Alex Swaim

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/b... “For years, it [China] accumulated inventories [of oil] whenever prices were low as part of a broader push to strengthen national self-reliance and improve its ability to withstand supply disruptions.” Wow, you can plan for stuff!? Who knew. We should try it.

Woke up to a broken refrigerator. Bad caps. Because of course.

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

The person who was shot today by ICE, this is what was happening before he got shot.

US immigration thugs accelerate ethnic cleansing campaign, as sentiment for Minneapolis general strike grows among workers Workers are coming to the conclusion that the only way to counteract these assaults is through mass strike action www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

As more workers see the need for a general strike, the AFL-CIO and the Democrats seek to foreclose that option. We call on all those who want to fight fascism and war to join the Socialist Equality Party and build the revolutionary movement. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... It’s been clear for a long time that the ruling class doesn’t care if you live or die, so I guess kudos to the Trump administration for saying the quiet part out loud.

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

All of a sudden I’m seeing lots of Tesla ads on social media. They used to be famous for hardly advertising at all. I wonder what changed?

I can imagine reporting on Trump must rot the brain, but when the New York Times can’t even use the right “its” we are in a sorry state.

Mobilize the working class against Trump’s dictatorship! It is impossible to stop the drive to dictatorship without identifying and fighting its source: the capitalist system. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

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Bill Atkinson, the code wizard behind QuickDraw that powered the original Macintosh's graphics sytem, MacPaint and HyperCard passed away yesterday. We all stand on the shoulders of giants and this was one of them. Thank you Bill! You helped pave rest of us.

If I believed in hell I’d surely believe there is a special place in it for the inventor of the leaf blower.

If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents.

Although there are parts of this analysis I don’t entirely agree with, this is definitely how I’m going to refer to the current administration from now on. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/american-f...

new phone, hou-this? www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...