Trump on Andy's Linkblog

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149478

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149480

https://beardystarstuff.net/linked.html#2025-04-17-01

https://19thnews.org/2025/04/anti-abortion-activists-beverly-hills-clinic/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/17/meet-the-4-house-democrats-brave-enough-to-vote-for-election-integrity/

https://seths.blog/2025/04/the-use-and-design-of-tools/

https://ma.tt/2025/04/cecil/

https://tracydurnell.com/2025/04/16/the-contradictions-of-fascist-communication/

https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/04/playfulness/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-are-rebuilding-but-with

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/17971-programming-in-the-age-of-ai.html

https://bernoff.com/blog/write-right-hand-to-hand-books-defiant-harvard-newsletter-16-april-2025

https://cogdogblog.com/2025/04/iactivitypub-test-range/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/17/sen-lisa-murkowski-trump-administration/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ0ODYyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ2MjQ0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDQ4NjI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImU3ZmUyNjNhLWY1NTUtNDU0NC05ZjE0LTA2OGQ0YTQ2MjFlYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzA0LzE3L3Nlbi1saXNhLW11cmtvd3NraS10cnVtcC1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbi8ifQ.aYrgiEDE1Lh04rzW5VD9g3hy95PM1GZLHCXbl5D0VIQ

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doctor-email-immigration-leave-country-rcna201698

https://osteophage.neocities.org/essays/twitterlike

https://jetpack.com/support/json-api/

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-immigration-news-04-17-25/index.html?t=1744928135811

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/paula-xinis-judge-kilmar-abrego-garcia/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/abrego-garcia-2021-protective-order-statement/index.html

https://micro.blog/dave/62407214

https://www.wpr.org/news/federal-government-find-you-immigration-officials-wrongfully-told-fox-valley-man-leave

https://endonend.org/2025/04/17/crucial-tracks-the-app-the.html

https://fjmnotes.com/

https://redundant.bearblog.dev/subscribe-to-radio-free-america/

Links 04-16-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149461

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149465

https://www.justsecurity.org/110429/immigration-registration-trap-goes-live/

https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2025/04/fiverr-ceos-stunning-letter-to-all.html

https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/blueskys-real-strength-is-its-user-community-not-its-protocol/

https://www.manton.org/2025/04/16/great-post-from-ben-werdmuller.html

https://werd.io/2025/if-i-ran-bluesky-product

https://github.com/scripting/wordlandSupport/issues/54

https://electrek.co/2025/04/14/tesla-tsla-replace-computer-4-million-cars-or-compensate-their-owners/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/chuck-grassley-town-hall

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/town-halls-congress-tempers-flare/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/video/grassley-town-hall-el-salvador-deportation-digvid

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/travel/huajiang-grand-canyon-bridge-china-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/boasberg-contempt-deportation-flights/index.html

https://wordpress.com/theme/retrospect?tab_filter=blog

https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/set-default-font-size/#:~:text=To%20do%20so%2C%20visit%20Appearance,size%20to%20Small%20(13px).&text=Hope%20this%20helps!

Links 04-15-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/reaction-trumps-meeting-with-el-salvadors

https://howtosavetheworld.ca/2025/04/15/links-of-the-month-april-2025/

https://ruk.ca/content/what-about-radiation

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/there-will-be-more-kilmar-abrego-garcia-dark-day-bukele-trump-el-salvador-cecot-oval-office

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/15/repub/president-of-el-salvador-refuses-to-return-wrongly-deported-maryland-man-to-the-u-s/

https://blog.andrewshell.org/essays/learning-questions/

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/15/why-did-donald-trump-free-someone-he-purports-to-be-a-dangerous-terrorist/

https://takeonrules.com/2025/04/14/personal-limitations-and-self-exploration/

https://takeonrules.com/2011/08/09/mustering-into-the-gencon-volunteer-corp/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/14/trumps-easter-message-and-uks-paganism-show-clear-choice-christianity-or-cultural-suicide/

http://oldschool.scripting.com/frank.mcpherson@gmail.com/2025/04/14/151157.html

https://frankmcpherson.blog/2025/04/14/here-is-my-use-case.html

https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/this-is-not-the-america-we-grew-up-in/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/trump-bukele-immigration-colleges-media/index.html

