David Moore
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today i wrote for @flaminghydra.com about how movies should be gayer (and stop drafting actresses for 5 line parts to prove main characters aren't gay for each other) flaminghydra.com/issue-491/#w...
This guy’s in love with you
Tal Lavin watches some movies
flaminghydra.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
today i wrote for @flaminghydra.com about how movies should be gayer (and stop drafting actresses for 5 line parts to prove main characters aren't gay for each other) flaminghydra.com/issue-491/#w...
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TODAY: @swordsjew.bsky.social on the Obligatory Heterosexual Interludes of cinema. "She is there to kiss and evaporate, thereby dispersing the mists of gay passion that might otherwise have gathered and precipitated into action." flaminghydra.com/r/2eaecda2?m...
This guy’s in love with you
Tal Lavin watches some movies
flaminghydra.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
TODAY: @swordsjew.bsky.social on the Obligatory Heterosexual Interludes of cinema. "She is there to kiss and evaporate, thereby dispersing the mists of gay passion that might otherwise have gathered and precipitated into action." flaminghydra.com/r/2eaecda2?m...
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Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s plans to interfere in the midterms are becoming more dangerous
The seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia follows the DOJ’s demands for voter data in Minnesota.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The winners of a recent safe streets hack-a-thon have put together an easy-to-use tool to sort through data on New York State's worst recidivist speeders.
How to Use Data to Fight For Safe Streets and Stop Super Speeders - Streetsblog New York City
College coders built a simple tool for DMV staff and administrators to identify repeat dangerous speeding behavior.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The winners of a recent safe streets hack-a-thon have put together an easy-to-use tool to sort through data on New York State's worst recidivist speeders.
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TODAY: Misha Angrist in conversation with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus. “[B]ringing in characters like RFK Jr. and showing his absolute disregard for reality... I thought, ‘This is a little bit too over the top. Maybe I should leave this out?’” flaminghydra.com/r/333ce9c3?m...
Recurring infection
Misha Angrist in conversation with Seth Mnookin, author of 'The Panic Virus'
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January 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
TODAY: Misha Angrist in conversation with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus. “[B]ringing in characters like RFK Jr. and showing his absolute disregard for reality... I thought, ‘This is a little bit too over the top. Maybe I should leave this out?’” flaminghydra.com/r/333ce9c3?m...
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Yeah not only are these terrible, they bear little resemblance to other asks that party caucuses are making. I just got a Hispanic Caucus list of "non-negotiables" that has like 20 other things on it.
The Senate Dems are squandering the moment in real time.
The Senate Dems are squandering the moment in real time.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Yeah not only are these terrible, they bear little resemblance to other asks that party caucuses are making. I just got a Hispanic Caucus list of "non-negotiables" that has like 20 other things on it.
The Senate Dems are squandering the moment in real time.
The Senate Dems are squandering the moment in real time.
Last week, a New York State and City partnership told us it would drop its contract with ICE, after our report (covered since 2018!) went viral.
If you're in a position to support this investigative journalism, please drop me a note. Email: david at readsludge .com, and my Signal is in my bio.
If you're in a position to support this investigative journalism, please drop me a note. Email: david at readsludge .com, and my Signal is in my bio.
Hudson River Park Trust to End Longstanding ICE Contract Following Sludge Report
After contracting with ICE since 2004, the Trust tells Sludge it will stop when the current contract ends in June.
readsludge.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Last week, a New York State and City partnership told us it would drop its contract with ICE, after our report (covered since 2018!) went viral.
If you're in a position to support this investigative journalism, please drop me a note. Email: david at readsludge .com, and my Signal is in my bio.
If you're in a position to support this investigative journalism, please drop me a note. Email: david at readsludge .com, and my Signal is in my bio.
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The US oil lobby will target the EU's landmark climate regs in 2026, per its new policy agenda.
But US oil cos have already been leveraging Trump and trade tensions to tear apart the law behind the scenes, documents show.
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
But US oil cos have already been leveraging Trump and trade tensions to tear apart the law behind the scenes, documents show.
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
Top U.S. oil lobby API targets landmark EU climate law, policy document shows
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
www.exxonknews.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The US oil lobby will target the EU's landmark climate regs in 2026, per its new policy agenda.
But US oil cos have already been leveraging Trump and trade tensions to tear apart the law behind the scenes, documents show.
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
But US oil cos have already been leveraging Trump and trade tensions to tear apart the law behind the scenes, documents show.
My latest with @desmog.com
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
Remarkable show last night from Minneapolis, check out the other videos. This one is memorable.
ICE watch volunteer: "We have shown up day after day for 8 weeks to protect each other and to protect our neighbors."
Chris Hayes "Can you outlast them?"
"I don't see any signs of slowing. What I see is more and more people stepping into their courage and moving together with one voice."
Chris Hayes "Can you outlast them?"
"I don't see any signs of slowing. What I see is more and more people stepping into their courage and moving together with one voice."
January 28, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Remarkable show last night from Minneapolis, check out the other videos. This one is memorable.
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Heated Rivalry's plot arc is also a permission structure for desire. In my latest for @flaminghydra.com I talk about queer fulfillment (the opposite of queerbaiting!), and how Letterkenny fandom pulled me into the gay hockey show. flaminghydra.com/issue-489/
Any way you want it
Origins and analysis of the pleasures of HEATED RIVALS, by Annalee Newitz
flaminghydra.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Heated Rivalry's plot arc is also a permission structure for desire. In my latest for @flaminghydra.com I talk about queer fulfillment (the opposite of queerbaiting!), and how Letterkenny fandom pulled me into the gay hockey show. flaminghydra.com/issue-489/
This week, up in the air whether Senate Dems will cave and accept "training" and Trump admin promises on ICE in exchange for votes on DHS funding bill — or whether they will heed progressives, and hold out for systemic ICE reforms.
