OMG.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

Go to www.hud.gov right now. Just trust me.

Bringing back rum, sodomy and the lash.

A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED: I just unlocked a new level of rage. www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

In every country where trans women can legally use the right restroom there is no increase to violence on cis women. In every country where trans women are prevented from using them there is a 4x increase of violence towards trans women. My safety is less valuable than your comfort.

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

ICE official confirms that the detainees who were shot were restrained when they were shot

I’ve said it before, will doubtless say it again: These folks are going to be permanently resentful because they’re seeking political power as a substitute for cultural power, and it’s never going to give them what they actually want.

This is offensive on so many levels. Even apart from the transphobia, any philosophy that treats girls and women as purchaseable goods that must be inspected for purity is morally bankrupt

IT SUCKS THAT HE'S AS ENTERTAINING AS HE IS EVIL.

Enough with the false right-wing talking points. When very young children transition, it is *never* medically. Surgical transition is rare under 18, nearly nonexistent under 15. Non-surgical medical transition (hormone therapy) is no more "irreversible" than any other kind of medication.

Just jumping over Gen X. Again.

It's absolutely insane that this vote was that close. It's like the flu vaccine at this point.

This is beyond embarrassing. It's a national shame.

The President of the United States said, on TV today, that the U.S. should have a justice system more like China's, with quick trials that happen the next day. And most of the media decided that wasn't news, because .... you know what he's like.

Trump looks like he had a massive stroke, may be non-verbal, his admin is shitting trou trying to find a shooter who was probably one of "their guys", the guy in charge of youth indoctrination into fascism is dead, and the way they're handling his death is polarizing people against them.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

Kash Patel’s FBI recently got rid of the highly qualified person responsible for counterterrorism in Utah, seemingly in their war on “woke.” One wonders how this kind of thing might have impacted today’s events. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Reupping this as I land in Chicago. If you know of any protests, direct action, etc. toward the Texas National Guard, please let me know. Or if you just spot them doing stuff that you think people back in Texas should read about, also let me know.

Homophobia, transphobia, kink-shaming.

This is a thing that happened. That Congress wasn't told about. WTF.

Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office

The disconnect between these two videos is jaw-dropping. One of these guys should lead the party. The other should find a new line of work.

I don't care what today is. It's a Monday.

End of the World as we Know It Oddfellows Local 151 Nightswimming Really almost all of Document or Fables of the Reconstruction.

I'm pretty sure I can buy a senator for that amount.

Compare and contrast

I think there are 3 factions: 1. Pure nihilists - burning it down is euphoric 2. Evangelical after lifers - burning it down doesn’t matter bc I’m gonna bounce to an amazing place in the clouds 3. Peter Thiel types - burning it down bc I’m a eugenics freak & will go live on my own island anyway

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I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we don’t need to fight fairly against fascism. We just need to fight.

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

I hate being The Chart Guy. Because that chart looks super scary. But it's a 0.3% drop in holdings. Let the Y axis go to 0 and it's a blip. (I am not opining on whether this portends much worse things, I'm just calling out a shitty chart.).

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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

2. What is an iconic song from a movie soundtrack?

If we want better fashion culture in the US, we have to lower the cost of housing and commercial real estate, support independent craftspeople, build denser neighborhoods, improve walkability, and get rid of overly restrictive zoning laws. Let kook culture thrive.

Instead, we should look to history, path dependency, institutional structures, politics, and economics. For Tokyo, I think urban planning—walkability, mixed use neighborhoods, affordable real estate—all contribute to the richer media and commercial systems that feed into culture.

IMO, when asking why something is the way it is, we shouldn't just fall back on easy answers like "culture" or the "character of the people." Such answers are often just the first go-to when someone doesn't know very much about a subject. Culture variables also don't explain change.