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

One mild frustration of the #ZkavengerHunt was that anyone without an official game card (which was most people, since they ran out right away) wasn't allowed to see the final clue, since it led to a location with limited capacity.

Feels like all of enby NYC is out here doing the #ZcavengerHunt and that's rad

You can tell things are hopping here at the #ZcavengerHunt

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

The Democratic establishment's aggressive shunning of Mamdani is the latest illustration of party leaders' bad judgement. Jeffries in particular is showing himself not as coalition leader but a champion of the center-left wing and can't be trusted going forward. newrepublic.com/article/1992...

This a great read.

I suspect that word wasn't "thank"

"Fire is CONFUSING and SCARY and that is why the Cave People Department of Staying Warm in the Winter is halting all fire research."

White Afrikaaners are granted refugee status but members of the South African 29:11 choir, who have performed numerous times in the U.S., can’t even get visas to travel here for a Midwest performance tour No paywall

Q: It seems like your desk was chopped to pieces with an axe shortly after you started your new job. Do you blame your predecessor? A: Yes

Yahoo Mail instituted a 20 GB limit this morning and is it just bad design that you can't search by message size, or that the memory management tool is laughably bad, or that deleting the trash is slow, or are they deliberately making it hard to manage memory so you just give up & shell out the fee

It's Jessica Fletcher

Feel like they were already that dumb and it's just making it more obvious

This man’s great sin was losing his green card and asking for a replacement we’re past “you had a dui in 1984” into “if you appear at any ICE office anywhere you’re a quota target”

Hey in case you didn't get in on this yet, there are now bonus puzzles (including two cryptics edited by me)! Remember: the pride will continue until human rights improve

Well, the American experiment was nice while it lasted.

so you see, 'Remy' is a nickname form of the French verb 'remuer', which means 'to stir', a critical cooking skill -- he's stirring everything! sauces, soups, reductions... "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" yeah bc Remy is a *rat* not a mouse, don't you get it? it all fits together

Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:

"It's not like the president is a baby brained moron," a White House official said, laughing nervously. "He's not, you know, a big stupid asshole who doesn't give a shit about anything except attention" www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Fortunately, Trump learned his lesson from all the legal trouble he faced, and even though none of it led to any accountability, he moderated himself and served the people with distinction. That I assume is @ryanlcooper.com's point- Wait, it turns out Trump doubled down!

There's nothing really new being said in this article, but it is wild to me how hard the local paper for my newly adopted city is willing to go on highlighting injustices perpetrated on trans+nb folk, and what a contrast that is to other mainstream media share.inquirer.com/8ND3as

Dear @ericswalwell.bsky.social I'm a Jewish people & I'd thank you to not use me and mine as an excuse to throw the most exciting Democrat we've seen in decades under an establishment bus

Oh so it's fine to do the Trump lip thing and even REFER to it as "the Trump lip thing" as long as you're a Fox personality, gotcha

After mostly shrugging off Trump’s assault on government for the last five months, establishment Democrats have finally found something to be outraged about: Zohran Mamdani’s primary win.

I always try to conceal how mad this makes me but I'm very bad at sneak pique

An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

Yes, Mamdani's win is deeply satisfying and Lander should 100% primary Schumer, but let's not forget something else that deserves a more prominent role in public life: the word "cooperapetitive"

My neighborhood Target doesn't have a Pride display but it *does* have a Morgan Wallen display and I'm pretty sure that's a hate crime

Answering some of the Qs about Cuomo's campaign, one by one... First: What about the sexual harassment charges? Aren't they in the past? (Spoiler: No, and especially not since he's shown no interest in change or repentance.) amandalitman.substack.com/p/the-case-a...

“Legal path to transition” might be one of the most violent anti-trans phrases I’ve ever heard.

I couldn't let that Confessore piece slide. It was such a disgusting hit piece on a vulnerable community in a moment of crisis. I dissected the article and why its framings are dishonest at best and outright lies of ommission at worst. www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...