Dappled

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

#America, 2025

And the UK #Farage wants to create.

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

Abbott is killing children

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Will the ceasefire hold? Steven Cook on the feasibility of the Hamas-Israel peace deal "We should savor the moment when those hostages come out, and when those aid trucks go in."

What’s next for the Gaza ceasefire deal? Middle East expert Steven Cook breaks it down.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/will-the-ceasefire-hold-steven-cook

And the language of the abuser: "See what you made me do?"

I ordered this book!

A poster. An impossible shape against a starry sky. Gravity-defying cats wander around it. Below is the following text: PHYSICS FOR CATS Science Cartoons by Tom Gauld GOSH Comics Present a LAUNCH PARTY with Tom Gauld on Thursday 9th October 2025 from 7-9pm 1 Berwick St, London, WIF DR goshlondon.com @goshcomics

Sadly, Luna will not be joining us for the launch party at @goshcomics.bsky.social tonight 7-9pm. But you should come along and I will sign your book(s)!

The winter Olympics we actually want to watch.

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported. apnews.com/article/vati...

A westbound Queen streetcar passes a raindrop covered shelter neat the corner of Queen and Coxwell in east Toronto Ontario

Drops.

#Toronto #Streetcar #Rain #Photography

Isn't Bishop Robert Barron on some sort of religious liberty commission for Trump?

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

Libraries worldwide have been impacted by Trump's tariffs. Books that are on loan from US libraries to international libraries are getting tariffed on their way back in, getting books from international libraries has turned into an expensive nightmare, etc:

www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

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Thou shalt not shut down your entire government just to protect billionaire pedophiles.

I don't know
what to do
I agonize daily
over bad options

my home is
my friends are
my life is
here

if I leave
my life here will end

if I stay
will here end my life?

My sense is that Trump and Republicans will cave in this shutdown fight (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).

Why? Air traffic controllers.

Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-the-shutdown-ends

ALIEN logo being build and the E has no middle line

The ALIEN logo

Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.

This is some of the best journalism news I've heard since forever. Radley is absolutely indispensable for pulling back the curtain to show how the carceral state works.

Judge William Young's ruling against Rubio and Noem is a lesson for all in the Trump era Young lays bare the unconstitutionality of the Trump administration's student deportation efforts — and issues a challenge to America. Also: More court pushback.

Everyone on X is Big Mad about this article, so do with that what you will. www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Liar.
Why call yourself a Christian if you lie?

The awesome video team at the New York Times helped me make this video about the shutdown and Obamacare premiums.

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