Because Jesus would have been all about the Ballroom.

Sorry sometimes I think reading stuff on here isn’t good for me

ALSO I HEAR THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A BLACK PERSON ON THE NEW X-FILES. NOW MULDER AND SCULLY WANDER AROUND WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND NEVER ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING AND CAN’T EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DO. THAT IS A FUCKIN WHITE MAN’S JOB

I MEAN HOW CAN YOU MAKE A STORMTROOPER BLACK, THAT’S JUST HISTORICALLY INACCURATE. YES IT IS HISTORY BECAUSE IT’S A LONG TIME AGO, DIPSHIT. STORMTROOPERS STAND AROUND AND ARE BAD SHOTS AND KILL UNCLES AND AUNTS THAT SOUNDS PRETTY FUCKING WHITE TO ME OKAY

Ken White is very funny. And also smart. But funny is the most important part. Check out this thread.

My latest Substack on what the demise of Princeton's Honor Code reveals about the erosion of norms of honesty and trustworthiness...everywhere asharangappa.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

Canada mentioned here too.

15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

“There would be no ‘healing.’ No return to who we were. Those people died at the exact moment our child did.” Danielle Crittenden on losing her daughter, and herself:

The Bishops double down on

This Pope does not FA.

The winner

This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win

We can't keep looking away from his emotional and cognitive issues. The attack on the Pope was the beginning of a full night of melting down. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Hegseth’s Unholy War - The Atlantic Excellent analysis of the use of scripture.

Pope Leo XIV denounces the ‘delusion of omnipotence’ he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran

Trump's Iran ultimatum talk jolted religious leaders before dawn on April 7. Trump warned a “whole civilization” could die, and he tied the threat to Iran’s refusal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deadline shifted, then paused as a two-week ceasefire emerged... #Iran https://loom.ly/07jx9wc

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

The Ukrainian army has gotten very little positive coverage or acknowledgement for not doing war crimes on a constant basis even when they are waging a war for survival against an explicitly genocidal invasion. This is honestly completely unprecedented in the history of modern warfare.

A commenter notes that "Trump managed to be both Hitler and Chamberlain in the same negotiation. An unprecedented feat." 😭

No one can say it clearer.

If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"By week one, I was already tired of his anti-rich, pro-Samaritan bullshit. I wanted to take a course in Christianity, not liberalism."

This Pope is a wonder. Every day his words of peace challenge the words of the bloodthirsty. Heaping ashes.

An accurate headline.

While the Globe and Mail just pretends it didn’t happen.

Sane-washing by Canadian Press. Actual DTJ words: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Really like the toilet signs at the European Space Agency 👩‍🚀

"Most of that anger is directed at the Noems and people like them who have built careers and fortunes off ostracizing and demonizing and dehumanizing trans people, seeking to obliterate us while they do what they’ve been doing in private." Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/im-suppose...

Some people look to bold, visionary leaders. Others value technocratic expertise. But David Brooks suggests a third way for better decision making:

open.substack.com/pub/readfoun... Really good a sort of frightening essay.

This is *such* a good essay! (Thanks to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com for the recommendation) readfoundobject.substack.com/p/they-kille...

Glorious

This is absolutely fucking brilliant.

Reactionaries convinced us for decades that something like gender studies has no practical use in society, and I know many reasonable people also believe(d?) this. It was the butt of the joke for as log as I can remember. But OMG does this video drive home the point they were wrong.

Half of the US hates the other. Hard to solve any big American problem until they solve that one. Great to see 🇨🇦 on the right end of this list.

It is difficult to have a neighbor with such a strong death drive. Sometimes I think their administration is only kept alive by their commitment to greed. A total corruption of hope.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Excellent article.

Guys being Dudes

“[Trump] is like a toddler with too much screen time.” youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA?...

"Quite frankly, I think it’s time to question our society’s stigma about eating people. It was perfectly acceptable in many cultures in the past."

A joint piece by @zevshalev.bsky.social and I, and something not be reported on by the media. A child's journal that records abuse at the hands of a long unredacted list of well-known men. #EpsteinFiles ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-a...