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-home?publication_id=87281&post_id=161374685&isFreemail=false&r=2fku&triedRedirect=true

https://snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror?publication_id=310897&post_id=161368782&isFreemail=true&r=2k4r8&triedRedirect=true

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/?gift=B65VRQjMMsZQilGgdT7IHIuS7lFG9Q0RKE2ldp2yLLY

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-biden-congress-immigration-doge-live-udates-rcna201262

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-lawmakers-say-ll-travel-el-salvador-push-kilmar-abrego-garc-rcna201279

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcias-court-trump-deportation-el-salvador-president/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/metta/podcast/the-path-out-of-polarization/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/abrego-garcia-case-hearing-xinis-discovery/index.html

Links 04-14-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://fogknife.com/2025-04-14-we-are-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia-or-we-are-nothing.html

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/14/what-trump-wants-from-the-nayib-bukele-presser/

https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2025/04/14/madison-clerk-maribeth-witzel-behl-resigns-after-november-ballot-error/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-free-speech-on-life-support

https://blog.andrewshell.org/essays/great-at-setting-bad-goals/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/14/scotus-timidity-triggers-constitutional-crisis/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/14/bill-from-nevada-elections-chief-would-permanently-obstruct-citizen-voter-roll-cleanup/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/14/this-easter-american-christians-should-embrace-persecution/

https://tracydurnell.com/2025/04/13/blogs-are-personal-infrastructure/

https://bix.blog/posts/2025-04-13-an-open-letter-to-weei/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-is-john-roberts-thinking

https://www.manton.org/2025/04/13/rob-fahrni-blogs-more-thoughts.html

https://rob.crabapples.net/2025/04/13/inbound-rss-as-a-protocol.html

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-bukele-condemn-abrego-garcia-to-prison-on-live-tv

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukeles-offense-against-the-american-people

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/bukele-trump-court-order/682432/?taid=67fd6111a4be1c0001c5a5a1

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/so-you-want-to-be-a-dissident

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/texas-lottery-gamblers-jackpot-win-40e3d6fb

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/walton-goggins-applauds-snl-skit-mocking-white-lotus-rcna201235

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-administration-tariffs-china-immigration-musk-doge-live-updates-rcna200873

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/president-el-salvador-wont-return-deported-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rcna201136

https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/best-camcorder-video-cameras-rcna200642

Links 04-13-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.yahoo.com/news/oeuf-u-egg-prices-hit-181051734.html

https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/04/11/the-week-chatgpt-truly-became.html

https://www.wired.com/story/homeland-security-email-tells-a-us-citizen-to-immediately-self-deport/

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/13/stevens/#atom-everything

https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/04/12/how-i-made-a-useful-ai-assistant-with-one-sqlite-table-and-a-handful-of-cron-jobs

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-can-be-stopped-heres-how-bulwark

https://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2025/04/batman-and-penguin-dark-night-lifts.html

https://peaksurfer.blogspot.com/2025/04/actung-comics-dark-night.html

https://takeonrules.com/2025/04/12/welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow/

https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/04/week-ending-april-11-2025-sidenotes-on-this-day-life/

https://tracydurnell.com/2025/04/12/media-incentives/

https://tracydurnell.com/2025/04/12/letter-to-senators-re-illegal-deportations/

https://www.scopeofwork.net/silica-gel/

https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/04/12/who-will-take-care-of-you-in-your-time-of-need/

https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG

https://seths.blog/2025/04/the-ai-effort-gap/

https://manuelmoreale.com/when-a-side-project-finds-you

https://rsscloud.colinwalker.blog/

Links 04-11-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/deep-adaptation-opens-necessary-conversation-about-breakdown-civilisation/

https://collapseos.org/

https://tormentnexus.substack.com/p/be-careful-what-you-say-on-social?publication_id=2975535&post_id=161096702&isFreemail=true&r=w33x&triedRedirect=true

