part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

mr. mamdani i sincerely apologize for the mileage this image is going to get

#netrunner playing the hits

Millions of Americans are doing this in real time and it's a sight to behold.

He looks like if Jack White was a juicer.

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here > "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

US government rn

The time of DNC “pragmatism” and “normalcy” is over. Candidates need to run on abolishing ice, protecting democracy and improving the material conditions of the American people. Mamdani proved that it’s both what voters want and what this country needs.

Hit one of my favorite episodes of Steven Universe.

the regime considers all resistance violent resistance. you chanting while holding a sign and carefully remaining on the sidewalk is as worthy of the death penalty to them as someone throwing a Molotov.

So like Trump and Elon didn’t want to go to jail and now our country is collapsing. Love that for us.

Slightly diminish a game: Expecting Mothership

Democratic leaders need to get out from behind podiums and into the streets. Anything less and you are revealing yourself as a bribe collector, not a representative.

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

Kyle Rittenhouse was on Infowars the day after the Renee Good shooting saying he had heard on X that Renee was putting cigarettes out on her kids. This wasn't true. This is a government by and for school shooters and their apologists.

Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.

Minnesota has cops. Arrest the murderers! Minnesota has prosecutors. Charge the murderers! Minnesota has courts. Try the murderers! Minnesota has prisons. Jail the murderers! You have power as governor. “Spoke with the White House” isn’t enough.

Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

the senate democrats MUST shut down the government at the end of this month

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."

Why do we have to go through all this so one man can stay out of prison?

Doodles 1-24-26

Today, Minnesota is shutting down in solidarity. It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas

I’m reading another book about Operation Paperclip and boy howdy did America save some evil people for the profit of industry.

Shoutout to 2014 netrunner worlds where we played in the hotel hot tub with a laminated pair of duel decks on a roll of camping pad.

Mmm. Troll coffee.

A witch cat

Today’s watch is one of my most striking my citizen automatic with a lovely sanguine dial.

Fixing your heart is, for us born into our arsenal of privilege in the world's most empire, both a lifelong undertaking requiring discipline, patience, perspective, and good teachers, and a necessary first step toward reclaiming your self. It's our essential duty and our most precious opportunity.

Reminder doing drugs is fun but not a personality.

It's -20 in Minneapolis and organizers are in the streets before dawn getting ready for actions related to the general strike. They've had locals training out-of-town volunteers on how to prepare for and endure the cold. AND IT IS WORKING. THE STRIKE IS HAPPENING. THE CITY IS DOING THE DAMN THING...

What are some modern domino games that people like for 3-4 players? This is @byssh3.bsky.social and @indigopotter.bsky.social question probably.

TTRPG friends. We are about to start playing Blades 68 in my group and I am gonna get to play instead of run. I am either going to play: A hull that was a bad man trying to make good. Or an operative who is a true believer that bad stuff has to happen to keep the world safe. Which do I choose?

I am tired of the DNC breaking the milkbone of rights, dignity, and wellbeing into smaller peices and calling it "pragmatism".

The US Gov definitely has your best interests in mind. Consider that while you're choosing not to wear a mask during an ongoing pandemic. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Video! Tom’s fallen head-over-heels for Railroad Tiles, a delightful box of trains and cars that’ll chase away the greys of January… www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/revie...

Not everything in the world is going in the wrong direction! 🌍❤️ #Climate

Imagine living your life treating every interaction as a zero sum game with a winner and a loser. What a fucking insane way to live.

Hakeem Jeffries comes out against the bill funding ICE and DHS. This seems like quite a big deal.

Doodles for 1-22-26.

More Even At Odds with my partner over our morning coffee. I love how different a puzzle each game feels. #boardgames

If you wanna know how insane the US war machine is. Read about Project Pluto.

Another weird thing about being an old punk is watching my friends turn into shitbag libertarians once they get enough money. Fucking posers.

EU homies we know everyone hates us. Everyone hating us is a plot point of every american movie that involves international travel since 1979.