The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Lying murderer and murderous liar

A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.

We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun

NYT: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old Minneapolis Man The victim was an American citizen with no criminal record who had a firearms permit, the city police chief said. Videos of the encounter contradict the federal government's description of the shooting, a New York Times analysis found.

years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

America will blow up NATO, go to war with our European allies, become weaker, poorer and more isolated just because an old, dying vulgarian is angry he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize he doesn't deserve and he wants a big piece of land that doesn't belong to him and Republicans refuse to act.

Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”

So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.

For months, Trump’s DHS has wreaked lawless havoc in our neighborhoods. Tear gassing infants, families, and police. Firing their weapons at peaceful citizens. Killing innocent people.

It’s brutal, unconstitutional, and out of control.

It must stop.

Kristi Noem must go. Now.

ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

Actual Bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from 50 years before you were born.

Screen shot of an article from All Recipes with the title, “10 Great Depression Era Recipes That Still Hold Up Today”

Sign of the times

My favorite Halloween costume contest

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

A photo of a person in a frog costume holding sings that read “You’re Fired” (alongside a drawing of Godzilla) at the No Tyrants protest in Tokyo, Japan.

A photo of over a dozen people standing on steps at the No Kings protest in Melbourne, Australia. There are multiple “NO KINGS” signs and a person in a frog costume is at the front of the protest.

A photo of over a dozen people at the No Tyrants protest in Barcelona, Spain. A person in a frog costume is holding a sign that reads “I STAND WITH OREGON/EL PUEBLO UNIDO/ABOLISH ICE/NO TYRANTS.”

A photo of dozens of people at the No Kings protest in Frankfurt, Germany. A person in a frog costume is shown walking alongside a person in a unicorn costume.

We have frogs everywhere. #NoKings

This is giving me hope and making me wish I’d sought out the people protesting in solidarity here in Tokyo yesterday

Remove a letter, ruin a movie.

Rash

ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social

A large truck driving down a Shibuya street with an advertisement on its side for the business Mōmuri, a business helping people quit their jobs.

Want to quit, but dread facing your boss to do so? Hire Mōmuri to do it for you. (Mōmuri translates roughly to “I’ve had enough!”) Spotted in Shibuya.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

I've been reposting some of them but if you need a mood boost, check out the posts under the #handsoff hashtag. spending so much time online I sometimes worry people in the real world don't know what's going on — but they absolutely, unequivocally do. you're not alone. we're not alone.

Concrete bunny (for children to play on) appearing to look up at cherry blossoms on a greenway in Tokyo

Cherry tree branches full of blossoms in a park in Tokyo

Two cherry trees in full bloom in a park in Tokyo

Hanami away from the crowds in Tokyo

Burger Police restaurant next to the Himonya Police Station in Meguro, Tokyo

Inspired by their next-door neighbors.

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

Illuminated cherry blossoms at Rikugien gardens in Tokyo

Yozakura (cherry blossoms at night) at Rikugien gardens in Komagome, Tokyo. March 30 was the final night of the illuminated trees, but it’s worth a visit at any time of day.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

“she’s never done anything for me” you say as I post Kermit channeling David Byrne and prove you wrong

I’m guessing this one wasn’t greased. Hope there aren’t any police horses in the neighborhood