I'll put Star Trek Academy's "The Life of the Stars" episode up there with ST:TNG's "Data's Daughter" and "The Inner Light" as the few Trek episodes that will make me tear up. Nice work! #trek

OK, stop it with the frickin' lasers, feds? Please. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-closes-airspace-fort-hancock-texas-after-reported-use-anti-drone-laser-2026-02-27/

One of the things I enjoy most about Star Trek Academy is that the most emotionally available character is a gay, pacifist Klingon. #trek

Because I'm an insufferable pedant, this is my annual social media post reminding that the national holiday we celebrate today in USA is Washington's Birthday. "Presidents' Day", "President's Day", or "Presidents Day", or whatever, based on your state, is a local construct. You may now go back […]

The Turd Reich insists that every American must show a government-issued ID to vote, but can’t tolerate the notion that a few thousand paramilitary masked thugs don’t need to identify themselves in any way while they commit crimes and deny civil and human rights.

The FAA gets a lot of criticism, some of it justified, but hats off to the administrator and chief counsel for forcing Border Patrol thugs to stop firing off a laser cannon in El Paso, which by this account CBP did with remarkable incompetence […]

We just contributed another $150 to Sen. Mark Kelly - that's $10 for every exclamation point in U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's emphatic ruling granting Senator Kelly's preliminary injunction against DoD's attack on the First Amendment […]

ICE is expanding in Seattle. https://www.kuow.org/stories/ice-eyes-new-tukwila-office-near-hub-for-deportation-flights

Can we trust Border Patrol thugs to operate a laser cannon in civilian airspace? Hell no! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/trump-administration-el-paso-airspace-closure-questions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.lvBc.-8DeXP2R6Tt6&smid=url-share

MAGA's filthy Hitler Youth. https://stranger.social/@DeniseG/116044309352994648

Classic nonsense from TFG, tripping over his own dick. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFA.ab7t.Ex2xRRFEL3eN&smid=url-share

Be prepared today for propaganda from the clankers. Do not consent. https://wapo.st/4aHQ6N5

This is my biennial social media post reminding Americans that if you're lucky enough to get CBC, their Olympics coverage is far superior to NBC's.

Don’t back down. Shut it down. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/politics/senate-immigration-enforcement-dhs-shutdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.brGj.fYdyLNbGQzx8&smid=nytcore-ios-share

How is Pam Bondi still attorney general? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/nude-photos-epstein-files.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.9MFK.2VtGOjuzPrUR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

This is a banger of a judicial ruling. It freed the bunny-hat boy and his dad. It’s a must-read. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172886492.9.0.pdf

More great visual journalism by the New York Times. Thank you. But you missed an opportunity to point out that this fed thug needs to fix the split in his pants. Oops […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Another banger from George Will. https://wapo.st/3ZyVOvh

If you squint and zoom in you can see my red “shame” sign at tonight’s vigil for Minnesota in Renton.

I want more. But this would be an acceptable start. I refuse to reject the good for the perfect. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.jg1v.v4sgqLIBgRHn&smid=url-share

This took considerable courage. https://www.startribune.com/chris-madel-ends-gop-bid-for-governor-says-he-cant-support-federal-retribution-against-minnesota/601570793

I go there reluctantly, but “thugs” is no longer adequate as a way to describe Trump’s paramilitary. They are now “pigs.”

Let's get this straight. The DHS funding bill passed 220-207, with 7 Dems voting for fed thugs. Had they voted against, as Dem "leaders" advocated, the funding bill would have failed 214-213. I realize this is simplistic, buy why are these Dems in leadership?

I don't mind so much that Trump falls asleep in public. My problem is that he keeps waking up.

Notes on Star Trek Academy. First, stop calling each other "bitch". Maybe one or two per episode, but it was silly in the pilot. Also, get ride of the damn floating robots. Maybe one or two per episode, but it looks ridiculous. #trek

I often dunk on the Times for limp and complicit headlines, but here's an attaboy. Times journalists did an outstanding service in this detailed video analysis of the ICE thugs killing an innocent woman in Minneapolis, clarifying that the killer was never in danger […]

TIL Jerome Powell has been a Deadhead for 50 years.

It's touching how TFG is so concerned about Iran killing protesters when his thugs are doing the same thing in Minneapolis.

Do it, Minnesota. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/is-minneapolis-ice-shooter-immune-state-prosecution-supreme-court.html?tpcc=reddit-social--ice_prosecution

News judgment check: Let’s see how The New York Times is playing what is obviously the most important story of the day.

Why is it necessary for CNN to give the MAGA apologist Scott Jennings airtime when all I have to do to load up on untruths is switch to CBS News or Fox News?

Here is a list of Hilton branded properties to boycott. Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts Conrad Hotels Signia by Hilton The NoMad Canopy by Hilton Graduate Hotels Hilton Hotels & Resorts DoubleTree Curio Embassy Suites by Hilton Homewood Suites by Hilton Home2 Suites by Hilton Hilton Garden Inn […]

TFG is putting his name on everything in sight, so we put it on our garbage can.

I'm sure I'd have policy gripes with him, but Mark Kelly is putting out pretty strong presidential vibes right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsI9ml9oF_s

I miss the old Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/05/trump-congress-cowboy-hat-national-dress/

Memo to Democrats: “Abundance” starts with universal healthcare.

The new poop bags arrived just in time for Christmas!

When hormone therapy is OK for us cis folks but forbidden for our trans friends and family. What It’s Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone […]

Unamerican. Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/admin/trump-administration-religion-christmas.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.WH7u.ZpUNOlCf_t2_&smid=nytcore-ios-share

I realize that no one accuses the Bondi Justice Department of competence, but for fuck's sake, are there no document security people who can help you? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media

Like the Soviets, the MAGA regime requires a highly placed political commissar in powerful institutions to ensure ideological compliance. That’s Bari Weiss’ role at CBS, not editor-in-chief […]

Here’s the 60 Minutes video that CBS News political commissar Bari Weiss and the Trump administration don’t want you to see. https://youtu.be/HjfN1RMS9-c?si=WLNmGxtq_UtQO0Sf

Will Brendan Carr be fired as FCC chair after permitting ABC to broadcast tonight the anti-fascist film “The Sound of Music”?

I’d be surprised if CBS News can ever restore its formerly high reputation after this amazingly amateurish fuck-up by Bari Weiss. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.Rbpl.eurCHptEKCjJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Any editorial page that characterizes Mamdani’s democratic socialist allies as “fellow travelers” reveals its news organization as obviously not serious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/20/zohranm-mamdani-new-york-staffing/

Welcome to Seattle wildlife. Murder hornets, killer cougars and now toilet rats. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/king-county-warns-of-toilet-rats-after-record-flooding/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1

The White House announces that the Epstein files will be renamed the Trump Epstein files.