As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
on the one hand I agree with everyone, ICE doesn’t stand a chance
but also. sorry to be a spoilsport but we know they’ve been trying to incite riots and failing because of Minnesota Nice. they don’t need an excuse, we know that, but they will still get one in Philly
Indeed - I too have tried to warn this:
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Remember that the UK has far, far weaker protections against state power than did the US. And the latter folded up like a pack of cards. The US is a warning from the British future.
This book has been on my mind too. Minneapolis has been through this so many times.
“I am a Marine veteran…telling you to your face they are unprofessional, pathetic cowards...if…an 18 year old Marine, did that in Iraq in the middle of a war zone, he would be court martialed because it is murder. And you pathetic little cowards who have to wear face masks…prosecute ICE right now.”
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
Okay sorry one more shot:
I’m gonna come back to this after coffee because, yes, climate change is one of the biggest threats to our built heritage right now and this is only a small bunker but it’s going to be the start of a trend of buildings toppling off cliffs
Translation:
NATO told him to get fucked on Greenland. Now he’s going to try to sell putting the Golden Dome (which we were already going to do) in Greenland as a win.
I was just writing about how the bad guys in Doctor Who often have buffoonish master plans only to read in the actual news that Trump intends to raise punitive taxes on Americans until Europe gives up & gives him Greenland
it’s been a strange night. I’ll probably post about it tomorrow but I wrote about it on patreon, which I occasionally remember exists. Made it free because idk maybe it’s a weird night for you, too
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Woah cool dream
Minor digression, but one thing I am going to need everyone to start internalising now is that there is not going to be a moment where Trump stands up on stage and says “I declare Civil War”
that is not how it works. These things get named by the outside and after the fact
Tomorrow's episode is going to be a big one...
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
Well…2025 was the year the masks came off the old system.
As we step into 2026, how do we bring Power to those with Wisdom and craft a system that will see us through?
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
Owls in Towels: exactly what it says on the tin.
Because traditions matter - even if they're only 6 years old - here's my round-up of books, poetry, podcasts—and one magazine—that have maximally impacted my year (not including those on the podcast)
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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naturally one has to say “ok fuck this” about the president’s deranged post but let’s always remember to then be pivoting to the actual subject when he tries to shift the focus over onto himself, which is always what he’s doing
the good that you do persists in this world
it's also such a perfect gesture to symbolize resignation, "i'm out," etc, I bet it gets adopted by humans. kids miming taking their headset off when particularly exasperated, occasionally falling over for extra emphasis
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
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Haha I had TWO meetings today where this was levelled at me 😂
Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
