So to recap:
•Trump illegally bombed Iran.
•Iran responded by closing the Straight of Hormuz, thus spiking oil prices.
•Trump is now responding by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil, thus funding the regime he's bombing—all as the Straight of Hormuz remains closed.
So in short, Trump bombed Iran, raised oil prices for Americans, and gave Iran more money. Masterful gambit by the author of the Art of the Deal.
Are we great yet?
This is amazing. DHS bought a warehouse in a city called Social Circle, Georgia. When the city council asked DHS how they planned to use the warehouse, DHS refused to answer.
So, the city cut off water and sewer services and put a lock on the water meter, and said that services will remain off “until ICE indicates how water and sewer to the facility will be served without exceeding the limited infrastructure capacity.”
Outstanding. We need more of this! This is how we stop fascism.
House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz expects Bay Staters will see "immediate cost savings" as a result of new rebates and Mass Save cuts if the bill becomes law. Environmental activists have argued this week that the House's cut to Mass Save would "devastate" the state's energy efficiency program and grind it to a halt.
Bicyclist shovels out another bike lane the city wouldn't touch
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/bicyclist-shovels-out-another-bike-lane-city-wouldnt-touch
City wouldn't clear a Comm Ave. bike lane, so some bicyclists showed up today with shovels
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/city-wouldnt-clear-comm-ave-bike-lane-so-some-bicyclists-showed-today
It’s interesting to me that Trump has so quickly backed off on the threat of using force in Greenland. Someone talked him off the ledge. Maybe the massing European troops raised the stakes enough for his advisors to hesitate. Maybe the generals said they would not attack a NATO member nation (a clearly illegal order). Maybe he never had military support at all, and was talking out of his ass all along. Who knows? The point is, they called his bluff, and he folded like wet napkin. I think people need to learn from this. Calling Trump’s bluffs works, especially when you team up with other communities to call his bluff together.
Let’s be honest, Ring was already some technocratic, dystopian BS, but if you needed a reason to finally, finally kill it with fire, here’s your reason: Ring is partnering with Flock to help ICE spy on you and your neighbors for the government 👀
#Technology #InfoSec
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/
Read Frank Foer's amazing essay on the civil servants we have lost
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
John Overholt
Dave Nathanson
Universal Hub
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"
Dave Rahardja
Alison Pitt 
Anne Applebaum