and yet, Theoden, in his death speech to Merry, took credit for Eowyn’s killing of the flying steed of the Nazgûl. There truly isn’t an achievement that can’t be claimed by a straight white guy.

"We seem to be infected by a spiritual, moral, and societal flat-eartherism—a cultural death of discernment taking place in matters of credibility and evidence—which has stakes higher than can be found in the world of stand-up comedy." www.the-reframe.com/incredible-c...

HELLSCAPE 😱

Hey hey, my short film FILM THAT NEVER BEGINS just became an official selection at Blackbird Film Festival, near Syracuse, NY, in August! This will be its eighth festival, which is the most festivals of any of my films so far. Woohoo! #filmsky

We need a War on White Collar Crime

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday to resurrect debunked claims about the 2020 election, allege sweeping foreign interference and pressure Congress to pass the anti-voting SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Nothing new, nothing true

We have a chance to stop one of those historic horrors where people look back and say, "Why didn't anyone stop that?" The Trump regime has taken formal steps to build a global network of up to 1,000-bed concentration camps. The window to stop this will close soon. We must be the ones to stop it.

Not spirituality, not patriotism. Nothing should be ceded to the right.

The image that comes into my mind every time I decide to look at social media when I should be working

Make your money proud for once. https://store.theonion.com/products/newswire-bandana

It’s also streaming live, so you don’t have to be in LA to check it out. And we also got Langston Kerman and Sarunas Jackson, because we rule.

The pilot I wrote for my first novel, The Survivalists (black lawyer falls in with black brooklynite doomsday preppers) will be performed live on 7/19 at dynasty typewriter in LA & Molly from Insecure is playing Aretha! I am deceased! Tickets: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...

The accounting tricks that balanced Pa.’s budget — but only on paper https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/07/state-budget-pennsylvania-deficit-accounting-tricks-medicaid-managed-care-capitol/

Tune-in to @msnownews.bsky.social tonight at 7:25 PM CT to catch me in conversation with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about my new book, This Is The Plan, out 7/21. And don't forget to pre-order your very own copy at thisistheplan.com. @allinwithchris.bsky.social

Wut?!

Not the biggest issue with mainstream media coverage but not the smallest: There was no plan. There never was a plan. Trump just says shit. An unbiased headline would read, “Trump’s Hormuz Bluster Turns Out to Be Total Nonsense, As Usual.”

I hate going to a website and immediately some bot is like "Hi! Can I help you?" yeah you can go away.

the Puritans are unfortunately Forever With Us

I was sad to discover today that the Libby app is private equity owned. Attached is a good article discussing this. I'm currently exploring using Palace, the app by the Palace Project, which is owned by a nonprofit organization. (Link to that in the comments.) unhingedlibrarian.com/research/who...

Inglewood Unified is one step closer to independence more than a decade after the state took over the school district amid a financial crisis. 🔗 vist.ly/5b3kf ✍️ Mariana Dale 📸 Mariana Dale / LAist

Marcus Aurelius: Philosopher King existentialcomics.com/comic/663

One of the delightful things about feminism is that traditional gender roles are included, but they’re not required

Here's CA AG Bonta's announcement of a lawsuit to block the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, with a coalition of 12 states, which was at the high end of expectations. It's a very important case. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

The hellmouth has claimed one of its own!

Woke up to pee, saw Lindsey Graham died, immediately jumped on Bluesky to see the good posting. Have fun, everyone, but please steer away from the homophobia. Maybe this dude would have been less of a massive piece of shit if he hadn’t been steeped in self-loathing. Dunk responsibly

Oh, hey, go see @gregvaneekhout.bsky.social at this panel two weeks from today! #SDCC26 #SDCC sched.co/2QZq3

Simply being Black in the United States and asserting your humanity in 2026, specifically as a descendant of American Enslavement, is a deeply and profoundly political act.

I honestly don't care if "AI" makes writing easier or faster or better or harder or slower or worse. It capitalizes on stolen work and accelerates environmental catastrophe. It's immoral, unethical, and harmful.

We are on the verge of revolutions in solar energy and in mRNA medical research, but the USA won't participate in them because our leaders are retrograde morons who would rather see people burn and die than change.

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You could! You could get it for the kids in your life! You could request that your local library stock it! My friend Greg writes good books. Sometimes for adults.

Traditional methods of burial and cremation can be bad for the environment. One possible solution: a hand woven, biodegradable coffin.

Who’s going to Comic-Con? Go meet my friend, Astronomy educator Lisa Will.

Huh

I would take his name off of everything. Nomination, please 🫴🏻

Big news about my new feature film! themovieelite.com/5002-space-a...

Platner's polling was nose-diving before the rape allegations surfaced, and it's because voters were turning on him. And voters were turning on him because he sucks. And because he sucks, and because he's a liar, his natural allies in the party lost the incentive to go to bat for him.

Why is anyone listening to David Brooks on anything, really, but particularly regarding Dem strategy?!

I saw Mitch McConnell drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s - his hair was perfect

USA! USA! USA! (derogatory)

Murmurings that the Maine Dem party is planning a state convention if Platner drops out for a replacement candidate, where delegates select the nominee. That's better than an opaque announcement. It's a tick worse than a statewide caucus.

I’m just sayin’

it would have been so easy to listen to the people who were like "nah" when it came to the Nazi tattoo guy.

"In this country, because of that divided soul we talked about, white Americans finessed the division between America as a beacon of freedom and as a white republic, by believing that they are the owners, the possessors of freedom to give and to take away."

I wrote about living in a country that is hard to celebrate, and of an alternate vision we are invited to join and inherit, in order to make a country that would be worth a sense of pride. www.the-reframe.com/patriots-of-...

Oh, I like this. Confederate flag images and portrait bonfires, another custom we can appropriate from the British to unify the country around punishing traitors

Turns out that when conservatives talk about traditional values, what they mean is returning to a time when white men were in charge and benefited from the exploitation of nonwhites

"I hate this fucking piece of weasel shit thing." -George Washington "Abhorrent nonsense, contrary to all reason." -Thomas Jefferson "Whosoever should preorder Fighting in the Dark deserves neither fighting nor dark." -Ben Franklin The reviews are pouring in! www.the-reframe.com/fighting-in-...