Pinned
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” ― Audre Lorde
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The Oversight Project, a spinoff of the Heritage Foundation, filed sweeping records requests to Western Washington University, asking for course materials related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The project, which intends to target higher education institutions, has worried professors nationwide
WWU focus of sweeping records requests from conservative group | Cascadia Daily News
Oversight Project looking for ‘remnants of DEI.’ Professors say it endangers academic freedom
www.cascadiadaily.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The Oversight Project, a spinoff of the Heritage Foundation, filed sweeping records requests to Western Washington University, asking for course materials related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The project, which intends to target higher education institutions, has worried professors nationwide
Add to the pile of bigotries and racisms of the right a new one: being *too* white.
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Add to the pile of bigotries and racisms of the right a new one: being *too* white.
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427.90 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Jan-2026
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keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
427.90 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Jan-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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Seattle Area protests:
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30
* 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses.
* 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30
* 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses.
* 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social
Sustained strikes and protests are how you overthrow regimes. Keep building. The regime is cracking down and arresting journalists, murdering people in cold blood, stealing ballots. That is because they are scared. They want the momentum to stop. Are we going to give them what they want?
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Seattle Area protests:
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30
* 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses.
* 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 1/30
* 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 12:00–2:00pm, rally and vigil to honor Alex Pretti, Coupville Overpass Bridge, led by Whidbey Island nurses.
* 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲, 1:30pm, Target Must Stop Enabling ICE Terror, Pike and 2nd (in front of Target), @troublemakers.bsky.social
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Sustained strikes and protests are how you overthrow regimes. Keep building. The regime is cracking down and arresting journalists, murdering people in cold blood, stealing ballots. That is because they are scared. They want the momentum to stop. Are we going to give them what they want?
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Sustained strikes and protests are how you overthrow regimes. Keep building. The regime is cracking down and arresting journalists, murdering people in cold blood, stealing ballots. That is because they are scared. They want the momentum to stop. Are we going to give them what they want?
New from 404 Media: here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE. A map shows people on a map; ICE clicks them, brings up their dossier. ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target. We obtained it, you can now read the document for yourself: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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At least two Portland-based architects are closing their offices to support the general strike tomorrow against ICE.
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
At least two Portland-based architects are closing their offices to support the general strike tomorrow against ICE.
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In an unsubtle nod, the "Greater Than" campaign reworks the once-ubiquitous HRC's Marriage Equality "Equal" sign into an unmistakable call for heterosexual superiority.
No offense but if straights are really so superior why are you always stealing our ideas
No offense but if straights are really so superior why are you always stealing our ideas
January 29, 2026 at 11:53 PM
In an unsubtle nod, the "Greater Than" campaign reworks the once-ubiquitous HRC's Marriage Equality "Equal" sign into an unmistakable call for heterosexual superiority.
No offense but if straights are really so superior why are you always stealing our ideas
No offense but if straights are really so superior why are you always stealing our ideas
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Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family, FRC and a host of other groups just launched a broadside campaign against marriage equality, saying that Obergefell is, wait for it ... "harmful to children."
Greater Than Campaign
YouTube video by Them Before Us
youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family, FRC and a host of other groups just launched a broadside campaign against marriage equality, saying that Obergefell is, wait for it ... "harmful to children."
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"I begged my wife for the last two months to stop calling me flaccid. That kind of rhetoric needed to stop. I said to her in March--if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be a black eye. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anyone with a black eye. But I warned her."
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
"I begged my wife for the last two months to stop calling me flaccid. That kind of rhetoric needed to stop. I said to her in March--if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be a black eye. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anyone with a black eye. But I warned her."
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Mayor Wilson just announced that Seattle PD will investigate and document ICE activity and share verified information with community partners ‼️
This should be the bare minimum everywhere. Every city and county should follow suit and the Governor should direct State Patrol to do the same.
This should be the bare minimum everywhere. Every city and county should follow suit and the Governor should direct State Patrol to do the same.
