There's something about the idea of two billionaires sniping at each other from, as the NYT put it, "their own social media platforms" -- that is, the platforms they each own -- that encapsulates something deeply deeply off about the current era

Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool

I deleted most of my social media and now I’m writing poems.

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

Understanding tariffs feels like riddling through San Francisco parking signs.

I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.

My phone auto corrects “ob gyn” to “oh fun”

Hell yeah…

this cannot become the vibe right now

Umm has anyone looked at the whitehouse.gov landing page lately?

Please join to learn about Sikh political history and activism in North America and India. Two great speakers that are also great teachers, imo.

Birthright citizenship is a crucial block against the creation of an underclass of people categorized as “illegal migrants” - just as its enactment with the 14th Amendment was to prevent those previously categorized as “slaves” from legal subordination.

Devastating news about Katherine Franke's resignation from Columbia. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

New reading list just dropped

Somebody just farted on this bus. Yet here I am, consistently championing public transportation.

Happy New Year, friends! Remember: That which does not kill us wins reelection and tries again. Be vigilant and keep a good humor about your every day and spread laughter and good will. It’s the best inoculation against autocracy and idiocy.

Just gave a lil bit! Making most of the last hours of my 2024

The first time a Cybertruck was driving behind me, I thought a refrigerator was on the loose.

I literally could have been cuddling with my dog right now.

Arghhhh the couple I’m supposed to hang with for NYE is about the breakup so I’m in downtown sitting alone eating masala pizza. Happy 2025! Everyone stop fkn fighting!

Why am I so entertained by Twitter falling apart right now as racists try to identify who is more racist?

"Apparently even your air fryer is now over-collecting a whole bunch of data it doesn’t need so they can also monetize your every waking fart." www.techdirt.com/2024/12/26/y...

bill nye’s full name is william new years eve

you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus

besties day w/ @kamardip.bsky.social

Just please not another Arnold.

Harris campaigned with Cheney and capitulated to every single centrist demand, cant think of anything more loud than the absolute repudiation of "centrist" Democrat bullshit at the polls and yet here we are, with the party and pundits planning a re-do

Am I off here but I think Dems are disingenuous for being mad at Manchin and Sinema. You keep moving to the center and then you're "omg suprised and shocked" when members who were part or formerly part of your party move to the center or right?

Me just creating drama everywhere by texting the wrong people. Oops, I said sorry I can’t make it to the party you weren’t invited to,

Blows my mind

This is unreal: State troopers in Nashville have arrested ten people in recent weeks under Tennessee's FELONY camping law. The punishment? Up to six years in prison, a $3000 fine, and the loss of voting rights. via Open Table Nashville—please follow them & share: www.instagram.com/p/DC11Hd8oEs...

Ten people charged with *felonies* for the crime of being unable to afford a place to live.

It was funny to watch. Like the writer’s struggled to make Netflix and corporations happy, but also…hey here’s some progressive things! Bernie Sanders! Greta Thurnberg! But nothing too controversial of course.

What did make the highlights, you ask? Bernie Sanders’ mittens, Cybertruck, Bridgerton.

The opening credits are highlights of the world the past ten years. Apparently, COVID didn’t happen. Weird popular media gaslighting.

I’m yet again watching a Lindsay Lohan Netflix holiday movie. I am the target audience.

Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.

My otherwise expressionless dog is disturbingly good at conveying betrayal when I eat a cookie instead of giving it to her.

Now if the whole world took my stern looks this way…

Today two middle schoolers apologized to me, one for saying the word fuck, another for littering. I am not a teacher. Just your neighborhood aunty.

Who else thinks that buying banned books as presents is a great idea this year?

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Journalist: Water is divisive.

I just discovered what a starterpack is. I really love embracing my inner gray haired senior.

Ok I was only going to make jokes on here but my love for Nabi’s art is completely, purely earnest. Not a joke. One of my all time favorite artists.

This is my only plan here.