any orgs wanting to sign on to an open letter calling for the reversal of the US Govt designation of terrorist for A/I and solidarity with them? reach out

The death toll from the disaster that struck on Wednesday has already surpassed 470.

Nepal and China halt rescue efforts as border barrier lake overflows

The death toll from the disaster that struck on Wednesday has already surpassed 470.

aljazeera.com

🚨 Noblogs appears to have been hacked. A banner in the top right corner covering up the language change option now reads “Free Palestine” and when clicked it opens a tab reading “Self-deport NOW” which redirects to the ICE government website.

talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · 2d ago

U.S. State Department has designated leftist tech group Autisti/Inventati (A/I) a FTO, accusing it of ties to terrorist orgs due to the group’s encrypted platforms such as Noblogs, a popular blogging platform with leftist groups. A/I responded rebuking the designation: “We will not back down.”

nobody remembers when i did that open letter to my ceo calling out his $2b tech company paying its customer support staff minimum wage and how harmfully misleading the illusion was that going to college = economic stability but i will just note that was written 10 years ago

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16h ago

I cannot really explain to someone who hasn't been steeped in this stuff for awhile how sudden and total the "go to college and get a good job" edict has collapsed. It's a vaccuum. And we know how nature feels about those. All we are throwing in there at the moment is A.I.

Anything done in collaboration with Manhattan Institute is purely fascist propaganda and anyone reporting on it as anything but that—even with a federal agency and especially *this* admin—is not only unreliable, but actively participating in toxifying our information ecosystem.

Stephen C. Rea@stevierea.bsky.social · 24h ago

HHS released a report yesterday in collaboration with the Manhattan Institute and NCRI (#iykyk) trying to link trans activism with “left-wing authoritarianism” and support for political violence. The report acknowledges no evidence of causality, but guess how it’s being framed in friendly media?

elected democrats working themselves up into a dancing plague about a twitch streamer in possibly the most winnable environment for an opposition party in the history of the planet. beautiful stuff

“The Israelis are actively recruiting law enforcement professionals in the U.S. to do their bidding, to normalize their presence, to further the Israeli narrative.” @glentalk.bsky.social uncovers how a U.S. nonprofit has been teaching American police ‘battle proven’ Israeli methods & doctrines.

American police learn ‘battle proven’ Israeli methods and doctrines

A U.S. nonprofit presented Israeli law enforcement and intelligence-gathering methods to U.S. first responders, documents show

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Kicker here is that after all of this, plus more that’s detailed in the report, they allowed him to resign instead of being fired

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.

adam milstein is the funder behind stopantisemitism – the far-right islamophobic hate group masquerading as a civil rights org, jns – the far-right jewish news service, the israeli-american council – the far-right alternative to aipac cofounded with sheldon adelson, and the notorious canary mission

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · yesterday

Even if you grant the absurd premise about Jews and Italians, this only makes sense if you know *nothing* about India or its politics. Mamdani is criticizing a leader of the RSS. It's a violent Hindu nationalist group, one of whose devotees literally killed Gandhi.

Thinking about how many people on the internet were doing hexes hoping for a third 80-something (“two good, one bad”) yesterday.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · yesterday

Reports say 'butcher of Bosnia' died age 84 in a UN prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands.

nothing quite like someone asking me what my baby’s name is and i tell them and they tilt their head to the side and wistfully go “awww” bc it’s such a good name and fits them so perfectly (they picked it!!)

I spoke with @karenattiah.bsky.social this week about her WaPo reinstatement -- and she definitely had some strong feelings about the whole thing, such as how the "new version of the Post" betrayed the paper's legacy by bowing and cowering to Libs of TikTok. zeteo.com/p/how-can-cn...

Isn't this largely what Hasan Piker -- the guy whom Carville has screamed he can't be in the same party as -- has been saying these past few months?

the abbot of unreason (a returned archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 2d ago

uhhh thanks comrade crawdad

i’m in a local chat for giving away/acquiring baby stuff and ppl post things in there for sale that they 200% got for free as a gift from their registry and every time nobody wants to buy it bc everyone all knows that was a registry item

You are likely older than the Department of Homeland Security and your grandparents, or maybe even your parents, are likely older than the state of Israel.

The official U.S. Department of Education Twitter account posted, then deleted, a video positively comparing Trump to Hitler. Captioned “No one does it like us” with a tiger emoji, the video opens with a scene from Darkest Hour wherein Winston Churchill refers to Hitler as a tiger.

This video is like if the millennial pause and Brooklyn political corruption got together and tried making a baby but couldn’t figure out what hole to put it in so they added a bunch of fade-in text to fumble their way through.

Carey@careylikemariah.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hell Gate reporter Katie Way is not exaggerating when she says that "this video has the potential to become a certified NYC politics cult classic along the lines of the Eric Adams teenage room search PSA." It's cuckoo bananas from start to finish:

U.S. State Department has designated leftist tech group Autisti/Inventati (A/I) a FTO, accusing it of ties to terrorist orgs due to the group’s encrypted platforms such as Noblogs, a popular blogging platform with leftist groups. A/I responded rebuking the designation: “We will not back down.”

I can’t tolerate losing Dolly and Tim Curry at the same time. When did Death become so queerphobic.

it’s funny getting recommended content due to being a #mama with vids like “i just came across this creator who helped my kid speak” and their name is ms [whatever] and they’re just 100% copying ms rachel and the posts are trying to covertly pull ppl away from ms rachel bc ~politics~

NYC, if you, like me, are grieving Dolly and want to commit an act of service in her honor, might I suggest volunteering with Reading Partners? 💗 readingpartners.org/get-involved...

guessing the minneapolis cop andrew dubuc who was sending fist bump emojis to jake lang's crew is actually deitan dubuc, former professional canadian football player from quebec who joined police department in 2017 & is a familiar face if you spend time downtown also for his off-duty security work

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 3d ago

Mary Moriarty said there was prior communication between police and Lang’s security detail before he drove onto the sidewalk and raised a large sign with a racial epithet on it.

does anyone have a gift link for this awesome news that came out yesterday www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

nytimes.com

Dolly Parton has died. A video published today to her social media by her head of security, Bryan Seaver, on behalf of her family announced her passing:

This isn’t to say direct action tactics never happen, but when they do, they usually aren’t done because some rando went “hey guys do you wanna do some Crime?” even if the isn’t a fed, they’re usually sloppy enough in their enthusiasm they basically walk themselves/others into cuffs

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 4d ago

also learning to be wary of these obvious red flags isn’t opsec paranoia or whatever either or meant to make you suspicious of every neighbor either these are just great examples of guys telling on themselves & with one of them, several others are dealing with federal charges

please, everyone, learn from shit like this & “antifa kyle” • avoid fedposting • if someone who comes to organize with you & is suggesting violence or escalation (especially if it’s contradictory to your group’s stated values & goals) then it’s a red flag

Feds: Let’s target this nonprofit that literally cannot engage in anything beyond peaceful civil disobedience as anything more would jeopardize their 501c3 status Also feds: For some reason they are focused on deescalation and when we said the Magic Crime Words they weren’t interested????

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 4d ago

so while “infiltrating” the sunrise movement during metro surge (largely planning & coordinating the protests outside hotels housing ICE), their undercover even describes that sunrise prioritizes deescalation & non-violence — but then offers to supply construction material to incite escalation

Hey we brought our very fancy Onion tote bag back! Comes free with a year membership. Go get one before we are sued by a magazine over it. onionmembership.com/tim

My baby went to the park and came back with a flower for me 🥹