Dem leaders make it hard, by design, to have structured debate...
Dem leaders make it hard, by design, to have structured debate...
The Struggle for Democracy in the Democratic Party
Other countries' political parties have used open tech tools to solicit input and increase accountability.
www.davidrussellmoore.net
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This week, up in the air whether Senate Dems will cave and accept "training" and Trump admin promises on ICE in exchange for votes on DHS funding bill — or whether they will heed progressives, and hold out for systemic ICE reforms.
Dem leaders make it hard, by design, to have structured debate...
Dem leaders make it hard, by design, to have structured debate...
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TODAY: @annaleen.bsky.social with the backstory of HEATED RIVALRY you never knew you needed. “Now imagine, dear reader, how I felt when Tierney finally made a show about hot gay guys getting laid, set mostly in Montreal. Was it because of my tweet?” flaminghydra.com/r/b3974086?m...
Any way you want it
Origins and analysis of the pleasures of HEATED RIVALS, by Annalee Newitz
flaminghydra.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
TODAY: @annaleen.bsky.social with the backstory of HEATED RIVALRY you never knew you needed. “Now imagine, dear reader, how I felt when Tierney finally made a show about hot gay guys getting laid, set mostly in Montreal. Was it because of my tweet?” flaminghydra.com/r/b3974086?m...
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I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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NEW: data center developers know they have a PR problem — and they’re spending big to convince you they’re good neighbors. 💻💸 grist.org/energy/data-...
Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them.
Through television ads and online campaigns, industry-backed groups are promising jobs, clean energy, and lower electricity bills.
grist.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
NEW: data center developers know they have a PR problem — and they’re spending big to convince you they’re good neighbors. 💻💸 grist.org/energy/data-...
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When you look at the whole freakish thing from the beginning you can clearly see the threat to (the real) Western Civ.
new from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
new from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
Puppet show
Maria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia
flaminghydra.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
When you look at the whole freakish thing from the beginning you can clearly see the threat to (the real) Western Civ.
new from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
new from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
Emailing Touch and Go Records to ask for a chopped version of "Not Anymore" from Die Kreuzen (1984) to use in a blog post about what Giannis has meant to Milwaukee... and me
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Emailing Touch and Go Records to ask for a chopped version of "Not Anymore" from Die Kreuzen (1984) to use in a blog post about what Giannis has meant to Milwaukee... and me
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TODAY: @mariabustillos.com on MAGA’s long fascination with Putin’s version of power. “Viewed through this lens, MAGA’s every move has made all the sense in the world” flaminghydra.com/r/22c4c493?m...
Puppet show
Maria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia
flaminghydra.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:12 AM
TODAY: @mariabustillos.com on MAGA’s long fascination with Putin’s version of power. “Viewed through this lens, MAGA’s every move has made all the sense in the world” flaminghydra.com/r/22c4c493?m...
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social, deflected his choice when asked on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social about reinvesting in Israel bonds.
In response to Q's, he acknowledged that NYC has policies on divestment from fossil fuels, then retreated to "fiduciary duty..."
In response to Q's, he acknowledged that NYC has policies on divestment from fossil fuels, then retreated to "fiduciary duty..."
New Yorkers Say: Mark Levine, No Pension Money for Israel Bonds!
In 2024, city comptroller Brad Lander ended a decades-long state of exception enjoyed by the Israeli government, which was the only foreign country that city pension funds were directly invested in. P...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine, @marklevinenyc.bsky.social, deflected his choice when asked on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social about reinvesting in Israel bonds.
In response to Q's, he acknowledged that NYC has policies on divestment from fossil fuels, then retreated to "fiduciary duty..."
In response to Q's, he acknowledged that NYC has policies on divestment from fossil fuels, then retreated to "fiduciary duty..."
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tfw when the imperialism is boomeranging
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
tfw when the imperialism is boomeranging
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Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
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YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
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Brand-name companies with ICE contracts under the Trump administration:
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Brand-name companies with ICE contracts under the Trump administration:
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
- AT&T
- Dell
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- FedEx
- Stamps .com
- Xerox, and others
See the $$ amounts in our searchable list:
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye," @erikhane.bsky.social writes from Minneapolis.
Our two-person nonprofit newsroom has been covering ICE, and pushback to the agency's contractors, since 2018.
We have investigative stories we seek to publish in the months ahead, and we seek funding support in 2026. Please DM, email, or Signal me to get this work out:
readsludge.com/tag/ice/
We have investigative stories we seek to publish in the months ahead, and we seek funding support in 2026. Please DM, email, or Signal me to get this work out:
readsludge.com/tag/ice/
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Our two-person nonprofit newsroom has been covering ICE, and pushback to the agency's contractors, since 2018.
We have investigative stories we seek to publish in the months ahead, and we seek funding support in 2026. Please DM, email, or Signal me to get this work out:
readsludge.com/tag/ice/
We have investigative stories we seek to publish in the months ahead, and we seek funding support in 2026. Please DM, email, or Signal me to get this work out:
readsludge.com/tag/ice/