@bjornfc.bsky.social
Former rocket scientist, now making fire with magnets
Looking at stories like this, it’s amazing how many “good ones” American communities have woken up to find in their midst as targets of the monsters behind ICE and CBP.
The arrest of Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a Brazilian-native honors student, thrust the town of Milford into the national spotlight, making it a flashpoint for Trump’s immigration enforcement.
It also served as a catalyst for resistance in a town where dynamics around immigration have created fissures.
It also served as a catalyst for resistance in a town where dynamics around immigration have created fissures.
How ICE’s arrest of a high school student activated a Massachusetts town
“We’re trying to find ways the community can defend itself.”
www.motherjones.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Looking at stories like this, it’s amazing how many “good ones” American communities have woken up to find in their midst as targets of the monsters behind ICE and CBP.
Forget the Civil War - the standard history curriculum should really focus on Reconstruction and Redemption and how the South really should have been put under a military rule for a full generation.
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Forget the Civil War - the standard history curriculum should really focus on Reconstruction and Redemption and how the South really should have been put under a military rule for a full generation.
Today is a reminder that Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, and probably also W should have been referred to the ICC for trial.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Today is a reminder that Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, and probably also W should have been referred to the ICC for trial.
I’m not sure why there’s always so much fear generated around marijuana. Because it’s clear cocaine and ketamine cause so much more damage when abused by people put in charge.
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I’m not sure why there’s always so much fear generated around marijuana. Because it’s clear cocaine and ketamine cause so much more damage when abused by people put in charge.
Since there’s some symmetry here with the death of a liberal celebrity against one Charlie Kirk, I’ll say: go ahead and speak of the dead as you would when they were alive. Praise your heroes, curse your demons. Whom you choose as which says more about your values than some bland decorum.
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Since there’s some symmetry here with the death of a liberal celebrity against one Charlie Kirk, I’ll say: go ahead and speak of the dead as you would when they were alive. Praise your heroes, curse your demons. Whom you choose as which says more about your values than some bland decorum.
Today I am thankful that there are a lot of people in this country that still want a well-functioning, vibrant, and inclusive democracy. I hope our time and treasure dedicated to the cause bears fruit in a resurgence.
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I am thankful that there are a lot of people in this country that still want a well-functioning, vibrant, and inclusive democracy. I hope our time and treasure dedicated to the cause bears fruit in a resurgence.
I wonder if in the whole Abundance approach, we find that slight overproduction of valuable things (houses, educations, medical services) is generally good in the same way that economists agree some tiny amount of inflation (~2%) is good. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I wonder if in the whole Abundance approach, we find that slight overproduction of valuable things (houses, educations, medical services) is generally good in the same way that economists agree some tiny amount of inflation (~2%) is good. 1/
SCOTUS basically acting as the anonymous goon in movies that keeps a gun trained on the kid to be sure the hero hands the McGuffin to the big bad.
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
SCOTUS basically acting as the anonymous goon in movies that keeps a gun trained on the kid to be sure the hero hands the McGuffin to the big bad.
One thing the centrist Dems could do in their votes for the CR is skip the “pee on our legs and pretend it’s raining” phase. It’s a loss; act like it. Leave the field quietly and at most describe how you plan to train to not lose again.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
One thing the centrist Dems could do in their votes for the CR is skip the “pee on our legs and pretend it’s raining” phase. It’s a loss; act like it. Leave the field quietly and at most describe how you plan to train to not lose again.
One major overlooked thing in this fight was Gov Kemp giving away the game. He asked “if we (red states) have to pay for SNAP, where does it end?” Nat Guard, air travel? GA-GOP gets to be Santa Claus w/ low taxes while blue state money keeps us from collapsing.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/30/k...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/30/k...
Kemp resists calls to use state reserves to fund SNAP • Georgia Recorder
A critical food assistance program that serves roughly 1.4 million Georgians is on track to run out of funding this weekend, as the federal government shutdown approaches a full month.
georgiarecorder.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
One major overlooked thing in this fight was Gov Kemp giving away the game. He asked “if we (red states) have to pay for SNAP, where does it end?” Nat Guard, air travel? GA-GOP gets to be Santa Claus w/ low taxes while blue state money keeps us from collapsing.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/30/k...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/30/k...
Now that there has been a strong electoral signal, perhaps it is time for the political press to ask why the US House of Representatives has been dissolved via Speaker fiat in order to protect the guilty named in the Epstein files.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Now that there has been a strong electoral signal, perhaps it is time for the political press to ask why the US House of Representatives has been dissolved via Speaker fiat in order to protect the guilty named in the Epstein files.
Almost every NYT columnist hitting “publish” on their 500 words on how Mamdani needs to not over-interpret his mandate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Almost every NYT columnist hitting “publish” on their 500 words on how Mamdani needs to not over-interpret his mandate.
