Andy Solages
@sological.bsky.social
Tout moun se moun. Vi moun se mezi a pou tout bagay.
Here for comics, Africana, Haiti, the Black Atlantic, buildings, constructive politics, fungi, trees, oceans, climate, space, Hip-Hop, and appreciating historians, writers, artists, scientists, etc.
Here for comics, Africana, Haiti, the Black Atlantic, buildings, constructive politics, fungi, trees, oceans, climate, space, Hip-Hop, and appreciating historians, writers, artists, scientists, etc.
Banana Republic. Oil Democracy. Maybe "Cobalt Freedom" will become a thing.
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Banana Republic. Oil Democracy. Maybe "Cobalt Freedom" will become a thing.
I'm still not desensitized to how modern "Hip-Hop Media" includes overtly racist content weirdos and their BAN enablers. youtu.be/ZsOH-pKD_YQ?...
Glasses Malone Checks Adin Ross Over Doechii Disrespect & the Culture Reacts
YouTube video by The Company Man
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I'm still not desensitized to how modern "Hip-Hop Media" includes overtly racist content weirdos and their BAN enablers. youtu.be/ZsOH-pKD_YQ?...
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The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
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1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1). The US is in the middle of the worst flu season in a decade.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
2). Pertussis cases are the highest they have been in 20 years.
3). Measles has rebounded and elimination status has been lost.
RFK.Jr. has not recommended vaccination, instead he is aggressively rolling back vaccine policy.
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The WARN Act required companies who are about to engage in mass layoffs to give 60days notice ahead of layoffs.
Mass layoff is defined by any company that lets go 500 employees, a third of the workforce, or 50 employees at any one site.
There's over 100
www.newsweek.com/list-compani...
Mass layoff is defined by any company that lets go 500 employees, a third of the workforce, or 50 employees at any one site.
There's over 100
www.newsweek.com/list-compani...
List of companies laying off employees in January
More than 100 companies across the country have filed WARN notices for January.
www.newsweek.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The WARN Act required companies who are about to engage in mass layoffs to give 60days notice ahead of layoffs.
Mass layoff is defined by any company that lets go 500 employees, a third of the workforce, or 50 employees at any one site.
There's over 100
www.newsweek.com/list-compani...
Mass layoff is defined by any company that lets go 500 employees, a third of the workforce, or 50 employees at any one site.
There's over 100
www.newsweek.com/list-compani...
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn @zinndigital.bsky.social
And look at outcome, in Guatemala e.g. 1954: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
In Chile, 1973: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
And many more.
#HandsOffVenezuela
And look at outcome, in Guatemala e.g. 1954: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
In Chile, 1973: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
And many more.
#HandsOffVenezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." -- Howard Zinn @zinndigital.bsky.social
And look at outcome, in Guatemala e.g. 1954: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
In Chile, 1973: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
And many more.
#HandsOffVenezuela
And look at outcome, in Guatemala e.g. 1954: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
In Chile, 1973: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
And many more.
#HandsOffVenezuela
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We're coming up on the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Dont know why I thought about that 🤷🏾♂️
Dont know why I thought about that 🤷🏾♂️
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
We're coming up on the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Dont know why I thought about that 🤷🏾♂️
Dont know why I thought about that 🤷🏾♂️
A vulgar, overtly criminal enterprise
The main difference between Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and GW’s invasion of Iraq is that there’s zero pretense. This is about oil and enriching American oil companies.
RIP to the dozens of Venezuelan fishermen who were killed in the lead up to the invasion under the pretext of drug smuggling.
RIP to the dozens of Venezuelan fishermen who were killed in the lead up to the invasion under the pretext of drug smuggling.
January 4, 2026 at 1:29 AM
A vulgar, overtly criminal enterprise
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At least a thousand New Yorkers turned out to protest this war with just a few hours notice.
People care and you are not alone. Wherever you are, find your organizing home and figure out how to put your own care into action.
People care and you are not alone. Wherever you are, find your organizing home and figure out how to put your own care into action.
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
At least a thousand New Yorkers turned out to protest this war with just a few hours notice.
People care and you are not alone. Wherever you are, find your organizing home and figure out how to put your own care into action.
People care and you are not alone. Wherever you are, find your organizing home and figure out how to put your own care into action.
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Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era
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They also kidnapped his wife?
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
They also kidnapped his wife?
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Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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Literally white Americans chose this twice.
Nah not every American. One group of Americans warned yall about this and voted accordingly.
Also all the other groups still get mad when we point this out.
Also all the other groups still get mad when we point this out.
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Literally white Americans chose this twice.
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Jan. 1 #tdih 🧵
#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
Jan. 1, 1804: Haitian Independence
Haiti became a free republic after a revolution, declaring independence for ALL people.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Jan. 1 #tdih 🧵
#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
#1 Haitian Independence #tdih 1804 "We owe much to Walker for his appeal; to John Brown. . . but we owe incomparably more to Haiti . . . I regard her as original pioneer emancipator of 19th cent. — F. Douglass ⬇️ Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...
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God what a breath of fresh air
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
God what a breath of fresh air
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And I am confused how few people remember how bad he was as President.
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM
And I am confused how few people remember how bad he was as President.
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Hundreds of thousands of dead people in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen Z is struggling with reading comprehension, and we live in a surveillance state started by Bush, who also created ICE, but hey at least he’s not Donald Trump
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Hundreds of thousands of dead people in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen Z is struggling with reading comprehension, and we live in a surveillance state started by Bush, who also created ICE, but hey at least he’s not Donald Trump
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So important to understand 👇👇👇
Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
January 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
So important to understand 👇👇👇
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If you're going into Zohran's term thinking he's going to "give you what you want" and not thinking of this time as one in which it'll be easier to organize for what you want. . .
I'm afraid you will find yourself very disappointed
I'm afraid you will find yourself very disappointed
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If you're going into Zohran's term thinking he's going to "give you what you want" and not thinking of this time as one in which it'll be easier to organize for what you want. . .
I'm afraid you will find yourself very disappointed
I'm afraid you will find yourself very disappointed
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Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
Bòn Ane! Bòn Fèt Endepandans, Ayiti! Here's my updated annual Independence Day post to honor revolutionary Haitian Ancestors and their contributions. www.andysolages.com/blog/2026/1/...
Onè e Respè, Zansèt yo — Andy J. Solages
Jodi a pou Zansèt yo. The Avengers of the New World.
www.andysolages.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Bòn Ane! Bòn Fèt Endepandans, Ayiti! Here's my updated annual Independence Day post to honor revolutionary Haitian Ancestors and their contributions. www.andysolages.com/blog/2026/1/...