Extremely good drop for nithya. +13.3 over pratt, closes the gap by 1.1 pts this time. Better percentages like this combined with higher turnout....

This is what novel plot revision feels like

Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat

The regulatory state is more important to the smooth operation of society to which we’ve become accustomed than anyone in this administration realizes, and in a lot of ways, we’ve already run off the cliff and are just starting to look down

I spent a summer on a dairy farm and another during Americorps where we hand-milked the cows. I would leave my milking shift sporting a decided coating of cow shit. It got everywhere (including the milk) and we fixed this long ago with science, until some folks went no, let's drink cow shit milk

pokemon go to polls motherfucker

If you haven't voted yet in CA and are planning to send in your ballot rather than vote in person, USE A DROP BOX - if you send via mail now there's a risk it doesn't get counted. Drop boxes are truly everywhere.

Speaking to fellow millennials for a moment - come on guys. We know better. Been through LOTS of shit that could’ve been avoided with better people in government. Lots of people are probably just procrastinating, but now’s the time to fill that sucker out and make sure boomers aren’t STILL in charge

Voting for Nithya 99% out of pure urban planning public transit YIMBY love but also 1% critically because if she makes the runoff and thus knocks out Pratt from it we don't have to hear about/from him for six goddamn months

No you don’t understand, this $25 billion for the country we inexplicably attacked means we won super hard

Someone here a while back said that the average Union soldier went from “why am I fighting this war?” to “I’m going to burn every square inch of the accursed south to the ground and salt the ashes” when they realized how much sexual depravity was baked into southern plantation culture.

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

Alright this oughta work

vote for nithya!

I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years.

I think about this comic at least once a week.

Happy May Day. They can’t kill us all.

A glorious Walpurgisnacht to all who celebrate. May Chernabog come down from the mountain to carry off all the vile people ruining this world 🔥

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Faculty everywhere should be incredibly concerned that our employers will steal our teaching materials just as Arizona State has. Absolutely shameless.

I may as well reshare it myself 😇

Anyone else watching the CA gubernatorial debate? Xavier Becerra is doing really well.

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

New IVP poll for California Governor; Becerra jumps ahead. Link to details about this poll ivn.us/posts/breaki...

I think a lot of people in LA don't really know what the city attorney does or who even holds the office, but Feldstein-Soto is an absolute train wreck and replacing her with Marissa Roy is one of the most important city races this cycle.

Yes, the fact that I'm attending the White House Correspondents Dinner might SEEM like a supine gesture of complete deference to the insane dullard who demands total obedience from the press, BUT that's until you see the secret message I have on my pocket square

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

one of my oldest friends sends totally random monday memes. i thought the skyline would appreciate yesterday’s:

LA's homelessness crisis is a humanitarian disaster - and our response isn't working. I have a plan to fix this.🧵⬇️

I hate the all-party primary in California. I’d love to be able to cast a vote without having to worry whether a Democrat will be on the general ballot. We need to end this.

Trump: the pope is weak on crime Pope: [descends to his cave, pulls cowl over face, Batman-growl voice] we’ll see about that

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

To any Hungarians annoyed that Americans are placing the credit for your momentous victory on the shoulders of our stunningly repellent little weasel of a VP: you are correct to feel that way, I'm sorry, we just want to seize any available oppurtunity to humiliate him specificially

This is so well done. 👌

To all who celebrate

He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.

This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now

In all seriousness: this is the fellowship that changed my career/life. If you have questions/are considering and want to chat, hit me up, these are magnificent institutions filled with the best people.

My book preview (not AI generated)

this is HILARIOUS therepublicjournal.com/essays/ai-an...

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

adult catholic converts continue to be embarrassing

Honestly a dummymander will be the funniest possible outcome

New project- 出口🏃🏻‍♂️ Shinjuku Station has over 200 exits, I'm going to draw all of them wrongly, not where they actually take you, but the many worlds that they could take you to.

you would never have to wait 6 hours in line at LaGuardia or JFK. Because here we say waiting ON line. "I was on line at TSA for 6 hours" is what you would say.

HOWLING