After many years as a staunch fence-sitter/political neutral, I voted in two previous political leadership races. The first was the 2020 Green leadership race. I was excited to support a candidate, and was then horrified to find out he was a Russian propagandist claiming to be a ‘anti-imperialist’. You can figure out who that is on your own lol. Have fun :)
The second leadership race I participated in was the BC NDP race that pitted David Eby against Anjali Appadurai.
She was treated horribly, and I would say with fear, by the BC NDP leadership. She could have been a sea change in real social progressive leadership in BC and Canada but was pushed out.
She's working for Avi Lewis’ campaign.
The US succeeds at regime change in Iran as Khamenei replaces Khamenei.
165 dead schoolgirls is sometimes the price you have to pay for such things.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/8/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-a-conte…
Canada’s left-leaning
New Democratic Party (NDP)
has elected a new leader,
someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.
On March 29, the NDP elected
Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting
with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign.
The NDP was decimated in the April 2025 federal election.
Former leader Jag…
On my soul we ALL bumping "All Women Deserve To Be Loved And Appreciated Song 05" by "Tag Bizz Sutra Leadership Academy"
Imagine in what kind of "great atmosphere" the negotiations between the US and Iran will take place. The US attacked during earlier negotiations, killed several levels of Iranian leadership, their family etc... Two weeks will not be enough to accomplish anything meaningful I think 🤔 without even mentioning the fact that there is disagreement about how Lebanon is part of the current ceasefire. Trump's idea about quickly reaching a deal is pure fiction.
"Opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned"
Indeed. But do the #SNP care what happens to the planet?
Lincolnshire were going carbon neutral at the pace of a tortoise.
The Reform sic) leadership thought that was too fast.
Lincolnshire County Councillors scrap 2050 carbon neutral target - BBC News
Wollen wir in der NATO einen Generalsekretär, der "Trumps Leadership bewundert"?
🤯
#Trump #NATO #MarkRutte
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So, it would seem the Gorton and Denton by-election will be crucial. Starmer will cling on until the result and then a leadership election will happen.
But the by-election will determine everything. If the Greens are elected, Labour will move left with Angela Raynor and, god forbid, if Reform win, then it will lurch right with Wes Streeting.
Seriously, if Wes Streeting got into power, I’d be fucked.
The V-formation maps cleanly to how we think about leadership: someone sets direction, others align behind. But the murmuration model — distributed, adaptive, leaderless — might be closer to how real teams work. https://www.poppastring.com/blog/leadership-from-birds
US "leadership" is rushing to out-dumb Israeli counterparts in tragic real-life parody. It's dubious if they are able to "win" their war, whatever that means. But they are certainly sabotaging the military power of the respective state for decades to come. The case of Pete Hegseth
https://www.
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House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries has said that DHS leadership change is not enough to reopen the government
and starting to fund the Department of Homeland Security again.
It comes as Republican Senator Thom Tillis said he believes White House adviser Stephen Miller “should go”
and that his role in the Trump administration has been a “big problem”.
The senior senator representing North Carolina, when asked on CNN’s State of the Union if he thinks Miller should go…
After a wet January and February, Carrizo Plain National Monument has entered superbloom
The mountain ranges have been flowering for weeks.
The valley floor has begun to follow.
And if the weather holds,
the display could stretch into early April.
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Too late, he's doubled down: “That staffer should be fired immediately, and the President should publicly condemn this action,” Burns continued. “This kind of insensitive and racist communication does not reflect the heart, values, or leadership of the President of the United States, nor does it represent the America we are striving to build.”
Trump-allied pastor: Staffer who posted Obamas video 'should be fired immediately'
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5727010-racist-video-prompts-outrage/
Truman: The buck stops here. 🙇♂️
Trump: The buck stops here if it's green. 💵
#leadership #responsibility #difference #history
“Instead of assuming the worst, it’s important to recognize the pain and fear that might be behind someone’s decision to stay silent or speak loudly. Honoring each other’s need for safety helps build a conversation on shared humanity rather than tension.”
—Lauren Maxwell ‘25 M.Div, ‘26 S.T.M. in this Yale News article on the university’s Cultivating Conversation program.
Democratic lawmakers will try to pass the war powers resolution introduced by New York representative Greg Meeks via unanimous consent later this morning,
when the House of Representatives meets for a pro forma session.
There is a press conference scheduled for after.
In a statement on today’s push, Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, said:
“House Republican leadership remains completely silent on the president’s unhinged behavior.
Instead, they continue…
As experts warn about cyberattacks from Iran on the US, CISA is operating under a partial government shutdown and dealing with leadership changes (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/iran-cisa-cybersecurity-war-threat.html
"Every system has exactly one constraint. One bottleneck. The throughput of your entire system is determined by the throughput of that bottleneck. Nothing else matters until you fix the bottleneck.
That's the part most people get. Here's the part they don't, and it's the part that should scare you:
When you optimise a step that is not the bottleneck, you don't get a faster system. You get a more broken one."
