Robert Annis

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

@cpjunion.bsky.social

La Vuelta Collapses Miles Short Of Its Own Finish Line | Defector The worst-managed Grand Tour in recent cycling history ended in a fittingly ramshackle manner on Sunday, with the final stage of the Vuelta a España canceled due to overwhelming anti-genocide protests...

Great article.

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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

45 Million Acres of Public Vacationland Open to Loggers and Miners If… In 2001, the Roadless Rule was implemented after 600 public meetings and 95% public approval. The Trump government wants to eliminate it fast.

45 million acres of public vacationland open to loggers and miners—if we don't fight by Sept. 19.

Here's how to make your voice heard.

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#travel #nationalparks #fishing #hunting #camping

RE:PUBLIC INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM FOR PUBLIC LANDS.

Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

These people will end up dead. Trump is a #WarCriminal (he’s also a run-of-the-mill criminal too, multiple times over). This is unconscionable.

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias

I was in Juneau last week!

The NY Times WITNESSED BRIBERY in the mayor’s race and called it “ a bold departure from political norms.”

What, and I can’t stress this enough, the fucking fuck are you fucking talking about?

Alt text: Screenshot of a New York Times article titled "The Interview: This World-Renowned Negotiator Says Trump’s Secret Weapon Is Empathy." Photo credit reads "Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times." The article is by David Marchese, dated August 16, 2025. The background is black with white text.

Empathy for who?

Once again, fuck the New York Times.

@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level. JOIN.ICE.GOV 06 Aug 25 [Young man and old man in ICE gear]

Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944 [Young man and old man sharing a rifle]

Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.

Vision Zero on the Cheap Vision Zero isn't simple and Indianapolis has some serious financial constraints. With focus and efficiency, we can overcome these hurdles.

JUL 31 is the deadline to submit a public comment on the Vision Zero Action Plan for Indianapolis!

With that in mind, I have created detailed talking points about how I believe this plan should be implemented. Link to survey at the end of this thread. 🧵

www.visionzeroindy.com/post/vision-...

the increasing frequency of scorching weather like this last week should remind every elected official that we need to devote more resources to tree equity, especially at bus stops.

Five-star stays and Michelin-starred meals: Interest groups foot the bill for congressional travel Indiana’s representatives saw little expense spared during international trips paid for with special interest groups’ money.

Members of Indiana’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation and their staffers have accepted roughly $640,000 in privately sponsored international travel since 2020, an Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism analysis of travel disclosures found. @indianacapitalchronicle.com

Another childhood hero gone.

Welp.

I am a huge Star Trek fan. Huge.

But I'm done with Paramount+. They canceled their DEI office and bribed a tyrant for this. I love my Trek friends, but I cannot use this streamer any more. This *sucks*.

This is on my to-do list in the coming days.

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

I think about this constantly

Summary for June 2025:

There were 65 incidents reported, including 37 Pedestrians and 28 Bicyclists.

TWO INCIDENTS WERE FATAL.

Officials:
Joe Hogsett, Mayor
Indy Council (City-County.Council@indy.gov)

#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

This Was the Scariest Thing I Did This Year What it's like to walk the Veilbreaker bridges

I've jumped out of airplanes and hiked up 14,000-foot mountains before, but I don't like heights. I wrote about my anxiety-filled journey across two 2,500-foot suspension bridges at Alaska's Alyeska Resort for Inside Hook.

www.insidehook.com/adventure/sc...

Take this survey and tell IMPD it needs to take traffic offenses seriously again.

I know it's not very helpful, but I find myself thinking about those who criticized Nature's and Scientific American's Harris endorsement on the grounds that "science should stay out of politics." I think about those people quite a lot.

At what point can we stop taking these denials at face value? Of course he knew. The headline should read “Another GOP official palling around with Nazis.”

Reminder: Not a single elected official in Indianapolis spoke out after 10 kids were struck by drivers in a 30-day span.

Zero. None. Not a *single* one spoke up.

Not even 'Thoughts and Prayers' for the victims.

Not even a 'Drivers, pay attention — kids are out' PSA.

Nothing.

Nothing.

The best headlamps of 2025 Our outdoors expert spent weeks researching and testing these hands-free torches. These rose to the top.

I spent a few weeks testing headlamps for National Geographic earlier this year. Here are my favorite ones.

www.nationalgeographic.com/lifestyle/ar...

Best kayak accessories for 2025 The right extras, from grippy gloves to an insect repelling sunhat, can step up your next adventure.

I spend a lot of time paddling on the water, and National Geographic was nice enough to let me test and write about some of my favorite kayak accessories.

www.nationalgeographic.com/lifestyle/ar...