damn
damn
uffff, boy was The Panoptic Sort prescient ๐ฎโ๐จ
the progression system is there, but hidden. each time someone reads a chapter in a copy, a random character stat is buffed (this is why no library can carry it)
the denial people adopt to/as they inflict online harassment is infuriating ๐ฅ
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."
๐ฅณ publication day ๐
i love the helmet
Congress caused a judicial vacancy crisis in DC by repeatedly failing to confirm judges for DC courts.
Instead of fixing it, today it will vote on a bill to eliminate the little say DC gets on selecting the judges in our local courts.
The bill would let President Trump handpick DC judges instead.
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
my consultant says voters prefer Night *Folk*
They dream of DC as a wartime capital again
A good guide for DC residents on what to do in response to the new immigration operations in DC.
Make calls to Congress: Pass the termination resolutions. New bills would end the emergency period and Trump's power in DC.
Reps @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @eleanornorton.bsky.social and Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov have introduced resolutions to end the emergency period in DC โ and end Trump's power here.
We need Congress to pass these bills as swiftly as possible. FreeDCproject.org/termination
yes please! movement infrastructure people did a Solidarity City earlier this year
this is a hard question, and the ask is exactly to have everyone sit with it, figure out an answer, and then act
to everyone on this thread: what are yโall doing to preserve DCโs autonomy?
It's a good day to send some cash to @remorahousedc.bsky.social to support mutual aid for unhoused folks!
a bunch of the restaurants in the RAMW list are just closed for renovation
sometimes websites can be good
๐publication day๐:
in which i try to review two books at once & had to redraft because ICE/LAPD was rioting (thanks @ijoc-usc.bsky.social)
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
are US-based researchers able to apply?
or: the restaurant lobby has been lying about the effect on industry & the DC council doesnโt care about workers or voters
theyโre not protesters. theyโre workers
who would i contact for a review copy? ๐๐
there was pushback and questions, but claims to crunchy tech expertise is what bottomlines the excuses about horrific data practices: โwe need to โuplevelโ our understanding of the technologyโ
iโm so glad Palantir ethics-washing could find some space in there
barn door, horse