Facts are stubborn things, but their provenance is very hard to demonstrate to non-experts. It’s in that tension that sooooo much disinformation mischief lives. There must be tactics available to defend those with good reality hygiene against bad actors. 1/
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Facts are stubborn things, but their provenance is very hard to demonstrate to non-experts. It’s in that tension that sooooo much disinformation mischief lives. There must be tactics available to defend those with good reality hygiene against bad actors. 1/
Just waiting for the “see, shouldn’t have called Bush and Cheney fascists because now you can’t escalate to describe Trump and Miller?” But is Trump really doing anything that different? Yes the net is much wider and fully on US soil but so much of this road to hell was paved already. 1/
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just waiting for the “see, shouldn’t have called Bush and Cheney fascists because now you can’t escalate to describe Trump and Miller?” But is Trump really doing anything that different? Yes the net is much wider and fully on US soil but so much of this road to hell was paved already. 1/
Not to get all focus group driven, but it does seem there is a good narrative to be had in Trump promising to lower prices and instead spike them, then show absolutely no interest when Dems put up a direct fix because now has a ballroom and citizen abuse content to make for fun.
October 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not to get all focus group driven, but it does seem there is a good narrative to be had in Trump promising to lower prices and instead spike them, then show absolutely no interest when Dems put up a direct fix because now has a ballroom and citizen abuse content to make for fun.
The man for whom the Kavanaugh stop was made went on an epic hissy fit when a woman deigned to say he might have done something bad in his past. He was never detained, brutalized by police, or had more inconvenience than having to wait a couple of extra week to reach the pinnacle of his field. 1/
October 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The man for whom the Kavanaugh stop was made went on an epic hissy fit when a woman deigned to say he might have done something bad in his past. He was never detained, brutalized by police, or had more inconvenience than having to wait a couple of extra week to reach the pinnacle of his field. 1/
The thing we have to keep saying is that this “polarization” is not one group of people deciding they like the Cubs and the other the White Sox. It’s that the white supremacy virus we have tried to suppress for decades has roared back to the foreground.
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The thing we have to keep saying is that this “polarization” is not one group of people deciding they like the Cubs and the other the White Sox. It’s that the white supremacy virus we have tried to suppress for decades has roared back to the foreground.
I wish everyone on the side of light luck tomorrow. This is the domestic version of the Cuban Missile Crisis where there are really no good moves and lots of terrible things can happen. And even the things that have to be done for the long term could have horrendous immediate effects.
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I wish everyone on the side of light luck tomorrow. This is the domestic version of the Cuban Missile Crisis where there are really no good moves and lots of terrible things can happen. And even the things that have to be done for the long term could have horrendous immediate effects.
I need a good systemic thinker like @chrislhayes.bsky.social or @jamellebouie.net to point out that Trump has acquired the ability to raise taxes (tariffs) and refuse to spend allocations. He’s one trick away from “transferring” unspent $ to new spending and leaving Congress fully behind.
September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I need a good systemic thinker like @chrislhayes.bsky.social or @jamellebouie.net to point out that Trump has acquired the ability to raise taxes (tariffs) and refuse to spend allocations. He’s one trick away from “transferring” unspent $ to new spending and leaving Congress fully behind.
Disney was already on one knee to the fascists when it canned two of its most interesting Star Wars projects (the Acolyte and The Last Jedi) due to toxic fans. And then we got absolute nonsense in Rise of Skywalker. Change my mind.
September 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Disney was already on one knee to the fascists when it canned two of its most interesting Star Wars projects (the Acolyte and The Last Jedi) due to toxic fans. And then we got absolute nonsense in Rise of Skywalker. Change my mind.
I also feel almost conspiracy theorist about this, but the focus of media on Congressional Dems (those w: least formal power) as embodiment of the party is almost built to paint it as feckless. Meanwhile, energetic AGs and governors who have been resisting hard (and have some wins!) are overlooked.
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I also feel almost conspiracy theorist about this, but the focus of media on Congressional Dems (those w: least formal power) as embodiment of the party is almost built to paint it as feckless. Meanwhile, energetic AGs and governors who have been resisting hard (and have some wins!) are overlooked.
The part that drives me nuts about the pundit head-shaking over how divided we’ve come is the implication that these arguments are dumb, like Pepsi v Coke. But when you tune in to the actual fights, it’s one side saying we should let everyone fully participate in society and the other says no.
September 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The part that drives me nuts about the pundit head-shaking over how divided we’ve come is the implication that these arguments are dumb, like Pepsi v Coke. But when you tune in to the actual fights, it’s one side saying we should let everyone fully participate in society and the other says no.
I would like to raise a point of information: when in the past several years have the hard right *not* called for violent elimination or indentured economic servitude of not only their political opposition but anyone not the White kind of Christian? A lot of bad ergo hoc out there RN.
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I would like to raise a point of information: when in the past several years have the hard right *not* called for violent elimination or indentured economic servitude of not only their political opposition but anyone not the White kind of Christian? A lot of bad ergo hoc out there RN.
It’s worth remembering just how angry this guy once got at the idea that having a certain background and social class made him a likely suspect for some crimes. Well, that and direct accusation from a victim.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_K...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_K...
Brett Kavanaugh - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s worth remembering just how angry this guy once got at the idea that having a certain background and social class made him a likely suspect for some crimes. Well, that and direct accusation from a victim.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_K...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_K...