Abbi! This was a clue on Pop Culture Jeopardy today in the category of cartoon crushes! @ifurabbianduknowit.bsky.social

But I’m sure she is at least concerned.

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

You do it how you think you need to comply with the law, up until a judge tells you how to do it to comply with the law. Otherwise you are breaking the law.

Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning

It’s weird how the “young” Republicans are actually full-grown men and JD Vance treats them as children who shouldn’t face consequences for their racism, misogyny, or xenophobia. But pregnant 12-year-old little girls are treated as adults and must literally bear the consequences of rape and incest.

I don’t know, NPR, I thought the science was pretty clear.

It's all so fucking grim. Eugenics and misogyny all wrapped in one sold by disinformation that benefits grifters. I honestly don't know how we get out of this.

So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

As someone who grew up in a state like this, I have to tell you: the *real* secret police is always your friends and coworkers, the professionals mostly sit back and watch people eat each other's faces.

Happy new school year, @andeesings.bsky.social

Yes and I’m one of the world’s foremost professional basketball players.

My reaction to that completely batshit press briefing by Tulsi Gabbard in which she accused Obama of “treasonous conspiracy” is that whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump must be really really bad

do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

A+ reference

Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists. This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

Ghouls

This is SO perfect.

Ewwww 🤢

Charlie Kirk thinks little girls just want to go to college to find a husband. This clip is so creepy.

What happened to parental rights? Why do six justices think that politicians can override expert medical opinions? If parents consent to care their children want and need, when that care is safe and necessary, that should be that.

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

Put this on a billboard.

This is how patronage systems work in totalitarian transition. Claw back all resources and then (in showy performances of beneficence) bestow them selectively to supplicants now in your debt. What once were public services become private favors.

the literal mascot of the whole country is the statue who greets immigrants

Thanks but no thanks, Pharaoh. Jews don’t need this kind of “protection.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

If you're only following this "debate" through popular media you probably have the impression that studies on youth gender medicine are roughly split between benefits and harms. Nope! Nearly every study finds benefits. The "debate" is just a bunch of people going, "Those don't count."

Just call it the Self-Inflicted Wound Era, when we took a bunch of stuff that was working largely fine (vaccines, weather monitoring, friendly relations with like 175 countries, cancer research, renewable energy credits, the FAA, global trade, etc etc) and just broke them for giggles

I think there are lot of well-meaning non-trans people who think gender-affirming care is a luxury or aspirational thing, like dental veneers or nose jobs. "Sure, it'd be nice if trans folks had this care but they don't need it, do they?" Yes. It's literally lifesaving. It's suicide prevention.

Was so excited to listen to @shteyngart.bsky.social’s memoir but can’t get over the narrator’s poor pronunciation of Russian words. It didn’t even occur to me to make sure it was narrated by the author as most memoirs are. Oh well we all know what happens when we assume. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I was today years old when I realized that Jess from New Girl sings Surrender by Cheap Trick in the flashback when her parents are fighting and NOT a song she made up on the spot. Ask me how I figured it out. (not sure why captions are in French, it was the best I could find)

Very informative for this non-Christian. Love nerdy stuff like this.

Good afternoon, Bluesky. Since there were countless requests for it (in my head), let’s talk #MetGala2025.

Ukraine did what he asked; Russia did not; and now he will blame Ukraine and cozy up to Russia. This whole peace thing is a distraction from the ongoing war that Ukraine has no choice but to fight because it is being asssulted every day.

Be kind. Always. 🙏

It’s is spring break and I’m attempting to break out of my reading rut by finally dipping my blue ridged toe into the Ice Planet Barbarians series. So far it reminds me of Transcendence, in the best way, complete with its very own version of Ehd Luffs Beh. cc @thecooltable.bsky.social

Oh no, not uncle Jessie.

@ifurabbianduknowit.bsky.social it’s almost time ✨

Hell yeah this is my senator!

Strom Thurmond's record is 24 hours and 18 minutes which was done against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 & in defense of segregation. Cory Booker, a Black senator from Jersey, breaking his record to speak out against a white supremacist President would be poetic justice.

At many (most?) universities, international students pay full freight (often allowing the school to offer financial aid and scholarships to U.S. students). Terrorizing them will no doubt decrease int’l enrollment, hitting higher ed’s bottom line. Which is the point.

Unconscionable

The US is scheduled to co-host the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics in 2028. Why would thousands of international athletes and millions of fans from around the world come to a country where tourists, asylum seekers, and visa holders are being disappeared to foreign prisons?

WTF. This is insane. For so many seniors, there would be no money for food, rent, or prescriptions without their Social Security check. Howard Lutnick says if they complain about missing a check, they're a fraudster.

Did you know that before the Dept of Ed was created, only 1 of every 5 kids with disabilities received a public education. So when people ask why do we need a Dept of Ed, you can tell them it ensures ALL children have access to education. Learn more on this week's podcast: pod.redwine.blue/OBW

When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.