Teachers absolutely can. I had one for a mother. The phrase should be: "Those who can't write op-eds for The NY Times."

No kidding, @vanhollen.senate.gov Really? /S I've been around since the '80's. Worked for Carter. For the love that is all holy, these guys have been at war with our norms since then. Stop talking and fight back! Our country is almost gone. Fight the f*ck back! I'll dust off my stuff & join you

This former Chicago resident is seriously stressed…

And they wonder why they are not trusted anymore…

And...how do we establish those "guardrails". This is the thing that irritates me with op-ed society. Thank you for pointing out the obvious problems. Now...how do we solve them. That's the discussion I want to have.

Does it matter?

going through my grandma's things. i miss her

Yes, you still can do all of that. What is gone is the world of the big MidTown Manhattan publishers. What is here now are the curated, small run, available on all formats niche publishers. An excellent example of that would be @flagrantmag.com, a very successful basketball mag.

Or… The officer could be a cold blooded murderer. The victim could just be a Mom. Tom Homan could just be a corrupt pol who got caught taking a $50K bribe.

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

She says "It's okay dude, we're not mad at you." in a gentle parenting kind of voice. So that's probably why he murdered her.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Fuck you Tom Cotton. May the 9,538 lower level of Hell be reserved for you.

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

Oh wow, something today that could give us all joy. I remember as a small child turning to the sports page in the paper and asking my big brother why weren’t the Globetrotters listed in the standings.

This is an excellent thread. I’d add that as an Carter/Mondale ‘80 employee and volunteer for Hart, Mondale and too many others, I’ve felt that the Dem party has always failed to provide decent opposition to the Republicans. I’d love to see some fire.

Maybe you could be disappointed a little harder?

@washingtonpost.com ... "Legally Controversial????" How about just out and out illegal, wrong headed, dumb, stupid, diminishes our nation in the eyes of our allies. You really want me to cancel my subscription, don't you.

There is absolutely no reason on G*ds green earth that a child of a slain parent has to ask the president not to spread lies and to show empathy. There is a word for that man: “Shonda”

What I dislike about these types of opinion articles is that they offer decently written diagnostics of the problem, but no real proposed solutions. I’ve read this kind of stuff for years and am now officially tired of it.

Not to get too political but it would be nice if everything would stop getting worse.

Fair point. We are currently governed by the most terrible people to govern this nation in several generations. We'd probably have to go back to the time of Wilson and Harding to find anything similar.

File under: “Irony has died a quiet death.”

Pretty giant moon this morning. @peach_in_the_frontrange didn’t want to pose, she wanted to walk and chase bunnies. Narrator:”She stayed on leash. She was not amused.”

I'm not entirely sure what our much vaunted DHS is saying here: We deport 100 million people from our country and, what, a elderly Pontiac Catalina gets washed away in a tsunami? We deport 100M and a 1960's car gets stuck in the beach sand? It's all so weird.

Who wants to tell her that she actually voted for retribution and revenge?

I guess the question I keep having with him and others like him is: “Don’t you have businesses and staff and causes to tend to? WTF are you doing arguing with people on social media?” Go build a rocket ship and send yourself to Uranus.

Yeah…no. First what @katmabu.bsky.social is doing with mutual aid is amazing and she’s running a great campaign. All of America is not poor, we’ve just be told for forever that we can have whatever we want and are finally approaching the end of that nonsense.

You gotta admit it’s pretty funny how QAnon was spot on about a pedophile running the government — but they can’t brag about it because they literally voted for the pedophile.

I am sure there is an entirely innocent explanation for this /s

So…they muted a black woman in order to “unanimously” honor an authoritarian unchristian white supremacist. Seems on point.

"It's a fine line between stupid and clever. It's a turnabout phrase."

This is a thing, that exists in the world. ...and it's really gross.

Somewhere in an alternate universe, Vice President Tim Walz is demonstrating how to prevent ice dams in your gutters and reminding us to use alternative salts on our sidewalks so our dogs paws don't get burnt. But here in this universe, we get this...

Is there anywhere "good" anymore? Seems like US academia has completely lost its nerve and is now cowed.

The current admin is full of the weirdest people. They have to tear every single thing down.

Everyone who thinks MeToo went too far needs to consider that if MeToo had *gone far enough* we might never have heard from Ryan Lizza again.

Ukrainians deserve better than to just survive. Ukrainians survived Stalin. They have survived Putin. They will survive Trump and his 28-point plan.

I’ve been thinking about this drink and how it’s sold at convenience stores as a wellness drink. It’s really reminding of a plot line in @laurenbeukes.com “Moxyland” book. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/kra...

Hard pass... Honestly, I'd expect more from @raskin.house.gov MTG has a lot of explaining to do first before she gets invited into any tent.

Oh my. The credulity. It hurts.

Ah yes, this is the future of media. Something I've spent my entire life working in on the business side. So proud. I mean, really. No editorial standards, no financial standards. This is what happens when contrarian shitposters take over. Yay us!

Why yes, yes they have... "Has our federal government become so blinded by its immigration mission that it has taken leave of its senses? — The Chicago Tribune"

#nightsky on the Front Range. #coloradosky

I've worked adjacent to the bookstore biz for years and have a particular interest in #indie #bookstores. You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it isn't FYI: Binc is one of the few charities I trust implicitly.

Far too many.

Sunrise over the Front Range. A quick reminder that the world is, indeed beautiful.

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

1/2 Old me going back in time to tell young 27 yr old me: "You know, you really don't want to go to work for Condé Nast anyway. Don't sweat it. They're not what they appear to be." Also: Read @parkermolloy.com and TPA www.readtpa.com/p/teen-vogue...

I see all that money spent in the buyout was well spent... /s