Dean Preston
@deanpreston.bsky.social
Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
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4/ Peter Thiel and DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen are close with Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug who wrote the following. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/
March 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
4/ Peter Thiel and DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen are close with Curtis Yarvin aka Mencius Moldbug who wrote the following. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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I would think it's the doxing trucks, death threats, and the Trump admin going after international students but that's just me.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Garber Faults Faculty Activism for Chilling Campus Debate and Free Speech | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said the University “went wrong” by allowing professors to inject their personal views into the classroom, arguing that faculty activism had chilled free speech an...
www.thecrimson.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I would think it's the doxing trucks, death threats, and the Trump admin going after international students but that's just me.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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The people who most loudly complain "Why can't these immigrants just stay in their country???" are the same ones who most loudly celebrate American military and CIA interventionism in these countries to overthrow their governments.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The people who most loudly complain "Why can't these immigrants just stay in their country???" are the same ones who most loudly celebrate American military and CIA interventionism in these countries to overthrow their governments.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
And they lack the self awareness to understand their own hypocrisy.
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this is why you must always oppose every act an imperialist country does, because then they’ll soon come for everyone
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
this is why you must always oppose every act an imperialist country does, because then they’ll soon come for everyone
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The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
The United States is a rogue state
Donald Trump’s “attack on sovereignty” in Venezuela has terrible consequences for the world
disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
You can’t report illegal acts because you don’t want to compromise them being carried out is an interesting take, if true
Impeachment should be tried and tried again and then turned into a major campaign issue for November to secure the margins necessary to successfully oust the lawless President from the White House
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Impeachment should be tried and tried again and then turned into a major campaign issue for November to secure the margins necessary to successfully oust the lawless President from the White House
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Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro is wildly illegal, immoral and irresponsible.
January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro is wildly illegal, immoral and irresponsible.
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Not that crazy IMO
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Not that crazy IMO
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
“Trump’s reckless action should finally lay to rest his always misleading characterisation of himself as a “global peacemaker”. It’s high time Keir Starmer and other European leaders publicly recognise him for what he is – a global warmaker, a universal menace.”
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall
The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict, writes Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“Trump’s reckless action should finally lay to rest his always misleading characterisation of himself as a “global peacemaker”. It’s high time Keir Starmer and other European leaders publicly recognise him for what he is – a global warmaker, a universal menace.”
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the president is doing a press conference FROM HIS FLORIDA COUNTRY CLUB about launching an illegal war
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
the president is doing a press conference FROM HIS FLORIDA COUNTRY CLUB about launching an illegal war
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“But it won’t pass while the GOP has a majority” don’t care
Don’t even slightly fucking care
We have laws or we don’t, make the barest effort to attempt enforcing them as is your job or go the fuck home
Don’t even slightly fucking care
We have laws or we don’t, make the barest effort to attempt enforcing them as is your job or go the fuck home
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
“But it won’t pass while the GOP has a majority” don’t care
Don’t even slightly fucking care
We have laws or we don’t, make the barest effort to attempt enforcing them as is your job or go the fuck home
Don’t even slightly fucking care
We have laws or we don’t, make the barest effort to attempt enforcing them as is your job or go the fuck home
Congratulations NYC and Seattle! Yesterday Zohran was sworn in and today Katie Wilson. Socialist mayors from coast to coast!
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Congratulations NYC and Seattle! Yesterday Zohran was sworn in and today Katie Wilson. Socialist mayors from coast to coast!
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They’re up to some familiar tricks again, using a right-wing influencer to do their dirty work. I take a closer look at the propagandist behind the disinformation campaign in MN and discuss how his “reporting” is part of the fascist playbook. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
They’re up to some familiar tricks again, using a right-wing influencer to do their dirty work. I take a closer look at the propagandist behind the disinformation campaign in MN and discuss how his “reporting” is part of the fascist playbook. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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You — yes, you! — are invited to my inauguration on Friday at 10 am at City Hall! Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a coworker! I’ll be joined by Ifrah Abshir, John Burbank, Jarvis Capucion, and Cynthia Green. Program will be from 10-10:45 with a reception line after! #thisisyourcity #seattle
December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You — yes, you! — are invited to my inauguration on Friday at 10 am at City Hall! Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, bring a coworker! I’ll be joined by Ifrah Abshir, John Burbank, Jarvis Capucion, and Cynthia Green. Program will be from 10-10:45 with a reception line after! #thisisyourcity #seattle
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1/ This advertisement is dangerous. ICE agents are shown in full paramilitary gear (helmets, rifles, tactical vests) despite ICE being a civil immigration enforcement agency, not a military force.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1/ This advertisement is dangerous. ICE agents are shown in full paramilitary gear (helmets, rifles, tactical vests) despite ICE being a civil immigration enforcement agency, not a military force.
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
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This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
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Well um is the tent big enough for us? Oh just big enough for hate mongers? Oh.
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Well um is the tent big enough for us? Oh just big enough for hate mongers? Oh.
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Billionaires wanting to take their toys and leave everyone else behind is pretty much the Network State cult in a nutshell.
Problem is: all of their visions require our destruction. That’s why “so what“ doesn't work. This is an existential struggle: a handful of billionaires vs everyone else.
Problem is: all of their visions require our destruction. That’s why “so what“ doesn't work. This is an existential struggle: a handful of billionaires vs everyone else.
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Billionaires wanting to take their toys and leave everyone else behind is pretty much the Network State cult in a nutshell.
Problem is: all of their visions require our destruction. That’s why “so what“ doesn't work. This is an existential struggle: a handful of billionaires vs everyone else.
Problem is: all of their visions require our destruction. That’s why “so what“ doesn't work. This is an existential struggle: a handful of billionaires vs everyone else.
Just think about how selfish one would need to be to have billions of dollars and oppose paying a tiny percentage so that people can have food, education, health care. Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Talk of California’s ‘billionaire tax’ sparks social media class war, threats of tech exodus
While supporters suggest the proposed tax is needed to fund health care, critics call the ballot proposition an effort to “destroy tech in California.”
www.sfchronicle.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just think about how selfish one would need to be to have billions of dollars and oppose paying a tiny percentage so that people can have food, education, health care. Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.
Of course they won't leave in response to the tax, but if they do, good riddance.