Magic beans-based economy devastated by revelation that beans are not actually magic

In 2016 Trump said he couldn’t release tax returns due to an audit. ("I will absolutely give my return, but I'm being audited now for 2 or 3 years, so I can't do it until the audit is finished") Has anyone asked WH whether he’ll now release all recent returns, since he’ll never be audited again?

Senate leaders are moving quickly to ram through a bad budget deal for NC, including an income tax cap that would constrain the primary source of revenue for the General Fund and limit one of the taxes most aligned with people’s ability to pay. ncbudget.org/stateme... #ncpol

Recency bias here but the Applebaum book, Autocracy Inc., I just finished has a tight overview of what it means that petro is the infrastructure for global power — and that it bisects and subverts the labels we use to understand the world eg democracy v communism

This is grotesque, beyond cynical, a boon to plutocracy, contrary to every hope & promise of good things… …and (what really pisses me off)… …it is a devilishly smart, crafty move by those pulsating hemorrhoids plaguing the ass of my state, the NCGOP.

Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat on a pogo stick — that is some HIGHLY messed up stuff.

Perhaps not nearly as exciting, but I have ADORED this cover since first glance… …the shade of blue, the gilt text, the banner. (Also contains some best loved poems & favorite sonnet — so that turned out handy) I’m still charmed/ensorcelled every time. Have bought & given away SO MANY copies.

No no no no no. Legislative. Term. Limits. Are. Bad.

Damnable and tough to stomach… …and unfortunately part and parcel of the many ways NC political realities have devolved, pulled down by the rise of Trump, the global focus on resentment politics, and the MAGAfication of the NCGOP. (cf. “bathroom bill/HB2, history of” for the one-pager) #ncpol

"Republicans blocked a law to keep your taxpayer money from going to convicted pedophiles"

Tomorrow, y’all. Wednesday 5/20 at 6:30pm Somewhere near you, @ncdp.org is holding an event to talk about justice and the importance of judicial elections. Find the one near you and show up! And if “near you” means Caswell County? Well, we’ve got you covered! All the details are here:

A true fact about Trump's stock trading- I ran the numbers and Trump traded up to ~$700 million in stock in Q1 of 2026. All 535 Members of Congress made a total of ~$635 million worth of trades in 2025. So Trump bought and sold more stock in 3 months than all of Congress put together did last year

I’m old enough to remember the NC GOP trying to cut early voting in their racist voter suppression bill in 2013. After it was struck down, the GOP election boards cut early voting anyway. Then the head of the NC GOP bragged about reducing Black voter turnout and increasing “caucasian” turnout.

This week, our lawmakers are considering enshrining so-called “right-to-work” (RTW) laws in North Carolina’s Constitution, with Senate Bill 1082. #ncpol 1/12

How do you get Republican voters to the polls in a difficult political climate? Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are hoping a slate of up to seven constitutional amendments might do the trick. ncnewsline.com/2026/05/19/a... #ncpol @lauraleslie.bsky.social

Check it out! We went on the @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social and made sure that we keep our eyes on the South.

to call this IRS scheme "third world corruption" is an insult to all the third-world strongmen quietly stealing from their people. trump does it openly and with the approval of every single one of his followers, and without much scrutiny from the press.

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

Don’t download, forward, or even look at this chart as it contains malicious code which could cause your phone to burisma and absolutely will melt the hard drive on your Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Okie dokie

Somewhere in Hollywood rn (probably): “Yeah, man, Ari Aster’s new screenplay rocks! A24 is stoked and it’s gonna be cool as hell, bro! What’s it about? Okay, well, just think ‘Cool Hand Luke’ meets ‘The Human Centipede’…”

I’m sure *all* the pro-business GOP voters will wanna join up to get right on this and ask the Trump admin why it seems so focused on their demise. Really, should be any minute now…

Question to fellow religion nerds: I dropped mention of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy in an interview yesterday and the person responded with deep fascination. They wanted to know if there are easy-read books or podcasts on the subject, and I couldn't quickly name one. Any suggestions?

Holy Devastating & Accurate Metaphor, Batman!

Large Leo Model about to be dropped

every time “birth rates” come up in the discourse eventually someone remembers its because teenagers arent really getting pregnant anymore and then we all go “oh yea” until we forget again a few weeks later and start all over again

A read it again and damn if it ain’t a lot like lasagna (better every day). Plus, this bit… “I wouldn’t ask the influencers. They aren’t paid to actually solve the riddle, only to make the riddle seem solvable.” …is both a newbie’s key to the TressieVerse *and* <absolutecinema.jpg send post>

yes of course we expect authors to check every citation what the fuck are you talking about

Everybody’s saying that we are the hottest state in the nation right now.

a) wtf lol omg etc b) this is the best possible order because it contains ALL FOUR of the NON-NEGOTIABLE ingredients required in a valid and justifiable “Breakfast for which one may exchange money” (eg. eggs, cheese, bread, potato).

More pics from today's mighty rally! This is what democracy looks like! #AllRoadsLeadtotheSouth #UnitedWeStand #Indivisible @indivisible.org @maddow.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

This article, it seems to me, thinks it is describing a massive tectonic shift in public epistemology when it says Gen Z determines truth when an originating emotional response is cemented by social reinforcement. Well, if there’s a BIG shift, this ain’t it. This is how it has always been done.

Years ago I lost ~60% of my books to water damage after a pipe froze — many were texts I’d marked up & made my own in grad school. I mention it so you may feel my BIG FEELS at having just spent 12 bits on a clean copy of this book that once (in a galaxy, far, far away)… …BLEW MY YOUNG MIND APART.

also it’s probably not true without some fiddling with definitions, because payroll taxes are ~35% of federal tax receipts

If you are able to take Trazyn in while a permanent solution is figured out, please reach out. We are near Raleigh, NC. It is urgent that he be in a different home. #uglydogs

finally, a translation that doesn’t butcher the title as “Crime and Punishment”

All the philosophy students who pursued their passion made a wise decision. Learning how to think is a always a good investment. Psychology grads are not doing too badly on the job market either.

Near Burlington NC & Alamance County tomorrow? Alamance Hour of Action has organized a pop-up action at City Park, to show solidarity with All Roads Lead to the South. NOON — so there’s plenty of time for those of us planning to attend @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social’s event at 2pm in Greensboro.

my firm take is that any man loudly worried about fertility rates is a fucking creep

The year is 2028 your phone now comes with added protein. You drive to your work at the protein factory in a car with 500(!!) additional grams of protein. Your boss doubles your protein allotment for a job well done. When you get home, your wife has left you and run off with protein.

This makes me wanna achieve a new Guinness World Record in repeatedly taking the Lord’s name in vain.

nope nope nope run forrest run (far away from the edit button)

Don’t. Please don’t? The infamous “edit button” does not exist and should not exist for good reason. I say this as someone who will continue to poisonously self-loathe over grievous typos and errors, but allowing posters to ALTER POSTS after the fact is an 8-lane highway to bigger unhappinesses.

your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

I regret nothing about spending >5 years in grad school EXCEPT that I did it before modern Wikipedia. Maybe I’m kidding myself… …but I think I’d have ULTRAMEGA-SLAYED ALL THE THINGS if I’d had near-instant access to the sources & context *behind* whatever big thoughts I was reading that day.

More to come but I will say this: the liberal institutional infrastructure of mobility is gone. People are mad. Women are people. No one is speaking to that anger. Midterms soon come. But that’s just the start. Here lies the girlboss. First to die but not the last. Good riddance.

“ @tressiemcphd.bsky.social kicks ass…” Yeah. That’s how she do.

This This and This ... are not 3 things... they are one thing

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