This post has breached containment in the weirdest way. I am sorry to all of the people who are relaying their tragedies in the replies, but I would like everyone to know I was referencing the famous 90s rock song Detachable Penis (King Missile, 1992).

Sign of the day…

This is what corruption looks like.

if you think this violates the law (and it very clearly does imo), you don't seek an injunction, you seek an indictment, given that the law makes it a class 1 felony. cowardice from the AG, cowardice from the courts, nobody wants the responsibility of actually enforcing the law. cowards all around

Our economy is far larger than it was decades ago. Where have most of the gains gone? To the top. Any path forward must include a fight to restructure the economy toward more widely shared prosperity. This isn’t a blue state vs. red state phenomenon. It’s a class phenomenon.

This is a very big problem! You can do a trade war & cut off food imports. OR you can have a domestic farm sector that's given up on feeding its own country. You can't do both! But we are! We're doing both!

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Patton!!! come see our live show at 12 on sunday in the D4 room!!

America taking over Greenland is a foolish idea. America destroying its relationship with Canada is utter idiocy. America applying tariffs and engaging in trade wars with neighbors is economic nonsense. A lunatic is holding America hostage and his enablers are making fools of themselves.

Americans have bystander syndrome. Most just stand around waiting for someone else to do something. No is coming to save us.

something to remind you Our last few remaining wild places Are worth saving

What the actual fuck are these Democrats doing? This is full on collaboration that will enable Trump to shut down any website or online service he dislikes.

any nerds wanna come see me play a silly little game at Wondercon on Sunday March 30 12pm?

Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites. Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

any nerds wanna come see me play a silly little game at Wondercon on Sunday March 30 12pm?

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

omg how am I only seeing this now?! I need more Wandering Path fan art in my life!! 🤩

As Elon Musk guts entire government agencies and fires thousands of federal workers that deliver vital services to the country, remember that his corporations have received at least $38 billion in government contracts over the past 20 years. Yet will any of this be touched by DOGE? Of course not.

everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.  Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.  Trickle down economics was always a hoax.

It took ten years, but the NYT finally got there

i get why it’s called getting “fired.” that shit burns.

Nothing will put the “co-president” meme to rest better than an exclusive joint interview of the co-presidents.

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

HOLY SMOKES

i love podcasts so much especially when they're fun and cool

With Handmaids Tale people focus on the shock of the mass rapes in the book and the show. But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Spot on.

Oops 😬

Just calling it like I see it.

Elon Musk bought the United States of America—the most powerful nation in the world—for $200M. For scale, Steve Ballmer bought the LA Clippers for $2B. The fucking Clippers.

Trump wants to abolish birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, who he calls criminals. Well, Trump’s grandfather Freidrich was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record. So, I’ll accept Trump’s terms once he permanently self deports. open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

Anyone got 30 seconds to try and save Democracy? Send an email to [email protected]. The article below has the script that you can copy/paste.

I have said it for years, trans women would be welcomed as sisters of Themyscira.

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

I am prepared to say the Democratic Party's response to this has been better than the national media's response, and I think the Dems are _doing a very poor job_.

Medicaid: reimbursement portals went down in all 50 states, affecting: Food assistance programs like SNAP Financial aid for students Housing for homeless veterans Low-income heating assistance Cancer research and HIV/AIDS prevention A Judge blocked this! Contact your US Senator: (202) 224-3121.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

30 days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, except January 2025 which has 2,847 days

"If it feels like an insurmountable amount of garbage is being dumped on us, that's by design. It’s creating such an avalanche of disappointment that we're left feeling disheartened, disillusioned, and discouraged. He wants us to become so numb to injustice that it becomes our new normal."

Hi hi BBs!! Hehehe this feels like the equivalent of moving houses 👀 looking forward to making this app my homo sweet homo🏡😏❤️‍🔥

The "first they came..." poem gets quoted and quoted and quoted and quoted and you know what, we do in fact know who they're coming for first, right now, and that is trans people, and the answer needs to be "absolutely the fuck not, you motherfuckers," full stop.