This is the kind of shit the “Democratic Leadership" keeps pulling. Shapiro, Newsom, Fedderman, Clintons, Summers, Obama. They are all neo-liberals who also work for the billionaires too. We need to elect folks like Krasner, AOC, Sanders, etc who actually work for citizens.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/larry-krasner-josh-shapiro-philadelphia-ice-agents-rhetoric-20260202.html
Pet peeve: Corporats leadership who use “align” to mean “I’m going to talk, and you’re going to listen”.
In all seriousness, there are a ton of possible scenarios. The Iranian regime is weaker than it has ever been. I deeply hope for the liberation of Iranian people, especially oppressed minorities. Meanwhile, the US is lead by the most incompetent leadership ever (which is really saying a lot).
The Kurds, who could be the keystone ground forces needed to collapse the regime have been betrayed by the US so many times that they may not rise up (correctly) predicting that the US will stab them in the back at the fist chance.
But they are also a highly oppressed group in Iran, and may well take this opportunity. I don't know enough about this region to make any kind of reasonable prediction.
There are a huge number of unknowns, which is really *not* what anyone wants when starting a conflict.
To Iranian people, I wish you freedom and self-determination against all actors. To the US military, I wish you the best of luck getting your whole behive-dick situation.
You should have seen this coming. Once you start excluding, the in-group tends to shrink.
Pentagon Good Friday Service Excluding Catholics Sparks Religious Bias Concerns Amid Broader Criticism Over Leadership Purge https://ground.news/article/huffposts-attempt-to-create-a-good-friday-outrage-cycle-about-pete-hegseth-is-bad-even-for-them
Friday Links 26-05
If you watch one thing this weekend, watch the video about being misled about renewable energy.
Spoiler: It's not just about renewable energy.
I still haven't decided what I think about coding with AI. It has been a great help and I see all the drawbacks. My links reflect this.
I will be speaking on Sunday at BSides on "Power Dynamics in Security Leadership: a legato leitmotif lullaby on leading lightly and luminously"
Sunday 4:25pm, AMC Theatre 12
#BSidesSF
Maybe one of the more surprising things about the current live coding waves is how queer-lead it has become. I wouldn't have said it was ever particularly masculine/macho, but live coding was very cis male-dominated and hetronormative in the early days. Now as far as I know all the people blowing up on tiktok and instagram are LGBQT, and the most active live coding software and community platforms for music and visuals include LGBQT people leading core development (I say leadership here …
"In Iran, social etiquette - Taarof - is the backbone of society, built on mutual respect and the absolute avoidance of public shame. When Trump stooped to gutter-level profanity, he wasn't talking tough. He’s proving to the Iranian leadership, and the Iranian people, that he is a man of no character."
Trump may have signed his own death sentence with this imbecilic outburst - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-iran-allah/
The State Leadership Initiative (SLI),
is a policy-focused organization that investigates and counters the influence of progressive ideologies
—specifically Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards
and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies
—within state-level bureaucracies and government,
particularly in conservative "red" states.
🔸Focus on Policy Influence: SLI investigates how national associations and "shadow gov…
From 350.org
Today, we're releasing a report card that lays out where the federal NDP leadership candidates land on our key climate action demands.
The good news is that each of the 5 leadership candidates expressed enthusiastic support for 4 out of 5 of our demands.
Rob Ashton did not highlight the need to get off of fossil fuels at all.
Alec Watson clearly explains the vast benefits of solar and batteries over any other energy source. At the end, at timestamp 1:16:38, he also goes into a powerful, emotional speech on how the political leadership of the United States is embracing fascism.
I recommend the whole episode, but if you judge that you don’t have time, watch the final 15 minutes (from the provided timestamp). And then watch the whole thing. 😉
Very proud and excited to vote in the NDP leadership race today!!
This is not the first time I've voted in a Federal leadership race... more on that later but first, my choices! I considered only voting for two people, but I ended up filling in all 5 choices.
#1: Tanille Johnston @…
#2: Avi Lewis @…
#3: Heather McPherson
#4: Tony McQuail
#5: Rob Ashton
Why?
You might ask why I would publicize my choices. I don’t expect others to of course. It is a privilege and a right in Canada to exercise your democratic choice freely and privately, but I also think there is value in knowing how others voted.
#1 why Tanille? #electoralReform and proportional representation myself, I didn't just want to pick my top two. I wanted to make a statement on each of these candidates an influence each one.
To be blunt, Heather is #3 because she is the middle-of-the-road candidate. She is an excellent representative as MP and has gathered the support of other MPs including my own, but while I would be OK with her leadership, I would see her as a continuation of the status quo, and that is not what the NDP needs as a party, nor is it what Canada needs as a country.
We desperately need a vigorous and clear alternative to the Centre-but-mostly-Right Liberals, and the MAGA-wannabe Conservatives. The only way to do that is to catch the attention of Canadians and inspire them. I am not sure that Heather has the ability to do that, and if we continue with the same leadership crew in the NDP, I am not confident that the policy choices will be strong enough to inspire and attract Canadians.
That is why Tanille and Avi are far better options.
