Bailey McCann
@baileymcc.bsky.social
Writer / author - RCJH - I'll make typos sometimes - you'll survive, trust me.
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BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
www.dr.dk
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Both Walz/Frey have been in a defensive crouch & it's clear this is escalating because they didn't just hand the keys to the state over to a bunch of thugs but merely let them operate with total impunity, if they're gonna get hit either way, other blue states should skip these steps & fight back
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Both Walz/Frey have been in a defensive crouch & it's clear this is escalating because they didn't just hand the keys to the state over to a bunch of thugs but merely let them operate with total impunity, if they're gonna get hit either way, other blue states should skip these steps & fight back
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🧵Applications are now open for the second-ever Disinformation Summer Institute, taking place June 15-18, 2026 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The deadline to apply is February 15.
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
🧵Applications are now open for the second-ever Disinformation Summer Institute, taking place June 15-18, 2026 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The deadline to apply is February 15.
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
This is the energy
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is the energy
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This is the most important part. You need whistles we send whistles. You don't pay, you just get whistles.
We do not accept payment for whistles, and will ship anywhere between 100 and 1000. If you know someone with an org that needs even more than that, they can reach out and we can work with them!
Do not be afraid to ask for 100 whistles if you just want to radicalize your PTA group. WE WANT THAT! 💓
Do not be afraid to ask for 100 whistles if you just want to radicalize your PTA group. WE WANT THAT! 💓
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
This is the most important part. You need whistles we send whistles. You don't pay, you just get whistles.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
I said it yesterday, but that sound clip of people screaming in the streets trying to protect each other should follow every single congressional dem wherever they go forever
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I said it yesterday, but that sound clip of people screaming in the streets trying to protect each other should follow every single congressional dem wherever they go forever
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And sure enough, OpenAI just announced it would be introducing ads to ChatGPT.
Good thing @mbogen.bsky.social & I wrote about the incentives this would create for AI companies, and how those incentives were likely to shape the user experience. TL;DR: it's not great!
#itsthebusinessmodel
Good thing @mbogen.bsky.social & I wrote about the incentives this would create for AI companies, and how those incentives were likely to shape the user experience. TL;DR: it's not great!
#itsthebusinessmodel
New report from @mbogen.bsky.social & yours truly, on how the big AI companies are trying to make money and what it means for all of us.
I am more proud of the title than I have any right to be.
I am more proud of the title than I have any right to be.
🚨NEW REPORT from CDT’s @mbogen.bsky.social & @nathaliemarechal.net: Risky Business: Advanced AI Companies’ Race for Revenue. It explores how frontier AI companies’ business models and structures can shape user rights, safety, and the future of AI. cdt.org/insights/ris...
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
And sure enough, OpenAI just announced it would be introducing ads to ChatGPT.
Good thing @mbogen.bsky.social & I wrote about the incentives this would create for AI companies, and how those incentives were likely to shape the user experience. TL;DR: it's not great!
#itsthebusinessmodel
Good thing @mbogen.bsky.social & I wrote about the incentives this would create for AI companies, and how those incentives were likely to shape the user experience. TL;DR: it's not great!
#itsthebusinessmodel
I went into McDonalds for the first time in a very long time and man it is pure dystopia at this point
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I went into McDonalds for the first time in a very long time and man it is pure dystopia at this point
If they still allow history to be taught in the future kids are gonna hear that sound clip of people blowing whistles and yelling stay inside - I would argue it should be blaring in the halls of congressional offices before then because they should not be allowed to escape this
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
If they still allow history to be taught in the future kids are gonna hear that sound clip of people blowing whistles and yelling stay inside - I would argue it should be blaring in the halls of congressional offices before then because they should not be allowed to escape this
I’ll take things the US is not prepared to deal with for $200
Colombian guerrilla group ELN backs pact to fight US 'to defend the homeland'
Colombian guerrilla group ELN backs pact to fight US 'to defend the homeland'
Since September, US forces are believed to have killed more than 100 people in strikes on alleged trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. Colombia and Venezuela share a 2,200-kilometer (1,400-mile) border where various armed groups vie for control of the profits from drug trafficking, illegal mining, and smuggling.
