The defining characteristic of conservatism, its animating spirit, is the desire to force all humans into permanent hierarchies based on supposedly inherent characteristics. That lens provides a coherent reading of most if not all conservative behavior.

Galaxy Quest - a perfect movie, just a wonderful love letter to actors, sci-fi, Star Trek in particular, and to fandom - really deserves a proper physical release with decent extras. Think Weaver's right that releasing a R-rated cut would be fun, too.

holy shit holy shit holy shit

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people. I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people. Let me explain:

Lower Decks tattoo: done!

Bahahahaha! Love it.

You've never had to apologize for being white in America, but of course, that's not really what Vance is trying to tell his rabid followers. What he's really trying to tell them is that they don't need to apologize for believing they should have it easier because they're white.

cowboy who stubbed his toe:

THE GRINCH: and to all a good night!!! *five minutes later* CINDY LOO WHO'S MOM: hey can we talk? thanks for bringing back the presents and cutting the roast beast but - did you talk to my kid? THE GRINCH: uh, yes, uh, when I wa- CINDY LOO WHO'S MOM: okay so don't ever talk to my kid again

The number of hidden replies is pretty funny. I hope they're paying you well to sit on Bluesky and hide replies, social media person at 60 Minutes

Ok I’m the last to know apparently. Fuck Nicki Minaj I guess 🖕💄

Since a lot of people seem to be confused, this is what fascism sounds like in the American context.

the vice president is a klansman

Benverine

That's not a "fake debt collecting business," that's a "debt holding business." The difference is negligible but the former implies someone committed fraud. He didn't. His business has the right to hold whatever debts it purchases and may act or not on those debts for whatever reason it chooses.

Fringe is streaming on Hulu! This is not a drill. You can watch Fringe now!

The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...

omg i cant believe i havent obsessively watched That Coffee Commercial yet this year! its basically my only holiday tradition at this point youtu.be/uMwFWDIFVCU?...

It sounds like Waymo failed to program the vehicles to switch to stop sign mode in the event of a failed light? Every human driver has to learn this rule, and I don’t understand how the California DMV can possibly justify licensing any “driver” including an algorithm that doesn’t know this

Happy birthday to Michelle Hurd, who played Raffi Musiker on all three seasons of #StarTrekPicard.

Absolutely right. AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there. Let me illustrate …

legitimately love this guy.

Bluesky has the juice

Paul Giamatti listed Deep Space Nine as his favorite Star Trek show, and now I only love him more. youtu.be/kX7xzUfbluM?...

may i recommend instead of reading this you listen to the fantastic lolita podcast by @jamieloftus.bsky.social

My mom’s recipe for double coconut cake is divine.

There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office. And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.

I hadn't seen a photo of Gavin Newsom in a while and forgot how much be looks like when the Joker disguises himself as a regular guy so he can go through airport security

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Woody Guthrie wrote "Old Man Trump" in 1954!!!

The emperor was sitting in his bed when the assassin came in through the window. "Welcome, old friend." "Wait," the assassin wheezed. The emperor waited for him to catch his breath. "I'm too old for this," the assassin said at last. 1/3 #ShortStory

there has never been an ass whooping more deserved than this one. chefs kiss

A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.

always remember: 1. sending someone a text message is 1000x more meaningful than a social media post 2. a phone call is technically assault

Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.

For science!!! #StarTrek #StarTrekMemes

I cannot emphasize this enough— no child is getting a vaginoplasty or phalloplasty. This is fear mongering misinformation because the goal is to take away all trans healthcare.

There's the Right way. The Wrong way. And the Janeway... ...which is the Right way but with unhealthy amounts of coffee.

I’m putting this behind a graphic media warning label so you only have to look at it if you are uneducated about this, but here is the violently antisemitic cartoon they are mimicking. It is truly one of the most vile hate-images that exists and is used regularly by Nazis and the alt-right.

Just asking for the class, was that *before* or *after* he condemned an entire generation to die horribly from AIDS while he obliterated all the union protections that kept the rich from exploiting everyone? I’ll hang up and listen.

Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.

I see why Newsom wants to be identified with Reagan, because just like Reagan, he’s abandoning LGBTQ people. Also he’s a neoliberal enabler of capitalist domination and control.

Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98. She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...

VOTE VETS: “OUTRAGEOUS… It is abundantly clear Republicans and Trump want to strangle the VA til it all gets privatized” Trump plans to eliminate 35,000 healthcare jobs at the chronically understaffed VA that already lost tens of thousands of employees. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

*walking in a winter wonderland* ME: where's bluebird? BIRD: gone ME: w... who are you? *bird looks around shiftily* BIRD: I'm new bird

That our boi! #BillsMafia

SANDY HOOK SURVIVOR: “I carry this trauma with me every single day… we deserve to live in a nation where you value children more than guns.” 🇺🇸 (H/T @marchforourlives.bsky.social )

This … is not good news www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...

Trump is trying to incite a pogrom against Somali Americans.

Abomination!