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/11/it-is-better-to-buy/#than-to-compete

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-north-america-donald-trump-ap-top-news-international-news-fdda2ff0b877416c8ae1c1a77a3cc425

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/10/space-force-commander-greenland-sent-out-email-breaking-vance-after-his-visit.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=f35zZN0v_gDFE8xNwlQAHYbOSHQ8PDE8ECdpejCCxcM

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5244396-trump-administration-removed-greenland-space/

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/oeuf-u-egg-prices-hit-181051734.html

https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/04/11/the-week-chatgpt-truly-became.html

Links 04-09-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149383

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/09/trainwreck-tim-walz-took-minnesota-from-a-19-billion-surplus-to-a-6-billion-deficit/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-address-republicans-china-tariffs

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/predictability-and-trust-is-key-to-american-business-and-its-disappearing-quickly/

https://brilliantcrank.com/connection-isnt-just-personal-its-political/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michelle-obama-addresses-future-making-decisions-divorce-rumors-rcna200449

Links 04-09-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/10/oregon-governor-education-director-hold-the-line-against-trump-funding-threats-over-dei/

https://pdx.eater.com/2025/4/10/24405079/new-restaurant-bar-openings-portland-milwaukie-april-2025

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/could-we-be-entering-a-movement-moment-against-trump/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/10/208-democrats-vote-against-legislation-to-keep-noncitizens-out-of-elections/

https://kraft.blog/2025/04/still-at-automattic/

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/10/when-we-take-the-streets/

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149404

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/10/trumps-latest-weaponization-is-about-historic-loyalty-oaths-as-much-as-current-ones/

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/10/oregon-lawmakers-punt-on-bill-to-prohibit-new-livestock-farms-in-states-most-polluted-areas/

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/10/with-trump-tariffs-oregon-wine-is-over-a-barrel/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/10/why-is-trumps-doj-hiding-an-fbi-informants-deposition-on-the-ok-bombing/

https://energyskeptic.com/2025/have-we-reached-peak-food-sustainability-challenged-as-many-renewable-resources-max-out/

https://takeonrules.com/2025/04/09/tending-to-my-writing-ecosystem-and-existing-notes/

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149394

https://sarajaksa.eu/2025/04/how-not-to-argue-on-pull-request-reviews-lightning-talk-presented-at-pycon-austria-2025/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/concentration-camps-and-the-deportation

https://19thnews.org/2025/04/save-act-house-voting/

Links 04-07-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149356

https://jarche.com/2025/04/working-for-capitalists/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/08/milwaukee-officials-blocked-windows-preventing-observers-from-seeing-them-process-ballots/

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/08/supreme-court-starts-cleaning-up-kristi-noems-sloppy-messes/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/08/why-are-there-so-many-aviation-accidents/

https://blog.andrewshell.org/essays/better-learning/

https://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2025/04/trumps-tariffs-are-a-loser-for-him-no-matter-what-he-does.html

https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/to-conquer-the-primary-energy-consumption-layer-of-our-entire-civilization/

https://doc.searls.com/2025/04/07/days/

https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/04/07/18th-congressional-district-special-election-greg-abbott-sylvester-turner/

https://19thnews.org/2025/04/proxy-voting-new-parents-congress-fight-over/

https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/07/5-dems-who-voted-for-election-security-reform-wont-say-if-theyll-support-the-save-act-again/

https://intellectualoid.com/2025/04/06/monday-april-7-a-tad-early/

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion/trump-ice-immigrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.mJFP.Hi4Prz0JqN39

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/divergence-from-the-interests-of

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/liberal-jewish-antisemitism-trump-protection.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/mobiles-tabs/how-apple-flew-5-flights-full-of-iphones-from-india-and-china-in-3-days-to-beat-trump-tariffs/articleshow/120044321.cms

https://redundant.bearblog.dev/reforms-needed-in-us-government/

https://linkage.lol/what-to-do-if-you-get-arrested/

Links 04-06-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.jwpjazz.com/cullum.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cullum_Jr.#cite_note-JAC-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_City_Hot_Rhythm_Cats

https://www.missioncityjazz.com/

https://www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlight/2019-08-14/rivewalk-jazz-radio-show-founder-jim-cullum-jr-has-died-at-age-77

https://riverwalkjazz.stanford.edu/

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44553875/womens-march-madness-2025-uconn-huskies-paige-bueckers-ncaa-championship-title-game

