iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Our (humans) powers of self-delusion are hard to understate -- so long as we're given acceptable lies. I have no sympathy for those who abdicated their civic responsibility and voted for Trump or abstained... ... OTOH there but for the grace of god go I. Consequences are often how we learn. :-(

000

Reposted by Ed K

SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Most of my followers already know an understand this, but it never hurts to emphasize this and maybe those that share this post will reach people that need to grasp this very simple concept:

I think that if there is a single thing that
cis people should understand about
trans people is that we aren't trans
because we transition, we transition
because we are trans.

Stopping a trans person from
transitioning doesn't make them not
trans, it makes them miserable.

311139

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Trump's hand-picked board agrees that he is unable to faithfully execute the laws -- i.e. he is unable to fulfill his oath of office.

000

Reposted by Ed K

Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 23/09/2026

In fact, it turns out you *lose* leverage when the people likeliest to listen to you are replaced by people who will absolutely not!

37819

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Unpopular opinion: Kavanaugh should be praised for his explanation of "Kavanaugh stops". They were always a fantasy disconnected from reality, but a concurrence laying out those details allows courts to determine when the decision obviously doesn't apply. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics... IANAL

ballsandstrikes.org

Brett Kavanaugh’s Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day

The fact that ICE officers do not allow wrongfully detained people to “promptly go free” is a surprise to only one man in America.

000

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Influence operations are now easy to implement. I used to find social media helpful as a way to get exposed to other opinions But if those opinions are mostly propaganda ... it is impossible to emphasize enough: propaganda works, including on people who think it doesn't.

022

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When I see people advocating for riots as a political strategy, I can't help but think of US history like this. (Riots have often been used by the reactionary right as an excuse to seize power or do things they wanted to do already -- such as massacres.)

073

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It's depressing how often people refuse to learn lessons the easy way. (This was expected...)

010

Reposted by Ed K

Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Rev. Ed King lived the kind of life that reminds us doing the right thing isn't always easy, but it's always worth it. He stood with Mississippians fighting for justice when it would've been easier to stay quiet. Our state is better because he never backed down in the face of hatred and bigotry.

mississippitoday.org

Mississippi civil rights veteran Ed King has died - Mississippi Today

The Rev. Ed King, former longtime chaplain at Tougaloo College and one of the last living founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, died in Jackson on Saturday.

318571

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I want to stick with the line that voting Platner would be better than Collins if Platner wins the primary, but damn listening to the stories makes even that hard to say. FFS ... ME Democrats can still choose Collins. (OTOH I'm not in ME, so my opinion means ~nothing.)

000

Reposted by Ed K

Angry Byrd @tylerbigbyrd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Chief Justice Roberts Legacy To take out every law written, that they fought and died for He is the biggest pos SCOTUS in our history, along with the biggest pos POTUS They both wish to hurt people of color with our laws, and to keep it that way. Somehow it pleasures them both.

static.klipy.com

Civil Rights March for First Class Citizenship

ALT: Civil Rights March for First Class Citizenship

31567252324

Reposted by Ed K

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

time.com

The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

184126935868

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It all makes me embarrassed that I voted for Warren in my state's primary in 2020; watching since has made me reflect on my errors of judgment. (My first choice was Klobuchar, who still seems good to me, but she had already dropped out by the time my state's primary ran.)

010

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tthis take on the Democratic party matches my opinions: Somewhat more wishy-washy than I'd like, but Democrats have attempted to protect trans folks. [Reading about things in the UK (e.g. the Cass Review bullshit)... from afar it doesn't look good. I can't comment with confidence on it, but...]

010

Reposted by Ed K

Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Are you ready, California? Vote by mail today or in person on June 2nd. Xavier Becerra for Governor.

20422182

Reposted by Ed K

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14/05/2026

bluesky — i am talking to you, all of you — need to internalize this and you need to tell everyone you know this. shampoo more expensive? republicans. burgers more expensive? republicans. beer more expensive? republicans.

382274502

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This thread is generally about media coverage and engagement, and worth reading for that. This skeet matches my mental model around some activists. I think it would have been great if people tried to influence Biden's & Harris's policies -- but instead those folks worked to elect Trump.

100

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Both outcomes would be humiliating to Trump if he were capable of feeling shame.

000

Reposted by Ed K

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

3/3 "Brennan pressed Hassett further, asking definitively: “So we are still at war with Iran?” “Uhh… you know, what – I… I don’t know what the definition of war is when we’re not shooting and we’re negotiating and they’re under a lot of pressure,” he said. But at least he's not "DEI", right?

0113

Reposted by Ed K

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In its latest ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Roberts Court has inverted the Reconstruction Amendments to justify the same racist devices and practices they were adopted to dismantle (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What Kilpatrick wanted, and what the Roberts Court is making possible, is a country where white people can maintain their political dominance at the expense of Americans who are not white. The anticaste provisions of the Reconstruction amendments, intended by their authors to reverse the “horrid blasphemy” that America was a white man’s country, are being inverted to defend that dominance. This is not the color-blindness of Martin Luther King Jr., but what the scholar Ian Haney López has called “reactionary colorblindness,” the purpose of which is to maintain racial hierarchy through superficially neutral means. It takes the view that the Constitution’s “color-blindness” renders any attempt to remedy anti-Black racism unconstitutional, because by definition that would involve making racial distinctions. Similarly, the ruling in this case does not explicitly overturn the VRA’s ban on racial discrimination in voting so much as rewrite it to allow such discrimination.