#4 Why Tony:
Tony is the real deal. Honestly, I would have loved to rank him higher. He represents the true life blood of rural, socially progressive, environmentally aware, Canadians. You should go check out his platform. I am so glad that he was able to participate fully in the race and we need his voice in the NDP.
#5 Why not Rob?
I have been an active member in my Union for more than 10 years. Unionism is The Way. Rob is representing a division within the union movement that claims that working people can't have jobs if the environment is put first. This is a lie.
We need union leaders that look to the future and speak honestly to people. We need union leaders who are genuinely progressive, not ready to do the bidding of corporate masters to the benefit of a few.
Working people need honesty, and when an industry is on decline, a clear path to new, excellent, union, jobs!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberal #CPC #Canada #Democracy #NDP
"Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI"
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"Librarians have managed and lived through many seismic shifts brought by technology. How should librarian leaders approach the coming anticipated AI workforce disruption?"
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Frontier AI labs' policies around military use of their AI tools are incoherent, vague, and often prone to change, allowing leadership to preserve "optionality" (Sarah Shoker/fishbowlification)
https://sarahshoker.substack.com/p/a-few-observations-on-ai-co…
Rep. Lofgren to Noem:
You know there's an old adage that states there are no bad dogs, just bad owners.
One of the questions we have is,
are there bad agencies or just bad leadership?
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Through his new book and his leadership of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the Rev. Dr. Boise Kimber '18 S.T.M. attempts to “chart a future where not only is the stained-glass ceiling shattered, but also the brick wall of resistance is dismantled.”
From this article by Adelle Banks at Religion News Service.
30.000 people laid off...to build datacenters...
"The layoffs are directly tied to Oracle’s aggressive and debt-heavy expansion into artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to analysis from TD Cowen, the job cuts are expected to free up between $8 billion and $10 billion in cash flow — money the company urgently needs to fund a massive buildout of AI data centers."
Tillis to Noem:
"A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years.
You decided to kill that dog because you hadn't invested the appropriate training,
then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ...
Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"
In war, rhetoric matters. The violence of Trump’s language represents a consistent and central aspect of his approach to international relations.
The White House seems to believe that hostile and threatening language,
paired with the use of overwhelming force,
represents an effective approach to global leadership, one that will force other countries to bend to the United States’ will.
The reality, however, is that while threats can sometimes get results,
Trump’s l…
ISM and YDS alumni Alexandra Barylski and Samuel Loncar are reshaping public scholarship through their leadership of Marginalia Review of Books.
https://ism.yale.edu/posts/2026-01-28-building-a-global-home-for-ideas-yal…
“Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10am Friday,” wrote the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
“I’m grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.”
US officials also indicated the talks in Oman will go forward.
They will take place amid a massive buildup of US naval and airpower in the region and appear to be a last chance for Tehran to avert a US strike against the country’s leadership and nuclear …
Canceled contracts, a failed polygraph and personal disputes: Inside the turbulent tenure of Noem's former cyber czar (John Sakellariadis/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/28/cisa-cyber-leadership-madhu-gottumukkala-00804515
http://www.memeorandum.com/260228/p22#a260228p22
Donald Trump won AZ-06 by less than one point in 2024
– and I need your help to flip this seat blue.
It’s Jo Mendoza reaching out.
I know polling can be confusing. Everyone wants to convince you that their race is the most important for you to support,
and it can be hard to figure out which are actually the most critical.
So let’s talk about what the data says about my race:
There’s only been one poll so far, but it shows me beating my MAGA opponent by onl…
“Of all the possible Middle East scenarios, 🔥the current state of play is one of the worst for the global economy,”
says the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s head of global economics, Joseph Capurso.
He added: 💥“We expect the situation to escalate before it de-escalates.
“Iran’s leadership and military capabilities have been significantly degraded.
However, what is unknown is their intent and capability to block the
Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
Trump’s announcement on social media Sunday night follows a wave of cancellations since Trump ousted the previous leadership and added his name to the building.
The proposal, he said, is subject to approval by the board of the Kennedy Center, which has been stocked with his hand-picked allies.
Leading performing arts groups have pulled ou…
“This workforce has been fundamentally traumatized in the way that this leadership team said that they intended to do at the outset,”
Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service’s CEO, told Government Executive.
“That’s not good for anyone. It’s bad for the workforce, it’s fundamentally bad for the American people, and it will lead to us to be less safe, healthy and prosperous as a society.
The things that we want and need from government are not what we’ll get.”
The su…
"We’re not just talking about potential spikes in food prices …
but also potentially key shortages in the commodities that are necessary to produce food, like fertilizers,”
says Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London.
“Many of the countries that are going to be most potentially impacted by this are already in conditions of famine or near famine.”
From polling and special elections over the past year, we’ve seen two important trends:
Democrats are strongly over-performing in general elections (to the tune of 10-15 points),
and Democratic leadership is incredibly unpopular, even among Democratic voters.
This combination means that there will be a lot of support
— in enthusiasm, money, and votes
— for primary challenges to Democratic incumbents,
and the usual Democratic fretting about electability …
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