burn the oligarchy (taylor’s version)
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It's a good time to remind each other that the paths to ending fascism are many & may intersect but are all necessary.
-elections?✅
-protecting neighbors?✅
-protest?✅
-feeding protesters?✅
-calling electeds?✅
-sharing good information?✅
-signs from overpasses?✅
-making whistles?✅
-etc?✅
All of it.
-elections?✅
-protecting neighbors?✅
-protest?✅
-feeding protesters?✅
-calling electeds?✅
-sharing good information?✅
-signs from overpasses?✅
-making whistles?✅
-etc?✅
All of it.
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It's a good time to remind each other that the paths to ending fascism are many & may intersect but are all necessary.
-elections?✅
-protecting neighbors?✅
-protest?✅
-feeding protesters?✅
-calling electeds?✅
-sharing good information?✅
-signs from overpasses?✅
-making whistles?✅
-etc?✅
All of it.
-elections?✅
-protecting neighbors?✅
-protest?✅
-feeding protesters?✅
-calling electeds?✅
-sharing good information?✅
-signs from overpasses?✅
-making whistles?✅
-etc?✅
All of it.
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Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://theonion.com/explanation-of-board-game-rules-peppered-with-reassuran-1819579569/
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun https://theonion.com/explanation-of-board-game-rules-peppered-with-reassuran-1819579569/
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Just so we are all aware: yes, being politically active is a risk. Yes it will affect your career- it has affected mine. Yes it will put you in danger- I receive death threats regularly. But revolution for better or worse requires risk. Otherwise your writing stands for very little.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Just so we are all aware: yes, being politically active is a risk. Yes it will affect your career- it has affected mine. Yes it will put you in danger- I receive death threats regularly. But revolution for better or worse requires risk. Otherwise your writing stands for very little.
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Girl, same
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Girl, same
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one (1) bus thread will appear each night until morale improves
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
one (1) bus thread will appear each night until morale improves
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Just spent an afternoon supporting the students of Pacifica high school in their walkout protest, so proud to see all these kids out there. Great energy, and tons of support from passing cars.
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Just spent an afternoon supporting the students of Pacifica high school in their walkout protest, so proud to see all these kids out there. Great energy, and tons of support from passing cars.
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Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
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Statement by the family of ChongLy Scott Thao.
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Statement by the family of ChongLy Scott Thao.
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imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago
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"We need to establish a fundamental value: no grace for fascism, no tolerance for state terror."
Column: When this is over, we will need another Nuremberg
"Regardless, we need to establish a few fundamental values: no grace for fascism, no tolerance for state terror and no illusions that compromise will beget accountability."
www.dailytarheel.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"We need to establish a fundamental value: no grace for fascism, no tolerance for state terror."
Before today, I would have said “it’s not possible for a pork tenderloin to be too large”.
Ok now what?
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Before today, I would have said “it’s not possible for a pork tenderloin to be too large”.
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Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
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We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
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Wonder how many ICE agents realize that, when off duty, they could also be targeted under the same "standards" in which they are currently targeting our neighbors
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Wonder how many ICE agents realize that, when off duty, they could also be targeted under the same "standards" in which they are currently targeting our neighbors
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sometimes you gotta delete a post that's become a sort of bug light for dickheads
January 20, 2026 at 6:58 PM
sometimes you gotta delete a post that's become a sort of bug light for dickheads
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Travis Kelce Asks Taylor Swift If Jason Can Also Get Married With Them https://theonion.com/travis-kelce-asks-taylor-swift-if-jason-can-also-get-married-with-them/
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Travis Kelce Asks Taylor Swift If Jason Can Also Get Married With Them https://theonion.com/travis-kelce-asks-taylor-swift-if-jason-can-also-get-married-with-them/
This gets me to thinking about renewable energy and grid storage capacity.
Lead-acid is a well-understood technology. The driving force (well, one I suppose) for new tech is power density. No one wants a lead-acid battery in their cell phone.
I don’t think renewable energy cares as much. 1/
Lead-acid is a well-understood technology. The driving force (well, one I suppose) for new tech is power density. No one wants a lead-acid battery in their cell phone.
I don’t think renewable energy cares as much. 1/
FYI, we're already doing this at scale for car parts like alternators and starters which only cost a couple hundred bucks.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
We're already doing it with lead acid batteries (it's almost a closed-loop recycling system now!) so we're absolutely gonna do it with other battery chemistries, too.
Again, this is the kind of thing which is already happening in the background at scale which people may simply not be aware of.
A whole lot of aftermarket car parts are actually used car parts that got wear items like bearings or brushes replaced, cleaned up, and re-sold.
A whole lot of aftermarket car parts are actually used car parts that got wear items like bearings or brushes replaced, cleaned up, and re-sold.
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This gets me to thinking about renewable energy and grid storage capacity.
Lead-acid is a well-understood technology. The driving force (well, one I suppose) for new tech is power density. No one wants a lead-acid battery in their cell phone.
I don’t think renewable energy cares as much. 1/
Lead-acid is a well-understood technology. The driving force (well, one I suppose) for new tech is power density. No one wants a lead-acid battery in their cell phone.
I don’t think renewable energy cares as much. 1/
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"Drink whole milk, you'll come in 5th place" is an incredible ad campaign.
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"Drink whole milk, you'll come in 5th place" is an incredible ad campaign.
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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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That is, ah, how capitalism works, my bro.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
That is, ah, how capitalism works, my bro.
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Laughing is how I cancel my subscription to despair.
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Laughing is how I cancel my subscription to despair.
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...