Kurt
@flglchicago.bsky.social
Former media and tech, now on to more important things
Mastodon: [email protected]
Kachkaniraqmi | we still exist
Mastodon: [email protected]
Kachkaniraqmi | we still exist
Pinned
Kurt
@flglchicago.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Electoral politics as we know it will not lead us out of this. We are too far gone now. Instead, we need to look at the nonviolent paths other countries followed to free themselves from authoritarian regimes. Turn off cable news, turn down social media, and pick up these roadmaps and guidebooks: 1/
Es steht außer Frage, dass man, wenn man nicht weiß und christlich ist, nicht in die Vereinigten Staaten einreisen kann, und dass man, wenn man nicht weiß und christlich ist und sich bereits hier befindet, gefährdet ist.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Es steht außer Frage, dass man, wenn man nicht weiß und christlich ist, nicht in die Vereinigten Staaten einreisen kann, und dass man, wenn man nicht weiß und christlich ist und sich bereits hier befindet, gefährdet ist.
Slightly different view of the National Boycott of Target, Home Depot, and Amazon:
Home Depot’s ownership was always right wing extremist, Amazon’s owner became that publicly over time, but I don’t know what we mean or gain by boycotting Target any further than we have already done. 1/
Home Depot’s ownership was always right wing extremist, Amazon’s owner became that publicly over time, but I don’t know what we mean or gain by boycotting Target any further than we have already done. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Slightly different view of the National Boycott of Target, Home Depot, and Amazon:
Home Depot’s ownership was always right wing extremist, Amazon’s owner became that publicly over time, but I don’t know what we mean or gain by boycotting Target any further than we have already done. 1/
Home Depot’s ownership was always right wing extremist, Amazon’s owner became that publicly over time, but I don’t know what we mean or gain by boycotting Target any further than we have already done. 1/
Not just one war crime, but TWO war crimes: murdering noncombatants, and showing no quarter. And they're proud of it. What have we become. And at the direction of a 5-time draft dodger, and a junior officer tv personality with White Christian Nationalist tattoos on his body.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Not just one war crime, but TWO war crimes: murdering noncombatants, and showing no quarter. And they're proud of it. What have we become. And at the direction of a 5-time draft dodger, and a junior officer tv personality with White Christian Nationalist tattoos on his body.
The vegan Mushroom Wellington turned out great but man that was a lot of work. And a Peruvian dish of roasted root vegetables in an aji amarillo sauce (not pictured) brought a nice kick to the table.
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The vegan Mushroom Wellington turned out great but man that was a lot of work. And a Peruvian dish of roasted root vegetables in an aji amarillo sauce (not pictured) brought a nice kick to the table.
The annotated timelines provided by the Unbreaking @unbreaking.org project are absolutely brilliant, documenting our descent into authoritarianism across key issues like data security, immigration, food safety, medical research.
The fight against authoritarianism has many fronts. At Unbreaking, we choose to work against information overload and for collective understanding. On our Immigration timeline, we track major and representative events from across the US—now filterable by legal case:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The annotated timelines provided by the Unbreaking @unbreaking.org project are absolutely brilliant, documenting our descent into authoritarianism across key issues like data security, immigration, food safety, medical research.
Very smart.
Let's start by shutting down Visitor Relationship Managers (VRMs) e.g. Admiral that block access to people using privacy shields, falsely accusing them of blocking ads. Let's put pressure on publishers (I say this as a former publisher) to stay with an ad model and not a data model.
Let's start by shutting down Visitor Relationship Managers (VRMs) e.g. Admiral that block access to people using privacy shields, falsely accusing them of blocking ads. Let's put pressure on publishers (I say this as a former publisher) to stay with an ad model and not a data model.
The threats to digital civil liberties aren’t secret rooms in AT&T buildings anymore. They’re AI systems, data brokers, and privatized surveillance sold as products.
The EFF has spent 35 years fighting for rights and freedoms. Here’s my take on how it should evolve to fight back.
The EFF has spent 35 years fighting for rights and freedoms. Here’s my take on how it should evolve to fight back.
The EFF we need now
Why the next era of digital civil liberties requires a tighter mission, a bolder strategy, and a clearer view of how power works.
werd.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Very smart.
