I’ve been talking about Alysa Liu’s story about her quitting skating only to come back and become even better because she did it for herself and this came to me in a dream…

Calling Aileen Cannon, the most "I'm only here to rule in favor of Trump" person on the bench anywhere, just "a federal judge" is journalistic malpractice, not that anyone expects better from WaPo these days

I'm directly between Millennial Women Pop Culture Enthusiasts and Creative Professionals & Nerd Culture, and all that makes sense, but I'm also oddly close to the Formula 1 Community?

Fox News headlines all like "Bad Bunny brings divisive message of unity to Super Bowl"

Oh but AMC couldn't be bothered to show Wake Up Dead Man

I don't know who could watch this video and not be 100% in favor of abolishing ICE

"...we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you." There are so many problems with this but I'm limiting myself to two: a) I don't need to watch the news to find out what *my* analysis is b) What if *I'm* an academic elite???

Someone has finally posted this modern Christmas classic online, which I now share with you; youtu.be/fTa6YiiqWaU?...

Happy collapsing waveform to all who observe

If I see someone wearing one of these, you KNOW I'm gonna be asking them about barnacles

Apropos of nothing: Pet Shop Boys should cover Mose Allison's "Your Molecular Structure"

well worth reading newrepublic.com/article/2047...

Is this happening for everyone? Every single MS NOW video on YouTube seems to be blocked. Probably this is a technical problem and not state censorship but it does make one wonder

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Yo I heard you desired desire so I put desire in your desire so you can desire while you desire

That means he's flipped the board over eight times while playing Risk

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

“Oh, well I just told you about it, so now like all of the rest of us who pay attention to what’s going on, you know all about it. You just heard it, from me, and you know. You’re all caught up. So to repeat: does this concern you?”

The only version of it available was taped off a scrambled cable channel for some reason.

The tracking on my vcr doesn’t work anymore

It reminds me too much of the time several of my co-workers were turned into small cubes and crushed into dust by ancient beings from the Andromeda Galaxy, and I just cannot deal.

It has sequences of flashing lights and I have a seizure disorder

Because the electromagnetic waves that constitute the broadcast are now 59 light years from Earth

Clickbait multiple choice! Why is this episode "hard to watch today"? a) It's not available on streaming b) It's kinda sexist and/or racist c) My eyesight is worse than it used to be d) I can't watch it today because I'm busy but maybe tomorrow? e) It's not as good as I remember

I'm sure the media genealogists will be all over this FALSE CLAIM

Tsk, even when you correct the typo, it's still incorrect -- should have been "pervert", not "perverse"

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.

🎵 His low appeal, he didn't research it / But here's the deal, he's just a piece o' shit 🎶

This seems right in line with other right-wing jurisprudence, such as "even though it's been the norm for years and years with no issues, now that I'm thinking about it the idea of a trans woman using women's bathrooms bothers me, therefore it should be illegal"

This was a really fun conversation. I don’t get too many chance to talk about puzzles as independent media, but I really believe in the point and Phil is a pretty brilliant interlocutor.

Babe, wake up, the Supreme Court's version of "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" just dropped

Guys, if you can't pivot your entire worldview on a dime to accommodate the latest piece of incoherent cognitive dissonance, I have to question your commitment to even being a conspiracy theorist

From a legislative body which includes an elected trans representative yet

Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.

Fuck yes to this

coates is genuinely a generational writer

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

all these people with material power in some sector and the genuine belief that they are indispensable to America and should therefore be untouchable by the Rabble™️ lost their whole minds during the brief window when they thought a Rabble™️ might have notched a hit against their brother Charlie

did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...

man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger

If Charlie Kirk had been, say, a Black Panther or member of the Nation of Islam and went around college campuses saying white people weren't qualified to fly planes or deserved to die in mass shootings, no one would eulogize him by saying he was "practicing politics the right way."

This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:

This, from @erininthemorning.com's latest piece about Gavin Newsom helps explain why Newsom-loving libs' "erm, then enjoy Trump again!!!" stuff doesn't work on trans people who've been paying attention. www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...

"Then I haven't missed it! Boy, go out and buy the biggest turkey you can find!" "Big Generator?"

*crab-walked

Or, we could just let people live their lives. (thread)

nobody has seen the president in three days [burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy