Nice thing to see on my way home.

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸

There is not a good time for forced medical detransition. But, young people were informed yesterday that decision letters would come today. Today is GCSE Maths exam. Tomorrow GCSE English lit exam. The NHS really could not care less for the well-being of these young people.

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

Yes with the exception of ““corrective”” (non-consensual) procedures on intersex kids, which get carved out of all of these bans and discussions, and with the added ugliness of giving reactionary “think of the children” ragebaiting even more credibility

This is not how politics has to work if you have the simple moral clarity to say “fuck you, why do you care about trans healthcare if you aren’t a trans person trying to get healthcare? What are you going to do next, wipe my ass for me? Tell me what I should read? I thought we were Americans here”

LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG. Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.

The hell is wrong with #YouTube right now...? There's no comments showing up on every video, whether I'm logged in or not...

It's the latter. Most parents are abusive according to the standard we should be holding people to. Do not assault your child. They are people too. Treat them as such.

Autonomous robot clown roundhouse kicks a small child

AND Y’ALL HAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING so it’s literally zero risk to rank you first!

“There may be.” FFS. Forget the flags. I have a literal masters degree in public health, I’m an actual union leader (in my second term as chapter president,) I’m a college professor, and a reproductive health advocate. And people are quibbling over if he abused his exes enough to be disqualifying.

update: it's so over.

This is horrifying. It classes disabled people as not fully human, because it is saying that they cannot ‘feel’ the same way as an able bodied person would in the same circumstances. www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...

Mikie Sherrill’s state police destroyed the mutual aid tent for families of the detained that had been in operation at Delaney Hall for more than a year, providing clothes, food, even stuffies for the kids. They just trashed it. I’m pretty speechless at the kind of person you have to be to do this

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

"average texan commits 3 crimes per year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average texan commits 0 crimes per year. Crimes Paxton, who is attorney general (??) and commits 10,000 crimes per day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

the far right is just doing the birthday boy defense at this point you just have to laugh

Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

So soon to use a reaction image from a data center protest that took place today but I think this one's going to get a workout

That is the reality the Democratic commissioner who cast the deciding vote was living in when she made her choice: hand Donald Trump control of a public airport or watch Florida Republicans strip funding from the very people she was elected to represent. That is absolutely insane.

Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Organisations which also want to remain Black-inclusive need to receive support on how to do so within the law. In a similar way, those that wish to exclude Black men and women from their spaces also need to know how to do so without breaching individual rights to privacy." History is rhyming.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

the fuck it will

The NYT removed the "um"s in Trump's answer on Taiwan, but put "um"s in AOC's answer on Taiwan to make her look dumb Trump said "Um, I would say 'like' is maybe too strong a word...um, no, I'm holding that in abeyance and it depends on China, depends, it's a, it's a.." L: Trump R: AOC Video below

This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.

I hope she finds an attorney willing to help her sue the fuck out of this system. Neither she nor her child should ever have to work a day. The amount of harm I’ve seen done to people by our so called justice system is unconscionable. Abolish the prison industrial complex. Fuck.

NYC Public Defenders Condemn the Treatment of Samantha Randazzo, Who Gave Birth While Handcuffed to a Bench in an Open Courtroom at Brooklyn Arraignments

On Fri night, Brooklyn court staff forced a woman to give birth inside the courtroom. Per public defenders, she gave birth in handcuffs, unable to reposition herself, unable to pick up her infant. The men who’d shackled her looked on. The judge lauded the birth of a ‘beautiful baby’ on the record.

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

Fuck right off, Don Scott. Spineless Dems are a special kind of scourge on our society.

Last July, the pope called his bank in South Chicago. He wanted to update the phone number on his account. The teller told him that any changes had to be made in person with an ID. Knowing that was impossible, he asked: “Would it matter to you if I told you I’m Pope Leo?” She hung up on him.

The Trump Administration has been using law enforcement to target elected leaders, particularly Black elected leaders, since they singled out Ras Baraka and LaMonica McIver when they tried to inspect a detention center.

I really think it’s important to underline that there was apparently no security breach. The gunman was confronted and stopped where he should have been according to the design—at the magnetometer perimeter. What this piece argues for is an *expansion* of the security perimeter in time and space.

A gunman shows up. Curiously, he reportedly told the cops he wanted to target Admin officials, not necessarily Trump. And for the first time, the press is placed in position that American school children are every day.

Make every school out of Trump's ballroom.

Breaking out this old chestnut again for the White House Correspondents Dinner.

i don't know how to parody this anymore

“This is the best healthcare that many aliens have received in their entire lives,” a DHS spokesperson said. “Being in detention is a choice.” FUCK ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THE WAY OFF YOU WORTHLESS RACIST PIECES OF SHIT

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) decision, and it's a doozy. The Fifth Circuit says that Texas can require the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But somehow it gets worse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."