Links 04-05-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

USA Today - Anti-Trump protesters gathered at hundreds of locations nationwide - Thousands protested Trump nationwide Saturday against Musk, budget cuts, tariffs; in favor of democracy, immigrants, empathy

NBC News - Demonstrators rally in ‘Hands Off’ protests against Trump policies and Musk-led government cuts - “Hands Off!” rallies took place in Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City and other cities across the country on Saturday.

Hands Off 2025 - Main site coordinating April 5th protests (see here for map of protests and here for list of protests)

50501 - Fifty states, fifty protests, one movement

Associated Press - Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies

The Atlantic - The Cardboard-Carrying Opposition Arrives - The “Hands Off” protest in Washington, D.C., drew thousands of people with a lot of feelings—but as-yet-inchoate anger at the Trump administration.

John Philpin - Trying out FeedLand

Links 04-02-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Werd.io - How to leak to a journalist

The 19th - What Cory Booker spoke about for 25 hours: the programs holding America together - Threats to public education, Social Security benefits and Medicaid funding were at the heart of the senator’s record-setting floor speech against the Trump administration.

The Federalist - Judge Admits ‘Substantial Concerns’ About ‘Security’ Of Georgia’s Voting System But Refuses To Address Them

Oregon Capital Chronicle - ‘These are not normal times,’ Sen. Cory Booker says in record-breaking Senate speech

Plain Org - Org app for IOS

Álvaro Ramírez - His blog

The Federalist - Five Ways Non-Citizens With Social Security Numbers Can Scam America

The Federalist - Catholics Thwarting A ‘Black Mass’ Shows You Don’t Just Have To Tolerate Everything

Election Law Blog - Watched Archived Video of SDP Webinar, Combatting False Election Information: Lessons from 2024 and a Look to the Future

Election Law Blog - “Nearly 60 bipartisan election officials express their opposition to the SAVE Act”

Simon Willison - Half Stack Data Science: Programming with AI, with Simon Willison

TechCrunch - WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Phil Windley - Long Live RSS

Chris Aldrich - Typed baseball scorecard - neat!

iA - Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish

I-Programmer - Pre-History of Computing

New York Public Library - Timothy Snyder: The New Paganism—A Framework for Understanding Our Politics

Links 03-30-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Radio Free America Bluesky - Bluesky account for news site

Radio Free America Feed List - Feed list from Dave Winer

Mother Jones - “I’m Not Joking”: Trump Again Floats Running for Anti-Constitutional Third Term - “There are methods which you could do it,” he reportedly told NBC News.

Krebs on Security - How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack

World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts - It offers 1272 articles written, translated and edited by 341 contributors, on puppet techniques, the major puppeteers and the history of puppets in several countries, etc.

Public Notice - John Roberts created a monster. It’s about to eat him. - The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.

Links 03-28-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

David Wilson/LinkedIn - Book recommendation on 737 MAX tragedy

Emptywheel - Clean on OpSec: Pete Hegseth Spilled Specific Details of an Attack in Advance

The Barbed Wire - HEB grocery stores making inroads in northern Mexico

Simon Willison - Incomplete JSON Pretty Printer

Simon Willison - Comment from Nelson Minar about the first meeting at Google on the Atom syndication standard - really? Is this worth anything?

PDX Eater - Where to find the best breakfasts in Portland

Links 03-24-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tracy Durness - Slow craft: writing with a noncapitalist mentality (Part 6) - This is part six of a series on tackling wants, managing my media diet, and finding enough. Each post stands alone, so you don’t have to read them all. Read the introduction on “the mindset of more.”

Bryan Alexander - Joining two anti-Trump events this month

I Programmer - AlexNet Source Code Now Open Source

Harold Jarche - a new understanding of my confusion

Waging Non-Violence - Who has time to think about nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons might be low on the list of concerns for Americans right now, but resisting them has never been more important.

