Eric Bottorff
@torff.bsky.social
Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
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One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
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Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
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The recent flurry of pro-consumer proclamations by Trump is evidence he is afraid of the midterm outcome leading to impeachment and wants to do something to help his party hold onto Congress
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The recent flurry of pro-consumer proclamations by Trump is evidence he is afraid of the midterm outcome leading to impeachment and wants to do something to help his party hold onto Congress
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I feel like this emphasizes the need to note that Bluesky is a non-random, self-selected environment.
Every time a Dem pol ties things to inflation, ppl here get irate. But ... it's actually what the broader public cares about the most.
It outscores "civil rights" five-fold, triple "immigration."
Every time a Dem pol ties things to inflation, ppl here get irate. But ... it's actually what the broader public cares about the most.
It outscores "civil rights" five-fold, triple "immigration."
New YouGov polling shows more people say inflation is their #1 issue now than said the same at any point in 2023-2024 today.yougov.com/politics/art...
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I feel like this emphasizes the need to note that Bluesky is a non-random, self-selected environment.
Every time a Dem pol ties things to inflation, ppl here get irate. But ... it's actually what the broader public cares about the most.
It outscores "civil rights" five-fold, triple "immigration."
Every time a Dem pol ties things to inflation, ppl here get irate. But ... it's actually what the broader public cares about the most.
It outscores "civil rights" five-fold, triple "immigration."
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Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
Some have pointed out that the whole letter would have fit in the alt text window, so here is a version with the whole letter in alt text.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Professor Peterson response to censorship at Texas A&M. (philosopher) king
Useful reminder that these fascist fucks don’t actually care at all about European culture or protecting the values of “western civilization”. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Texas A&M Forbids A Plato Reading In An Intro Philosophy Course
Texas A&M has told a professor he must drop a discussion of race and gender issues and writings by Plato from his intro philosophy course or teach a different course.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Useful reminder that these fascist fucks don’t actually care at all about European culture or protecting the values of “western civilization”. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
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You would not be able to guess which team was struggling and which was in first in the start of this half, which I give Liverpool a lot of credit for. Of course, the problem has never been how the side looks against top sides — but still worth mentioning given the injured.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
You would not be able to guess which team was struggling and which was in first in the start of this half, which I give Liverpool a lot of credit for. Of course, the problem has never been how the side looks against top sides — but still worth mentioning given the injured.
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This would be a lot funnier if it weren't true.
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This would be a lot funnier if it weren't true.
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This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is not the law.
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Tell the world!
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Tell the world!
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*LULA IS VETOING THE BILL TO REDUCE BOLSONARO'S TIME IN JAIL
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
*LULA IS VETOING THE BILL TO REDUCE BOLSONARO'S TIME IN JAIL
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Hundreds are now marching against ICE in NYC toward World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is scheduled to speak.
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hundreds are now marching against ICE in NYC toward World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is scheduled to speak.
Some good news
Zohran Mamdani scraps anti-BDS order
While the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza continues, new year brings a fresh start for Palestinian rights.
Let’s escalate BDS in NYC and across the US to end this horrific complicity.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/B_SU17A
While the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza continues, new year brings a fresh start for Palestinian rights.
Let’s escalate BDS in NYC and across the US to end this horrific complicity.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/B_SU17A
Zohran Mamdani scraps anti-BDS order
While the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza continues, new year brings a fresh start for Palestinian rights.
loom.ly
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Some good news
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Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
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The cycle we’re in is, the group that people want to be serving as an opposition party capable of stopping ICE have for more than two decades handed ICE power, money, and political legitimacy
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The cycle we’re in is, the group that people want to be serving as an opposition party capable of stopping ICE have for more than two decades handed ICE power, money, and political legitimacy
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in the immediate aftermath, virtually every outlet—local and national—parroted dhs’s lie that silverio villegas gonzales drove at ice agents and dragged one with his car before they shot him.
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
in the immediate aftermath, virtually every outlet—local and national—parroted dhs’s lie that silverio villegas gonzales drove at ice agents and dragged one with his car before they shot him.
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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Trump's goons are already pepper spraying and roughing up people in the Twin Cities this morning
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Trump's goons are already pepper spraying and roughing up people in the Twin Cities this morning
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"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
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"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire."
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire."
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.