Andy Solages

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

We are live NOW from the original Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.
for the 70th anniversary of the Bus Boycott. This is where the mass meeting took place that launched the 382-day boycott. Tune in at www.youtube.com/live/WaMW6MH... or the Black Star Network app. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…

Racism and democracy are incompatible—the conservatives on the Supreme Court know this and the result of that knowledge has been a sustained, wholesale dismantling of voting rights. There is no fight more important than the fight for voting rights, and we must shine a light on the strategy at play.

In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Reflections on SNCC History: 30 Years of I've Got The Light of Freedom YouTube video by Schomburg Center

Tonight! 6:30 EST online, the Schomburg's Conversations in Black Freedom Studies is having a special program on the 30th anniversary of Charles Payne's I've Got the Light of Freedom with @profjeffries.bsky.social, Emilye Crosby, Tess Raser, Charlie Cobb & Charles Payne! youtube.com/live/8IZksfH...

"ICE Ivory" would also fit this shitty authoritarian era

Fitting. But in this environment, I'm surprised it wasn't renamed "Confederate Blanc" or "Swastika Snow." 😂

The Trump regime may have stopped BLS monthly job reports to hide bad numbers, but can’t hide the job market from the public.

Vibes might be able to convince people the job market is worse than it really is, but it’s very hard to sell the idea that the job market is much better than it really is.

*looks directly at camera*

Trump Official Forced to Clarify Exactly How Many Somalis Are Garbage Donald Trump’s White House has launched a particularly racist attack on the Somali American community.

The Trump administration is taking aim at the Somali American community in Minnesota with an immigration crackdown, punctuated by President Trump on Tuesday calling Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American herself, “garbage” along with the rest of her community. trib.al/AHFJOl0

Failed US-Brokered “Peace” Deal Was Never About Peace in DRC New report from the Oakland Institute details how US-brokered “peace” deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical mineral...

“American involvement has little to do with ending violence, and everything to do with unlocking strategic mining access for corporate interests. The agreement effectively rewards aggression while sidelining essential conditions for durable peace.”

www.oaklandinstitute.org/press-releas...

Getting to "zero" with passive house is the topic and Rah Digga's "Tight" is playing in my head. Low loads and no air leakage.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

If the entire Trump administration doesn't realize that this would guarantee that the Trump pardons they're all banking on will also be declared invalid by a future president, nobody tell them.

This is too much.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That. Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.

Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.

The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.

DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...

So honored :')

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WATCH: “The barrage of negative attacks against me are because Republicans don’t have a plan to address the affordability crisis.”

Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social draws a contrast between her accessible gathering in Franklin vs. Van Epps’ billionaire gated mansion event earlier. #TN7

Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, a new study says. Plus, tips for how to take a break from your feed. n.pr/4oN4dWp

'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

A worthwhile thread from the author of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks."

My experience working in machine learning consisted largely of people who were convinced that they are extremely good at reading and math—despite huge gaps in their literacy and number sense—because institutions have continually told them that they are.

The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.

Lots of people are going to die.

(next to a crossed out Home Depot logo) “Home Depot has allowed its parking lots to become ground zero for ICE raids on immigrant day laborers, and its billionaire co-founder Bernie Marcus has funneled millions into Trump's campaigns.” (next to a crossed out Target logo) “Target, which once branded itself as the friendly, inclusive big-box store, has now scrapped its DEl goals and scaled back LGBTQ+ offerings to avoid angering the regime.” (next to a crossed out Amazon logo) “Amazon didn't just shower Trump's inauguration with cash -- Jeff Bezos' company pitched facial-recognition tools to ICE and powers the Palantir systems ICE uses to track and deport immigrants, making Amazon a core contractor for the regime's deportation machine.”

During this busiest shopping period of the year, we’re hitting pause on purchases from Home Depot, Target, and Amazon. Let’s make our dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky