The Tiz

Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I. Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

@mariajstephan.bsky.social @ashdashlee.bsky.social Question re: Pillars of Support. Are elected officials including congress a pillar of support? or are they the roof pushing down on the pillars? where does congress fit in to all this? Especially when they seem to be so weak right now as oppo.

Where’s Marty’s!!

These House Dems are having an AIPAC-funded smiling vacation in a country currently bombing and starving millions of people with weapons they voted to send to that country.

Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.

Uggggghhhhhh

The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.

It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.

Likely to enter force within days.

A Mother and Her Trans Teen Decide to Leave the U.S. After President Trump issued an executive order aimed at restricting access to gender-affirming care for minors, one family made the difficult choice to relocate to Mexico City.

“You know what? I’m done with this country. A totally unnecessary hatred being directed at my kid is unforgivable.”

Disgusting. This country is run by cowards and fucking slimeballs

Thanks to MPR for this in depth reporting.

How are any of us supposed to trust MPD when these are the leaders in charge of training a new generation of officers?

Virginia Giuffre’s brother: Calling it a hoax is a complete disgrace to everything that my sister has worked for, everything these survivors have worked for and continue to fight for… And that feels very uncompassionate coming from somebody that’s the leader of our country.

Generations of Americans fought tirelessly for the sacred right to vote, and today, we celebrate 60 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Our work to defend voting rights is not over. I’ll keep fighting to protect access to the ballot box so that every American’s voice is heard.

“They’re all terrified. When do you stop with the jokes?”

Marc Maron rips “hacks” Joe Rogan & co. for punching down at trans people, immigrants etc. even after they’ve had their rights stripped and are now living in fear.

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Um how can I learn how to use moderation lists? I can google it but if you know a link …… thx

If governors can simply “remove” state legislators they disagree with, we no longer live in a democracy.

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

What the F are we doing, people????

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

New sign. White background with orange lettering and reads, “harness moral outrage to action.“
#1millionrising

Does everyone else who uses this have to delete about six bots every day off your follower list?

200 mil for the friggin gold ballroom

Life on a Monday in August may seem normal enough. And yet the reality is "We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country." I so appreicate @maddow.msnbc.com describing the simple reality clearly. It does us no good to pretend it's not real. The only question is what we do about it.

We’re chipping away at the civic pillars Trump needs to cement and uphold his power — media, business leaders, civic organizations, and beyond — by training one million Americans to lead strategic non-cooperation campaigns in their communities. Join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

this may literally be the one subject on the planet on which everyone is aligned in this way

I’m not sure you could get these poll numbers with “the sky is blue” or “two plus two equals four”

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Ho-hum. Nothing to see here.

My spouse made some yesterday and accidentally put in too much salt 😭

Screenshot from Reuters reading Tesla approves share award worth $29 billion to CEO Elon Musk (August 4, 2025)

Screenshot of headline from April 4, 2025 reading Musk's actions led to "unprecedented brand damage" to Tesla (TSLA), says JP Morgan

🤷‍♂️ #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

Free idea:
The twin cities should have an independent media fair/festival asap.