"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

Oregon State Senator Janeen “Saying you’ll primary me is bullying” Sollman, ladies and gents: youtu.be/K8bTCB--MsY

i bet this goes crazy if you’re a dumbass

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

Oregon State Senator Janeen “Saying you’ll primary me is bullying” Sollman, ladies and gents: youtu.be/K8bTCB--MsY

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

Here is Los Angeles' budget proposal from last year.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

I'm going to lightly disagree only in that if you know someone goes after their staffers you should probably adjust your personal estimation of the chance of them being a rapist waaaaaaaaay upward

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“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”

This is why these forms of sexual harassment and abuse at scale work to reinforce men’s dominance. If the woman’s “best” option is to quit, then this pattern of behavior can and IS used to keep women out of certain industries and positions of power and spheres of influence.

women were kept out of meetings and career opportunities at Pixar because John Lasseter was so much of a sex pest that people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him how many talented women didn’t get a fair chance because one guy couldn’t behave himself?

A powerful man sexually pursuing a young woman who works for him is oppressive. It immediately limits and reshapes her future to her detriment, whether she is physically forced into it or not. It’s coercion either way, and that is why it’s so wrong. It’s an abuse of power.

At the VERY minimum, this guy is an adulterer who used his position of power to act inappropriately with women he had power over. That's the most charitable possible characterization.

there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes

NEW: Eric Swalwell must drop out of the governor’s race. From @byrobinepley.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”

The implication that reporters trying to break the story could have taken information they gained from victims, and share it off-the-record with other sources (who? Pelosi?), is horrifying. I appreciate you're trying to hold someone powerful accountable, but again: it doesn't work like that.

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

how much money does the marine corps lose

As a fire scientist, I am devastated for my many good friends and colleagues who will be affected by the mass closure of so many research stations and offices. Many will leave the agency. USFS has pioneered so much foundational fire science. The consequences of this will be catastrophic.

I imagine it takes a LOT of frustration for rank and file soldiers to openly say the Pentagon is lying.

The inclusion of trans people calls into question why these sports are even segregated by sex in the first place when the only answer anyone really has is "because they always have been."

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics

these are the stupidest people to ever live

"i could probably pilot a ship through the straight of hormuz" -next big thing 80% of men secretly believe about themselves

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

The "duped voter" narrative is a comforting myth. If only we had better messaging. The reality is tens of millions of voters looked at a platform of mass deportation, ethnic cleansing, state violence, and the dismantling of civil rights, clearly understood it, and said, "Yes, that is what I want."

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country. Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale.

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

and that it is funded by all of us, and not a billionaire, makes the feeling all the stronger

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

The Artemis II mission seems good because it is. People seem excited by it because they are. It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding. One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.

Artemis II today.

this is true beyond journalism. the federalist society is exceptionally well-funded while the closest thing to a liberal counterpart has to engage in endless penny pinching