sad clowns vs evil clowns

As harrowing as the shutdown and halting of SNAP benefits have been, we have ways of helping people get food and even keep them housed at the local level: food pantries, mutual aid, state funds, county funds, etc. We don’t really have a way to help people on a local level get meds, chemo, dialysis.

What a fucking farce.

Will the open enrollment period for health insurance be extended to the end of January as well? Will rates remain stable until the new ACA tax credit extension bill is voted on? Nope and nope. Absolutely squandered all political leverage after landslide victories last week for Democrats.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

One of the deep flaws of our country right now is a loss of the fundamental social value of hospitality.

Call ‘em! Took me less than a minute. You go and do likewise

Democrats in the Senate and House must stand strong. Imagine having done all this for absolutely nothing by caving to Republican demands now.

And the Dems in the Senate are caving?? @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov, I hope you are not selling us out. Please stand up for what’s right .

It might become difficult to explain why AI is not a replacement for the Humboldt model. Here's the tl;dr: education is tied to *ongoing* research. Convincing the uneducated that the *ongoing* part is the key is a snooze... and thus we approach Borges' City of Immortals...

Another water company polluting with impunity. In other words, another average day in the UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

As per.

The utter lack of urgency on the part of our gov’t is outrageous. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Another Environmental Humanities posting: 1-yr post-doc at Yale. Seminar theme: ROT: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration. Apply by 12/8

There are so many desperate people at the grocery store. Well-kempt people stopping me in the aisles and asking and if I can help them. “Are there some specific things you need?” “Groceries.” 💔😞 This is one week into the aftermath of the loss of SNAP benefits thanks to Trump and the Republicans.

Eighteenth Brumaire relevant every day

TT job posting at UW Madison: History of Science with focus on water & sustainability 💧💧💧

I missed this obit back in September. What an inspiring person. RIP, Susan Xenarios. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/n...

This is horrible news. This program is a huge success, identifies brilliant scholars and gives them a transitional landing place that can help them land a tenure track job in the system. It’s a win for students, their programs, and all the schools in the system. Why end it?

Any updates on Alan Dershowitz?

Pleased the that Measure A went through in Santa Clara County, securing more funding for county ERs, trauma centers & hospitals in the wake of federal funding cuts passed in the Big Bogus Bill. But, always so dismaying to see such low voter turnout (34%). 😞

I love this poem. 🐕🏺 (And the Mendelssohn translation, too!)

Kansas announces tonight they will no longer pursue re-districting. 💪💪💪

“This is not only how we stop Trump, this is how we stop the next one.” — Mayor-elect Mamdani to lame duck Donald.

Mamdani opens with a reference to Eugene Debbs. +1

MSNBC calls Yes on 50 a win at poll closing. Decisive. 💙💙🎉🎉

WE REBUKE TRUMP!!! 💙💪🎉

Mamdani said knock you out

🎉🎉

NBC, The New York Times, and most importantly @hellgatenyc.com call the NYC mayoral race for Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani wins!!! Sound gubernatorial wins for the Dems in Virgina and NJ too. This is a great night for antifascists. 😁

I often think about how Cheney wanted revenge for what happened to Nixon, and how we live in the ruins made by that dream.

Same.

Another reminder to live your life in such a way that the average person doesn’t delight in pissing on your grave. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

A first for me: someone mispronouncing my name /kris-tin-ah/ instead of / kris-tee-nah/. Like, what? Bizarre.

Not enough shots of shirtless Kiké in this Dodgers parade. What are you doing, KTLA5??

U.S. Citizen Shot From Behind as He Warned ICE Agents About Children Gathering at Bus Stop His attorneys said an ICE agent shot Carlos Jimenez from behind. The U.S. citizen and father-of-three was charged with assault on a federal officer and released on bond Friday, with a bullet in his shoulder.

My heart breaks for how ICE will dampen the joy of what should be an day of unbridled celebration tomorrow in Los Angeles.

The owners were going to lock the players out after next season regardless of who won this World Series. Don't let anyone fool you. Saying the Dodgers winning back-to-back is merely a pretext. The owners have tried to get a salary cap in the CBA for decades. They illegally imposed one in 1995. 1/

Oh, to be in a Little Tokyo or Echo Park bar tonight. 💙 #dodgers

Dodgers victory parade, yes! White House visit, absolutely not.

Fuck that MAGA-coded cap. I will seek out alternate merch.

I know Yamamoto likely MVP, but I wish it could be Miggy too. #dodgers #worldseries #champs

DODGERS WIN!!! Toronto, you fought brilliantly! What a series. I am agog.

What are the sigils Kirk draws in the dirt before entering the batter’s box?

Will Smith has caught more innings in a single World Series than anyone in history, and then he went and did that.

Muncy!!

Amazing catch Andy Pages!! (but I hope Kiké is ok)

Miggy!!!!!