President attempts to send troops from loyal regions into dissident cities while both governing chambers have been suspended is a Clancy-ass macguffin

The stark contrast between Trump's description of Portland and the reality reported by local officials has raised questions about the true motivation behind the surprise deployment announcement.

Frankly, ICE being dissolved should become the most conservative position allowed in democratic politics.

the whole “beat your kids into success” idea is insane and anyone who subscribes to that idea should never have kids or be allowed near them really

70s agent: “Shel, you’ve done it. Songs, cartoons, now children’s books. This Giving Tree shit will be on every kid’s shelf before they can fingerpaint. What’re you thinking for the back cover?” Shel Silverstein, fully nude, taking a huge bong rip: “Jeffrey… have you ever heard of a jump scare?”

Alternate Headline: "Even the $5 billion NYC Spends on the NYPD Couldn't Prevent the Midtown Shooting. NYC has the highest per capita level of policing in the US. But Monday’s mass shooting showed policing's limits, security experts said." Why not go with that headline? Why not? WHY. NOT?

A government that uses force while defying the rule of law is not entitled to the protections of the rule of law, nor are its agents.

I find it helpful to call single-family zoning what it really is: an indirect subsidy paid to those who already own single-family homes in the form of artificially increased property values, funded by renters and first-time buyers in the form of artificially increased rent and home purchase prices.

@tonysimon.bsky.social As you’re someone I remember being as floored as I was by Girl Talk’s All Day, I must urge you to seek out and enjoy the first 7 minutes of @questlove.bsky.social’s “Ladies & Gentlemen” documentary. I’ve easily watched the intro 100 times this week.

In every instance, when someone uses the phrase “virtue signaling” it’s because the concept of actual virtue is foreign to them, and they assume everyone else is also an asshole and just better at faking it than they are.

low-key one of the most insidious dumb guy beliefs of the last few decades to gain widespread purchase has been this notion that demonstrating pro-social behavior in the hope that others would notice and mirror it, one of the fucking building blocks of any kind of society, is somehow ‘fake’.

Feeling the urge to lowkey banish my buds back to Twitter so I can resume stealing jokes from here to post in the group chat.

Took the unprecendented step of filling my phone with Netflix shows while at home, rather than going with my usual strategy of attempting it on the jet bridge with one bar of signal

you should be able to block people on slack

Actually helping them

America is a nation of liars. Bruh! Anyone who orients their life in the direction of truth can come sit by me. Always. And what’s more truthful than being trans or nonbinary???? I thought we all were on the same page about this. OMG, y’all. You are miracles.

This was a fun ride.

True friendship is knowing 3 grafs in that your friend would love the article, but reading to the end before you send it to make sure it’s a worthwhile read. Well, true friendship and well-managed ADHD, I guess.

Allow me to just take a moment to reiterate that Bluesky has the juice now. We are watching the debate on Bluesky.

Oh you just call anyone “Nazi” who disagrees with you about enacting mass deportation of ethic minorities demonized as “vermin poisoning the blood of the nation” as part of a nationalist myth of purifying violence promulgated to a far right cult by an authoritarian demagogue.

This is the greatest and best story in the world.

'the elder scrolls' yeah i sure do

Reason #100,684,012 I’m glad we moved to PDX: I told the veteran tutor we hired she can recommend to our 12-year-old any books at all for his summer reading—we don’t have any content restrictions or taboo topics—and it seemed like no parent had ever brought this up before.

OASIS: today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you EVERY DOG: [going fucking nuts]

Leap Day thought for tomorrow: since Rent came out in 1996, shouldn’t Seasons of Love start with the lyric “527,040 minutes”?