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Mayor Wilson just announced that Seattle PD will investigate and document ICE activity and share verified information with community partners ‼️
This should be the bare minimum everywhere. Every city and county should follow suit and the Governor should direct State Patrol to do the same.
This should be the bare minimum everywhere. Every city and county should follow suit and the Governor should direct State Patrol to do the same.
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427.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 28-Jan-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
427.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 28-Jan-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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All your favorite bands hate fascism.
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
All your favorite bands hate fascism.
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Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
So my "Democratic" rep @adamsmith.house.gov took $106,000 from Palantir and I was wondering why he thought honoring Charlie Kirk was a good idea. He's just a shill for fascism, representing one of the most progressive cities in the nation.
Who takes Palantir’s money? A new tracker finds out.
Who takes Palantir's money? A new tracker finds out.
ICE relies on the firm for deportation tech—and its PAC pays it forward to Congress.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
So my "Democratic" rep @adamsmith.house.gov took $106,000 from Palantir and I was wondering why he thought honoring Charlie Kirk was a good idea. He's just a shill for fascism, representing one of the most progressive cities in the nation.
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Another day, among too many to count, when this is as true as it was in 1963, and just as important not just for racial justice but for democracy, period.
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Another day, among too many to count, when this is as true as it was in 1963, and just as important not just for racial justice but for democracy, period.
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Southern Resident Conservation Groups Against More Affordable Housing Just Assuming Orcas Also Racist: tinyurl.com/mt72h683
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Southern Resident Conservation Groups Against More Affordable Housing Just Assuming Orcas Also Racist: tinyurl.com/mt72h683
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The southern resident orca wish you would live slightly closer together so they could ingest less of your brake dust.
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The southern resident orca wish you would live slightly closer together so they could ingest less of your brake dust.
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I’m on a Spanish news show right now doing a special on ICE and the host—this very experienced journalist who has reported in Ukraine and Afghanistan etc—is more scared about her upcoming visit to Minneapolis than anywhere she’s ever covered…
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I’m on a Spanish news show right now doing a special on ICE and the host—this very experienced journalist who has reported in Ukraine and Afghanistan etc—is more scared about her upcoming visit to Minneapolis than anywhere she’s ever covered…
"The gender clinic's closure will leave 320 young people, more than half of whom are under 18, without care."
- A Tacoma Children's Hospital Is Closing Their Gender Clinic
- Amazon Is Closing Their Grocery Stores
- Department of Homeland Security Will Investigate Their Own Shooting
Get this news and more at The Stranger.
- Amazon Is Closing Their Grocery Stores
- Department of Homeland Security Will Investigate Their Own Shooting
Get this news and more at The Stranger.
Slog AM: A Tacoma Children's Hospital Is Closing Their Gender Clinic, Amazon Is Closing Their Grocery Stores, and the Department of Homeland Security Will Investigate Their Own Shooting
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
www.thestranger.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
"The gender clinic's closure will leave 320 young people, more than half of whom are under 18, without care."
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Rep Smith taking credit for Seattle's $155M housing investment he had zero involvement in.
It's 100% city funding. City council. City mayor.
He's a federal congressman attaching himself to local work.
It's 100% city funding. City council. City mayor.
He's a federal congressman attaching himself to local work.
I support Seattle’s efforts to dedicate $33 million to preserving affordable rental housing units, as well as $64 million for the construction of 439 new affordable homes.
Seattle details $155M in 2025 affordable housing support including construction, preservation, and new ‘stabilization’ spending on existing buildings
Seattle City Hall has released its roster of 2025 affordable rental housing investments including funding for the development of three new buildings, plus $33 million to support preservation of exi…
www.capitolhillseattle.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Rep Smith taking credit for Seattle's $155M housing investment he had zero involvement in.
It's 100% city funding. City council. City mayor.
He's a federal congressman attaching himself to local work.
It's 100% city funding. City council. City mayor.
He's a federal congressman attaching himself to local work.
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks