The thing is, without representation in State or Federal government and with no recourse for racial injustice through the current courts, there really isn't much standing between today and separate schools and drinking fountains.

"I won't be undersold!"* *Offer only applicable in the Puget Sound region before 1997.

Fuck Jim Crow. This time it should end with gallows.

I haven't read this, but I'm assuming this is article is about why Green Day sucks and why The Monochrome Set hates Madonna.

Again I stand by my conspiracy theory: Our entire Latin American policy is geared at eliminating in narco competition for Bukele and weakening governments who oppose him.

Unsolving problems.

Welp, guess Iran decided it wasn't over.

The unsolving of problems is a starkly disturbing, yet accurate, turn of phrase.

He eventually decided the crime-stats were rigged bc the cognitive dissonance was too much for him. I invited him to come visit, offered a place to stay and that I'd give him a tour. He declined. He was a pleasant-enough guy, but I think about him having authority over people and... oof.

A few years ago I was at a funeral & met a small-city cop. When he found out I was from LA, he freaked out. When I told him I lived near DTLA & worked in Watts, he nearly shit himself, accused me of lying when I said it was safe. I showed him crime stats from his town and mine. It blew his mind.

This is an absolute travesty. This was a case where the Chief of Fucking Police himself said the shooting was out of policy and yet, 12 of my fellow Angelenos determined the murder-cop did nothing wrong. Ugh.

The Beast weighs in at 10 tons. I cannot imagine the reflecting pool floor is designed to sustain that weight.

This is an absolute travesty. This was a case where the Chief of Fucking Police himself said the shooting was out of policy and yet, 12 of my fellow Angelenos determined the murder-cop did nothing wrong. Ugh.

The hackers don't have control of Canvas the shutdown is by the company to protect data

According to DailyCal, Canvas is down bc a cybercriminal group is holding it hostage. They're going to either release everything on it on the 12th if they aren't paid. Don't know if it's true.

Whiplash.

What really sucks is that we will likely not get *any* indication if this is real or not from our government unless the damage is so severe it can't be hidden.

Trump desperately needs this ceasefire to hold through this week's meeting with Xi, so I don't know what the fuck his people are thinking doing this right now.

How fast did he have to run to catch up with it?

So these aren't live fire, bullets and bombs, these are *ceasefire* bullets and bombs, so the damage they do is purely academic.

It's not a restart of hostilities, it's just a little light bombing between friends.

I think it's telling that the Bulwark, having separated from Trump and Republicans, is actively attempting to turn the Democrats into the party of and for wealthy white guys.

... labor is consistently capturing a declining share of the value created by productivity gains, with the benefits increasingly accruing to the owners of capital. #economy #markets #labor #productivity 2 of 2

A sobering statistic from the BLS highlights another dimension of the Main Street/Wall Street divide: The US labor share of output fell to 54.1% in Q1 2026, the lowest level since this data series began in 1947. Put another way,... 1 of 2

One of the things I learned in therapy early on is that often our narrative is our destiny. If we want to change our destiny, we first have to change our narrative. If your narrative, like mine was, is destructive, changing it isn't easy but the payoff is immense.

The 2nd Reconstruction is going to have to be brutal to be complete.

I don't know that I've ever seen a more perfect encapsulation of the BlueSky predilection for proving an article's point in the replies.

This is also Marjorie Taylor Greene. This particular median voter is common in white spaces.

We should run the ghost of Hulk Hogan as a 3rd party write-in on the Manly Power Alpha Sigma ticket so these weirdos have someone to vote for that makes them feel masculine without threatening the rest of us with destruction.

They. Only. Care. About. Gender.

The destruction of the VRA is defeating and dispiriting. Short of civil war, we can't end the new Jim Crow without deconstructing and rebuilding much of the federal government first. I absolutely cannot support any candidate for any office for whom that's not priority #1.

It would be hilarious to have the Caucuses steal whiteness and reclaim Aryanism from European and American racists, but it's also a great lesson in how the fascist in-group is ever-shrinking.

I don't think I've seen a chart this damning in quite some time.

Impeach and Prosecute

It would be hilarious to have the Caucuses steal whiteness and reclaim Aryanism from European and American racists, but it's also a great lesson in how the fascist in-group is ever-shrinking.

One of the things piler-onners, Stancilite weirdos, and brigaders all seem to have in common is the abiding belief that their experience is the mid-quintile one and anyone saying otherwise has a clear agenda.

You called??

This is still the most slept-on story of the last month. Ukraine is wiping out the *Baltic Sea* oil ports 1000 miles from the border. Russia, the world's biggest nuclear gas station, is running low on fuel and, relatedly, money.

I suspect the winning traders are going to be the ones who successfully interpret the early signs from Trump's China trip. If things go badly, I'd wager heavily on the hot war restarting almost immediately.

There is so much riding on this China trip for Trump, it's insane. If it goes badly, I would expect hostilities to restart while he's there.

A few years ago I was at a funeral & met a small-city cop. When he found out I was from LA, he freaked out. When I told him I lived near DTLA & worked in Watts, he nearly shit himself, accused me of lying when I said it was safe. I showed him crime stats from his town and mine. It blew his mind.

The thing about in-group signaling is that it's a drug and users suffer from the same toxicity tolerance that any drug use causes over time. Hardcore addicts end up saying dumb shit like this in order to get their buzz.

I only knew the names of the local cops when I was regularly doing things that drew their attention. There are times and places where crossing the law is a result of doing good things, but BlueSky and the open air drug markets on Broadway in the 80s aren't those.

So when the WH said the "decimated" Iran's economy and capabilities, they meant it in the traditional sense of knocking it down by about 10%.

It's teacher appreciation week. Our school is getting shut down due to district issues and we're all getting RIF'd. The Admin thought it would be a good idea to force jaded seniors to send teacher appreciation emails to assigned teachers. Here's my favorite one so far.

So when the WH said the "decimated" Iran's economy and capabilities, they meant it in the traditional sense of knocking it down by about 10%.

I only knew the names of the local cops when I was regularly doing things that drew their attention. There are times and places where crossing the law is a result of doing good things, but BlueSky and the open air drug markets on Broadway in the 80s aren't those.

2 things about this: 1. A guy who's polling at 11% getting recognition and support from national Republicans is a bad sign for Republicans. 2. This guy polling at 11% in the bluest big city in America is a really bad sign for local Democrats.

Killer kicker in this Steve Chapman column on how the right excuses sex abuse www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/06/c...

Credit where it's due: We lost to Iran in a fraction of the time it took us to lose in Afghanistan, Iraq or Vietnam. A relatively small amount of treasure was wasted and comparatively few Americans died for nothing at all.