We went on lots of family road trips when I was a kid, so Stuckey's was a big part of my childhood

If the Feds would leave or work with local officials the tensions would subside

ICE is clearly (on the orders of the regime) poking the bear. over and over and over. hoping for violence.

Apple News alert: "Tensions rise over the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis." Maybe, just maybe, tensions are rising because ONE SIDE is fucking ESCALATING THE SHIT OUT OF THIS?

There's a cartoon I saw when I was a little kid, probably much older, that I hadn't thought about in 50+ years. The setting is a courtroom. Judge: What is the defendant charged with? Prosecutor: Stealing an apple, your honor. Judge: Impersonating a policeman! 30 days! www.wdrb.com/news/crime-r...

Translation: Bad press about shutting down USAID-->Another slush fund Trump can loot! When you've got lemons...

Good morning to everyone who isn’t brutalizing the people of Minneapolis

True Fact: in grade school, Bari Weiss was voted Most Likely to Blame Subordinates for Her Own Fuckups

"Blame subordinates" is basically her whole political philosophy

PLI just announced a panel on "Ethics for Government Lawyers" and I am going to have to watch this to see if or how they deal with the Trump administration.

Was Kristi Noem's dog a domestic terrorist?

Laying the groundwork for mass slaughter of protesters

This is a very important thread. I think this distinction between fake argument & real argument is a sharp way to analyze & respond to rightwing radicalism in the courts, policy, politics, & media.

Was driving down Bush at about 6:30 am, in the left lane, when I saw...headlights (a few blocks away). And it took me a sec to convince myself that I was actually seeing what I thought I was seeing, because it's so bonkers. But yes, there was a vehicle going the wrong way *on Bush*.

Human jackboot says don't tread on him

The official position of the Trump administration is that they and their minions can kill anyone they want to, for any reason, or for no reason at all

here's a nice longread you will enjoy, as always "I am becoming more of the government, every day, and it is going great." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... from @petridishes.bsky.social

Cop union weighs in on the side of lawlessness

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

Ashli Babbitt was a terrorist. Renee Good was a concerned neighbor. To reverse their roles—to call the former a martyr while slandering the latter as violent—is an act of unspeakable depravity.

COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

Never mind all the charm and talent. That much of Isiah is always onscreen and utterly obvious. Instead, a last word to let everyone know what isn't evidenced on film: He was an even better person than he was an actor; a warm and gracious delight of a man. Goodbye, friend.

I was bullied in school, and the lesson I learned is that bullying people is bad. Miller was undoubtedly bullied in school--I mean, look at him, how could he not have been?--but the lesson he learned is that it's cool to be a bully.

The only unfortunate thing about Ashli Babbitt's death is that it didn't happen to every single one of those insurrectionist scumbags who invaded the Capitol in order to nullify the election. Never forget January 6.

Totally escapist viewing tonight is A Night to Remember, a movie about a catastrophe that everyone knew was impossible

Ramaswamy is fucking nuts but he’s not as fucking nuts as the median Republican

TIL (via Criterion Channel) that there's an Oscar Wilde adaptation with a script co-written by Dorothy Parker, and I'm tempted not to watch it because it can't possibly be as good as I feel like it ought to be

It would be nice if labor law caught up to the reality of remote work. I would like to see a two-tier system in which WFH is a regular 8-hour day, while anyone required to work on site on any given day has a 7-hour day + another hour's pay. That would be some compensation for commute time...

Connections from a year ago yesterday. This may be my all time favorite purple category.

Whoa there, is this kind of inflammatory rhetoric really necessary?

'What's the last car you stopped to take a photo of?'

varsity theater, detail, 1308 s. 4th street, dinkeytown [i.e. dinkytown], minneapolis, minnesota, 1981

And Trump pardoned the Latin American head of state who was actually responsible for fentanyl coming into the country. It’s incoherence all the way down.

Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes

Punaluu, Hawaii Pop: 1,186 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punaluu,_Hawaii Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106567140 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106567154 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59186629

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Happy New Year to everyone who wants to make this a better year than the last one

Setting out for California to make…er, protect…his fortune, only to be confronted with a cruel realization when he reaches his destination…

To be fair and balanced, for everyone who knows what they’re talking about the news must also feature the opinion of some random yahoo

As someone who recently experienced an extended (26 hour) blackout, my sympathies go out to...the people of Ukraine.

PG&E needs to stop buying transformers from Tesla

unless your year-end review is "2025 went out for a pack of smokes and never came back" i don't want to hear it

Ouatage free days in the Richmond reset to zero

Perfect albums from the ‘90s: Dummy & Portishead Mezzanine 712 (Shonen Knife) Shopping (3 Mustaphas 3) The One that Got Away (Thin White Rope)

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

One of those actors who make everything they’re in so much better.

It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).

Okay I’m sorry I mocked all those Fox stories about the war on Christmas, now I see it’s actually a real thing