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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

“The toolbox isn’t particularly varied. President Trump is using all the instruments: the reported quotas for ICE arrests; the paramilitary force made up of thugs drunk on their own brutality; the spectacle of random violence, particularly in city streets; the postmortem vilification of victims…”

We need to treat AirBNB like we did Tesla and boycott NDS.

Nothing is more satisfying than "Delete and report junk."

Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.

Republicans have insisted for years that any increase in America’s so-called debt limit be paired with spending reductions. Now the party is poised to discard that philosophy and press ahead with legislation that combines nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts with a $5 trillion increase to the debt limit.

Adobe's HR chief tells staff: We're done with DEI hiring goals Adobe shifts away from DEI hiring targets, joining Google and Meta in scaling back diversity efforts.

Shame on you @adobelive.bsky.social

www.businessinsider.com/adobe-ends-d...

We are all being forced to use Teams and then insulted with the worst collection of backgrounds imaginable. Well, maybe not as bad as Facebook post backgrounds....

Thank you for the community impact hearing. I’m in the overflow room and I’m grateful for your work working against the attacks on our Constitution.

1100 people attending Keith Ellison’s Attorney General Forum. Overflow rooms full. Fight attacks on the US Constitution.

At the attorney general forum hosted by Keith Ellison. Focused on positive change vs. cruelty and chaos.

Finally at Insight Series at the @walkerartgallery.bsky.social with @aigaminnesota

DOGE Is the Deep State A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!

Okay somehow it's Friday and somehow we made it (congrats!) 🤯

To make the doomscroll easier, here's a thread of all the wild stuff we learned this week, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social's analysis on why DOGE *is* the deep state (and Elon Musk's extended universe.)

Great Depression - Wikipedia

A refresher on the Great Depression of 1929 and its causes, which are eerily similar to today. #historyrepeatsitself
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I can't think of a single use case for live co-editing a Photoshop file at the same time. Why? @adobephotoshop.bsky.social

House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk to testify about his efforts to radically reshape the federal government, only to be blocked by Republicans.

The CEO of the Lesser Evil popcorn brand is the father of one of Elon’s little rats.

Demand your grocery store stop carrying rat popcorn.

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YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Protest in Minnesota against Trump administration

50501: Minnesota
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Starting out Black History Month with early tickets to this upcoming show at MIA.

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Information+ Conference 2025

#info+ 2025 conference announced!! informationplusconference.com/2025/

Yeah, I'm out.

Target to End D.E.I. Policies as Trump Threatens Companies The retailer joins a growing group of companies dropping commitments and policies on diversity and equity as President Trump fights the programs.

Target has become the latest major company to roll back DEI, joining a growing group of companies dropping commitments and policies on diversity and equity as President Trump fights the programs.

Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon policies Amazon's modifications mirror similar actions taken by other major companies after Trump’s election victory, including Meta, McDonald’s, and Walmart

Shopping elsewhere
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Yay! I got tickets to Lucy Dacus. That was close.

Opinion | How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.

This interview with Andreessen was eye-opening for me. A first-person view into the tech leaders' view of workers, the blaming of universities, the generational judgments, the number of logical fallacies, and the self-justification for greed. Well, now we know.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...

I am looking for a replacement for Meta apps too. Perhaps @Bluesky can make a Faceblue and we can all post there?

This was the first year since subscribing to Amazon Prime that I bought no holiday gifts from them. I can put up with a lot from a brand but not aligning with Mordor.

@figma.com #FigmaDown

Ciao a tutti. Hello World.