Scott Cory
@jscottcory.bsky.social
Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, makes mistakes.
Husband, father, cat and dog dad. Grumpy, old, gay, and many other things: proud of all of 'em.
@jscottcory in the Meta ecosystem.
scory.blogspot.com
Husband, father, cat and dog dad. Grumpy, old, gay, and many other things: proud of all of 'em.
@jscottcory in the Meta ecosystem.
scory.blogspot.com
@radiofreetom.bsky.social has written a great analysis of the peril Trump and his claque's ambitions with regard to Greenland create. My only issue with this is he's buried the lede in the conclusion: Any action by the United States against Greenland creates opportunities for both Russia and China.
Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe
His irrational fixation on Greenland could lead to widespread conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social has written a great analysis of the peril Trump and his claque's ambitions with regard to Greenland create. My only issue with this is he's buried the lede in the conclusion: Any action by the United States against Greenland creates opportunities for both Russia and China.
Great piece in @theguardian.com by @theresamacphail.bsky.social. This applies to me and you may well find an explanation for why you can't seem to focus and act even when you want to.
We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone
I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me – now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Great piece in @theguardian.com by @theresamacphail.bsky.social. This applies to me and you may well find an explanation for why you can't seem to focus and act even when you want to.
For people counting ICE agents as a potential occupying force and coming up short, may I gently remind you that *a lot* of local law enforcement officers are aligned with ICE and their worst behaviors barely contained by law and civilian oversight.
Citizens still outnumber both roughly 200 to 1.
Citizens still outnumber both roughly 200 to 1.
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
For people counting ICE agents as a potential occupying force and coming up short, may I gently remind you that *a lot* of local law enforcement officers are aligned with ICE and their worst behaviors barely contained by law and civilian oversight.
Citizens still outnumber both roughly 200 to 1.
Citizens still outnumber both roughly 200 to 1.
Your tax dollars at work.
It turns out that generations of conservatives' concern about government overreach was in fact projection of what they intended to do when allowed to govern without oversight, constraint, or responsibility to the people who elect and fund the government.
It turns out that generations of conservatives' concern about government overreach was in fact projection of what they intended to do when allowed to govern without oversight, constraint, or responsibility to the people who elect and fund the government.
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Your tax dollars at work.
It turns out that generations of conservatives' concern about government overreach was in fact projection of what they intended to do when allowed to govern without oversight, constraint, or responsibility to the people who elect and fund the government.
It turns out that generations of conservatives' concern about government overreach was in fact projection of what they intended to do when allowed to govern without oversight, constraint, or responsibility to the people who elect and fund the government.
Palantir's engagement with the illegal use of public data began with assessing the landscape during Trump 1, continued during the Biden Administration, and has fully emerged during Trump 2. They didn't and don't care about violating the complicated legal framework intended to protect citizens.
SCOOP: 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 activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘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 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Palantir's engagement with the illegal use of public data began with assessing the landscape during Trump 1, continued during the Biden Administration, and has fully emerged during Trump 2. They didn't and don't care about violating the complicated legal framework intended to protect citizens.
There's a lot to unpack in this analysis by @joshtpm.bsky.social. One of the early actions of the second Trump regime was to replace Inspectors General across the Federal government, which prevents legal authorized independent investigation of agencies' programs, management, and administration.
The Landmines Under the Water
For a few hours, we didn’t know why several top prosecutors, including...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
There's a lot to unpack in this analysis by @joshtpm.bsky.social. One of the early actions of the second Trump regime was to replace Inspectors General across the Federal government, which prevents legal authorized independent investigation of agencies' programs, management, and administration.
Reposted by Scott Cory
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
It can be difficult to determine what exact chemicals are being used because manufacturers don't have to disclose their formulas, says Charles Mesloh, a professor of criminal justice at Northern Michigan University
It can be difficult to determine what exact chemicals are being used because manufacturers don't have to disclose their formulas, says Charles Mesloh, a professor of criminal justice at Northern Michigan University
From 'Flash Bangs' To 'Rubber' Bullets: The Very Real Risks of 'Riot Control Agents'
Protesters against systemic racism and police brutality have been met with an arsenal of 'less than lethal' weapons which can still seriously injure, sicken, and sometimes kill.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
It can be difficult to determine what exact chemicals are being used because manufacturers don't have to disclose their formulas, says Charles Mesloh, a professor of criminal justice at Northern Michigan University
It can be difficult to determine what exact chemicals are being used because manufacturers don't have to disclose their formulas, says Charles Mesloh, a professor of criminal justice at Northern Michigan University
Reposted by Scott Cory
From my sister’s friend in Minneapolis, quoting an ICE agent:
“Haven’t you heard we can kill you? When will you people learn?”
“Haven’t you heard we can kill you? When will you people learn?”
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
From my sister’s friend in Minneapolis, quoting an ICE agent:
“Haven’t you heard we can kill you? When will you people learn?”
“Haven’t you heard we can kill you? When will you people learn?”
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I laid out how Trump's invasion of Venezuela is like his invasion of Minnesota: Tribute and obeisance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi6...
Murder on ICE and Water
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I laid out how Trump's invasion of Venezuela is like his invasion of Minnesota: Tribute and obeisance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi6...
Yup. And as @anamariecox.bsky.social notes, your city might be next.
It’s a lawless totalitarian occupation of an American city.
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Yup. And as @anamariecox.bsky.social notes, your city might be next.
A reminder: Abolishing ICE and DHS are *tactics*, not a strategy, and are not goals.
