Boston Tom Levenson
@tomlevenson.bsky.social
Writer. (A Pox on Fools, a polemical history of vaccine rejection, out May 2026) Quondam documentarian (credits at PBS, BBC, etc.) Professing science writing at MIT. Lucky spouse & father. Servant to two feline overlords.. He/him. ALL OPINIONS MINE ALONE.
Murder under the color of law.
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Murder under the color of law.
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they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
MPR playing an eye witness account right now of ICE shooting directly through the windshield at her face and not giving her medical care for 10 minutes.
MPR News is live right now bringing you updates on this. mprnews.org/listen
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
they are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
Can't help it. Dokoupil looks to me like the actor in a PSA about guarding your drink when out with that guy.
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Can't help it. Dokoupil looks to me like the actor in a PSA about guarding your drink when out with that guy.
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I remember reading these posts on The Donald, in which people were describing how to build a cheeky DIY gallows, in the days leading up to January 6th.
Those who claim that no one could have anticipated what happened on January 6th are lying to you.
Those who claim that no one could have anticipated what happened on January 6th are lying to you.
A sampling of public gallows-related posts on January 6th:
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I remember reading these posts on The Donald, in which people were describing how to build a cheeky DIY gallows, in the days leading up to January 6th.
Those who claim that no one could have anticipated what happened on January 6th are lying to you.
Those who claim that no one could have anticipated what happened on January 6th are lying to you.
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Got really dusty in here suddenly.
Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
YouTube video by schoenular
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January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Got really dusty in here suddenly.
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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I wrote a bit about this terrible anniversary, and what happens when we fail to hold power to account.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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The Long Shadow of January 6th
On the failure to hold power to account.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I wrote a bit about this terrible anniversary, and what happens when we fail to hold power to account.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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Jan 6th rioter: “You can't gaslight me. I was there — I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down & hit his head & his back — So don't be telling me it wasn't violent. Don't come to me with that ever again”
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Jan 6th rioter: “You can't gaslight me. I was there — I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down & hit his head & his back — So don't be telling me it wasn't violent. Don't come to me with that ever again”
Got a quick LinkedIn post up that looks and screams at the latest act of terrorism from RFK Jr.'s HHS: the change in the childhood vaccine schedule that cuts the recs down from 17 to 11 immunizations.
Making hep a/b, RSV, RV, meningococcal disease, and the flue Great Again. And killing kids.
Making hep a/b, RSV, RV, meningococcal disease, and the flue Great Again. And killing kids.
One Book | Thomas Levenson
This is going to be a quick mind/rage dump with more on this topic to come.
Yesterday the CDC slashed the list of vaccines it recommends for kids—taking more out 6 of 17 shots on the schedule.
Gone:...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Got a quick LinkedIn post up that looks and screams at the latest act of terrorism from RFK Jr.'s HHS: the change in the childhood vaccine schedule that cuts the recs down from 17 to 11 immunizations.
Making hep a/b, RSV, RV, meningococcal disease, and the flue Great Again. And killing kids.
Making hep a/b, RSV, RV, meningococcal disease, and the flue Great Again. And killing kids.
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🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
I will never forgive Trump for so many of sins, especially his connection to & responsibility for so many unnecessary deaths--a total that is daily increasing.
But this one particularly rankles—the loss of John Prine amidst Trump's botched COVID response.
No direct link there to be sure. But damn.
But this one particularly rankles—the loss of John Prine amidst Trump's botched COVID response.
No direct link there to be sure. But damn.
Bonnie Raitt & Susan Tedeschi 5/2/25 “Angel From Montgomery” at Sun,Sand & Soul in Miramar Beach,FL
YouTube video by Gregory M
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January 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I will never forgive Trump for so many of sins, especially his connection to & responsibility for so many unnecessary deaths--a total that is daily increasing.
But this one particularly rankles—the loss of John Prine amidst Trump's botched COVID response.
No direct link there to be sure. But damn.
But this one particularly rankles—the loss of John Prine amidst Trump's botched COVID response.
No direct link there to be sure. But damn.
Joint junior faculty position in Computational Neuroscience, between Ctr for Computational Neuroscience at @flatironinstitute.org and the CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social . Application deadline: 16 Jan 2026!
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January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This is the "intellectual" "leader" a lot of Silicon Valley major players pay fealty to.
Ummm...
This is Protocols stuff. Yarvin is a semi-wit with a following. Those in that following are heirs to the worst people in the world.
