Visiting NYC/NJ. Overall lovely so far. Bonus: just squished two spotted lantern flies at the train station.

Trump is pronouncing "acetaminophen" the right way. by Ezra Klein

Men gotta fix men. Men gotta stop being so fragile and develop themselves from the inside out. Very simple rules. Treat women as people instead of tools to a comfortable existence or advancement

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Ms Rachel made no room for exceptions to God’s greatest law. In reply, Kirk reached for the OT for a chapter that “affirms God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” Instead of including LGBTQ, he made the case for excluding them. Ms Rachel advocated for love. Kirk advocated for hate.

A reporter just asked the U.S. president a perfectly legitimate question about his attorney general's vow to prosecute people for constitutionally protected speech. He responded by threatening to prosecute the reporter. The threat itself is an abuse of power. It ought to be an impeachable offense.

If there's an Alien: Earth season 2, we're gonna see this beastie in it.

I've never wished violence on Charlie Kirk. Who do you think I am, Charlie Kirk?

Yesterday, Adam from South Dakota called my SiriusXM show to say Charlie Kirk was unalived b/c people on the left use words like racism or facism to describe folks like Charlie. That call did not end the way he thought it would. #TrollSlay: Words Hold Power youtu.be/BEcoVzaEOP4

In spite of how you feel about Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump or politics in general, what does the data say about the rise in hate crimes & political violence? We checked.

The left isn’t “dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave,” we’re just pointing out that, thanks to rhetoric like his, a lot of other graves exist.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

The Trump administration’s goal of deporting millions is being operationalized by targeting people who appear Latino while waiting for the bus or working in low-wage jobs. A shorter way to say this is racial profiling of low-income people. On Monday, the Supreme Court blessed this approach.

Here is a great poem about capybaras:

So, Chicago, it's your turn now and man, I am so so sorry. Nobody should have to go through this. This is awful. This is fascism. Organize. Step up. Don't think other people will do it -- the might, maybe even they will, but they need you, too. Be like LA -- be sand in their gears. 9/

Frank Capra's Alien

It was just block after block of people coming from Malcolm X Park headed downtown. Lots of energy despite the heat, and cheers from passersby, as well as church bells ringing in support.

This video was taken at approximately 12:55 PM and these church bells are not ringing the hour. They are ringing, and ringing, and ringing as the protest passes by

BREAKING: The Texas Legislature just officially passed HB7, the new “bounty hunter” ban on abortion medication. #txlege State Sen. Molly Cook said, “It is my honor to fight for the rest of my life to repeal these bills.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/01/t...

I am going to open a Waffle House franchise in the general Stanford area, maybe Sand Hill Road or Atherton proper. Most of the money will be proudly spent on litigation.

Exquisitely said.

Imagine if you were in a shipwreck at sea. You're clinging to an empty beer cooler as a floatation device. The coast guard comes to rescue you. 👨🏼‍✈️"No one should have to float in the ocean on a beer cooler! They should have a boat! I'll get you a boat... next year! But I'm taking your cooler now!🤡"

Rezone this to housing.

Your periodic reminder that people who blame “mental illness” for every mass shooting want to make it easier for people to get guns and harder for people to get mental healthcare.

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

Per @ballotready.org: Dems have won 3 upsets for open state senate seats that Trump won - & all were uncontested in prior cycles. IA 35 - uncontested in 2010, 2014 & 2018 IA 1 - uncontested in 2014 & 2018 PA 36 - uncontested in 2022 This is why @runforsomething.net recruitment never stops.

My beef isn't with the concept of machine learning but with the fact it's been entrusted to a cabal of profit-obsessed goblins who have collectively failed every ethics class they ever took and are now piloting our collective future with the moral restraint of a raccoon in a unlocked dumpster.

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.

I would urge against referring to what is happening to Kilmar as a deportation. When people are deported, they are sent to their home country or "country of origin." What is happening to Kilmar and many others under the Trump administration is... something else entirely.

As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/

what's interesting about this is that it serves the same purpose as trump's rallies — energizing potential supporters and interested people, creating a positive vibe that builds an affective relationship — but is so much more democratic in that it is participatory

Meanwhile the sitting vice president talks about “Cultural Marxism” and “the Cathedral” and uses esoteric White Power jargon all the time but his language is not a liability

I really, really don’t think what blue voters want to hear right now is “military takeover is redundant because we can crack down on crime more effectively.” They want to hear “this is fascism and we won’t stand for it” and vanishingly few national dems are doing that

we really do need to figure out how this guy managed to create an environment where he can say "i wasted an amount of taxpayer dollars so large I can't even tell you how much it was" & it doesn't cause immediate national outrage

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

You're living through a major technological revolution right now and it has nothing to do with AI. The United States is in danger of missing it and getting left behind because our corrupt President wants us to be buyers-of-last-resort for fossil fuels owned by his paymasters in KSA and Russia.

People are scared, they're grabbing on to Newsom, and frankly it's pathetic. Stand up. Have literally any beliefs or values. Meet the moment.

Any pilot that signs up for this needs to be unable to find work in aviation for the rest of their life.

We should mock this miserable, doddering, old man. And we should have our eyes wide open that he is openly telling us he will undermine our free and fair elections by attacking mail-in voting and advancing gerrymandering in red states. He's a fascist. Take this literally and seriously.

This is more humiliating for 🇺🇸 than watching #USMNT implode on the pitch. Pathetic.

That's ten times what the federal government has ever spent on sex changes for trans people in prison btw

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

Data aren’t just numbers—they’re the map we all use to navigate the economy. Undermine their credibility, and you’ve taken away the compass from businesses, policymakers, and families alike.