Largely nonviolent movements have toppled many regimes, from Bangladesh last year to most of Eastern Europe in 1989 to... Lots documenting it, including Erica chenoweth.bsky.social's famous work and the Swarthmore archives on nonviolence. Weird how people still assume...

Peege@mrpeege.bsky.social · yesterday

All im saying Jeff, is that holding up signs & peacefulness didnt get rid of bad people throughout history. Weve been trying here & it hasn't worked. Im not advocating for violence, just saying we need different tactics

A huge increase in climate change-induced flood risk from sea level rise, heavier rainfall, and stronger/slower-moving hurricanes is nearly certain to force abandonment of portions of the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts by late this century, even under a moderate global warming scenario. 1/7

The floods of the future won't come one at a time » Yale Climate Connections

A dangerous collision of storm surge, torrential rain, and sea level rise threatens to overwhelm communities from Texas to Maine.

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Medicaid cuts and a new opinion from the Justice Department are threatening people’s access to independent living, disability advocate Carl Schulze warned Thursday. @fayeparks.bsky.social has more. www.wortfm.org/disability-a...

Independents, maybe. But for a Dem candidate in Wisconsin to say *Republicans* potentially having “good ideas” after nearly two decades of being fucked raw by Walker/Vos/et al. And after your county was the biggest target of the fucking? WTF are we even doing here? Centrism is a hell of a drug.

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d ago

Francesca Hong's opponent, David Crowley, says: "we have to listen to independents and Republicans because we [Democrats] don't have a monopoly on good ideas."

Here's a tool to check whether your newspaper subscription data just got sold to Palantir. Some Gannett cities include Phoenix, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Nashville, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Louisville, Savannah, El Paso, Reno, and Asheville www.usatodayco.com/local-brands...

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Daily publications test Select a state from the dropdown or click on a state below to view Gannett’s daily publications. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georg...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago

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A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization

North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”

The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion

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Flock has justifiably received tons of outrage, but Axon (and a bunch of other companies) are also purveyors of mass surveillance. Canceling a Flock contract and replacing it with an Axon one is just changing your flavor of authoritarianism.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3d ago

New from 404 Media: around the country, cities are ditching Flock. But in many cases, immediately replacing Flock with Axon cameras. These clamp to an existing streetlamp so harder to spot. May be harder for public to know what cops are using the cameras for www.404media.co/cities-are-d...

Here are some small friends I saw today at work: 1. Hatchling (state endangered) Blandings turtles being released in a nice wetland. Wish them luck!

New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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I've been asking reporters in Spokane how we can help and everyone says subscribe, subscribe, subscribe. The Spokesman-Review has been doing unreal coverage of the fires: www.spokesman.com

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social · last wk.

The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:

😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

For women's music to stay in the repertoire, we don't just need recordings. We also need score publication, composer info & advocacy. So I'm delighted to announce the launch of UNHEARD HERITAGE, a recording initiative marrying research & performance leahbroad.substack.com/p/announcing...

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that

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Politico@politico.com · last wk.

UPDATE: Mandela Barnes dropped out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, as progressive state lawmaker Francesca Hong surges in the polls. The announcement comes as state Dems brace for damaging media reports about Barnes.

"As for Stephen Miller, it is hard to think of a more openly fascistic figure in American government. He views some large portion of the American population as deformed and subhuman. And he has the power to make at least some of them go away." www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, in the Original German

They keep telling you who they are.

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The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

Emily Mills is somebody I really trust to do good reporting on what's going on in Madison

E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉@millbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some initial thoughts on the (seemingly endless) moment we're in, Corey Ruiz's murder my police in Madison, the importance of communal grief, and organizing for real change. Mostly just looking to & learning from others who've been at this a long time:

At the Corey Ruiz memorial in Madison. Angry white racist guy walked in, started kicking memorial, yelling slurs, punched a friend who tried to de-escalate & get him out. The way so many people stepped in immediately to remove him, firmly & without further violence, was a thing of beauty.

Well this is bleak.

Catherina Gioino@catgioino.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...

Some initial thoughts on the (seemingly endless) moment we're in, Corey Ruiz's murder my police in Madison, the importance of communal grief, and organizing for real change. Mostly just looking to & learning from others who've been at this a long time:

On hometown horror and turning communal grief into action

Vol. 88 In This Issue: ESSAY | TAKE ACTION | NOW READ THIS | FINAL FRAME My heart is heavy and hurting. There is some small comfort in knowing that I am hardly alone in that fact, or the specific re...

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67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult

67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.

The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.

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Cutting money that provides food and health care but spending $300 million to permanently deploy the military to the streets of the capital in times of peace is tinpot dictator stuff

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 2w ago

What could up to 2k illegally deployed troop apartments cost, Michael? $148,000? Each?

Absolutely bodied 🤣🙌🏻

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2w ago

ok reasonable

"The new complex near the Virginia border signals that even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity." https://nyti.ms/4fzUjVt

ICE Detention Center in North Carolina to Be Among Largest on East Coast (Gift Article)

The new complex near the Virginia border signals that even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity.

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This, big time. I have to make a conscious effort *not* to do it, when it feels inappropriate. But ultimately it's just music/mirroring that happens naturally and without thought for a lot of folks.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

Health officials investigating the large outbreak of diarrhea caused by the parasite cyclospora say they have "very strong" evidence that shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms is the likely source, despite a false positive test for the parasite over the weekend. https://cnn.it/4wYAxtP