There is no doubt in my mind that Morgan Wallen can, in fact, make that kind of mess all by himself.

We really need a humanist movement, placing humans - all humans, not just our self-appointed tech overlords - at the top of the decision-making matrices. Before these antisocial dorks kill us all, he sort of joked! flaminghydra.com/automatic-fo...

Ordering at the hand-pulled noodle place in Köln, a playlet Waitress: “do you want spicy?” Dave [mindful of the week of committed drinking in the rear view, waffling]: “hmmm.” Waitress: “it’s European spicy” Dave: “spicy”

Someone is excited to ride on a fast train

"the state can just summarily imprison someone without filing charges or holding a trial" doesn't just overturn democracy it overturns 1000 years of common law, like throwing out the entire legal system entirely and saying all people in America are the state's property.

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

@shawnwestfall.bsky.social I’m listening to “Separation Sunday” for the first time in years and thought of you! “Lord to be 33 forever” 🥹

Trump just distills the 4+ decades of the conservative legal movement, with all its theory building and so-called scholarship, down to its core essence: a corrupt power grab.

I realize that this is unhelpful, but I truly believe that Joe Biden failed to protect the American people from *waves hand at all of it* and we have to openly talk about how and why he failed so we can get people to believe in a movement against Trump again.

Millennials are a goldilocks generation raised in the narrow window between leaded gasoline and social media and hooooo boy is that showing these days

in this house, we have heckin' doggos, we adult like a boss, we drink IPAs, we listen to Matt and Kim, and we also are apparently the only age cohort meaningfully committed to liberal democracy

I hated Elon Musk wayyyyyy before it was cool

friendly reminder that the best case scenario over the coming years is that a lot of people say "I supported Trump but this isn't what I wanted at all" and when they do that it's gonna be really, really important that we say "welcome in," not "fuck you, we told you so"

My cute gay little primary care practice I've gone to for 15 years became a part of @nyulangone.bsky.social and now it's impossible to get an appointment 😱

Climate change is a cost of living issue.

I was repeatedly told that the fever would break

What is with the people who regularly look at your profile on The Apps but never respond to your declarations of mutual interest? So weird!

it's horrendously cold in NYC but on the other hand my butt looks amazing in long underwear

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

The White House ordering DOJ to drop pending prosecutions is a breach of the department’s traditional independence that would be an earthshaking scandal under ordinary circumstances.

It will be very funny if they execute him.

This dude wrote “The Game” and certainly deeply furthered PUA culture so I’m not sure he’s in the business of feeling embarrassed about the things he writes about

Yet again Rufo spills the entire plot like he's got Bond suspended over a pool full of sharks — and somehow it doesn't occur to anyone to think "hey, maybe we shouldn't listen to this manipulative opportunist any more."

“Demanding the halal cart guy condemn Hamas” is a joke I would probably have told yesterday secure in the belief that today’s news was impossible

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but it is fucking weird that Pitchfork and Stereogum haven't mentioned that NYT piece about how Adidas tolerated / covered up Kanye's antisemitism for a decade. Like, tumbleweeds. Bueller?

It really would be the movies without you tho, No*vie

Please, Democrats, I beg of you, stop confusing me for a person who gives a shit about what James Carville and Beto O’Rourke think

sadly 50 years too late variety.com/2023/music/n...

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The real invisible hand? That of Chicago School economists editing out the bits of Adam Smith they did not like www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Sure wish Isaac Chotiner had given Ross Douthat the interview strategically targeted at his hypocrisies buzzsaw treatment and not the hazy soft-focus we’re-all-friends-here thinkpiece treatment. First question: “If one of your children came out as gay or trans to you, how would you respond?”

The paucity of Congressional inquiry into Jared Kushner goes on the permanent record of figures like Pelosi & Schumer. Errors of omission often matter more than errors of commission or even accomplishments. And this oversight oversight (think about it) is characteristic of both.

A huge amount of the bullshit of the last 4 years has been driven by Elon Musk's inability to handle his eldest child's gender transition and development of adult politics. nymag.com/intelligence... I admit that I continue to struggle with why anyone would choose to procreate with such a person.

this song full of queer yearning and joy is sending me into the stratosphere this morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_F...

Rosamund Pike always classes up the joint.

Pet Peeve: Friend: "Hey you. I miss you. We should hang!" Dave: "Hey love. Totally! Here are 4 days/times when I can get together in the next three weeks" Friend: [silence for the next week]

Worth remembering that in 2009 Obama's DHS produced a report about the growing threat of right-wing extremism. When the report leaked, GOP went crazy. DHS apologized and disavowed it. In the years since, we've seen an insurrection and multiple mass shootings targeting minorities.

This story is appalling, but the silver lining is that I found out that the slogan for Blount Pride is apparently "There's Pride in Them/Their Hills" and they deserve all the credit for that one.

I had a dream about @pftompkins.bsky.social and it ended with him giving me his phone number

This panel is a pretty good litmus test for politics: do you regard this boy with respect, or disgust?