Gothamist - Sandwiches in NYC have become enormous and too big to eat. So I tried some.

Viehumnaiste - Aggressiveness, a MAGA pre-planned technique – Let’s learn again!

C’est la Z - CS For All or All for CS?

Mac Stories - App Store Vibes

Citation Needed - “Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI - The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR8Wj5MXaS4

Links 03-23-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

CNN - ‘Use your power’: Hakeem Jeffries at a crossroads as Democrats urgently search for strategy

Time Magazine - What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced

CNN - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Democratic Party needs to fight harder while rallying with Bernie Sanders

Beardy Star Stuff - So, you’re a frustrated Apple user looking for alternatives?

Waging Non-Violence - Portland is building a model for migrant solidarity under Trump - As ICE raids ramp up across the country, Portland’s Asylum Seeker Solidarity Collective is building trust and community through mutual aid.

Today I Learned/Simon Willison - Building and deploying a custom site using GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages

Simon Willison - Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code

The Guardian - Now you don’t even need code to be a programmer. But you do still need expertise - AI is so good at writing software that one father asked it to organise his kids’ school lunches. But that doesn’t mean it’s taking over

The Bulwark - The Trick To Stopping Trump’s Chaos (with Larry Diamond) - John Avlon’s “How To Fix It” podcast

Links 03-20-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLfXzzPB0g&t=115s

Doc Searls - It’s Over - The Voice of America is silent

Links 03-19-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Waging Non-Violence - Resistance is alive and well in the United States - Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance.

Waging Non-Violence - Resistance to Trump is everywhere — inside the first 50 days of mass protest - From mass refusals to boycotts to walkouts, regular Americans are bravely pushing back against the administration. Their actions are diverse and multiplying — and already having an impact.

Talking Points Memo - Morning Memo - Trump Suffers Series Of Court Setbacks On Dramatic Day

Heads-Up News - Bernie Sanders and AOC to headline five resistance rallies in three days - Will they tell their supporters what to do next?

Rambling Git - What if Trump Tries Censoring US Blogs? Where to go.

Github - JFK Files converted to Markdown

Links 03-18-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/there-is-a-new-silent-majority-to-activate/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/how-we-can-meet-challenges-of-authoritarianism/

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/666b71d25d155b3509763e61/t/6696c79b4483c7565da3e43c/1721157535696/HOPE+PV+End+Political+Violence+Guide+07-16-24+version.pdf

https://overzero.ghost.io/building-aresiliency-network/

https://blog.andrewshell.org/essays/useful-learning/

https://bobwertz.com/2025/03/18/writing-became-secondary.html

https://apnews.com/article/jfk-assassination-files-release-trump-3e8f31e18468d96b53210572e0992c07?taid=67da0143ea5620000169e16c

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release-2025

Links 03-16-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

CNN - Jasmine Crockett reacts to CNN poll showing Democrats’ favorability at an all-time low

https://github.com/zeon-studio/hugoplate/tree/main

Links 03-16-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bloomberg - The Growing Battle Over How to Define a ‘Podcast’ - As YouTube pushes deeper into podcasting and Spotify pursues video, once-distinct business lines are getting increasingly blurry

Links 03-15-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2025/03/five-reasons-why-i-support-senate-democrats-voting-to-avoid-government-shutdown.html

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/15/dem-debate-government-shutdown-schumer-vs-aoc

Links 03-14-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5196291-takeaways-senate-house-gop-spending-bill/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5195784-fetterman-ocasio-cortez-government-shutdown/

https://www.cnn.com/travel/best-pies-around-world-dishes/index.html

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/democrats-have-to-stop-making-political-decisions-with-an-eye-towards-2026/

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/14/slotkin-will-vote-against-gop-spending-bill-cites-need-for-honest-bipartisan-conversation/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/11/great-replacement-excuse-to-cut-your-social-security/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/11/take-care-of-the-cronies/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/11/he-means-it-2/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/

