Jessi Benwhoski

"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"

No you don't.

If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.

This is a big reason movements like BLM very often aren’t considered resistance or left movements and it’s *constantly* reflected in our rhetoric.

As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.

leftist plan to increase the birthrate:

- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"

ok i did it

www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

The thing that really gets in my craw about Tim Sweeney's bitching over AI disclosure is that these are the same people who want to tell us how great AI is going to be for games. Like, which is it? Are you proud that you're using the tool or aren't you?

The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

It's just such a transparent con. But then again, what isn't?

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."

This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

12:01 ÷73 + r/AskAnthropology •• What is the oldest lullaby or nursery rhyme that... 11 upvotes • 1 comment As far as the earliest we know of, it's another Babylonian tablet, about 4000 years old and most often known as Little Baby in the Dark House. We don't have the music for it, but again, the BBC article has a good go at describing some commonalities of the music that tends to accompany lullabies, so that might inspire you. The rough translation for that Babylonian lullaby, by the way, is: Little Baby in the dark house You have seen the sun rise Why are you crying? Why are you screaming? You have disturbed the house god. 'Who has disturbed me?' says the house god. 'It is the baby who has disturbed you! 'Who scared me?' says the house god. 'The baby has disturbed you, the baby has scared you, making noises like a drunkard who cannot sit still on his stool. He has disturbed your sleep! 'Call the baby now, says the house god. • 4 Reply A & Vote & Join the conversation

check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

Black and white ink drawing of a giant stag silhouette towering above a pine forest.

Inktober Day 5: Deer

Big shadowy deer.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Art #DailyArt #Drawing #Deer

Black and white ink drawing of murky water with multiple eyes scattered and looking out.

Inktober Day 4: Murky

Already running a day behind.

I don't think this concept quite worked. But to quote the Doubleclicks "Getting it right is not the point as long as you create".

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawing #Art #DailyArt #Ink #Murky #Eyes

A black and white ink drawing of a fictional, jeweled crown.

Forgot to post this yesterday.

Inktober Day 3: Crown

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Crown #Drawing #Ink #DailyArt #Art

Black and white ink drawing of an orb weaver spider.

Inktober Day 2: Weave

Loosely based on a yellow orb weaver spider. Some artistic license was taken.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Ink #Drawing #Art #DailyArt #Weave #Spider #OrbWeaver #Web #Arachnid

DAY-1
Mustache

今年もよろしくお願いします――

#inktober2025 #inktober #traditionalart #Original #art

Granny Ruby is the best: her gems are the most tasty and her whiskers are fluffy and long!
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Day 1 Inktober theme was a mustache, but I prefer to name it whiskers on a dragon head :D

#artistonbluesky #inktober2025 #inktober2025day1 #inktober2025mustache #dragon

Day 1 - Moustache #Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day1 #Moustache

INKTOBER 2025
Day 1 - Moustache

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day1 #Moustache

Black and white ink drawing of a closeup of a nose and one side of a very thick and possiblu sentient mustache.

It's Inktober Time! Let's see how far I get this year!

Day 1: Mustache

A very improbable and possibly sentient mustache.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Drawing #Mustache #Ink #DailyArt

I don't think I've ever seen as many ads for Disney+ before as I have in the past few days.

Desperate, panicking advertising push or just the algorithms noticing that a gazillion people are talking about it?

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.