What we want and need are laws that authorize programs which manage immigration effectively and support individuals and organizations.
What we want and need are laws that authorize programs which manage immigration effectively and support individuals and organizations.
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A reminder: Abolishing ICE and DHS are *tactics*, not a strategy, and are not goals.
What we want and need are laws that authorize programs which manage immigration effectively and support individuals and organizations.
What we want and need are laws that authorize programs which manage immigration effectively and support individuals and organizations.
Just a reminder that when we allow people with authority to behave with cruelty and impunity, regardless of where they may be on the ideological spectrum, we weaken a cultural belief in equality and justice for all.
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Just a reminder that when we allow people with authority to behave with cruelty and impunity, regardless of where they may be on the ideological spectrum, we weaken a cultural belief in equality and justice for all.
Important. The Post has reported on this as well.
FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case
The FBI raided the home of a Washington Post reporter early Wednesday in what the newspaper called a “highly unusual and aggressive” move by law enforcement.
Agents descended on the Virginia home of Hannah Natanson as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The Post is “reviewing and monitoring the situation”, a source at the newspaper told the Guardian. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Important. The Post has reported on this as well.
Hugely important. Addressing the abuses of law enforcement is equal to the need to disband DHS and ICE, and to make the services they should be performing accountable and transparent.
Thanks for writing and sharing this, @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
Thanks for writing and sharing this, @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
Let me give you a thought experiment:
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.
www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...
Absolute Immunity
Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.
www.the-reframe.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hugely important. Addressing the abuses of law enforcement is equal to the need to disband DHS and ICE, and to make the services they should be performing accountable and transparent.
Thanks for writing and sharing this, @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
Thanks for writing and sharing this, @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
Funny this isn't being reported with similar diligence and expertise by American media ....
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Funny this isn't being reported with similar diligence and expertise by American media ....
There are really good structural reasons why a national strike in the US is very, very difficult to organize.
Maybe we need to start thinking about how to target and boycott specific organizations that support the US government.
Because they are enabling the regime's actions.
Maybe we need to start thinking about how to target and boycott specific organizations that support the US government.
Because they are enabling the regime's actions.
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
There are really good structural reasons why a national strike in the US is very, very difficult to organize.
Maybe we need to start thinking about how to target and boycott specific organizations that support the US government.
Because they are enabling the regime's actions.
Maybe we need to start thinking about how to target and boycott specific organizations that support the US government.
Because they are enabling the regime's actions.
Mood: If there were an active and present Abrahamic god and/or manifest Gaia, there would be a lot more localized, violent weather disturbances and sinkholes opening up destroying vehicles, weapons, and evil people.
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Mood: If there were an active and present Abrahamic god and/or manifest Gaia, there would be a lot more localized, violent weather disturbances and sinkholes opening up destroying vehicles, weapons, and evil people.
It's time for people with visibility, power, and wealth to demonstrate their opposition to the Trump regime and the people supporting them.
People are putting their lives on the line demonstrating.
Put up your power and influence and help stop and roll back the worst of America.
People are putting their lives on the line demonstrating.
Put up your power and influence and help stop and roll back the worst of America.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It's time for people with visibility, power, and wealth to demonstrate their opposition to the Trump regime and the people supporting them.
People are putting their lives on the line demonstrating.
Put up your power and influence and help stop and roll back the worst of America.
People are putting their lives on the line demonstrating.
Put up your power and influence and help stop and roll back the worst of America.
Reposted by Scott Cory
Change a few words and this could have been the statement every university president had the opportunity to make last year.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Change a few words and this could have been the statement every university president had the opportunity to make last year.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Reposted by Scott Cory
Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
The issues have never been crime, immigration, and terror.
The issues are authority, control, and race.
This is about white men re-asserting control and dominance of people they believe to be less than them.
The issues are authority, control, and race.
This is about white men re-asserting control and dominance of people they believe to be less than them.
January 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The issues have never been crime, immigration, and terror.
The issues are authority, control, and race.
This is about white men re-asserting control and dominance of people they believe to be less than them.
The issues are authority, control, and race.
This is about white men re-asserting control and dominance of people they believe to be less than them.
Reposted by Scott Cory
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I've been an apostate Grateful Dead fan for more than 50 years. I will confess to having a crush on Bob when I was a young man unsure of my own sexuality, not just because he was stupidly handsome, but because he was a remarkable musician.
You gave us much joy and beauty, Bob. Thank you.
You gave us much joy and beauty, Bob. Thank you.
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78
Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.
www.sfgate.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I've been an apostate Grateful Dead fan for more than 50 years. I will confess to having a crush on Bob when I was a young man unsure of my own sexuality, not just because he was stupidly handsome, but because he was a remarkable musician.
You gave us much joy and beauty, Bob. Thank you.
You gave us much joy and beauty, Bob. Thank you.
Everything, and I mean everything, Trump touches turns to shit.
Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned by declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.
nyti.ms
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Everything, and I mean everything, Trump touches turns to shit.
Reposted by Scott Cory
This is how the framers intended USA to work. Give the masses no shot of redistributing power, stopping genocide, expanding labor rights, enfranchising women, relieving debt, etc., BUT if reforms ever DO pass, it's due to the hard work of totally legit and wise politicians and judges who are heroes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This is how the framers intended USA to work. Give the masses no shot of redistributing power, stopping genocide, expanding labor rights, enfranchising women, relieving debt, etc., BUT if reforms ever DO pass, it's due to the hard work of totally legit and wise politicians and judges who are heroes.