Every child in this fucking country deserves to see themself in the books they read.

“Jesse Jackson loved us—sometimes before we loved ourselves.” @thrasherxy.bsky.social on Jackson’s legacy of support for LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.

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In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!

Florida's attorney general, who spends his time targeting companies for stuff like “radical LGBTQ+ activism,” is getting paid $100K a year as a Univ of Fla adjunct to teach a 2 hour/week law class. His salary is 8X higher than what the median adjunct earns. 1/ www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

I can’t hear this without hearing Joanna Lumley

Janet Jackson released 'Control' 40 years ago today. 💿

Is this where we are?

i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Every message about protecting children was a lie.

Catherine O’Hara has died at the age of 71, TMZ reports. (www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...)

My New One at @slate.com on the 50th Anniversary of the Buckley v. Valeo Decision: “One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy. It’s Not the One You Think.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

So many pilots hired specifically for their CFIT talents (CBS, WaPo, etc.).

I'm beyond honored to have received the endorsement of our Governor!

Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Brace yourselves and your retirement plans for impact.

Use case acquired @dancarney.bsky.social

This is actually the really simple story of the collapse of American democracy. You can explain America’s constitutional collapse in a single coherent sentence:

Thanks so much to @literaryhub.bsky.social & @atriabooks.bsky.social for making this piece free and accessible to everyone. Please read and share it today. And if it unsettles you, THE PAIN BROKERS will take you deeper. PUB DAY TOMORROW! Full link 👇 lithub.com/like-shootin...

Take any (good) advice you can get when it comes to nonfiction—these sound helpful.

We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions

The President of the United States is a criminal. Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.

my 2025 year in review

One simple law: nothing gets named for anyone until they’ve been dead ten years.

these freaks obsess about genitalia more than any trans person I know.

We’ve utterly failed.

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Antiques Roadshow has a Generation X episode on and excuse me I’m dead

"I’ve thought about trying a lot of things. I’ve researched phlebotomy certification, HVAC school. I started a short-form YouTube horror channel and Googled 'how to sell feet pix.'" What happens when you lose your job to AI? Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I did a year end wrap up for myself and I like that it’s tagged “bad year.” But truthfully publishing a book this year was the one professional bright spot. lithub.com/what-it-was-...

Humans have long considered our emotions to be universal. It seems that sadness, for instance, would have felt the same way today as it did 500 years ago. But an emerging field of history is turning this assumption on its head. @galbeckerman.bsky.social reports:

You couldn’t draw a cartoon villain better.

@jimfarley.bsky.social Dear sir: I noticed you stood by today while the president spewed an eye-popping - at least to me - load of vile racist garbage. I noticed you seemed fine with it. Are you fine with it? bsky.app/profile/just...

The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away. bsky.app/profile/just...

In 1982, Michael Hardwick was arrested for “sodomy” in the privacy of his home. He took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that was just the beginning.

#WorldAIDSDay 35 years ago, The Advocate sat down with Michael Hardwick to talk about his 1986 Supreme Court case, his art, his life—but not about his declining health. The dot on his overalls? An ACT UP pin that wouldn't show right when the photo was flopped, so it was blacked out.

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

Much of America’s musical heritage is stored on studio tapes. But many are slowly deteriorating, putting work by 20th-century masters like Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac and Bruce Springsteen at risk. One man, armed with hair dryers and a love of tinkering, is leading the charge to rescue them.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. David Sims explains why he chose "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Explore the full list at the link: theatln.tc/ktFFrmrR

Here's why the journalists you know and follow are being driven out of work.

"things happen"

Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali--- TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: ABC News TRUMP: Fake news

I regret to inform you that “vegan leather” has broken through to FB Marketplace.

It is an absolute moral failing that the American public elected this man. How is this man still in the White House?

New drag name: Mossad Honeypot

My latest for Gravy, on our kitchens as personal archives. www.southernfoodways.org/object-perma...