Links 03-09-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWIXut6gVqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAhzioIH6no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdVVXxUsalE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66TtaWrSMDI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apfeLsxPShM

https://tomlennon.com/metal-hurlant-the-french-comic-that-changed-the-world/

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/400603/trump-resistance-activism-democracy-authoritarianism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSSHfIs3U0

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/politics/video/jd-vance-cincinnati-protesters-ukraine-russia-digvid

Links 03-07-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148864

https://www.justsecurity.org/108295/us-federal-employees-workplace-surveillance/

https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/03/07/letHitlerSpeak.png

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--a-ukrainian-hostage-situation

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/from-orban-to-trump-part-ii

https://snyder.substack.com/p/antisemitism-in-the-oval-office

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/06/make-america-have-a-great-recession-again/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/06/things-are-currently-operating-in-a-way-i-have-never-seen-in-government-before/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/06/hes-sending-them-back-to-the-war-zone/

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/6/2308416/-Judges-have-2-options-Rule-in-Trump-s-favor-or-face-death-threats

https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586030/how-fascism-works-by-jason-stanley/

Links 03-06-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://blog.andrewshell.org/essays/shell-framework/

https://frankmcpherson.blog/2025/03/06/the-fundamental-tenant-of-us.html

https://cogdogblog.com/2025/03/live-web-shows/

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/06/trumps-article-i-management/

https://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2025/03/trump-looked-strong-in-last-nights-speech-democrats-looked-weak.html

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/6/vibe-coding/#atom-everything

https://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-portland-oregon-happy-hours

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/03/05/oregon-budget-writers-plan-to-spend-hundreds-of-millions-more-on-health-social-services/

https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/03/reflecting-on-my-conscientiousness-or-whatever-the-opposite-is/

https://plaindrops.de/blog/2025/tenyearsofemacs/

https://frankmcpherson.blog/2025/03/04/the-world-view-narrative-of.html

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-countdown-with-keith-olbe-99705496/episode/the-attempt-to-make-it-illegal-269590587/

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/video/house-republicans-censure-al-green-for-protest-digvid

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/democrats-disrupt-trump-speech-reaction

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/

https://x.com/frontlinekit/status/1897400210223140968

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/unbelievable-watch-jd-vance-ignore-hurt

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/05/brutes-no-monsters/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/05/thanks-again-i-wont-forget/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/05/bottom-of-the-barrel/

https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FcmWsnZRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSZamZG12s

https://www.reddit.com/r/Reaper/comments/aushw2/anyone_use_reaper_for_live_performances/?rdt=62323

Links 03-03-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://19thnews.org/2025/03/bloody-sunday-anniversary-black-women-stories/

http://oldschool.scripting.com/frank.mcpherson@gmail.com/2025/03/03.html

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/3/2307555/-Fired-DOGE-victims-get-to-stare-down-Trump-during-big-speech-to-Congress

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/ukrainian-drones-strike-deep-into-russia-hitting-ufa-refinery/ar-AA1A9JUA

https://dailywrap.net/en-ie/ukrainian-forces-advance-deep-into-russian-territory-military-unprepared,7058188381312641a

https://anniemueller.com/posts/despite-the-horrors-the-laundry-must-be-done-despite-the-laundry-the-horrors-must-be-faced

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/02/they-tried-to-tell-us/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/02/a-useless-waste-of-space/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/02/protests/

https://digbysblog.net/2025/03/02/qotd-harry-truman/

https://caddy.community/t/ssl-configuration-in-caddy/15535

https://caddyserver.com/docs/automatic-https

https://medium.com/@jonathan.hoffman91/mastering-caddy-ssl-a-complete-guide-to-https-and-tls-configurations-d8c8394463e4

https://radioopensource.org/angus-kings-civics-lesson/

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7301293697894166528/

Links 3-01-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-walked-trump-trap-expert-114914262.html

https://kottke.org/25/03/jd-vance-chastised-by-vermont-snow-reporter

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-trump-threats

https://doc.searls.com/2025/02/28/testing-wordland/

https://www.goldendomevt.com/#gsc.tab=0

https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2025/02/28/even-if-us-gave-billions.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/zelensky-trump-putin-ukraine/681883/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/voices-zelensky-laid-bare-ugly-195432346.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/politics/video/se-cupp-trump-vance-looked-like-two-losers-on-barstools-in-oval-office