www.lemonde.fr
January 16, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I’ll take things the US is not prepared to deal with for $200
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had a really interesting conversation last night with an investor and died-in-the-wool capitalist where the conclusion was something like, most Americans don't realize that functioning capital markets and the rule of law are America's actual superpowers and those things could absolutely end
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
had a really interesting conversation last night with an investor and died-in-the-wool capitalist where the conclusion was something like, most Americans don't realize that functioning capital markets and the rule of law are America's actual superpowers and those things could absolutely end
We will probably still have the midterms but whether they count for anything or are like running a midterm in Belarus is the question
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We will probably still have the midterms but whether they count for anything or are like running a midterm in Belarus is the question
has there been a year in the last ten that there hasn't been at least one city in some kind of low level conflict with law enforcement
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM
has there been a year in the last ten that there hasn't been at least one city in some kind of low level conflict with law enforcement
Frey exhibiting less fortitude than the average Minnesota wine mom is extremely on brand for elected dems
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Frey exhibiting less fortitude than the average Minnesota wine mom is extremely on brand for elected dems
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It just strikes me as incredibly limited thinking to insist ICE is the only way to do immigration enforcement. It borders on the imbecilic.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It just strikes me as incredibly limited thinking to insist ICE is the only way to do immigration enforcement. It borders on the imbecilic.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
We can have immigration enforcement without this morally desiccated agency. DHS has only existed under four presidents.
Show some vision.
The aesthetic of this is so specific. Here’s the white box that houses the inventory of the 3 stores PE allows to operate; the white box data center you’re paying for against your will; the white box concentration camp; the white box spitting VC backed robot made slop bowls & calling it food
"The Department of Homeland Security appears to be moving ahead with a new immigrant detention facility to hold as many as 1,500 detainees in Chester, New York — just over an hour from New York City." — @gwynnefitz.bsky.social reports
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/14/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/14/c...
ICE Opening Huge Lockup 50 Miles North of New York City
The coming “processing facility” is already triggering protests upstate.
www.thecity.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The aesthetic of this is so specific. Here’s the white box that houses the inventory of the 3 stores PE allows to operate; the white box data center you’re paying for against your will; the white box concentration camp; the white box spitting VC backed robot made slop bowls & calling it food
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In UPS crash, NTSB probing MD-11 engine mount issue first identified by Boeing in 2011 theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @willguisbond.com & @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
In UPS crash, NTSB probing MD-11 engine mount issue first identified by Boeing in 2011
Rare mid-investigation update sheds light on previously disclosed engine attachment cracks
theaircurrent.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
In UPS crash, NTSB probing MD-11 engine mount issue first identified by Boeing in 2011 theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @willguisbond.com & @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
Given what we already know about the warrantless data grabs they are doing - what on earth would make anyone think a QR code is safe to scan
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Given what we already know about the warrantless data grabs they are doing - what on earth would make anyone think a QR code is safe to scan
A temporary funding pause, QR codes, body cams, training - absolutely none of these things change the situation at all which is the point of proposing them
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
A temporary funding pause, QR codes, body cams, training - absolutely none of these things change the situation at all which is the point of proposing them
If the agents continue to say its illegal to record them and you pull your phone to scan the QR code, they won't be able to differentiate which means the phone user is likely to face retribution which Torres would know if he was at all interested in actually fixing this or even slowing it down
January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
If the agents continue to say its illegal to record them and you pull your phone to scan the QR code, they won't be able to differentiate which means the phone user is likely to face retribution which Torres would know if he was at all interested in actually fixing this or even slowing it down
When you've lost Eisen...
EISEN: Didn't you admit what Trump is doing to Powell is coercion?
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
When you've lost Eisen...
No new funding for ICE as a message belies the fact that they just got a huge wad of cash that they likely haven’t worked through yet so saying this now just maintains the status quo
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
No new funding for ICE as a message belies the fact that they just got a huge wad of cash that they likely haven’t worked through yet so saying this now just maintains the status quo
Fascinating how many up and comers have figured out that just saying “I don’t hate you” is a message that converts - might be useful for others to absorb that context
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Fascinating how many up and comers have figured out that just saying “I don’t hate you” is a message that converts - might be useful for others to absorb that context
You should read this not just because it’s good but also because if they succeed here they are gonna come for Title IX in totality
today's updates:
- I listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument in the trans sports cases so you don't have to
- John Roberts and co continue to have their heads lodged, firmly yet comfortably, in their asses
- I am very tired
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/john-...
- I listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument in the trans sports cases so you don't have to
- John Roberts and co continue to have their heads lodged, firmly yet comfortably, in their asses
- I am very tired
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/john-...
John Roberts Wouldn’t Recognize an Anti-Trans Law If It Slapped Him in the Face
The chief justice who doesn’t think banning healthcare for trans kids discriminates against trans people is ready to look the other way again.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
You should read this not just because it’s good but also because if they succeed here they are gonna come for Title IX in totality