If American voters are, as polls show, largely blaming Trump and the GOP for the shutdown, and if Trump and the GOP have made clear they'll simply renege on any deal the Dems make with them to reopen the government, what possible reason is there for the Dems to make a deal?

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Fun story on the forgotten mother of penicillin -- Mary Hunt www.sciencehistory.org/stories/disa...

The problem with shutdowns is not that they're too painful, it's that they're not nearly painful enough. The constitutional text is unambiguous and absolute. No appropriation by Congress, no spending. On anything. Not that the executive gets to pick and choose what's "essential." Zilch. Nada.

I suppose if you’re that wary about your blood transfusion you could, I dunno, choose to die instead?

No this one is real! I remember getting vaccinated as a kid and now I have the traits of the chicken whose egg albumen my vaccine was made in! "BUKAWW!" I remember being laid by my broody chicken mom!🐣 I have core memories of being carried by her as she clawed at the dirt, looking for ants!

Fuck it, abolish ICE.

Red Lobster’s 36-year-old CEO got the company out of bankruptcy. Now he’s plotting the ‘greatest comeback in the history of the restaurant industry’ fortune.com/2025/10/01/r...

Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence. “We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.

Amazon is now integrating betting platform FanDuel directly into Amazon Prime. Bettors will be able to link their FanDuel accounts to their Prime profiles and see how their NBA wagers are playing out in real time, according to Amazon’s latest announcement.

Next time you find yourself in a discussion about the differences between liberals, leftists, democratic socialists, moderates, progressives, and never trumpers, remember: billionaires don't give a fuck. We're all the same to them: human capitol stock. And they love it when we fight each other.

www.forbes.com/sites/antoni... What’s shameful about one of the biggest American performers in the entire world *planning* to do a performance at America’s biggest show?

A whopping 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is now offline, according to The Economist. Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September which has created a 20% domestic shortfall. Repairs may take months because of sanctions limiting access to parts and tech.

hm I wonder if armies are heavily reliant on gasoline

Love being reminded it only gets darker from this current point in time

Re: DC generally and the Metro specifically, if living in Oakland for 13 years has taught me anything, it's that a lot of people can't tell the difference between being unsafe and the mere presence of non-white people.

MEMPHIS’ @repcohen.bsky.social on the shutdown…

Employees listening to managers talking about all the innovation that will come from hallway conversations now that they have to come into the office five days a week.

But also we’re terrified of the subway

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

Will ICE get paid during the shutdown? Will they get the ridiculous perks ($50k sign on bonuses and student loan forgiveness)? Asking out of pure ignorance and potentially excitement.

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

⚠ In short, the ICE officer who was LOUDLY relieved of duty Fri. for violently shoving a woman to the ground last week, was QUIETLY reinstated yesterday. Today, ICE agents at the SAME facility sent a journalist to the hospital.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you give a list of the prescriptions you take to a federal government that has directly targeted people with chronic illness, mental illness, disability, autism, etc, with the eugenic language of elimination and stated outright they’re everything wrong with the country.

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

There’s Only One Way to Read the Data: Right-Wing Terrorism Is an Existential Threat to American Life. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

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One of the things NYC real estate groups have been pushing against is laws requiring certified Master Plumbers to do gas work like changing gas stoves.

Signal messages this AM: “If you are wondering if other military are laughing at this, yes, yes we are” “And a huge gift to America’s enemies” <<selfies of foreign military stroking beards>>

Yom Kippur is a day of reflection, of forgiveness, of restoration. This year, may we all pray for a better, kinder, more peaceful future. Wishing all who observe across the five boroughs and the world a meaningful, easy fast. G’mar chatimah tovah.

Conscription is fundamentally at odds with the firmly held conservative principle of never being inconvenienced in the slightest way

People seem convinced that there is a plan to reinstitute the draft and I think they should take a minute and think of how the entire country went batshit insane over being asked to wear little fabric masks in public for a while

When the subway was first conceived one of the oppositions against it was that it would encourage race and class mixing.

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This screenshot is probably what you should send your congress person in reply to the next fundraising text or email.

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)

Like Scandinavian...but brown.

what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?

Swear her in.

Well.... I guess I'm going to start putting together the Compilation Sourcebook for "Building your World: Plants". I am Jen, I'm an old RPG Designer who hasn't died yet, so might as well try again. Used to do work for WEG, TSR, AEthereal Forge, ENWorld, and Kephera Publishing. #PlotTober

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

That might stop someone intent on following the law. Alas, the law is in the hands of those that make it (sometimes retroactively), and is only enforced by the willing.

Within 5 years we will see a story pop up with a title something like “Why is No One Gaming Anymore? Milennials/Gen-Z Bankrupt EA” and only on BlueSky (hopefully still around) will anyone note that private equity struck yet again

private equity is ruining all your favorite things. good news though: it will also make some of the most useless people in the world a lot richer

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"