Let's start by shutting down Visitor Relationship Managers (VRMs) e.g. Admiral that block access to people using privacy shields, falsely accusing them of blocking ads. Let's put pressure on publishers (I say this as a former publisher) to stay with an ad model and not a data model.
Let's start by shutting down Visitor Relationship Managers (VRMs) e.g. Admiral that block access to people using privacy shields, falsely accusing them of blocking ads. Let's put pressure on publishers (I say this as a former publisher) to stay with an ad model and not a data model.
Worked just fine for Calley. He got off with serving 3 years of house arrest. Nixon at the time: "Most people don't give a shit whether he killed them or not."
An argument that didn’t work for Calley at My Lai, that didn’t work for the Nazis at Nuremberg
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Worked just fine for Calley. He got off with serving 3 years of house arrest. Nixon at the time: "Most people don't give a shit whether he killed them or not."
Teacher friend points out that all those women- and minority-dominated professions that the Department of Education will no longer recognize as professions...
...they are all mandated reporters for children that are abused.
Do you see what's happening here.
...they are all mandated reporters for children that are abused.
Do you see what's happening here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Teacher friend points out that all those women- and minority-dominated professions that the Department of Education will no longer recognize as professions...
...they are all mandated reporters for children that are abused.
Do you see what's happening here.
...they are all mandated reporters for children that are abused.
Do you see what's happening here.
This is absolutely true. The American Marine Le Pen
A lot of the people lamenting Marjorie Taylor Greene’s departure from Congress—and celebrating her as some kind of principled maverick—are going to end up eating their words when she reemerges in 2028 to help lead a pro-groper, pro-Fuentes “America First” faction of the GOP.
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is absolutely true. The American Marine Le Pen
"We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: if none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"We'll come out of this. And let me tell you something: if none of us are here to see it, tell your children who the cowards were."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nativist nationalistic xenophobia has been a stain on American life since before the revolution--even Ben Franklin in 1751 wrote a broadside against admitting the "boors" from the German Palatinate into Pennsylvania --and whatever their form, as the Federalists (don't even get started on 1/
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nativist nationalistic xenophobia has been a stain on American life since before the revolution--even Ben Franklin in 1751 wrote a broadside against admitting the "boors" from the German Palatinate into Pennsylvania --and whatever their form, as the Federalists (don't even get started on 1/
So let’s review.
If someone’s family is white, and came here before 1924 (and even then), they essentially walked in an open door with few exceptions or exclusions (mostly for Asians). There was no “right way.”
1/
If someone’s family is white, and came here before 1924 (and even then), they essentially walked in an open door with few exceptions or exclusions (mostly for Asians). There was no “right way.”
1/
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So let’s review.
If someone’s family is white, and came here before 1924 (and even then), they essentially walked in an open door with few exceptions or exclusions (mostly for Asians). There was no “right way.”
1/
If someone’s family is white, and came here before 1924 (and even then), they essentially walked in an open door with few exceptions or exclusions (mostly for Asians). There was no “right way.”
1/
Anyone remember Short Eyes?
I do. Saw the play at Lincoln Center in 1974, then the movie when it came out in 1977.
I do. Saw the play at Lincoln Center in 1974, then the movie when it came out in 1977.
SHORT EYES (1977, Robert M. Young) Welcome to The Tombs
YouTube video by permateen
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Anyone remember Short Eyes?
I do. Saw the play at Lincoln Center in 1974, then the movie when it came out in 1977.
I do. Saw the play at Lincoln Center in 1974, then the movie when it came out in 1977.
This is how you intercept the drug trade, and who does it.
You don't do it with extrajudicial military action that the entire world considers war crimes, and for which our sailors and flight crews could face international courts. 1/
You don't do it with extrajudicial military action that the entire world considers war crimes, and for which our sailors and flight crews could face international courts. 1/
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Fla., on Wednesday — marking the largest amount of cocaine ever seized by a single cutter in one patrol in the service’s history. www.stripes.com/branches/coa...
Coast Guard cutter offloads more than $362 million worth of cocaine at Port Everglades
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades, Fla.
www.stripes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is how you intercept the drug trade, and who does it.
