One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

made fan art for my favourite horror movie

Healey saying Congress should defund ICE doesn't matter much because she's not a member of Congress nor is she running to become one. This is what matters.

Hearing reports that yes, it is

the new republic fired me after bending to a rightwing harassment campaign because i debunked zionist disinfo posted by biden & called a woman explicitly cheering on mass killing of children a baby killer almost 2 years later, they make another fatal error

Cracking open a Presidente in front of your boss moments after getting placed on performance review. I will not miss Nick Castellanos, the player, but I will desperately miss Nick Castellanos, the man.

Barely!

New York has a Muslim mayor; the Patriots are losing the Super Bowl. The Long 9/11 is finally coming to an end.

Anarchism is definitely having a moment in Minnesota. The anarchy is real, productive, and amazing here these days.

Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club

Idk maybe it's creepy as shit for the US military to be partnering with the children's wilderness & community skills club maybe Scouts should keep keeping "God and country" out of the core values for their fun club for kids

Read the book of a much better Phillies fan (me) with a much better title (“Summer of the Cheap Wieners”) and a much sooner release date (this month)! www.brooklinebooks.com/978195504158...

I say this every NBA trade deadline, but if I ever have to learn what a trade exception is or how to calculate it for my job, I swear to God I am going to hunt down everyone who rooted for a salary cap in MLB and fill the air vents in their cars with bees

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

It is currently 'packs of coyotes walking across the Charles River' cold outside.

I love the tribute from NBCSP. But holy fuck I'm *cackling* that they picked the Halloween photo of Dan dressed as Ms. Rachel.

im sorry but "darren aronofsky ai slop american revolution web series" is art. the thing itself sucks but the concept is art.

im sorry. i missed a crucial detail. "darren aronofsky ai slop american revolution web series sponsored by salesforce and posted by time magazine"

start your day with a smile and a laugh. "The international news media" still gets me every time

One great writer's obituary for another. Brian Howard on Dan McQuade. "Nobody understood Philadelphia, and Philadelphians, like Dan." www.phillymag.com/news/2026/01...

if you are unfamiliar with my personal most referenced dan mcquade piece i talk about it basically any time rocky is mentioned www.phillymag.com/news/2013/09...

case to be made that no one has done more philly twitter propaganda on a national level than dan mcquade

RIP Dan Mcquade. A truly beautiful man who could do it all and he wrote like hell. My thoughts are with his infant son and his wife. He truly made Defector the special thing it is and is probably the one thing all of Philly could agree on. Love you buddy, fly to the moon defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

They should sell a memorial Dan McQuade t-shirt on the boardwalk at Wildwood this year.

rip to a great guy ❤️💔 fuck cancer

Rode the elevator yesterday with a DoorDasher delivering a paper bag of Taco Bell and. Listen. I am devoted to Taco Bell. But it is 20° and the streets are snow walled and you have this man fully risking death so you can reheat a thirty-four-dollar six-dollar crunchwrap in your microwave

my fucking wallettttttttttt

I have a question. How come none of you are going to down there to get him

Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free. Donations: Venmo: moderntimescafe givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund

when someone is not getting paid for their opinion to be disseminated to a ton of people i love when they are making progress even if i still don’t like them. when a person making a ton of money who has been scolding us for being right before them for years they have to cut me a check first.

Paula Poundstone going 7 for 150+ and a TD today

Bush started ICE, but it was during the Obama years when they signed the contracts with local law enforcement, instituted Secure Communities/Priority Enforcement Program and 287(g), and set the norm of ICE as an unaccountable agency being written blank checks every fiscal year.

we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.

Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown. Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.

he’s mad about the basketball game

This is the woman who let Rumeysa Ozturk sit in a Louisiana prison for six weeks with exactly zero consequences.

The long tail of the fund the police movement is killing free society.

Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack

If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.

Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead

Simple as.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

*incredibly slowly* so if.. I wanted.... independent voters.... To vote.... for meee.... I would support.... Abolishing ice

Okay but it sounds like you didn’t investigate. You got turned away at the door. So now what

The best they could come up with: "[A]gents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was 'laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”

getting clout poisoned on bluesky is like getting high off oregano