"In the 1950s, the targets were individual teachers—communists, progressives, liberals—and their left-wing unions. Now the target is the system itself."

Joking aside, I’ve been to some of the hardest places on earth and seen immense suffering, and I believe we are closer to a beautiful life than many of us think. One thing I see consistently, even amidst war and death, is people taking care of each other without expecting anything in return.

This is really lovely!

We can have a little hope as a treat

Live in Peace Bike Shop has great refurbished bikes at bonkers prices and it’s run by young folks in East Palo Alto. I got my Marin Fairfax 1 for $325 in outstanding condition. And they do service and parts! www.liveinpeace.org/bike-shop

The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

BREAKING: Two unions with over two million government workers are suing the Trump admin over illegal executive orders. AFSCME and AFGE assert that Trump illegally exceeded his authority by unilaterally trying to roll back a regulation that protects civil servants.

How To Be a Writer, #111: Open laptop Look into the void Scream into the void Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you Ask the void if it takes milk Choose a nice mug for the void And maybe a chocolate biscuit Lose yourself in the void Tea

I believe the general internet tradition on these kinds of things is well known. techcrunch.com/2023/04/21/m...

Here's why it would be a mistake to do anything that resists fascists, By Some Fascist

Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” in the style of “Love on Top” (seemingly infinite key changes, increasingly hard and stressful to sing along with)

Just finished watching all of the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions with @marleymadding.bsky.social for the first time (which, I know, is bad as a GM - I've read the books several times). My god, so much actually healthy masculinity

Hot Frosty is the Dom/sub blockbuster film 50 Shades wishes it was

rizz but it’s short for risotto