Spanish PM Pedro SΓ‘nchez: βToday more than ever, it is essential to remember that one can be against a hateful regime as is the case with the Iranian regimeβ¦and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.β
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Too many βmiddle groundβ AI argumentsββI have concerns, too, but we have to adaptββproceed from what is to me a peculiar embrace of βinevitabilityβ which seems to be magical thinking, a way of depoliticizing the political, of self-soothing in the face of an overwhelming challenge.
a crab holds up a cigarette and yells "Call your senators"
JFC I've heard that Fetterman is considering supporting the SAVE act. It's a disaster of a bill that would create sweeping disenfranchisement.
Whoever your senators are, I don't care, call them. I don't wanna hear if you think they definitely will or won't support this, take 3 minutes & call.
Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasnβt even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a childβs party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
βItβs just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?β
Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
"106,636 years of federal work experience were lost across the 10,109 employees with Ph.D.s who departed STEM or health roles 1 Januaryβ30 November."
It isn't just the scientific knowledge but the *institutional* knowledge that's been lost. Rebuilding federal science will be a generational effort.
Net zero sustainable development remains the only established path to reversing this trend for ever hotter days. It is imperative politicians regain the initiative towards it. @nature.comΒ @ox.ac.ukΒ @oxmartinschool.bsky.socialΒ
STATEMENT REGARDING DETENTION OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE MEMBER IN MINNESOTA JANUARY 24, 2026 I was notified today, January 24, 2026, that a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member has been detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of Minnesota. Tribal leadership is actively working to locate the individual, gather accurate information, and coordinate with the appropriate authorities to secure their release. At this time, details surrounding the detention remain limited. I urge the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while this matter is being reviewed. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to advocate for the protection of our citizen's rights and will provide updates as appropriate.
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the OΔhΓ©thi Ε akΓ³winnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Masked government agents are conducting βshow me your papersβ stops, detaining 5-year-olds to use them as bait, and brutally murdering U.S. citizens.
Call it what it is β fascism.
History will not look fondly on politicians and so-called "leaders" of this country who stood by and enabled this.
Let's be perfectly clear: every single Republican in Congress who allows this to continue without removing this president and prosecuting these lawless ICE murderers, is declaring their allegiance to a tyrant, and themselves enemies of the very Constitution they swore to defend.
Reminder: ICEβs budget has not been renewed β the House voted, but not the Senate β It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it
Pressure your senators
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.
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Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
The regimeβs paramilitary forces are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
NEW: On heading into year two of the second Trump administration, and the necessity of pushback.
The Minnesota pushback to "Operation Metro Surge" shows the power that the people maintain in the face of Trump's authoritarianism.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
You know what we used to call "purity tests" before the internet and wreckers fucked everything up? Standards.
As Winifred said down thread: if your only standard for a representative is a letter before their name, you will continue to get played.
Translation: don't annoy my donors. Until Democratic leadership visibly sticks to its values & demonstrates integrity, they will continue to languish in low approval and weakness. As others in this thread say, the idea of rich flight has been shown a myth elsewhere eg MA
Academicsβ enthusiastic (and often uncritical) embrace of LLMs and generative artificial intelligence will be a factor in the junkification of research.
You canβt outsource thinking nor the cognitive task of gradually absorbing knowledge. Nor discernment and creativity.
Atwood on the nail
#ReneeGood laughed (gently) at Jonathan Ross
So he killed her, making sure with 3 shots
Then called her a βfucking bitchβ as her car veered out of control & crashed
A hate crime
US #misogyny is as grim as that of the #Taliban
Just manifested differently
Women die from both
What I call climate 'appeasement' - the idea that climate breakdown isn't actually going to be that bad - is growing fast, and presents as great a threat as climate denial
Climate appeasers denigrate reality as alarmism, so fostering inertia and inaction
We are in deep, deep, sh*t - fact
Well put.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
Trump is gonna run into the same problem Putin did. He'll get emboldened wrecking a bunch of weaker countries, and then he'll move on to one he shouldn't have fucked with.
So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
The "Lost Science" series from the NYT is an infuriating and heartbreaking must-read. What a security disaster -- more Americans are in harms way because of the loss of programs like this one:
THE MARKETS HAVE "CHOSEN" CLEAN TECHNOLOGY.
IT IS ONLY GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE PROPPING UP DIRTY ENERGY.
STOP VOTING FOR THEM.
#GreenParty #BCGreens