562796988

Reposted by Ed K

Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

RIP VRA, 1968-2026. RIP all of the civil rights leaders who were murdered while fighting for the rights it secured. www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

Civil rights leaders murdered seeking the right to vote, starting top left: Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr., Dr. Thomas Hency Brewer, Henry Hezekiah Dee, Charles Moore, Herbert Lee, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Johnnie Mae Chappell, Jonathan Daniels, Lamar Smith, Louis Allen, Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, Rev. Bruce Klunder, Sammy Younge Jr., Vernon Dahmer, Rev. George Lee, Viola Gregg Liuzzo, Rev. James Reed, William Lewis Moore, and Willie Brewster.

2220122

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I read Haaretz for news on this topic, and there's plenty criticism of Israel that I agree with. But social media doesn't seem like a place where that kind of nuance is possible...

000

Reposted by Ed K

ShellsTheMerryZionist @stayscathed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Hey everyone! Candidates in the CA Governor race must report their fundraising numbers after midnight TONIGHT. If you can chip in ANY AMOUNT to Xavier Becerra right now it will show that the momentum & resources are behind him! Do it for #TioXavier and #VoteBecerra www.xavierbecerra2026.com

xavierbecerra2026.com

Xavier Becerra - Build, Protect, and Lead California

We have to fight to make it possible for all of us to have the California Dream, and that’s why I’m running for Governor.

34724

Reposted by Ed K

L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

You may know the California governor campaign is in flux. Now's the time to take a fresh look at Xavier Becerra. I can't think of a better review of his exemplary character, qualifications & accomplishments than this, from a former colleague in the Biden-Harris administration. Read & share. 1/x

The Case for Xavier Becerra
Jeff Nesbit
@jeffnesbit
·
Apr 11

Given how rapidly the CA governor’s race has changed in just 24 hours, it’s time for CA voters to take a close look at Xavier Becerra.
I’m biased, of course. I was his public affairs chief at HHS in the Biden-Harris administration. But XB is the kindest, most decent, fearless, empowering Cabinet secretary I’ve worked for – and I’ve worked for a number of them under four US presidents.
Here’s the case for Xavier Becerra:
- XB’s personal story is All-American.
- He’s the son of two immigrants who worked very, very hard to make lives better for their family and helped XB achieve everything he could ever have

17395176

Reposted by Ed K

Bitch McConnell™ @tiffmc1013.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Heyyyy California! We've got a candidate for governor who's proven that he can do the job and doesn't need to buy your vote. #XavierBecerra2026 #BecerraForGovernor

59658

Reposted by Ed K

Bitch McConnell™ @tiffmc1013.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I know it's a meme, but it's also accurate.😭🤣🫣

13212

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I was going to vote for Swalwell; not so much now. I'm on board with Becerra. He was good as AG, and he served in Biden's administration -- I'll be happy to vote for him. :-)

030

Reposted by Ed K

Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

You can’t vote out Trump in the midterms, but you can vote out the people who enable him.

912250551

Reposted by Ed K

Muriel Vieux - The Poet @murielvieux.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

They dragged Black folks halfway across the world to enslave them, and now are forced to contend with their proclamation of “Democracy & Equality" and have to deal with “them N's” on equal footing. That just won’t do. Thus was anti DEI born. #ThePoet www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

dailykos.com

What is the Anti-Woke-DEI really about?

Once upon a time, not so long ago, when Black Americans started to rise in wealth and status in American society, their cities and businesses would be burnt to the ground and leaders killed in horrifi...

0155

Reposted by Ed K

Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Okay. This is NOT how it works and is unproductive. The government is not there to organize strikes all of the time. You want to be an activist, do that but we need people who govern. Terrible answer

1315649

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I think it's possible for an intelligent person to be in law enforcement with good intentions. Except the DEA; that combination is impossible in the DEA.

010

Reposted by Ed K

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Liberals say that people who commit crimes deserve a second chance. So why are the upset that ICE is filled with people who have committed violent crimes?

333334

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

She wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd prefer AOC over (e.g.) Newsom. I like that she's taken pragmatic positions while still articulating recognizable values. (But I'm not a fan of the populist wing of the party, and it'd depend on how indebted to them she wound up being.)

000

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Please read this thread.

000

Reposted by Ed K

rattgirrll 💫 spooky squeaker edition @princesspabst.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

minnesota is still being terrorized by ICE. it hasn’t stopped and from local reports has gotten way worse. it isn’t making major headlines anymore and we know why. ABOLISH ICE !!!

166362415

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

In hindsight -- outside the US, some powerful people are being held to account. My gut fear that no one would was myopic. I'd guess that the DOJ during Biden's term did the same calculus I did; and it seems to have been wrong. We should punish the guilty from the Epstein/Trump files.

000

Reposted by Ed K

Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing. Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.

300161853329

Reposted by Ed K

Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

🗣️🚨Heads up y’all!!! Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too? Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤

46859

Reposted by Ed K

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...

newrepublic.com

Donald Trump Is Frightened

Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.

38182012434

Reposted by Ed K

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

ohiocapitaljournal.com

'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal

Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.

9328781521

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It's not surprising that some elections are lopsided -- but from ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_Ho...: 2014: 81.2 : 18.5 2016: 79.9 : 20.1 2018: 84.1 : 15.6 2020: 85.6 : 14.2 2022: 85.1 : 14.7 2024: 83.2 : 16.6 2026*: 95.3 : 4.4 ... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.

ballotpedia.org

Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

020

Reposted by Ed K

Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101

3249551158

Reposted by Ed K

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

15474351995

Ed K @edk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is accurate; I'd say to the fascists doing this that they hate America and our freedoms, but that claim is based on aspirations e.g. as outlined in the Declaration & Bill of Rights. In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.

100

Reposted by Ed K

Queen of Halloweentown MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is also why denying these people the pretext for a civil war they're literally aching for is an important victory. It's not as flashy as other things but it both matters and it is literally *winning.*

1297