI Is a Smoke Screen. “MAGA’s attacks on ‘wokeness’ and diversity, equity, and inclusion are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.”
Ethan Marcotte resigned from his job at 18F (a GSA subsidiary) rather...
Ethan Marcotte resigned from his job at 18F (a GSA subsidiary) rather than participate in the Trump/Musk purge of gov’t employees. “I didn’t want to sit down with anyone involved in that, and pretend like any part of their work was lawful, legitimate, or moral.”
Musk and the Trump Administration are lying about not purging anyone from...
Musk and the Trump Administration are lying about not purging anyone from the FAA involved in safety. A fired FAA employee: “The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated. This is a very real threat to the American flying public.”
In case you need a new t-shirt: READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS. “All...
In case you need a new t-shirt: READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS. “All proceeds from this campaign are going to SafePlace International in Oakland.”
150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security
Elon Musk has claimed that his “DOGE” team has found evidence of “massive fraud” at the Social Security Administration, alleging that 150-year-old Americans were receiving benefit checks. I saw this claim easily debunked over the weekend, but Wired has a good writeup of it. ...
Marisa Kabas: Elon Musk & his young acolytes are actual, open Nazis....
Marisa Kabas: Elon Musk & his young acolytes are actual, open Nazis. “Whatever comes to mind when you think of a Nazi, that is for whom this country is currently being run.”