Links 2-27-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/how-to-bulk-download-kindle-files-while-you-can/

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/we-are-seeing-the-beginnings-of-mass-noncompliance-with-trump-musk-coup/

https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025/02/27/maricopa-county-elections-officials-power-struggle-justin-heap-thomas-galvin/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/house-dems-congress-budget-deadline-republican-trifecta

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148771

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=148760

https://columbialawreview.org/content/networking-the-party-first-amendment-rights-and-the-pursuit-of-responsive-party-government/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-amateur-us-citizens-beat-the

https://energyskeptic.com/2025/geothermal/

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/26/oregon-resumes-automatic-voter-registration-paused-for-months-because-of-dmv-errors/

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-wired-doge-trump-1f3988a459d39f39e7be6c598aa3d710

https://github.com/stonehank/html-to-md/blob/HEAD/README-EN.md

https://stonehank.github.io/html-to-md/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-orders-trump-admin-rescind-memo-directing-mass-firing-federal-wo-rcna194131

https://github.com/scripting/wordlandSupport/issues/46

Links 2-24-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

https://werd.io/2025/what-felt-impossible-became-possible

https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/start-the-2026-campaigns-right-now

https://sive.rs/ulysses

https://digbysblog.net/2025/02/24/three-years-of-heroism/

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-fact-sheet-february-21-2025

https://digbysblog.net/2025/02/23/meet-the-new-deputy-director-of-the-fbi/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/02/24/lester-holt-step-down-nbc-nightly-news/80017369007/

Links 2-22-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Democracy in Dark Times - Caligula On My Mind

PDX Eater - The Best Pizzas in Portland, Oregon and Beyond - Portland’s standout pizzerias for everything from Detroit squares to sourdough slices

Links 2-21-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

EmptyWheel - What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Two)

The Federalist - Trump’s Border Success Proves Republicans Never Had To Negotiate Our Sovereignty

Waging Non-Violence - This youth-led group wants to spark mass refusals to MAGA’s white supremacist agenda - Inspired by the abolitionist and civil rights movements, Get Free is mobilizing young people to turn campuses and communities into freedom beacons that defy Trump-Musk’s authoritarian power grabs.

Little Village Magazine - Democrats are still playing by ‘West Wing’ rules, and it’s costing us everything

The Bulwark - Organizing a Revolution in 2025 (With Tamika D. Mallory)

Frank McPherson/Routine Revelations - The Republic Has Failed; Why Does It Matter?

The Tennessee Holler - @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

Apple Podcasts - Rahm Emanuel’s Tough Love Intervention for the Democratic Party - On with Kara Swisher

X - Heckuva cover @nypost addressed directly to Trump. “It’s right for President Trump to want to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, but there are certain truths we all must remember - namely that Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for this war.”

Wall Street Journal - Why Germany’s Confidence Is Shattered and Its Economy Is Kaput - Historians and economists say risk-averse leadership is holding back Europe’s largest economy

The American Prospect - Why Are Delaware Democrats Trying to Give Elon Musk $55 Billion? - There are more important things than the state’s corporate franchise fees.

The Guardian - Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts - Lawyer says ‘astounding’ purge will cost government, after workers with positive reviews cut due to ‘poor performance’

Talking Points Memo - Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Gov’t Funding

Digby’s Hullabaloo - The Wrecking Ball Is Not Popular

Digby’s Hullabaloo - Atrocities Of The Day

Digby’s Hullabaloo - Elon Goes To CPAC

Digby’s Hullabaloo - What Did You Do?

