Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Where Do the Journalists Go Now? As media titans self-combust, what does that mean for reporters, their sources and the news we desperately need?

Today's must read from @mirandagreen.bsky.social

Indie authors using Draft2Digital, this does indeed work, and your self pubs can now be sold on bookshop.org

a bald man is making a funny face and pointing at the camera with the words `` muhhaha '' . ALT: a bald man is making a funny face and pointing at the camera with the words `` muhhaha '' .

If i were an immoral billionaire set on getting my way on everything, I would close all forms of traditional media and funnel everyone into my algorithm driven digital manipulation machine too!

The press is calling Epstein victims women, when they clearly know they are girls under 18 years old.
Why?

I enjoy this place, but the people in charge of it are obviously so embarrassed that their userbase ended up as left-leaning as it is.

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie

https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/15/zack-polanski-writes-to-keir-starmer-calling-for-south-east-water-to-be-taken-into-public-ownership/

Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.

Privatised water is a scam.

I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.

You may feel helpless — a powerless observer of this hurricane of violence. Please do not succumb to helplessness, despair, or fear. You are needed — desperately. Here are some things you can do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mobilizing-america

If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻‍🍳 💋

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:

"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."

"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

We used to call this subtweeting and also yes

guys stop telling people London is safe we have enough sourdough bakeries we don't need people coming in opening any more ffs

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

UK to bring into force law this week to tackle Grok AI deepfakes The technology secretary said it would be illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to make them.

This is obviously the right decision.

It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

This message hits hard.

So have the kids in Wizzard's I wish it could be Christmas every day retired yet?

#StarTrek

Man kid me would be so disappointed in me having so many naps at Christmas but it's actually amazing

Who does he think he is? Zack Polanski sparks fury by releasing pro migration message at same time as King Charles

Oh GB News. Have a day off and enjoy a mince pie.

How dare I talk positively about migration & refugee rights at this time of year that should be about *checks notes* good tidings and warm wishes.

Tune in at 3pm to watch and judge for yourself.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Telling the journalist to get stuffed

This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands

It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.

Expedition 33 DLC announced. So who is stronger Chromatic Simon or Mad Esquie?

I’m not sure “live and work indefinitely” is the banger slogan they think it is