The DC grand jury refusing to indict on a felony and the petit jury finding him not guilty is a great example of why people in power have tried so hard for so many decades to prevent cases from getting to juries. It's one of the most important, basic forms of democracy.

With their Mamdani hotline, the ADL has solidified its image as an organization driven primarily by Islamophobia and racism, not fighting hatred of Jews or hate crimes. Un-fucking-believable. This is most certainly *not* good for the Jews either.

Any map nerds who happen to have the new map files for CA, TX, NC, or OH? Trying to calculate something and struggling to find them.

I’d like to commission a statue of the sandwich man

Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich

BIG WIN: The Trump Administration was ordered today to immediately release all the SNAP food benefits they've withheld during the government shutdown. Californians are beginning to see benefits on their CalFresh cards now.

Cheers to news photographers who keep snapping when told to leave 🥂

I do not think all anti-Zionists are antisemitic, but anti-Zionists who label Zohran Mamdani a "Zionist" simply because he condemned swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn are in fact antisemites.

The leadership of the party, that is. Most of the rest of us are fine. Which is why we need new leadership.

SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now. Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it. Don’t forget this.

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

I felt this this morning, visiting the feed of a VC acquaintance. They *need* it to work or they'll be merely wealthy instead of insanely wealthy!

On a search committee and genuinely in awe of the incredible skill and exciting avenues of research our young colleagues, fresh out of grad school or on the verge of defending, are pursuing. Truly the assault on higher education is a loss to humanity as a whole.

This is making a really strong case for HOAs.

A statement from Wired's Conde Union Members

Trump’s manufactured hunger crisis is a moral failure. And now a federal judge agrees with what we all knew: Trump’s plan to withhold SNAP funding and steal food off the tables of millions of Americans is illegal.

The war inside Heritage has been described to me as the start of the post-Trump civil war within the GOP. Sources told me it’s not really about antisemitism. And I think that’s true. But antisemitism animated a lot of how this blew up.

At a meeting yesterday, staff voiced deep concern about anti-Jewish sentiment at Heritage and on the right. That was followed by a Heritage staffer complaining about attending a Shabbat dinner.

Chart from the Phrenological Journal (1838-1911), print from Dr. E. Clark www.jstor.org/stable/commu...

My favorite comment on the FT story

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F*** SCOTUS.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Two prosecutors are now going to have to deal with the question, “wait aren’t you the guys who lost the sandwich case?” for the rest of their lives.

Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”

Cmon, they're going to make fun of us by having Jacob be stanning for BlueSky? 😆 I'm not mad at Quinta, though! (big ups to Jacob still for not calling it X!)

An immigrant in Gracie Mansion would be excellent symbolism.

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Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work! Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching. I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums

Having an article under review is a little nervewracking! I often get commissioned for pieces at this point & my essay has another home if I want it. But I'm trying to push boundaries & put game studies in venues that haven't included it before, so I have to wait & see what these readers think! 😩

Update: I passed! Officially ABD!

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs. Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social

Multiply this by countless kids across the US. How can anyone focus when leaving the house means they might never see their parents again?

Coming into Montreal for MIGS? Did you know it's also Montreal Games Week? There's whole host of games and developer related events happening throughout the same week! And it's all organized by our vibrant, local community: www.semainedujeuvideodemontreal.com

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Nice to have @bydreamphd.bsky.social weigh in on Mamdani’s victory, from an Africana Studies perspective! 💡

Mamdani went to a small college similar to the one where I work and majored in Africana Studies. From now on my answer to the microaggressive question of “what can one (even) do with a Black Studies degree from a liberal arts college?” is “You can run New York.”

This man is your problem now, Istanbul

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago. Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.

Here’s a deeply tragic story: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation after being held without her meds now missing in Mexico. By Meredith Colias and Kate Perez www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/t...

i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally. around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.

more than anyone, she fucking ended that fucking monster.

Outside of Mamdani himself, I don't think anyone deserves more credit for ending Cuomo's miserable public career than Lindsey. She fought like hell, and motivated thousands of other New Yorkers to do the same.

we’re starving kids AND canceling Thanksgiving because we really, really need to double the cost of your healthcare, and other winning messages

Personal pet peeve over the past few years and esp this election cycle is all the people who aren’t Jewish who are convinced they are experts on Jewish opinions and worldview

You love to see it! Thank you to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social for being TOUGH AS NAILS & not brooking sexual abusers one inch - while helping make the seemingly impossible possible!

It's wonderful when there is accountability for politicians who are bullies & corrupt! This was the only other thing on San Diego County ballots yesterday, beside Prop 50, for the folks in Poway. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/05/p...