Threads - Video at legislator town hall

YouTube - Democracy Now!: “I Am Finally Free!”: Indigenous Leader Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Imprisoned

Tamika Mallory - Home page

CNN - Angry voters confront GOP representative over Trump’s push to expand his power

CNN - GOP congressman faces criticism and several boos at Georgia town hall

TikTok - Cliff Bentz video at town hall meeting

Links 2-20-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ken Smith -Dislodging the idea of conversation from social media (Part 1)

Raw Story - Republicans appear to have ‘blown a circuit’ after Trump remarks: MSNBC analyst

Crooks and Liars - Jasmine Crockett: With Sleepy Joe, At Least We Could Sleep At Night - “People seem to be surprised that the first felon ever elected to the White House commits crimes or breaks the law,” Crockett said.

Blue America - 50 States. 50 Protests. 1 Day – @Noon, 2/5/25

Digby’s Hullabaloo - He’s Just Saying It Out Loud Now

New Jersey.com - Dan Aykroyd addresses his absence from ‘SNL’ 50th anniversary

Variety - Why Dana Carvey, Bill Hader and More ‘SNL’ Legends Skipped 50th Anniversary Show

New York Post - Chevy Chase attends ‘SNL 50’ special after slamming show — and nearly coming to blows with Bill Murray

Links 2-19-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Federalist - In Oregon, Motor Voter And Mass Mail Ballots Invited Cheating. Even The Top House Democrat Admits It

Online Journalism Blog - 7 prompt design techniques for generative AI every journalist should know

Molly White/Citation Needed - Issue 77 – Whenever presidents get involved, if they become angry, you don’t want to be there - A major crypto scandal tarnishes the reputation of Solana bigwigs, crypto influencers, and Argentine President Javier Milei.

The Federalist - Trump’s Immediate Border-Crossing Plummet Shows Biden Could Have Secured The Homeland But Didn’t

Oregon Capital Chronicle - Former Oregon House GOP leader will run for Senate GOP leader’s seat - Rep. Jeff Helfrich, R-Hood River, hopes to replace Sen. Daniel Bonham, who is barred from running for reelection

James’ Coffee Blog - Working on my confidence

{Josh Bernoff](https://bernoff.com/blog/dont-write-a-book) -

Raw Story - ‘Stephen, let’s calm down’: Yelling Trump aide berates host as he loses cool live on CNN

The Nation - Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch - Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.

Ben Werdmuller - Are We Self-Segregating on Social Media?

Ben Werdmuller - Own what’s yours

The Bulwark - Staying Patriotic in Trump’s America - Loving the country while hating its government.

EmptyWheel - Dale Ho Asks for Signed Consent from Eric Adams; Alex Spiro and Bill Burck Don’t Provide It

The Nation - How to Organize Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch - A plan to harness grassroots energy — and to hold Democratic leaders accountable

The Contrarian - Fighting the Putsch - Democrats need to throw every possible wrench into the plans of Trump, Musk, and their GOP cultists in Congress

Court Listener - Tanya Chutkan judgement against 13 state attorney generals on Trump lawsuit

The Hill - Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies

Raw Story - CNN conservative left momentarily speechless when host challenges him on Trump attack

EmptyWheel - Emil Bove Throwing Gold Bars Off the Titanic

Digby’s Hullabaloo - What’s Going On At DOJ?

Digby’s Hullabaloo - Grift, Graft and Golf

Digby’s Hullabaloo - Psychos

Last week on DSR's Words Matter, @NormOrnstein and David sat down to discuss what is going on in our government and why Washington needs a Democrat who is going to stand up and say “f*ck you.”

Listen: https://t.co/5UopseoATm pic.twitter.com/0S3PvOM3So
— The DSR Network (@deepstateradio) February 18, 2025

Links 2-18-2025

sylvester.andy@gmail.com (Andy Sylvester) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail & call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else. https://t.co/XzUfeP634P
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 18, 2025

Election Law Blog - How Germany Polices Offensive Speech on the Internet (video)

Digby’s Hullabaloo - Social Security On The Radar

Digby’s Hullabaloo - No, He’s Not Popular

EmptyWheel - Why Elon Musk Can’t Run DOGE [sic] Anymore

The Atlantic - January 6 Still Happened - The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.

Political Wire - New App Is Turbocharging Calls to Congress

The Message Box - How to Make Trump Unpopular Again - Democrats need to quickly recognize that the best way to slow down Trump is to drive his poll numbers down.