You don't do it with extrajudicial military action that the entire world considers war crimes, and for which our sailors and flight crews could face international courts. 1/
You don't do it with extrajudicial military action that the entire world considers war crimes, and for which our sailors and flight crews could face international courts. 1/
You know, I've been following stuff a long long time, and I can't ever remember a US president calling for the execution of sitting US Senators and Representatives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You know, I've been following stuff a long long time, and I can't ever remember a US president calling for the execution of sitting US Senators and Representatives.
“I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol. I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.”
— Senator Mark Kelly, November 19, 2025
— Senator Mark Kelly, November 19, 2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol. I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.”
— Senator Mark Kelly, November 19, 2025
— Senator Mark Kelly, November 19, 2025
You know, it's not just a run-of-the-mill assassination he's dismissing, which would have been bad enough. Khashoggi was butchered with a bone saw while he was still alive. Trump has no problem with stuff like that.
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You know, it's not just a run-of-the-mill assassination he's dismissing, which would have been bad enough. Khashoggi was butchered with a bone saw while he was still alive. Trump has no problem with stuff like that.
Lots of incoming the last 48 hours from friends who are realizing it's not something that just happens on a screen, that's it's a real threat happening right now in the real world in their own communities.
Sharing a few books that may help keep people sane and focused in preparation.
1/
Sharing a few books that may help keep people sane and focused in preparation.
1/
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lots of incoming the last 48 hours from friends who are realizing it's not something that just happens on a screen, that's it's a real threat happening right now in the real world in their own communities.
Sharing a few books that may help keep people sane and focused in preparation.
1/
Sharing a few books that may help keep people sane and focused in preparation.
1/
While Chicago catches our breath and regroups, other cities can learn from what happened here and prepare. Don't wait until it hits you in the face.
What Now, Chicago? Regrouping After Midway Blitz
Let’s make this a winter of fortification, of learning, and bonding together like the winter snow that federal agents are so afraid of.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
While Chicago catches our breath and regroups, other cities can learn from what happened here and prepare. Don't wait until it hits you in the face.
O Cristiano Ronaldo que se lixe. I am now a supporter of any team that plays against this fascist vadiazinha chorona
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
O Cristiano Ronaldo que se lixe. I am now a supporter of any team that plays against this fascist vadiazinha chorona
A friend is reporting that an entire school district in northern Detroit is under lockdown due to heavy ICE activity in the area by masked armed paramilities. Five year olds are sheltering in place as if there was an active shooter.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A friend is reporting that an entire school district in northern Detroit is under lockdown due to heavy ICE activity in the area by masked armed paramilities. Five year olds are sheltering in place as if there was an active shooter.
While this isn't surprising, it's no less repugnant. This isn't 1965 after all. The breadth and depth of the white problem in America is boundless.
State supreme courts are still overwhelmingly white & male
⚖️ 18 states: 0 justices of color
⚖️ 47 states + DC: 0 Native American justices
⚖️ 42 states: 0 Asian American justices
⚖️ 39 + DC: 0 Latino justices
⚖️ 24 states: 0 Black justices
New @brennancenter.org analysis below👇👇
⚖️ 18 states: 0 justices of color
⚖️ 47 states + DC: 0 Native American justices
⚖️ 42 states: 0 Asian American justices
⚖️ 39 + DC: 0 Latino justices
⚖️ 24 states: 0 Black justices
New @brennancenter.org analysis below👇👇
State Supreme Court Diversity - November 2025 Update
Many state supreme courts lack diversity in terms of their justices’ race, ethnicity, gender, and professional background.
www.brennancenter.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
While this isn't surprising, it's no less repugnant. This isn't 1965 after all. The breadth and depth of the white problem in America is boundless.
Catholics have thought they were immune from this, that they could be part of MAGA. Think again.
Watch as this gets picked up by national media. See first comment for TNR reporting of first incident as this rolls out.
Watch as this gets picked up by national media. See first comment for TNR reporting of first incident as this rolls out.
The Trump Department of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over the holiday season.
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Catholics have thought they were immune from this, that they could be part of MAGA. Think again.
Watch as this gets picked up by national media. See first comment for TNR reporting of first incident as this rolls out.
Watch as this gets picked up by national media. See first comment for TNR reporting of first incident as this rolls out.
Lost in the reporting:
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Lost in the reporting:
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/
Know who’s not in the Epstein files?
Latinos. Black people. Poor people. Immigrants. Trans people. All the “DEI” people.
1/