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If you live in a city (and odds are you do), I’m sure you’re frustrated trying to understand what the city does and why.
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Hey! I wrote a thing. Some reflections on good governance and ways that we can make cities work better.
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
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In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.
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reminding everyone at this time to refrain from saying certain things on public networks
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
reminding everyone at this time to refrain from saying certain things on public networks
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U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic after a two week chase. This is part of the larger U.S. campaign aimed at tankers going to and from Venezuela. n.pr/4q7k03v
U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker with ties to Venezuela
U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic after a two week chase. This is part of the larger U.S. campaign aimed at tankers going to and from Venezuela.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
U.S. forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the north Atlantic after a two week chase. This is part of the larger U.S. campaign aimed at tankers going to and from Venezuela. n.pr/4q7k03v
We need a slur for people that are way too into fossil fuels: trucks, cars, rolling coal, drifting. I propose 'petrosexual'
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
We need a slur for people that are way too into fossil fuels: trucks, cars, rolling coal, drifting. I propose 'petrosexual'
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Could it be more obvious that Trump is corruptly paying off his big fossil fuel donors at the public’s expense?
Squelching clean energy does the same, moving the grid to higher-cost fossil fuel plants.
Try it: COR-RUP-TION.
Easy word, and accurate.
Squelching clean energy does the same, moving the grid to higher-cost fossil fuel plants.
Try it: COR-RUP-TION.
Easy word, and accurate.
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News
Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.
insideclimatenews.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Could it be more obvious that Trump is corruptly paying off his big fossil fuel donors at the public’s expense?
Squelching clean energy does the same, moving the grid to higher-cost fossil fuel plants.
Try it: COR-RUP-TION.
Easy word, and accurate.
Squelching clean energy does the same, moving the grid to higher-cost fossil fuel plants.
Try it: COR-RUP-TION.
Easy word, and accurate.
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The level of everyday resistance to this regime has been exemplary and constant
Lots of good news about the regime pratfalling, but the most annoying thing is that if they do plateau out and get no further, a set of people is going to spend years saying such was a historical inevitability and it was insane for the rest us to be concerned about the fascists winning a lot more.
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The level of everyday resistance to this regime has been exemplary and constant
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"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Kavanaugh Stop" went from a skeet on here to Bluesky meme to crosspollinating over on X to Brett Kavanaugh's burner account seeing it there to a whiny defensive footnote about it in a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juice.
Juice.
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This tells you that Vance thinks the MAGA base isn’t just full of diehard racists; he thinks it’s full of diehard racists who are also too cowardly to be openly racist if they think people might disapprove
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This tells you that Vance thinks the MAGA base isn’t just full of diehard racists; he thinks it’s full of diehard racists who are also too cowardly to be openly racist if they think people might disapprove
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As i’ve become older it’s become increasingly apparent that the politics of like half of white guys are “some people criticized me and now i will contort everything i believe to be against them” and it’s like i just found out that santa isn’t real again
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
As i’ve become older it’s become increasingly apparent that the politics of like half of white guys are “some people criticized me and now i will contort everything i believe to be against them” and it’s like i just found out that santa isn’t real again
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tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
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Also, what serious academic is going to be upset that an AI fan doesn't "trust" their work?
Pretty sure there are folks out there who think we should be using Ouija boards or phrenology too. They don't trust us either. You can go play with them.
Pretty sure there are folks out there who think we should be using Ouija boards or phrenology too. They don't trust us either. You can go play with them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also, what serious academic is going to be upset that an AI fan doesn't "trust" their work?
Pretty sure there are folks out there who think we should be using Ouija boards or phrenology too. They don't trust us either. You can go play with them.
Pretty sure there are folks out there who think we should be using Ouija boards or phrenology too. They don't trust us either. You can go play with them.
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It feels like I've run out of things to say about the Democrats.
When we're almost a full year into this and they're still voting for Trump's nominees, I'm not sure how you can make the case that the party is salvageable.
When we're almost a full year into this and they're still voting for Trump's nominees, I'm not sure how you can make the case that the party is salvageable.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It feels like I've run out of things to say about the Democrats.
When we're almost a full year into this and they're still voting for Trump's nominees, I'm not sure how you can make the case that the party is salvageable.
When we're almost a full year into this and they're still voting for Trump's nominees, I'm not sure how you can make the case that the party is salvageable.
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If stealing the oil is part of it, the motivation is the act of stealing in itself, rather than what is stolen. That is after all what Donald Trump seemed to imply about Iraq all those years ago.
For the modern American reactionary, the purpose of war is to generate snuff pornography. (2/5)
For the modern American reactionary, the purpose of war is to generate snuff pornography. (2/5)
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If stealing the oil is part of it, the motivation is the act of stealing in itself, rather than what is stolen. That is after all what Donald Trump seemed to imply about Iraq all those years ago.
For the modern American reactionary, the purpose of war is to generate snuff pornography. (2/5)
For the modern American reactionary, the purpose of war is to generate snuff pornography. (2/5)
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I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
Is this it? Has the Oroboros reached its own head?
Alrighty then.
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Is this it? Has the Oroboros reached its own head?
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Here’s another tip: how about we all just ditch Instagram???
It’s crazy how much creatives insist on staying there while simultaneously going oh no one sees my posts, I’m not growing, etc.
Girl stop, it’s not you, it’s the app.
It’s crazy how much creatives insist on staying there while simultaneously going oh no one sees my posts, I’m not growing, etc.
Girl stop, it’s not you, it’s the app.
How to survive Instagram's algorithm as a creative 👀 www.creativeboom.com/tips/how-to-...
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s another tip: how about we all just ditch Instagram???
It’s crazy how much creatives insist on staying there while simultaneously going oh no one sees my posts, I’m not growing, etc.
Girl stop, it’s not you, it’s the app.
It’s crazy how much creatives insist on staying there while simultaneously going oh no one sees my posts, I’m not growing, etc.
Girl stop, it’s not you, it’s the app.
Somehow this is the most hopeful economics take I've read in a while
"these guys are impossible to work with and a fucking drag to be around" is a way more powerful motivator for leaving money on the table in the black market than most people think
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Somehow this is the most hopeful economics take I've read in a while
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"these guys are impossible to work with and a fucking drag to be around" is a way more powerful motivator for leaving money on the table in the black market than most people think
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"these guys are impossible to work with and a fucking drag to be around" is a way more powerful motivator for leaving money on the table in the black market than most people think
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If an AI can pass as a human, its not be because the AI has achieved consciousness, it might be because the average human conversation is incredibly predictable, repetitive, and devoid of deep semantic intent.
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If an AI can pass as a human, its not be because the AI has achieved consciousness, it might be because the average human conversation is incredibly predictable, repetitive, and devoid of deep semantic intent.
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.