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You need to change your expectation that the government would rather you not die
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
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“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
You need to change your expectation that the government would rather you not die
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I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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actually communicating “I’m here and I’m working for you and here’s how” is an aspect of governing that’s neglected by far too many people who think the work speaks for itself (or, frankly, don’t have the communication chops Zohran does)
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
actually communicating “I’m here and I’m working for you and here’s how” is an aspect of governing that’s neglected by far too many people who think the work speaks for itself (or, frankly, don’t have the communication chops Zohran does)
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
this is how you combat the forces that want to make you fail
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
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Alex Pretti was a great American.
The people defending his killers are not.
The people defending his killers are not.
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Alex Pretti was a great American.
The people defending his killers are not.
The people defending his killers are not.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Remember that the GOP House impeached DHS chief Mayorkas two years ago for nothing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Remember that the GOP House impeached DHS chief Mayorkas two years ago for nothing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The statement from the family of Alex Pretti concludes, "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The statement from the family of Alex Pretti concludes, "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
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You might as well expect a donkey to roar
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You might as well expect a donkey to roar
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I don’t have anything brilliant to add.
I no longer derive any joy from being right while the old folks and kids shot themself in the foot in 2024.
I’m only able to think about what’s next. What can we do from here?
I no longer derive any joy from being right while the old folks and kids shot themself in the foot in 2024.
I’m only able to think about what’s next. What can we do from here?
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I don’t have anything brilliant to add.
I no longer derive any joy from being right while the old folks and kids shot themself in the foot in 2024.
I’m only able to think about what’s next. What can we do from here?
I no longer derive any joy from being right while the old folks and kids shot themself in the foot in 2024.
I’m only able to think about what’s next. What can we do from here?
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
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Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
January 22, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
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If you can’t even be bothered with symbolic gestures, you certainly won’t be able to do the work that would actually be needed for the US to be in good standing again
Fully agree with Burrowcat here, and I think the whole "impeachment is pointless without removal" is both wrong and throwing in the towel. There's a message to be sent both to voters and to the world on impeachment, and Democrats should absolutely be beating the lawlessness drum non-stop.
January 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If you can’t even be bothered with symbolic gestures, you certainly won’t be able to do the work that would actually be needed for the US to be in good standing again
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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I’ve always felt this way, but this last week, watching the federal government invade my city, watching my neighbors resist it, watching congressional Dems essentially pretend it’s not happening - I have never so keenly felt that Democrats in Congress are profoundly useless and irrelevant
All I want to do is fight this insanity, there are so many people like me, and it feels like most of the actual elected leaders who are supposed to be channeling this desire to resist are sitting on my head scolding me. PUT US IN THE GAME
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I’ve always felt this way, but this last week, watching the federal government invade my city, watching my neighbors resist it, watching congressional Dems essentially pretend it’s not happening - I have never so keenly felt that Democrats in Congress are profoundly useless and irrelevant
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Maybe Trump hates Denmark because he once tried to open a large tin thinking it was filled with cookies only to find a sewing kit inside.
January 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Maybe Trump hates Denmark because he once tried to open a large tin thinking it was filled with cookies only to find a sewing kit inside.
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
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Unrelated ag fact: there are stingless Melipona bees that make honey!
Sometimes people think "I should raise those! Why do we even bother with honeybees, if we can just raise bees that don't sting?"
Then they try raising the stingless bees, & find out why almost nobody does that
Sometimes people think "I should raise those! Why do we even bother with honeybees, if we can just raise bees that don't sting?"
Then they try raising the stingless bees, & find out why almost nobody does that
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"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."
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Unrelated ag fact: there are stingless Melipona bees that make honey!
Sometimes people think "I should raise those! Why do we even bother with honeybees, if we can just raise bees that don't sting?"
Then they try raising the stingless bees, & find out why almost nobody does that
Sometimes people think "I should raise those! Why do we even bother with honeybees, if we can just raise bees that don't sting?"
Then they try raising the stingless bees, & find out why almost nobody does that
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Insane to live in a time when “hey I don’t think a vague, often masked government agency should be allowed to murder citizens for not moving their car” is somehow a controversial stance.
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Insane to live in a time when “hey I don’t think a vague, often masked government agency should be allowed to murder citizens for not moving their car” is somehow a controversial stance.
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Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally