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Three years ago, a brand-name company detonated a chemical bomb in a town.
It became the world’s biggest political story.
Politicians got famous promising help.
Media monetized clicks.
Lawyers got rich.
Meanwhile, many victims got sick & got no money.
Welcome to America.
It became the world’s biggest political story.
Politicians got famous promising help.
Media monetized clicks.
Lawyers got rich.
Meanwhile, many victims got sick & got no money.
Welcome to America.
The Derailment That Never Ended
Three years after the East Palestine disaster, everybody’s gotten paid — except the victims.
www.levernews.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Three years ago, a brand-name company detonated a chemical bomb in a town.
It became the world’s biggest political story.
Politicians got famous promising help.
Media monetized clicks.
Lawyers got rich.
Meanwhile, many victims got sick & got no money.
Welcome to America.
It became the world’s biggest political story.
Politicians got famous promising help.
Media monetized clicks.
Lawyers got rich.
Meanwhile, many victims got sick & got no money.
Welcome to America.
I am rewatching Titans from the old DC Universe app. I liked the show when it was on and I still do. 🤷♂️
February 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I am rewatching Titans from the old DC Universe app. I liked the show when it was on and I still do. 🤷♂️
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The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
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I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
@kravenslastbunt.bsky.social Uhm wtf how do I not have this? seconds.sideshow.com/collectibles...
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Muay Thai Tribute Statue by PCS
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Muay Thai Tribute Statue by PCS is now available at Sideshow.com for fans of Jean-Claude Van Damme and fighting collectibles.
seconds.sideshow.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:09 AM
@kravenslastbunt.bsky.social Uhm wtf how do I not have this? seconds.sideshow.com/collectibles...
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Another way to think of ICE right now is as the institutionalization of the Kyle Rittenhouse model of vigilantism under the state's authority.
Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Another way to think of ICE right now is as the institutionalization of the Kyle Rittenhouse model of vigilantism under the state's authority.
Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
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Escalation and aggressive violence is clearly intentional.
But it's also cooked into the sociological model of how this force has been mobilized.
🧵
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says
Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Marching in support of the MSP general strike this afternoon with my union, the AAUP/AFT.
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
Original post on mastodon.sdf.org
mastodon.sdf.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Marching in support of the MSP general strike this afternoon with my union, the AAUP/AFT.
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
ICE is the American Gestapo. It is evil. The people who work for it are evil.
I am personally committed to not just defunding and ending ICE but for seeing to it that all of its "officers" face […]
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Imagine if Tufts administrators invested resources in ceasing to cause problems that I have to bring to Labor Relations instead of hiring another Labor Relations person.
Labor Relations Specialist in Medford, Massachusetts | Tufts University
Tufts University is hiring a Labor Relations Specialist in Medford, Massachusetts. Review all of the job details and apply today!
jobs.tufts.edu
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Imagine if Tufts administrators invested resources in ceasing to cause problems that I have to bring to Labor Relations instead of hiring another Labor Relations person.
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Absolute garbage.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Absolute garbage.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
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Shapiro has publicly spoken about volunteering for the IDF. I don't think he's a double agent, but I don't see how you could be surprised or offended if someone vetting you for the highest levels of clearance asks about the time you worked for a foreign power.
In his new book, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro writes that when Kamala Harris’ team vetted him as a potential VP pick, they asked him whether he had ever worked as an agent of the Israeli government. Shapiro says the implication he was a double agent for Israel was offensive and antisemitic.
Harris’s Staff Questioned Whether Josh Shapiro Was an Israeli Double Agent
The Pennsylvania governor discusses the strange questions he received in his vice-presidential vetting—and settles some scores.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Shapiro has publicly spoken about volunteering for the IDF. I don't think he's a double agent, but I don't see how you could be surprised or offended if someone vetting you for the highest levels of clearance asks about the time you worked for a foreign power.
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Yesterday's Word Count = 1,066
THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
John Castle plays Geoffrey – the son nobody but the historians remember.
Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.
THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
John Castle plays Geoffrey – the son nobody but the historians remember.
Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.
January 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Yesterday's Word Count = 1,066
THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
John Castle plays Geoffrey – the son nobody but the historians remember.
Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.
THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
John Castle plays Geoffrey – the son nobody but the historians remember.
Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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Trump isn't the first one to be gifted a Nobel. Goebbels got one that way too. h/t @deanbaker13.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Trump isn't the first one to be gifted a Nobel. Goebbels got one that way too. h/t @deanbaker13.bsky.social
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Again the entire discursive project right now is for most intellectuals to try and find a way to make an argument for DEI without actually admitting they were wrong
This David French article shows the analytic peril of ignoring the way normal policing and repression work in communities of color. The so-called "dual state" he's highlighting (laws applied unequally, non-compliance met with violence) is *exactly* what Black Lives Matter was protesting.
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Again the entire discursive project right now is for most intellectuals to try and find a way to make an argument for DEI without actually admitting they were wrong
This person is trying to be reasonable, I’m not ragging on them, but this is just a good index of how fucked up contemporary American culture is that anyone would think this was a thing that had to be said.
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This person is trying to be reasonable, I’m not ragging on them, but this is just a good index of how fucked up contemporary American culture is that anyone would think this was a thing that had to be said.
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.