X-Files and Silence of the Lambs

Since Greg Abbott made Houston remove the rainbow crosswalk. Rainbows are being painted on homes and businesses all over the city.

Remember when the book banners said it was "only" school libraries? That kids could get the book at the public library or buy it? We knew they were fucking liars and moving the goal post again and again. Not the first bookstore that caved to their bigotry and it won't be the last. America.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

this is insane lucy diavolo really blazed a trail at teen vogue that she doesn't get enough credit for because media's memory is short. how lex and other teen vogue staffers evolved that work was beautiful. this is a huge blow to journalism

Farewell, Diane Ladd. Never anything less than brilliant. ❤️

As I regularly note, "AI" at this point is an umbrella marketing term for a bunch or generative/machine learning/other formerly differently-termed processes that (of course) have no actual intelligence behind them. It means nothing useful for how the underlying computing proceeds. Thus the quotes.

When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

This MF has conflated people seeking asylum with the Mariel boatlift. He cannot comprehend anything without connecting it with something he remembers from 40+ years ago. He exists in a 1980s fantasy world.

RIP Adam Greenberg He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:

I personally know 3 people who have had MRIs in the last week. One has a brain tumor, another a brain bleed following a fall, the third increasing cognitive impairment resulting from a hypoxic brain injury. Doctors don’t do brain MRIs unless they’re looking for something.

There’s no doubt in my mind that this is total bullshit.

Memories of the turning back of the clock many years ago: Dancing at Changes--or was it Phases?--with my uni friends, and they announced last call--but no, clocks turned back, another hour of dancing! I remember this every year 🩷What a great night that was!

i can hear my upstairs neighbor rn and first i thought he was having sex but i think he is actually watching the world series

“Why do they keep voting Republican?” Because in places like Texas, Republicans have made it virtually impossible for Democrats to win, so people don’t vote.

We’re, what, 60 days away from the beginning of the 250th anniversary of US independence, and people DGAF. Completely different from what was happening in 1976.

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

A judge in New York State on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Texas in the first legal challenge by a conservative state against shield laws intended to protect health care providers who send abortion pills to patients in states with abortion bans.

Wait until you hear what happened at a summer camp for young Christian girls in Texas this summer

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund. Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

*sigh*

In Feb 2025, Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccines. Now, the news comes out that the health department failed to inform the public or even healthcare professionals about the largest whooping cough outbreak in more than a decade.

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.* They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets. Duh.

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

This is brutal, and Amazon is making *$86 BILLION* this year — with $20 billion of that in profit. This may well be the first domino that reveals what so many already know, which is that everyone but the wealthy are already in a recession. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Bitch, please. He was happy to take the intentional grounding penalty, he wasn’t using magical radar.

this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...

This is why Republicans often run unopposed in AL.

It will never not be hilarious to me that the GOP's beloved Saint Reagan would have to run as a moderate Democrat today. No way he'd survive a GOP primary.

Such a good book, written by a very good girl

Stanford-educated engineer. Quit his job, moved to Maui and lived in a two-room shack on the beach and made a living as a sculptor. Every couple of years he sent me books—always sci fi, always amazing.

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Don't think the GOP weren't aware this wd happen, because I'm certain they were counting on it. The courts are the only branch of govt even somewhat checking his destructiveness. The GOP wants them silenced.

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Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...

The WASHINGTON POST said this? Irony is pining for the fjords.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

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The Scots would like a word

Dude still upset that he's from a state that fought for the Union during the Civil War

Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction. If we were a republic, I mean.

Not to be cringe, but I'm surprised I am emotional seeing the East Wing demolition. My first job in DC was interning and going to meetings there regularly. I learned everything about it while giving guided tours. The beauty of the East Wing is that everyone can go there. It's America's house.

#Booksky Publisher Catherine Lundoff talking about small press publishing and book “discoverability” today - www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Acecm6/

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How tf is Troy Aikman of all people not gonna recognize a concussion in Mike Evans?

I'm less upset about this and more angry that he'll rebuild it without any oversight. What's going into those new walls? If it's unauthorized surveillance equipment, who is going to have access to it? We'll have to tear down the White House along with everything else this asshole touched.

Removing every healthy adult from the comprehensive coverage market would result in a death spiral, making insurance unavailable and/or unaffordable for anyone who needs comprehensive coverage or who is 50-65 years old. The whole point is to average out risk & expenses across a large population.

This MF genuinely thinks he's going to replace JFK in public consciousness, with no understanding that (a) pretty much nobody under age 55 cares about the good Kennedys and (b) Jackie Kennedy was known for her sense of style and fashion, whereas Trump is the very embodiment of vulgarity.

Why ever would people be interested in heists all of a sudden? Je ne sais pas, mais check out these queer capers by @robbyrnes.bsky.social. Ce sont des romans hilaires. (Any errors are not the fault of my French professors, who did the best they could.)