Rowan Knight
@ther0gueknight.bsky.social
Will drop everything I'm doing to look at a good patch of moss.
Still figuring out the site.
Still figuring out the site.
Yeah, you're so right about this. The callous disregard for human life and dignity is just so obvious, and it's beyond disgusting. Hard to get through the day knowing this is going on.
all I’ve been able to think about with “Alligator Alcatraz” is if the imprisoned aren’t bitten by some animal, they’re gonna be eaten up by mosquitoes and people are gonna be sick
Hey y’all - heads up that mosquito-borne viral diseases in the US are off to an *early* start this summer. Make sure to cover/bugspray up and reduce standing water around your home (or treat with products like Mosquito Dunks that kill developing larvae!)
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yeah, you're so right about this. The callous disregard for human life and dignity is just so obvious, and it's beyond disgusting. Hard to get through the day knowing this is going on.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Reposted by Rowan Knight
104% tariffs on Chinese goods go into effect tomorrow. Let's see how Fox News is covering the story.
April 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
104% tariffs on Chinese goods go into effect tomorrow. Let's see how Fox News is covering the story.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year
Reposted by Rowan Knight
This aged badly
March 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This aged badly
Reposted by Rowan Knight
REPORT: Information from the Ministry of Health database reveals that 73% of those killed in Israeli strikes today are children, women, or the elderly.
WATCH | Australian medic Muhammad Mustafa describes the aftermath of last night’s attacks at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City:
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
March 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
REPORT: Information from the Ministry of Health database reveals that 73% of those killed in Israeli strikes today are children, women, or the elderly.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney Discusses Breaking Developments in Detained Columbia Graduate’s Case
@jeremyscahill.com spoke with Attorney Amy Greer, who recapped the latest developments in Mahmoud Khalil’s case.
@jeremyscahill.com spoke with Attorney Amy Greer, who recapped the latest developments in Mahmoud Khalil’s case.
March 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney Discusses Breaking Developments in Detained Columbia Graduate’s Case
@jeremyscahill.com spoke with Attorney Amy Greer, who recapped the latest developments in Mahmoud Khalil’s case.
@jeremyscahill.com spoke with Attorney Amy Greer, who recapped the latest developments in Mahmoud Khalil’s case.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Just less rich. That’s all we’re asking.
March 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just less rich. That’s all we’re asking.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Reposted by Rowan Knight
This is so disturbing.
Far-Right Candidate Suggests Murdering Migrants Is 'Cheaper Than Deportation' In Disgusting Post
Absolutely abhorrent.
www.comicsands.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is so disturbing.
It is Orwellian the amount of revisionism this administration is engaged in. The Civil Rights Era is living memory. Trump got elected partly as a clapback to protests of police murders of black Americans. But if kids don't learn about racism and compassion, it makes fascist scapegoating trés simple.
I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.
From Around the Horn:
From Around the Horn:
March 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It is Orwellian the amount of revisionism this administration is engaged in. The Civil Rights Era is living memory. Trump got elected partly as a clapback to protests of police murders of black Americans. But if kids don't learn about racism and compassion, it makes fascist scapegoating trés simple.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Today, Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most of her department.
But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
Trump's attack on the American mind
Behind his closure of the Education Department and his assault on higher education, science, libraries, and museums lie the oligarchs of the techno-state.
robertreich.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today, Trump is dismantling much of the Department of Education. He has ordered wrestling executive-turned-Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shut most of her department.
But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
But there’s a much larger story here. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Reposted by Rowan Knight
Reposted by Rowan Knight
you can say they're not sane or their arguments don't pass constitutional muster till you're blue in the face. they have the power. they're doing it. And unless they are stopped they will keep doing it.
In the 2000s, the Supreme Court ruled time and again that even suspected terrorists captured in war zones overseas were entitled to due process.
In no sane world does Rubio's position pass constitutional muster.
In no sane world does Rubio's position pass constitutional muster.
Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
you can say they're not sane or their arguments don't pass constitutional muster till you're blue in the face. they have the power. they're doing it. And unless they are stopped they will keep doing it.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense
I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
Reposted by Rowan Knight
fuck us up Canada
Freeland: Our retaliation is going to be a lot more surgical than that. We are going to go after American stakeholders who matter to The White House. I have proposed a 100% tariff on all Teslas. I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us
February 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
fuck us up Canada
Reposted by Rowan Knight
To put a finer point on it, the Trump administration is mass firing federal employees and telling them if they dispute their termination that they can take it up with a board that will (I just learned) lack a quorum to function as of March 1 when another of the current board member’s term expires.
It can’t be a coincidence that the CFPB email firing probationary employees included the language below.
As I reported earlier, 1 of 3 members of this board was fired last night. If they fire one more, they lack a quorum to actually hear any cases.
As I reported earlier, 1 of 3 members of this board was fired last night. If they fire one more, they lack a quorum to actually hear any cases.
February 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
To put a finer point on it, the Trump administration is mass firing federal employees and telling them if they dispute their termination that they can take it up with a board that will (I just learned) lack a quorum to function as of March 1 when another of the current board member’s term expires.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
💥 Jamie Raskin says he’s contemplating a class action suit against Musk and Trump, on behalf of all Americans!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
February 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
💥 Jamie Raskin says he’s contemplating a class action suit against Musk and Trump, on behalf of all Americans!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
Yes, please and thank you Senator Raskin!
Reposted by Rowan Knight
"The services cited concerns that participation in the predominantly Black event could run afoul of Trump's orders and the Pentagon's intensifying push to erase diversity efforts in the military."
This sure sounds like the federal government saying any events for Black people are now banned.
This sure sounds like the federal government saying any events for Black people are now banned.
SCOOP: The military has started making deliberate efforts to scale back the recruiting of Black Americans. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event
Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an annual conference that draws students, academics and professionals in science,...
www.military.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"The services cited concerns that participation in the predominantly Black event could run afoul of Trump's orders and the Pentagon's intensifying push to erase diversity efforts in the military."
This sure sounds like the federal government saying any events for Black people are now banned.
This sure sounds like the federal government saying any events for Black people are now banned.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The problem is you assume they want to "engage and have reals discussions on real issues." They don't. When confronted with facts, data, science, actual laws, and the like, they resort to spewing lies, disinformation and hate.
February 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
Reposted by Rowan Knight
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM