David McFarland

I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”

Grieved by the horrific events that have unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, BC. As an educator in British Columbia, this does hit close to home. I’m grateful for first responders and also for local and national media that have handled this with compassion and resisted sensationalizing a tragedy.

Our hearts are in Tumbler Ridge tonight with the families of those who have lost loved ones.

Government will ensure every possible support for community members in the coming days, as we all try to come to terms with this unimaginable tragedy.

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

I really wish there was a column in teacher observation forms for "were students smiling and laughing?" because, at the end of the day, that might matter the most

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is illuminated with the slogan of the international memorial campaign "#WeRemember" on Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 also marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

I hope to return one day. We’ll see.

Just saw this in the photocopy room. I guess this is where we’re at now.

ALERTSF: A young mountain lion was spotted near Pacific/ Octavia. If you see it, slowly back away.

no way a young mountain lion can afford rent in Pac Heights

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. “Today, we demand accountability. “In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. “Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

My most boring class to teach, AP Government, is on our unit on the federal bureaucracy & federal agencies right now, where the College Board material places an enormous weight on expertise-driven independence and the principal-agent problem, hard for the kids to square with ICE/CBP agency actions.

It isn’t lost on many of us that the people pretending their 2nd amendment fetish was about preserving the right to stand against a tyrannical regime—who spent both terms of the Obama admin (and every year since) screaming warnings of the government coming to take their guns—are now cravenly silent.

Social media just makes this an uphill battle even more than it normally would be. I work hard to convince 60 evangelicals in a Sunday school class that the immigration system is unjust, and evangelical Josh Howerton has 1.8 million followers he can pepper with short media to defend the system.

They murdered Good and Pretti, a poet and a nurse, one whose last words were “I’m not mad,” another whose last act was shielding another. Because of course that’s who they killed. Everyday people.

Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.

This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.

i honestly don't know what this administration would do if confronted with a national mass movement

would they get scared and back down? would they pull out machine guns?

History teachers across the country and at every grade level should organize a teach-in this week by having students explore the Boston Massacre as part of the #America250 commemoration.

fred shuttlesworth looking over the wreckage of his bombed house

i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.

a face that says well, on we go

Just for a little historical context, the first planned march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 was to demand answers about the death of protestor Jimmie Lee Jackson.

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

A roaring wood fire in a fireplace.

My wife is back from protesting and I have done all the dishes, laundry, given elder kid a haircut and shower, made a pot roast, lit a fire. Mostly failed to write. Had some rolling panic attacks.

My only punk these days is #HyggePunk

Isn’t it crazy that people who voted for a criminal to be in the White House are worried about immigrants being criminals? Just saying ! 🤷‍♂️ 🔄

German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Sunset behind mountains and over water

Good night, Bluesky!

The last 4pm hour sunset in the Seattle area until November!

This marks the official end of "The Big Dark"😁

It shouldn‘t get lost that NPS removed interpretive panel talking about climate change at Fort Sumter this week too. In the next few days we’re going to start hearing about all the other NPS signage that has been removed and it’s going to be ugly.

@danboriscreates.bsky.social

To all my media friends. This is the guy you want to talk to about the situation at the President's House in Philly.