Ummm...
This is Protocols stuff. Yarvin is a semi-wit with a following. Those in that following are heirs to the worst people in the world.
Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is the "intellectual" "leader" a lot of Silicon Valley major players pay fealty to.
Ummm...
This is Protocols stuff. Yarvin is a semi-wit with a following. Those in that following are heirs to the worst people in the world.
Ummm...
This is Protocols stuff. Yarvin is a semi-wit with a following. Those in that following are heirs to the worst people in the world.
The reversal of the post WW II brain drain is under way. Europe will benefit; the US will lose (is losing).
This is a postdoc in Germany called a "rescue fellowship" for scholars "whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA"
You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
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You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
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14 Postdoctoral Fellowships (2 years) - Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme - Academic Positions
Two-year fellowships for early career researchers (1-7 years postdoc) facing political pressure in the USA; open to all disciplines and nationalities.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The reversal of the post WW II brain drain is under way. Europe will benefit; the US will lose (is losing).
This is how declining empires & their apologists mask sclerotic weakness. The claim: local military dominance equals sustainable power over time.
Welp, the Amritsar massacre was a resounding victory, in the sense that the British completely dominated in that moment.
We know how that turned out.
Welp, the Amritsar massacre was a resounding victory, in the sense that the British completely dominated in that moment.
We know how that turned out.
right. and like it's not like they're hiding it now. all of the major pundits (knowles + walsh) basically think the takeaway from Iraq War was not that PNAC was right to want to build democracy, but a world that is explicitly built around turning America into an empire
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is how declining empires & their apologists mask sclerotic weakness. The claim: local military dominance equals sustainable power over time.
Welp, the Amritsar massacre was a resounding victory, in the sense that the British completely dominated in that moment.
We know how that turned out.
Welp, the Amritsar massacre was a resounding victory, in the sense that the British completely dominated in that moment.
We know how that turned out.
New decision: automatic block for accounts whose first response to a Trump/MAGA/GOP outrage is that the Ds have done or would do the same.
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
New decision: automatic block for accounts whose first response to a Trump/MAGA/GOP outrage is that the Ds have done or would do the same.
I knew several line officers (as in, not flag rank) in the British Army when its regiments were policing (...) Northern Ireland. They were very aware and worried about what those deployments did to those units. Nothing good.
The Wrong Question About Venezuela
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
The Wrong Question About Venezuela
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I knew several line officers (as in, not flag rank) in the British Army when its regiments were policing (...) Northern Ireland. They were very aware and worried about what those deployments did to those units. Nothing good.
Respite redux...
This is flat out gorgeous, &, yes, it's so the music of my youth; that guitar sound evokes Maybeck-Morgan inspired dark shingle houses around the Cal campus in 60's Berkeley with (for pre-teen yoots like me) lapsing souchong tea rather than anything more exciting...
This is flat out gorgeous, &, yes, it's so the music of my youth; that guitar sound evokes Maybeck-Morgan inspired dark shingle houses around the Cal campus in 60's Berkeley with (for pre-teen yoots like me) lapsing souchong tea rather than anything more exciting...
John Reinburg e Jacqui McShee dal vivo al Folkstudio di Roma
YouTube video by No-Logic Band
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January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Respite redux...
This is flat out gorgeous, &, yes, it's so the music of my youth; that guitar sound evokes Maybeck-Morgan inspired dark shingle houses around the Cal campus in 60's Berkeley with (for pre-teen yoots like me) lapsing souchong tea rather than anything more exciting...
This is flat out gorgeous, &, yes, it's so the music of my youth; that guitar sound evokes Maybeck-Morgan inspired dark shingle houses around the Cal campus in 60's Berkeley with (for pre-teen yoots like me) lapsing souchong tea rather than anything more exciting...
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I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I think the Greenland threat is a troll. I think.
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
But it would sure be nice for some senators and GOP house members to speak up now and make it clear that an attack on a nato ally would lead to removal from office
Follow the money. Always.
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-doj...
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
This article first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Follow the money. Always.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Good news: I've been working today to cull my utterly unwieldy inbox and have managed to delete or file ~3,000 messages.
Bad news: There are 2,000 more to go.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Good news: I've been working today to cull my utterly unwieldy inbox and have managed to delete or file ~3,000 messages.
Bad news: There are 2,000 more to go.
Bad news: There are 2,000 more to go.