@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social I will give no more Big Give donations to my Alma mater until the univ adopts a policy of no cooperation with fascists. @berkeleyinspire.bsky.social please lose my number and email. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wrong: migration flows destabilize EU countries (Hungary went Putinist without any of this, of note)
Right: migration flows add population to the EU economy and enable it to produce more stuff with which to fight Putin militarily in Ukraine
UC alumni, it's time to #standupforUC. Resist Trump's demand for a billion-dollar settlement. universityofcalifornia.quorum.us/campaign/sta...
Vacation!! Taking the train from Oakland to Santa Barbara.
all of this was foretold in 1999. want to see what they're planning? read Lockdown America. www.versobooks.com/products/167...
A hike a few days ago on the coast north of Bodega Bay.
let me know when the Zohran the Destroyer merch drops, in all seriousness, if it features the work of the campaign’s terrific design/typography team, I would buy it so dang fast
Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding.
Why did “penis” not work for today’s Typeshift @puzzmo.com ? (this never happens) puzzmo.com/play/typeshi...
I gave this talk about the Watts Towers for San Francisco’s @oddsalon.bsky.social last year. Now available on YouTube. youtu.be/mF8xBrbIxZI?...
I bet a lot of people have had an experience like this with a bad boss - there’s an email in your inbox on Saturday night saying, “Prove to me your worthiness by Monday or else.”
I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire asshole bosses.
Oh this is very interesting.
There are some great @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social student projects raising money on this crowdfunding platform. Check it out. crowdfund.berkeley.edu
Ukraine Gaza - at the mercy of war inc
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
Happy early Elontines to all who celebrate
Vought was just confirmed by the Senate, with all Republicans voting for. All Dems voted against.
In addition to believing that porn should be outlawed, he believes that any trans info *is* porn.
He also drafted the porn "age-verification" laws now being passed in state after state.
Do the math.
Old still from a John Waters interview- he’s sitting just off of center on a green couch, leaning forward, hands clasped. He’s in front of a bookshelf, looking concerned, or thoughtful. Overlayed on the image is the quote: “Remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready to fight for our rights. Smut is our friend.”
In this interview I share some thoughts about navigating risk in career and life, living with uncertainty, and the value of education. youtu.be/O1Y-uLP9OhU?...
As noted by @laurenleharper.bsky.social, the removal of these datasets from data.gov may violate the Open Government Data Act and other laws: bsky.app/profile/laur...
I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
Leftists who don’t care about the war on porn should look closer. Obscenity laws are the first step in banning ALL “degenerate” art.
They are already saying that drag queens and trans people are sex predators. That queer books are porn. They are priming the people to lump it all together!!
Even if you do not create/consume/like NSFW media you must speak up for SWs and NSFW creators b/c the criminalizing and banning of it is just another step towards fascism. It will be used to target minority groups, LGBT, etc. and anything deemed "unsanitary" or "degenerate".
Scummy move by the Präsident.
California should sue.
The Nakba never stops. At times it slows down, then it speeds up, it shifts from the W. Bank to Gaza back & forth. No Peace is possible for Palestinians or Israelis while it continues. Resisting Israel's apartheid practices is a prerequisite for a Just Peace. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
An EXTREMELY common rich person belief is "publishing a negative story about me is illegal." The law says they are wrong but considering the state of things right now don't be surprised if that starts to change.
in the runup to the election, there were a lot of people (within and outside of the adult industry) who dismissed concerns about Project 2025 ("he's disavowed it! he's not involved! he doesn't know about it!"). but all of his nominees and all of their actions have reflected the Project 2025 agenda.
Headline and picture of Trump at a podium: "How Trump's Second Administration Can Take Down the Porn Industry"
The antiporn movement was never about protecting minors.
But it was masks off (or cages on?) in the Federalist today, as Project 2025's Heritage Foundation and American Principles Project teamed up to argue that the Trump should, uh, #MACA — Make America Chaste Again.
By imprisoning pornographers.
16 of the 26 Day One executive orders signed by Trump were ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee.
Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.
Check out my conversation with the folks at @democracynow.org this morning about the right-wing movement of Silicon Valley
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtY...
