Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

Something unbearably poignant about the “found dog” flyer visible on the telephone pole at the end. A neighborhood just trying to help one another out, trying to help a lost dog get home, and the government sends a murder squad to terrorize them and destroy their peace forever.

For context, the US uses about 20 million barrels of oil per day. So far they've killed dozens of Venezuelans for between 1.5 and 2.5 days' worth of oil.

Thinking about this some more, Mamdani also ran as a form of an "insurgent campaign" and, unlike what Kat Abughazaleh seems to be doing, worked on collecting endorsements from NY state establishment figures like they were pogs *bc thats a big part of how you actually win running as an outsider*

Angelina Jolie

Naming dogs after food items is tired and it's time to move on. I've met at least five dogs named Toast lately and that's too many. ** I will make an exception for the puppy named Fruit By The Foot because that one was hilarious

And consider extending the same grace to all the other animals while you’re at it, maybe? Paying for less cruelty in the world is an honorable and achievable New Year’s resolution for anyone looking for one. (Please no stupid stereotypical replies. Heard them all before. Not cute.)

Congratulations to everyone on BlueSky who’s managing to blame Democrats for January 6. Maybe someone will make a really brilliant roach analogy that you can repost with the caption “THIS.”

can we try the first part just once

A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21. (Unlocked article below)

as I learned from our discourse, the responsible thing to do is to mock JD Vance and theorize this guy was his lover

the cambridge companion to having the world's dumbest baby as your president

"The Democrats are like if a hamburger ate the moon and then republicans adopted a woodchuck in a tree but eating a fish from an ocean of lava and purple crayon. Tomato! Tomato! Do not attempt to criticize my analogy because it's great and makes a lot of sense." - Bluesky this weekend.

Kat is fine, whatever. But this is what gets me. There’s a whole world of “resisters” who will snark till they drop about StRoNgLy WoRdEd LeTtErS from elected officials. But they’ll fall all over themselves to say “THIS IS THE WAY” about a strongly worded social media post.

taking this stupid, tortured analogy seriously for a moment, the american people gave the republican party an exclusive two-year contract to handle extermination duties. you're mad at the exterminator you didn't hire because they're not doing the job you hired someone else to do.

See, normies, phone calls to representatives are useless when what we really need is a violent radical willing to lay down his life for the cause, and Spreadsheet Menace can't be that person because <glances at his timeline> he's very busy posting about TV shows.

Oh, I read this as "pedo-imperialism." Still works! ** image needs alt-text....it's a screenshot of a post that says "Trump is conducting straight up petro-imperialism"

an impassioned and stirring call to arms and hang on, I'm being handed a note and, well, apparently Republicans are still the majority in the House, too

If you think "holding elected officials accountable" means attacking Democrats for shit REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP DID, or attacking Democrats for not doing things they legally don't have the power to do, you are as ridiculous and moronic as all the MAGA voters out there.

If you post snarky things about congressional Democrats you’d better also post your call log so we all know you’re contacting your representatives and not just sneering online.

The Kennedy Center has turned off commenting on their Facebook posts and they're livestreaming a new-age multimedia performance in which a woman sings into a phone against a video of trees, in case you're wondering how things are going over there

You might think that The Bad Site creating and sharing CSAM would be enough to get the Cardinals/MLB to agree that maybe they could make room for BlueSky in their social media universe. Any of our StL media figures interested in pursuing this? My e-mails are ignored.

They went to a computer for a quote on why the computer is posting nonconsensual sexual images of women and children? Bari Weiss would be so proud

I think I said it here once before, but when my (brilliant Trump-hating) late mother developed dementia, she continued to ace “cognitive tests” even as she believed she was leading parallel lives in two different houses 40 years apart. We had to beg her doctor to trust us that something was wrong.

“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink” Wishing everyone health in the new year. Well, mostly everyone.

The Blues all said fuck it and left Thinking of doing the same

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Blue wave? Yeah, let’s hope you’re right, Nazis.

Giving away some money and would love recommendations on which of the legal orgs defending trans rights would be the best choice. I've donated to several different ones in the past--just interested to know who you (esp if you're trans!) think is doing the best work. Thanks! Dog photo as thanks.

My New Year’s resolution is to wake up on January 1, 2027, with a different President. “Vance won’t be any better”….shut up, yes he will because he’s a sniveling slime mold who isn’t much more appealing to Republicans than he is to Democrats. I’ll take my chances. Anyone but this shitheel.

If you've never heard them, you should listen. The coolest sound (created with extreme frontal resonance) and rhythmically complex music that's just catchy as hell.

Horrifying and urgent reporting. Please don't become a killer because you left for work late, thought you weren't *that* drunk, or couldn't wait to answer a text.

I will go to my grave baffled that they built a whole cult of Trump Loves And Fights For You around a guy who has very transparently not given a single shit about another human being a day in his life

Lol I’m at a restaurant watching MNF and some dude mansplaining TO ME who John Madden was.

#stlblues season in a nutshell:

Students in my music history class have to watch a particular documentary about Ludwig van Beethoven. One emailed me and said “hey I saw we were supposed to watch a Beethoven movie so I googled and is it the one with the big dog?” Maybe it should be since apparently it’s a definitive historic text?

An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.

Most responses are going with “she was evil and bigoted, not naive.” Which is entirely true and fair! But also: It’s not okay to run for Congress if you’re naive. You have a responsibility to know things and understand things at a deep level if you want to be a leader. Good grief.

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

When we say “happy holidays,” we are mostly referring to the fact that Dayton (center) turned 13 yesterday.

Never skip choir practice.

May you have a whipped-cream-on-your-chin kind of day. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

The US population grew 0.2% last year. What that means is that Americans overall--all of us--are going to have 1/500th of a baby.

Some of you will believe any horrific allegation about our president merely because it's fully consistent with who he is

all I know for sure about the epstein/nassar letter is that mike johnson hasn't gotten a chance to read it

so the existence of this letter has, actually, been written about before - the question is whether it’s authentic or not because, uh “I killed myself and Trump is also a pedophile” is pretty clear if so

I hope **it** happens on Christmas. Look at this evil shit.

I’m not ready to talk about the fact that the Cardinals traded away the delightful Willson Contreras for a guy named “Yhoiker,” but I’m not ready NOT to talk about the fact that the Cardinals traded away the delightful Willson Contreras for a guy named “Yhoiker,” either