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This is an amazing read about resistance.

So many amazing lines in this piece, but one that stands out:

"We proved that you can bring a trillion-dollar security apparatus to its knees with one well-aimed rubber cock."

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

you *must* read the Battle of the Dildo at the Minneapolis Graduate Hotel (where ICE is lodging):

"The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light." 🤣

one of the most beautiful things I've ever read

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

This is an amazing read about resistance.

So many amazing lines in this piece, but one that stands out:

"We proved that you can bring a trillion-dollar security apparatus to its knees with one well-aimed rubber cock."

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

you *must* read the Battle of the Dildo at the Minneapolis Graduate Hotel (where ICE is lodging):

"The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light." 🤣

one of the most beautiful things I've ever read

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

This is one of those sentences where at no point will you expect the next word in the sentence.

“There is a special kind of rage that comes from realizing your car is gone while you are holding a box of dildos and trying to overthrow a federal agency before midnight. This is not covered in any mindfulness app.”

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

#uspol #fuckice

This is the hilarious essay (and effective middle finger gesture) that this American moment requested

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

you *must* read the Battle of the Dildo at the Minneapolis Graduate Hotel (where ICE is lodging):

"The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light." 🤣

one of the most beautiful things I've ever read

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

> "The first dildo flew through the air like a rubber prophecy and skidded to a stop directly at the boots of a state trooper.

> They gassed us. They launched pepper balls. They turned a dildo joke into a war crime speedrun."

Pulitzer Prize performing prose, honestly.

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

This is honestly the best thing I have read about the US in months. We look from abroad and wonder where the hope is. Read this. Now.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (Adam Serwer/The Atlantic)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p20#a260127p20

"Green Bean had told me the same thing—that agents had come to her house, followed her when she left, and then blocked her vehicle and screamed at her to “stop fucking following us. This is your last warning.” Green Bean was able to laugh while retelling this. “I just stared at them until they left,” she said."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L893jn-xkg4gA0ahaD_Ltw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Why We Speak - Anil Dash https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

I wrote a little bit about tech workers speaking up about the current moment — both how we work to shift the Overton window so more feel comfortable to do so, and what the power can be when we do: https://anildash.com/2026/01/26/why-we-speak/

"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style,or our modes of protest...are not, as we keep being told, the problem"

It's not a "comms" problem; it's a morality&power problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

UK government tried to hide its own report that ecosystem collapse is a serious national security threat. The report was eventually released under an FoI request but seems to have had the most dire conclusions deleted before release.

One conclusion: “ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).” it also says that “food production is the most significant cause of terrestrial biodiversity loss”

While there is a sense that Trumpism is a more urgent problem and The Environment must wait, Monbiot points out that fossil fuel, meat, and livestock producers have been funding right wing politics to block environmental protection measures so if we depower those businesses we get a 2 for 1 win.

In short, rather than protecting the environment being a trade-off with prosperity as it is framed by the neoliberals, a healthy and diverse environment goes hand in hand with prosperity.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

‘But what was cut from the report is, according to The Times, even graver, including a warning that the shrinkage of glaciers in the Himalayas, causing declining river flow, would “almost certainly escalate tensions” between China, India and Pakistan, leading to the possibility of nuclear war.’

George Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK government didn't want ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UK government didn't want ...

UK government tried to hide its own report that ecosystem collapse is a serious national security threat. The report was eventually released under an FoI request but seems to have had the most dire conclusions deleted before release.

One conclusion: “ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).” it also says that “food production is the most significant cause of terrestrial biodiversity loss”

While there is a sense that Trumpism is a more urgent problem and The Environment must wait, Monbiot points out that fossil fuel, meat, and livestock producers have been funding right wing politics to block environmental protection measures so if we depower those businesses we get a 2 for 1 win.

In short, rather than protecting the environment being a trade-off with prosperity as it is framed by the neoliberals, a healthy and diverse environment goes hand in hand with prosperity.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

UK government tried to hide its own report that ecosystem collapse is a serious national security threat. The report was eventually released under an FoI request but seems to have had the most dire conclusions deleted before release.

One conclusion: “ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (irreversible loss of function beyond repair).” it also says that “food production is the most significant cause of terrestrial biodiversity loss”

While there is a sense that Trumpism is a more urgent problem and The Environment must wait, Monbiot points out that fossil fuel, meat, and livestock producers have been funding right wing politics to block environmental protection measures so if we depower those businesses we get a 2 for 1 win.

In short, rather than protecting the environment being a trade-off with prosperity as it is framed by the neoliberals, a healthy and diverse environment goes hand in hand with prosperity.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style,or our modes of protest...are not, as we keep being told, the problem"

It's not a "comms" problem; it's a morality&power problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

Interesting to see that the UK's National Security Committee (sat by the MI5, MI6 and GCHQ) compiled a giant report on the nat sec risks of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. It was supposed to be released last year but was held back for alteration as considered "too negative" and doomer for the UK public. But even the 'abridged' version will be sobering reading for many.

An emotionally charged Monbiot piece on it today:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

"Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars"

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

On how books work as social signals.

And a cursed book.

Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

> The only reason why people would argue that you have to debate them if you find their declared favoured books distasteful is when they want to cross your boundaries and force something on you. It’s abuser logic. It’s also nonsense logic.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

"Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars"

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

On how books work as social signals.

And a cursed book.

> The only reason why people would argue that you have to debate them if you find their declared favoured books distasteful is when they want to cross your boundaries and force something on you. It’s abuser logic. It’s also nonsense logic.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

Books as signifiers, the paradox of tolerance, and Nazi bars
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/

✨ Updated my /now page https://rknight.me/now/

✨ Updated my /now page https://rknight.me/now/

✨ Updated my /now page https://rknight.me/now/

✨ Updated my /now page https://rknight.me/now/

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must r...

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z
#ClimateDiary

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z
#ClimateDiary

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must r...

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z

"We argue that the main focus of climate action in 2026 and beyond should be on accelerating the clean-energy revolution. And the rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels in the global economy should become the key measure of climate progress." I have mixed feelings about this.

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must r...

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z

"We argue that the main focus of climate action in 2026 and beyond should be on accelerating the clean-energy revolution. And the rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels in the global economy should become the key measure of climate progress." I have mixed feelings about this.

As we breach 1.5 °C, we must r...

As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00246-z