This is why you never give an inch to the bigots. All those centrists dems (Newsom, Mayo Pete) claiming there are concerns around trans kids, you're complicit in this. This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

sharks what i have for you today is a moderation tool that prompts men to venmo women five dollars if their attempted social media replies pass a certain threshold of obnoxiousness

You know who isn't stressed out right now? The 'snow monkeys' of Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. They're wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) who live in the nearby hills, but winter in/around natural hot springs (onsen) in the park.

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT). Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC). 3 NVs on both sides.

Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms. 3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers. 4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against. It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power. Story to come.

Not to go down this week's particular rabbit hole very deeply, but as a guy who was *in fact hiring Hollywood writers* between 2011 and 2018, four staffs in total, it seems a lot of smart commenters are missing I did not diversify my rooms to be woke, I diversified my rooms to have better rooms.

They’re stealing from us. They are stealing from us and we have to put a stop to this. This cannot stand.

This isn’t even all of the AIDS quilt. It was so long they didn’t have room to display it all. Reagan flat out fucking murdered queer people

7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds. Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Don Davis (NC-01) Laura Gillen (NY-04) Jared Golden (ME-02) Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) Adam Gray (CA-13) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)

Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

This just in from Minitrue:

The move marks the second time that state public health officials have broken away from guidance under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

Dems are like "it's with a heavy heart that I voted to codify trans segregation, but it had to be done so Pete Hegseth can keep murdering fisherman in South America."

Also, 4 Republicans voted nay (Cruz, Lee, Moran, and Paul) & 3 didn't vote (Daines, Hawley, & Moody). Meaning this bill absolutely could not have passed this stage without the support of the Democrats.

Fucking Fetterman disappointing us all once again.

Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”

not so much touching the stove as slamming our hand down on the burner good and hard they will pay a heavy political price for this but millions of people will suffer as a result

“Oh you should be online to try to provide value to your political side” fuck that that’s nerd shit you should be online because you’re unwell and need to tell people about weird animals you saw

The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died. New, @propublica.org

I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers. I use social media to talk to people about fish. When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.

Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Even if you *could* "fix" the nazi platform — WHY WOULD YOU BUILD ECONOMIC VALUE FOR A WHITE SUPREMACIST. I swear people are goddamn fools. "Tell your progressive friends to go buy a Tesla so that other Tesla drivers might like us better?" Money is power. Don't give Musk power. Read a goddamn book.

so after being bedridden for 16months due to a hernia, I've finally got my surgery! now I'm bedridden for recovery, which is at least a great improvement. I'm still broke though, so if you've got a couple dollars, it'd help me get through this last stretch. Thanks so much! ko-fi.com/fooneturing

"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month... "The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hey Millennials, you should congratulate Gen Alpha on their first successful kill

I think about this, also in terms of vaccines, and really struggle with how you have a free society that doesn’t fall into this trap in one way or another. solved problems become invisible and the solutions become the source of conspiracy theories.

🚨🚨🚨 House GOP *will* hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON... acasignups.net/25/12/12/hou...

Blacked out faces in Epstein photo creates a 'problem for Donald Trump.' "That suggests to me that either the [Epstein] estate and or the committee believes that some of these women are either minors and or survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell." www.rawstory.com/epstein-phot...

REP. MAGAZINER: “How many veterans have you deported?” NOEM: “We haven't deported any veterans.” REP. MAGAZINER: “We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea…” (More on Sae Joon Park: www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...)

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)

Listen, all I’m saying is that I’ve seen more pictures of Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein than I have of Donald Trump playing with his son Barron.

Apparently some AI powered toys will happily explain the difference between doggy style and reverse cowgirl to your children, and give them a very stern talking to if they don't show proper respect to Xi Jinping or imply that Taiwan is a sovereign nation.

President Trump’s unlawful executive order to upend AI safety laws infringes on states’ legal right to enact common-sense protections. 80% of people want AI safety rules, but the Trump administration would rather reward tech CEOs than help working people. https://bit.ly/497EJy0

I think somehow we’re not supposed to notice that the bandages are on like the only part of the hand completely untouched by handshakes

They’re going to lie about his health every day until he dies and probably another week or two after

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

….and now that friend is TIME person of the year

I do not like ChatGPT, Not when it’s paid, nor when it’s free. I will not use it for a thing, Especially not for referencing. It cannot help me with email, It’s law advice can lead to jail. It cannot bring back my late Nan, I do not like it, Sam-Alt-Man.

This is a gentrified Pittsburgh salad

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.

Venezuela responds to the Trump-ordered seizure of an oil tanker by saying it is an act of piracy. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...