Tom Seiple

The other day, I received a Target gift card. I went to use it but encountered an issue, the bar code wouldn’t scan correctly for the cashier. Turns out, the “bar code” was to be scratched off to reveal another barcode and access code below. This is horribly designed, a thread 🧵 to follow:

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

1. I would vote for anyone who could win a Democratic primary in 2028 2. I will vote for the most credible left candidate in the primary 3. The two-party system is bad and we should replace it with proportional representation 4. The presidency is bad and we should replace it with a Prime Minister

Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Here's how the Olympics are used by local governments to expand policing and militarization long after the closing ceremony.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

This is an authoritarian power grab, full stop. Nationalizing elections would put the executive branch in control of who votes and how. That’s how dictators rig outcomes, crush opposition, and assault democratic self-government. This should alarm everyone: www.ms.now/news/trump-s...

Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers. Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024. And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary. The system is rigged.

The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.” The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.

"Many struggle w/ the pretext that ICE/CBP are in Mpls to enforce immigration law. Bondi’s letter makes vividly clear the real purpose is to compel opposition states — Free States if you will — through violence, to surrender sovereignty to brutal outside rule which treats them as a conquered people"

In the first half of the 20th century, tens of thousands of people (mostly children) suffered paralysis from polio. The first vaccine was introduced in the USA in 1955. Notice the trend afterwards. (by @ourworldindata)

This.

If people don't actually use the shitty AI we keep violently thrusting at them, the bubble will pop, and our wasteful investments into water guzzling, anti-human infrastructure will bankrupt us. Despite spouting shit about free markets/consumer first, we have decided you WILL use our slopgorithms.

Felon47 made more money last year, (2025), than he's made his entire miserable life... Tell me again how he's not taking a paycheck... He's robbing Americans.

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

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I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.

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Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Someone set fire to the only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital. No coverage yet in our nations leading publications, outside an AP story in WaPo.

BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...

We are experiencing the worst people our country has ever produced.

The murderer's name is Jonathan Ross. It's not "doxxing" to name him. We don't have "secret" law enforcement in the United States. Katie Phang sounds off in a must-watch new report:

The jobs report is in. What a disaster.

🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.

We live in a fascist police state. Only way out is through radical change. Whether you believe “normal” is dead or never existed in the first place; either way, we can only look forward and propose an alternative future.

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At this point, I am begging other countries to sanction us. This country needs to experience deep economic strain for many of his voters to finally realize he is only making their lives more miserable.

Timothy Snyder is one of the most important voices to listen to right now.

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

Democratic leadership badly fumbling the response so far. Shocking right? They’re denouncing Trump but it’s usually around the sixth paragraph. Enough throat clearing. The president is out of control and the opposition party needs to act like it.

There is a great deal of work that is not bullshit and that very much helps people. Even if not highly paid (and not appreciated), such work is essential for society.

The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

If you read only one thing today, make it this. Sarah perfectly captures the political climate of 2025 here. Sadly, I don’t expect that 2026 will be any better.

NEW: Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025. It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this. Closing out the year at Law Dork:

A brilliant design that saves me so many trips to the wrong side of my car!

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

My wife and I combined our artistic/engineering talents to make some art for our nursery after attending a printing class at @aadl.org