apple tv's really got my number with this whole aging white dude tragic fuckup with a heart of gold savior redemption arc microgenre of theirs

Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

Rounding people up, putting them in concentration camps, and treating them like animals:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is horrifying, and it's just the beginning unless Americans put a stop to it.

Organize and resist: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

Tell me you're protesting in Ipswich without telling me you're protesting in Ipswich #handsoff

18f were a bunch of badasses who actually *did* make government more efficient in a way that actually worked. And they did it while also being good people who cared deeply for the work, for each other, and for the people that used it.

Let's be clear: this is not that. Don't be fooled. This administration is destroying essential services that we and the rest of the world will miss dearly when they're gone.

By referring to it as a reduction in force along with corporate-speak usage, they're trying to make these hideous acts against the American people seem like routine or mundane leadership decisions so that those speaking out against it look out of touch with the reality of the business world.

One of the more insidious aspects of the wholesale dismembering of our government that's happening now is the language its perpetrators are employing to frame it.

"We have this fourth, unelected branch of government, which... has, in a lot of ways, currently more power than any elected representative. And this is not something the people want." 🤔

lawyers: your bat signal has been activated

Here's a hypothetical for you: if your LLM that was lagging behind the pack leaders and had the opportunity to scrape the data from all of the government's systems to feed it while executing your feckless coup at muzzle velocity without fear of retribution or anything resembling accountability wwyd

The conversation ultimately follows the people, not vice versa.

When we talk ourselves into passivity with doomerism and "disinformation is insurmountable" fatalism about our message, we give up that power.

Just like the fascists and their enablers want us to.

It's 100% accurate to call what happening right now a coup. For decades leading tech companies have emerged as increasingly powerful and borderless nation-states that operate with little to no effective regulation. This moment is the logical next step in their emergence. They're swallowing us whole.

Was it really a good idea for Dems to give FOTUS a way to win the loyalty of a large tranche of mostly young voters on day one by nullifying a hugely unpopular ban on their favorite addictive substance? Only time will tell.

My cynical guess is that most podcasters don't particularly want to be held accountable for their content and, for the time being, it's easier to avoid accountability when you create audio content

This is the take.

Thinking about leaving a platform where you've spent a big chunk of time after its leadership takes a mask off kinda feels like contemplating amputation after realizing the place you mistook for a safe haven is the mouth of an insatiable beast and would your rather lose a limb or your life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

they're so extra, just like me lol

Happy holidays y'all!

Libraries are so cute. Please get the Libby and Hoopla app on your phone and the Kanopy app for your TV. It makes the libraries so happy and you can access books, movies, magazines, audiobooks, tv shows, and joy. YOU GET FREE JOY

Yesterday one of my directs showed me the output they generated with the prompt "write a year-end self-review using as much corporate jargon as possible" and, let me tell you, friends, any middle manager on the fast track to upper-mid would be pleased as punch with the author's professional progress

Etymology of the day is ‘jargon’, from the Old French ‘jargoun’, meaning the ‘chattering of birds’.

Likewise, my friend. A reunion in the best possible sense. 🙌

Heyyy this DOES feel like that other place did almost 20 yrs ago *turns to dust*