Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.

They flagged the pole hug? I hate this stupid league

epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump

I find this pretty striking - we're not even offered the standard "here's why Mamdani's victory is actually trouble for the left" kind of gymnastics, the strategy really seems to be to hope no one notices

Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans. by Megyn Kelly

A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean. That goes way beyond frighteners.

A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions. A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪

Seattle Mayor -- UPDATE: - ☑️ Katie Wilson - 137,217 (50.25%) - Bruce Harrell - 135,871 (49.75%) We project that Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

I swear to god if they fix Bivens but only for members of Congres...

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”

How bad was Matt Patricia as the Lions head coach? Matthew Stafford got to a .500 career win mark last night, 115-115-1 Prior to Patricia's hire, Stafford was five games under .500 in Detroit

Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s passport sex markers policy conveys as much casual transphobia as a two-page judicial opinion ever could without actually including slurs. Absolutely vile stuff. ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-suprem...

Amazing that separation of powers only becomes a concern for the conservatives when the economy is at risk lol

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"

If Democrats have to answer for their most fringe members then Republicans should have to answer for theirs. The most out-there Democrat is 1/50th as psychotic and harmful as the most out-there Republican.

Can I add "experts are surprised about the fact that Seattleites are concerned about traffic violence after the deadliest year on city roads since 2006" to the list of prime examples of motonormativity?

This article has a bemoaning tone over why Seattleites still distrust the police even after 'major reform.' However, this is the most telling quote, and a reason why police in their current structure will never engender an actually safe community. I prefer strong community bonds to police, as well!

I’ve covered the post-2024 centrist excuse industry for a while. The arguments are shoddy and self-serving, but I’ve never seen them rig a poll before. On the Deciding To Win report, and how it shows how desperate the establishment is to stop progressives: www.joewrote.com/p/centrists-...

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

nice. can we rehash the posts that called Trump the president of peace now that he’s about to start an unprovoked war?

I know this reinforces a narrative about condescending leftists calling all conservatives bigots but I'm sorry, every form of data — anecdotes, polling and public statements by conservatives — indicate that these are the main drivers. It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.

why did this make me wheeze out loud

one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two

Yes, big legislation is tough to pass, but to propose these tepid ideas as “6 bangers” that will win voters hearts is ludicrous. And THEN you add in the fact that we are fighting a side that literally is abolishing Congress by inaction, and you can see why centrism is lost

Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience

NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

a very obvious case in point is Keir Starmer's Labour Party which is not so much as shifting but yeeting the Overton Window in Reform's direction on most key issues and getting rewarded with truly historic levels of unpopularity

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

Just curious, how many units of housing are going to be in this ballroom?

I truly believe, more than anything else, race science is and always has been the core fixation of the global fascist and reactionary project.

This is awful. The death penalty remains unconscionable, honestly regardless of method. The arbitrary nature of the entire punishment clearly makes it a violation of basic human rights, but unfortunately we are leagues away from having that conversation anymore

Look, if you say "what if we just kill all the criminals," a substantial percentage of people are going to cheer. It's the American way.

it's so odd to me to see people go to bat for a political newcomer like platner. it's not like he's spent years earning our trust. we have very, very few data points about this dude, and one of those data points is "he has a nazi tattoo."

I need real antitrust law to come back to this country man

This would be very bad.

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

This cannot just be about healthcare. The existing constitutional system hangs in the balance. The rule of law is now baked into this shutdown in a huge way.

Hell yeah

Fox News for centrists who don’t want the aesthetics of Fox News

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

we're however many years in now and Fields is still taking forever to get rid of the ball, playing with inconsistent feet, same old same old the Jets have shrunk his yards per att number, he's nearly a sub 7.0 QB and he's still almost last among starters in Time To Throw

Insane, vile lie

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context "Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

Conservatives believe that if you have more money, you SHOULD have more rights. It’s the basis behind their campaign finance jurisprudence and has a very direct line to the control these billionaire freaks have on our government. Any path forward requires breaking that concept

It is remarkable that of all the celebrities from the '80s who've gone full fash Axl Rose of all people zoomed in the other direction.