ABrockwell @aebrockwell@qoto.org

“We have become a country where people are disappeared by a paramilitary force that hunts them down in their apartments, on city streets and country roads.”

"We have become a country where a person can be summarily executed in public for protesting that paramilitary force.”

"We have become a country whose federal government deploys military and paramilitary forces in the streets of its major cities, terrorizing the residents in the guise of protecting them.” (1/2)

This is pretty broad but thank you every open source developer who makes my computer awesome

One of my oldest and best friends posted a hell of an account of life in Minneapolis right now.

This whole thing rings so true. “A series of snapshots,” she says — and every one of us here is accumulating our own heavy stack of such snapshots.

Original post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1T31r4jeeX/

1) The big question for any #Irish or #EU political party is why any of them are still on #X ?

Why would any political party opposed to #billionaire capture of #SocialMedia platforms post anywhere other than a decentralized platform?

The toxic #SiliconValley stack can be escaped. #Mastodon is an obvious exit ramp, based in #Europe. Why aren’t all elected officials there?

The #NewsMedia will follow

@Ciarancuffe #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #EUPolitics

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html

This mad king message from Donald Trump has now been confirmed by many very reliable sources to be real. Unbelievable:

The Event: ICE storms local grocery store, aggressively flipping over every shopping cart with a toddler in it.

The Headline: Radicalized Mothers Bring Children To Violent Riot.

I lost a friend over my article about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.

He was angry I called out the underlying misogyny.

He was mad I didn’t give ICE the benefit of the doubt.

He made it personal.

He told me my “stupid clown hair” is why people don’t take me seriously

Everything he said to me was dripping with disdain and misogyny.

There was no debate.

There was no respectful disagreement.

In under five minutes he had attacked my intelligence, my politics, my appearance and my writing.

This is not normal behaviour.

He literally proved my point.

Had I taken the bait I’m convinced that I would have been called a “f*cking b*tch” by the end of the conversation.

This is what MAGA is doing to men.

It’s emboldening them.

It’s validating their bigotry.

I assume this person was always hateful and misogynistic on some level … but now he no longer feels he has to hide it.

He literally said as much.

He said “I never told you in the past because I wasn’t allowed. Now I am.”

Why is he allowed to tell me now??

Why does he feel justified in lashing out with rage and insults over something that has nothing to do with him?

It’s because of what happened to Renee Nicole Good.

We all watched a woman get shot in broad daylight and there’s been zero consequences

We’ve watched rapists, pedophiles and abusers go free for years.

Every woman who’s ever experienced abuse knew exactly what Jonathan Ross meant when he said “f*cking b*tch”

He didn’t fear for his life.

He was enraged she didn’t fear for hers.

My friend was enraged I dare speak out for a “lesbian leftist”.

He was enraged I didn’t remain silent, complicit and demure.

He was apparently also enraged I didn’t realize he hated my hair and change it to please him.

Make no mistake, there is a war against women going on.

This regime wants to make us “less than”.

They want us afraid.

They want us in the home serving our husbands and having children.

They want us seen and not heard.

They don’t want us resisting.

Which is why we must keep speaking out.

We must refuse to go back.

My life is better off without this person in it, and thankfully I can walk away.

Not everyone can.

Speak up if you see someone being hurt.

Protect your friends and neighbours.

Challenge misogynistic talking points.

Demand justice for Renee Nicole Good.

Don’t cower. Don’t be afraid. Don’t give up.

#reneenicolegood #abolishice #uspol #fascism #ableism #misogyny

Chuck Schumer again says that in 2026 Senate Dems will be focused on “affordability.” He is a disgrace as Senate minority leader. The Trump executive branch is occupying a U.S. city, rounding up people on the basis of their skin color, shooting at and killing citizens for peacefully protesting and observing. That’s the imperative focus.

Corporate Dems like Schumer & Booker are pushing "strongly worded statements" demanding ICE "needs more training."

They're missing the point. The problem with badly trained Nazis is not that they're badly trained—it's that they're Nazis!

You don't train Nazis. You abolish them. ABOLISH ICE. NOW!

Welp, Janelle Bynum (D, OR-5) responded to my inquiry about impeachment without using the word "impeach".

Sorry, "press[ing] the Trump Administration to answer ... questions" is not sufficient. I'll be in the market for a primary opponent.

#uspol #orpol #impeach

Parents: Kids are more depressed
these days, I wonder why?
Kids: You destroyed the economy for
us, the earth is literally dying, we are
going to work until we die and on top
of that the Nazis are back.
Parents: It's those pesky iPhones

“The cuts to your healthcare, all that extra money —nearly a trillion dollars that was taken out— was given to ICE. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face."💵🔫 #press #healthcare

Prof Rachel Oliver has now upped the ante by writing to Paul Nurse, the President of the Royal Society, arguing that the failure to act on Elon Musk heightens the risk of sexual and other harassment of women in academia and STEM more widely. The letter can be read here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18poQruZ9oImg-4SUH-P-1JAdqFdf1HCx/view?usp=drive_link

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

The video here is harrowing, but the woman refusing entry to ICE gets stronger and stronger throughout. She also exercises her rights with skill and knowledge, doing so precisely as she should have. Every American should watch.

https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1q8vvwa/st_paul_mn_a_sobbing_resident_calls_911_as/

#AbolishIce #ICEOutForGood #LawFedi

Decent people resist Gestapo.

In light of the Royal Society's continued inaction on Elon Musk, it seems appropriate to share this again.

I wrote it last March when I resigned my position as associate editor at a Royal Society Journal.

Things haven't got better since then.

https://kityates.substack.com/p/why-im-resigning-my-editorship-at

Ten years ago, if someone had told me that tech policy bloggers would be calling for ICE to be abolished, I would have thought it very unlikely.

"Abolish ICE" is an increasingly mainstream and extremely correct position.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/abolish-ice-before-they-kill-again-impeach-trump-noem-before-they-incite-more-murder/

I need university administrators (and probably some other people too, but definitely university administrators) to understand something: you cannot motivate your faculty to do more research or better teaching.

They are already maximally motivated people. They did not get the job by being unmotivated. A good chunk of them have more motivation than is healthy for them.

Any action you take to "motivate" them is going to be demotivational. Any of them. Yes, even that one that you just thought of. Yes, even the one you heard about from one of your peers at a different institution that you're jealous of.

Lean in close, here's the secret: all you have to do is (a) support them in doing their jobs, and (b) not fuck things up.

#US