Mary Carpenter

the reason DHS officers wear masks is because it allows them to commit crimes with impunity. there is literally no legitimate reason for it.

A photo of Sonya Massey on the left, and Sean Grayson on the right

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help.

This Is America, Just Not the America You Knew Two white people were killed by ICE in Minneapolis and suddenly White America is outraged.

America is outraged after ICE killed two white people in Minneapolis.

I understand why folks are feeling afraid and angry right now. But I need you to understand something just as clearly: this is what Black America has been living with for generations.
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As of today, 1/18/26, DOJ is 30 days technically in contempt of Congress.

'DOJ Cannot Be Trusted,' Say Khanna and Massie, Seeking Special Master for Epstein Files | Common Dreams Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie asked a federal judge to appoint a "special master and/or independent monitor" to ensure that the US Department of Justice actually releases its Jeffrey Epste...

Reps. Khanna & Massie to ask judges for official to oversee release of Epstein files. "'...we’re now going to be intervening with the Southern District of New York to ask those judges to appoint a special master and ensure that all the documents are released.’" www.commondreams.org/news/khanna-...

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.

There are a lot of files in this new dataset that have made me feel this way.

I’m still making my way through DataSet 8, but this is some vile shit.

When the Earth warmed by 4C over 10,000 years 76% of all animals on the planet died.

We’re on track for 4C of heating in our children’s lifetimes.

Living through the most dangerous moment in our species history, & most people have no idea.

We’re being distracted to death.

Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare

Destroying our chances of surviving on this planet by devouring resources to make AI-driven fucking warfare that will destroy our chances of surviving on this planet.

We’re currently being led by the most dangerous psychopaths in the history of this planet.

AI is the textbook example of just because we CAN do something doesn’t mean we SHOULD do it.

Put it back in the fucking box & then smash the box out of existence.

Every economy op-ed writer: No see, you can't buy a house because you buy too many avocado toasts but you're hurting the economy by not buying a new $1,000 phone each year. I am very smart. Also don't ask me about my emails with Epstein.

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

I’m so irritated that the black women who were in some role at Lucasfilm seem to have all left. And I’m not irritated at them for leaving (unless they were forced out), I’m irritated that the environment wasn’t conducive to them staying.

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me

"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." - Margaret Mead

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Wise words yet somehow millions of adults missed that memo. Enter MAGA: a movement built on the idea that critical thinking is optional, loyalty is mandatory, and facts are, well… negotiable.

Photo of a One Cent penny.

👋🏻 Bye bye pennies! The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.

Guess in the age in which CEOs secure trillion dollar pay packages, we're unlikely to bring back the one-cent candy stores.

This bar chart shows a decrease in mentions of 'climate' since a peak in August 2022, when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.

We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.

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Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord.

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30 Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks. Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries, in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis. Continue reading...

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

“This was a very very bad vote”

Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]

The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.

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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.

YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

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The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 13, 2025 ~ The end of coral.

"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."

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Back over 1.5°C again and on the way up.

Coral has tipped. AMOC, Amazon, boreal forests, Antarctica, Greenland, permafrost, etc., are tipping.

The Climate 8-ball says, "Not to be!"

Fun with double negatives.

Basic Algebra:
A negative + a negative = a positive.

Anti Anti-Fa(scist) = Fascist.

Follow me for more tips from Gretel Von Trapp.

For those keeping track (and who isn't?), the planet is now at day 3 at 1.65C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.

While MSM sells outrage 24/7 with Kimmel, Tylenol, Putin, Israel... collapse just doesn't make the cut. Do folks care about the end of everything anymore?

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.