2) the point of the marketplace of ideas is that, without government interference, we air out all the ideas. The bad ones are sunk and the cream rises to the top. How is that mechanism supposed to function if we don’t say, “that idea is terrible,” and even “that idea is shameful?”

A guy on tik tok onside kicks into random things

Holy shit

Trump at Charlie Kirk's memorial service: "He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I HATE my opponents."

Minutes before Trump bragged that he "HATES" his opponents, Charlie Kirk's grieving widow said she forgives her husband's killer and called for love for his opponents. Unfathomably grotesque for Trump to deliberately and explicitly contradict her at her own husband's memorial service.

He hasn’t sounded this healthy or coherent in literal years. He’s animated by hatred and thrives on it. I suggest we match his energy

Izquierda Derecha, by Juan Genovés, 1967, 📸 via @beysicc

Returning to a better time 😌

Hey @darthbluesky.bsky.social do you know what today is???

wow that fucking sucks yeah no audience, my wife and I did a Bluesky-exclusive fundraiser for kids in foster care (which Republicans, as you the politics knower knows, don't give a shit about) and raised $50k in 24 hours on here

Some good news: Yesterday, FDA granted accelerated approval for elamipretide, the drug my niece relies on for treatment of her rare disease. This was the result of tireless advocacy by patients, caregivers, and allies. THANK YOU to everyone who shared Hope’s story. I truly believe it helped.

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

This guy just walked around the Charlie Kirk vigil in Boston, yelling Kirk quotes through a bullhorn

Help

these guys do nothing but killer yacht rock covers, it rules

"Maria" is laboring in Fowler, CA rolling up sheets of dried raisins. She must roll up 1,000 sheets of raisins to earn $50. She shares, "the rolling of the raisins has caused blisters form on her fingers." Her hours are 5pm-8pm. #WeFeedYou

@edzitron.com do you want to take this one?

@kenwhite.bsky.social welp

Tonight at 11:30

i believe i had this

he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest

It's 2000, & wreck diver Rod Macdonald has discovered something terrifying: "Dave and I couldn’t resist the temptation to fin over to the edge of the pinnacle & look over the side, down into the 200-metre deep abyss. [Then] I became aware that my exhaled bubbles had stopped rising upwards..." 1/

I made some beautiful chocolate today - Frosted Mint Noir. (Think York Peppermint Patty but couverture) ❤️

I'm the Secretary and the Court Liaison for my chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse. We go to court with kids so they will have the courage to testify against the adults who abused them. It's deeply meaningful work and has pushed me to reach and grow in ways that nothing else in my life has.

Xp Lee, a Democrat, has won today's special election for a state House seat in Minnesota. He will replace Melissa Hortman, the lawmaker and former Speaker who was assassinated in June. The Star Tribune reports on Lee's victory:

u know who are skeptics scientists are skeptics being anti-science is not being a skeptic

if you really believed this was the threat environment you wouldn't have an account on this website.

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io

Alan @sepinwall.bsky.social moved his newsletter from Substack to Ghost and there’s a bunch of neat features! alansepinwall.ghost.io

That’s my subscription canceled. So sorry, @sepinwall.bsky.social. They did you dirty.

“How you die does not redeem how you lived.”

The President of the United States of America is a fucking moron.

The answer is Diet Pepsi

Same energy

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Ten years ago yesterday, I wrote a story that changed the next decade of my life. I hate that it matters more today — I mean specifically, today — than it ever has before. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. But here it is. www.thedailybeast.com/what-do-you-...

A smoky visit to #Glacier National Park serves as an important reminder of the impact wildfires have on shaping and transforming the area’s #landscape. The view from the Blackfeet Indian Memorial highlights a thick haze and evidence of burned forest resulting from the Red Eagle Fire.

Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic. Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

the thing intook out of debate as a speech and debate team kid was that debate doesn't actually change any minds and it's not supposed to, it's a competitive format the same way sports are, and the point is to dominate your opponent and make them trip up. but no one comes out with minds changed

Hey @kenwhite.bsky.social wtf

This is my favourite view of our home - where you feel in your bones that despite how much we fixate on what's on the land that we've called the planet "Earth", it's over two-thirds (71%) covered in water... And we're *still* discovering for the first time what's under all that sea. 1/

Maple Leaves, Hertfordshire 2025. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite

I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy

I am taking a mountain of shit right now. I can't go home and I can't be with my partner. If nothing changes I will be satisfied in my decision, but Christ i hope I'm opening room for some folks to be brave.