Reactionaries can't create good art because the fear-based us-v-them, inside-v-outside binary overrides everything else so their only aesthetic criteria is "is this familiar, does this show me things I know, repeat things I've heard. Is this Us." Reactionary art is just a parade of Familiar Things.

Watched the halftime show. I guess where I fundamentally depart from MAGA is that, when I see something like this, celebrating a culture that's not quite mine, with some references I don't get, something that's not For Me ... I *like* it. I like seeing inside other worlds. Why wouldn't you?

Always amazing to see in real time the absolute failure of the conservative cultural movement, whose existence is only recognized at all thanks to billions in astroturfing money and years of gaming recommendation algorithms. They know it's all fake too but can't help but be frustrated by that

It’s funny how few guardrails Trump has shown exist in government. President decides to sell pardons to the highest bidder? Oops, I guess there’s nothing that can be done besides a few mean tweets.

Epstein emailed himself the photo, possibly after a dinner with tech moguls.

There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.

I ask you to send me the original document rather than a Youtube reactor for the same reason I ask you not to send me a chewed sandwich.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Peter Thiel is a fucking idiot.

I want a tiny desk equivalent for writers. Where authors can read snippets of their book and offer commentary between each passage they choose. There's probably a podcast out there that does this. But I want it specifically to take place at a tiny desk where ambient music is played.

This woman is a hero. Mark Tramo gave Epstein “tips” to get babies to suck harder She stood outside his building with a sign that had a quote from the email She was all alone One woman & one voice She screamed as loud as she could. She made sure they heard her Tramo’s contract won’t be renewed

‪Donald Trump appears in Jeffrey Epstein's emails 38,000 times. But Hillary Clinton's campaign chair once shared risotto tips on a private email server. I have never felt more politically homeless.

You can’t appeal to Republicans’ better natures. They have none. You can’t rely upon Republicans’ common decency or basic humanity. They. Have. None. And they’ve shown that to you.

It's funny how the only immigrants in the Epstein files are Elon Musk and Peter Thiel

wonder woman, now and forever

Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

With Jeff Bezos's dismantling of the Washington Post and Amazon's extensive ICE and DoD profiteering, it's imperative to understand precisely how both have openly become instruments of authoritarianism

will lewis resigning to spend more time with the darkness

Went to dinner in Highland Park with kids1&2. Good vibes.

Look, I'm not saying we *should* form mobs to beat billionaires to death with hammers, but I am saying the world would be a better place if they thought that was even a remote possibility.

NSA's whistleblower report is about contacts between foreign intelligence and someone close to Trump. Instead of acting on this information to protect the United States, Gabbard tipped off the White House and squashed an internal investigation to protect Trump. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The GOP is okay with violence as long as they're the ones holding the gun.

I will not vote for any candidate who runs with "we need to move forward" and refuses to prosecute this administration for every single one of their crimes. Accountability is all.

If you’re in the Epstein files, you should lose your job, your wife, and your comfy life. You should be castigated by society and spend your days in prison, being trotted out once a day so the public can boo you to your face.

Could you even imagine if President Obama made the troops sit through a a doc about Michelle??

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?

They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”

When Dems get back full control of the Government, like the Republicans have now...they should start the IMMEDIATE IMPEACHMENT of Justice Clarence Thomas and Alito.

The much anticipated Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle exhibition finally opens today at Tullie House.

Billionaires are not your friends. They never will be. Never ever. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

I would never vote for Farage as he doesn’t meet my minimum standards as a human being.

who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice

NEW: lawmakers in new york rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few *weeks*:

Tiny Pants tossed from bar. Don't let them rest. Don't let them eat. Make them quit. #ICEOUT #Bovino #PedoProtectionForce lasvegassun.com/news/2026/fe...

very charmed that in its eulogy to mass market paperbacks the NYT found an 18-year-old who uses the word "reckon" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level

Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.

Looks like it's University of Chicago Press super-sale time again. Might I recommend not getting ebooks from them no matter how good the deal? I got 4 from the last sale, and they're so locked down that they need extra software + can't be annotated. So they miss the point of academic books.

JD Vance getting lip fillers is so fucking funny

I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.

JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.

Corporate media WANTS the GOP in charge FOREVER. That is why you barely hear about the plan to seize all the ballots in Dem areas in Nov 2026. It is going to happen unless we AGGRESSIVELY fight back.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...