ian says DC statehood now

it is like central casting with these guys lol

Mount Pleasant has a new sign. Actually, a lot of new signs.

These “DC elites shouldn’t deny crime” takes are so…did you just land here from the moon. First of all who are you talking about. Second of all the point isn’t that there is no crime, it’s that Trump is clearly describing a fictional dystopia for political gain while making our real city less safe.

As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down.

In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

huge w

Or historical awareness. “East of Rock Creek Park” was the Jim Crow color line. 👀

(And still divides the very rich from everyone else.)

The American press and public really need to figure out how to simply dismiss Trump's pretextual claims for authoritarian attacks and then resist the attack itself, not debate the claim. We have spent months asking "but is the Ivy League really antisemitic?" and now "but is DC really crime-ridden?"

Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.

Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)

Richard Prince Deposition ( 480p) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Richard Prince second deposition

and just in case it disappears lol: archive.org/details/rich...

found another version after finding a way through Puck's paywall lol: vimeo.com/1078952204

password is "prince"

CC @thebestrevenge.info

I'm a little annoyed at how credulously folks reported the letter itself. like, what statute is being cited that says SI has to comply with *any* of these requests? it all seems legally voluntary, meaning this is a straightforward test of the Regents'/Bunch's willingness to comply.

it was always obvious DOGE was decorative "innovative efficiency" cover for the brutal dismantling of corporate oversight and the social safety net, but the press spent first six months of the year propping it up as a good-faith effort

Screenshot of a half-loaded YouTube video in the Wayback Machine interface. Four images of Richard Prince at his second deposition fill the screen of the YouTube video.

fuck I tried archiving on Wayback yesterday in case this happened but it looks like YouTube's filters shut out the archive bot and wouldn't let it save. this is as close as it gets to loading now.

Opinion Jeanine Pirro: The fight to make D.C. safe and beautiful These three laws are detrimental to public safety and to my ability to fight crime. 11 minutes ago • 4 min

The Washington Post sent me a push alert for this dreck, and I would like to know who made that decision so I can incite them to meet me in the Octagon

(also shout out to whoever uploaded it to youtube lol)

can't stop thinking about the copyright implications here. Prince almost certainly doesn't own the copyright to the video of the deposition - there's no real legal precedent but it's likely the videographer, plaintiff's lawyer, or plaintiff. basically opens up an identical fair use can of worms lol.

We do not necessarily agree with Bartov, nor does it matter what our views are. It is possible that the word “genocide” has outlived its usefulness as a means for galvanizing public opinion if the debate about it will come to eclipse the deeds themselves. But embedding the definition into our institutional fabric would prohibit even having this debate at a moment in world history when it is imperative and in the very halls where it stands a chance to be productive precisely because of Columbia’s rich intellectual diversity. What else do scholars and scientists do but compare? How else do we advance the conversation, achieve analytical clarity, reach some agreement about standards to be applied, if not by comparing? How would we know if Israel’s actions constitute genocide or not if we do not compare them to actions by other nations, including the most heinous?

As for the “double standards” mentioned in the definition: They are in the eye of the beholder, and their identification necessarily invokes questions, contentions, and disagreement. Their identification typically diverts the debate and bogs it down in rhetorical questions, contentions, and disagreements. Israeli war crimes in Gaza are not excused by Russian war crimes in Ukraine, or the ongoing horrors in Myanmar, Darfur, and China. State-sponsored crimes against humanity and genocidal projects are not rare events. But just because such horrors are frequent does not make them okay. Calling any of them out is the right thing to do, and doing so is not proof of a double standard. Even so, what is wrong with a double standard? Would a Jew who wanted to hold his or her own nation, religion, and state to a higher moral standard be labeled thereby antisemitic? Are Christians who strive to hold themselves and fellow congregants to a higher moral standard anti-Christian?

Using the IHRA definition to determine “evidence of discriminatory intent” is anti-intellectual because it will shut down the free exchange of ideas that is the lifeblood of this university. Over the last year, Incite Institute and the Trust Collaboratory, which we lead, have organized over 150 Listening Tables sessions, in which upwards of 1,800 students participated. We were poised to expand the program next year, before we learned about President Shipman’s decision. The premise of the Listening Tables is to serve as a space of dialogue, where participants listen to one another genuinely and respectfully, even if they profoundly disagree. The tables are spaces where things are said that may be difficult to hear but can then be discussed and weighed by participants who are willing to put themselves in the other participants’ shoes. Who would want to take part in these conversations now, when the sword of “evidence of discriminatory intent” hangs over their heads?

The definition of antisemitism proffered by the IHRA is antithetical to the spirit of the University. The Task Force on Antisemitism, composed of our own faculty, understood this last year when it refrained from explicitly defining antisemitism. What has changed? How will criticism of this definition be interpreted and adjudicated? We have argued that it is okay to compare what is happening in Gaza with known genocides, including the genocide of Jews. We have argued that it is okay to hold different groups to different standards. The new policy defines these arguments as evidence of antisemitism. That is absurd. We are both proud of our Jewish heritage. We invite the University to try to silence us. But we fear that others will not feel the same in this new landscape of censored speech and unfounded accusations of “discriminatory intent.” We are both tenured and Jewish; others less privileged are right to be concerned about Columbia’s disciplinary process.

Columbia Professors Peter Bearman and Gil Eyal explain the enormous damage Columbia’s formal inclusion of the “anti-intellectual” IHRA definition in disciplinary processes poses to the basic spirit and urgent work of a university. www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

it's so simple!!! show up to a library board meeting (or even run for the board), join the Library Friends group, tell your reps at every level that you only vote for politicians who support your community's library and library workers.

Rashid Johnson/Sam Gilliam?

this really came full circle unfortunately

Six days later, Castillo said, he was handcuffed and left outdoors in the sun as a punishment for attempting to go on a hunger strike inside the detention center, he said in a phone interview. As mosquitoes swarmed him, Castillo pleaded with guards to bring him inside, he said. He was kept outside for nearly three hours. There are fights between detainees over scarce amounts of food, and COVID-19 cases have spread inside one of the cells, Castillo said.

Concentration camp

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

if you read anything about AI this week please make it this.

Delta is engineering inequality.

"Early research on personalized pricing isn't favorable for the consumer. Consumer Watchdog found that the best deals were offered to the wealthiest customers--with the worst deals given to the poorest people, who are least likely to have other options."

I don't think people understand at all how easily the government can charge people with “interference” and “obstruction” of ICE activities.

3/ On reasonable suspicion in practice:

"Defendants [the Government] do not explain why fleeing upon seeing unidentified masked men with guns exiting from tinted cars without license plates raises suspicion."

SEIU California | SEIU California Demands Release of CSU Faculty Member Brutalized By ICE SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our brother Jonathan Caravello, PhD, a U.S. citizen and union member, who was brutally assaulted and detained by federal agents as he…

A worker was killed. Dozens detained.

Dr. Jonathan Caravello, A CSU faculty member and US citizen, was brutalized & disappeared by ICE for observing.

Trump’s ICE thugs are escalating terror in our communities. Release them ALL.

seiuca.org/press-releas...

They invented the trope of the welfare queen under Reagan so they could hurt and dehumanize minorities and the poor. They keep recycling the trope in stale variations while handing billions for free to the ruling class.

Chicago Ended 2024 With $161M Deficit: Officials The Chicago Police Department exceeded its nearly $2 billion budget, approved by the Chicago City Council, by $207 million, according to city data.

The cops are defunding our municipalities. Their overtime exceeds the deficit: news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/c...

Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"