Context: A decade ago, Border Patrol agents had to be ordered not to put themselves in front of moving vehicles as a pretext to use deadly force www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/new-dir...

I desperately want more hellebores in my garden

The new wage and shorter eight-hour day reduced turnover to about 16% and attracted better workers. With experienced workers, production soared. Plus, workers could now afford the cars they built. It also forced competitors to raise wages, helping to build the American middle class. /3

I’m sad I won’t make it to MAGFest this year, but I don’t think I could handle MAG with two small children without a room in the con hotel proper. Gonna miss shopping the dealer’s room at random hours spending too much money, but I guess the flip side is I’m probably saving $500+ in frivolous spend

I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.

I don’t know why but my brain decided to come up with punny law-related flowers: germaniums, juroraniums. They grow outside of courthouses.

This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.

Did people just assume Elon Musk was intelligent because he has a funny name not unlike a Bond villain?

Colombia has been the most important military ally of the United States in South America for the past quarter century. When Plan Colombia was 1st approved, it catapulted Colombia to the status of 3rd largest US aid recipient (exceeded only by Israel & Egypt at the time). Trump is happy to bomb them.

Anxiety dreams last night: 1. back in school and told paper needed “more” citations to get a decent grade. 2. dreamt I slept through a morning wedding.

The lead up to WW3 is shaping up to be even stupider than the lead up to WWI

How does my three year old daughter know SpongeBob when she sees him? How did that sneak in through daycare/preschool?

post a famous bathroom scene

One of my favourite quotes is from Audre Lorde and it reminds me consistently why community is so urgent: “We are, each one of us, intricately woven into the other's existence.”

ADHD record: lost something within 2 hours of purchasing it.

It’s gonna be this or (but more likely and) guerrilla warfare in Venezuela for the next decade at least; plus this isn’t exactly going to endear the USA with any other country in Latin America.

“And it has to be judicious because… that’s what we’re all about” -this puckered asshole

Big same

We need more politicians who care about what government can do for people, and fewer who only care about winning power for themselves

I wish we had more of this attitude in our politics in the USA. I am so tired of the name calling and sly insinuations

I watched Twentieth Century and His Girl Friday and it’s weird that “man harasses his ex into getting back together” was a screwball comedy storyline, without any romance to speak of. (HGF is better and funnier than Twentieth Century, the latter being kinda sad IMO)

Herblock going after the NRA in 1967

It’s me

One of the most unforgettable images capturing the vibrant promise of the new year, by the great Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy: 7 A.M. (New Year's Morning), c. 1930 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Happy MALTESE FALCON public domain day to all who celebrate

So, Seacrest or the Andies?

May the Republic do better for its 250th (it probably won’t but one can always hope)

Best wishes in 2026

What is this tasteful shit, what have we become

I think they should bring back Kathy Griffin and boot Andy Cohen.

It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy let’s go exploring

"I’m one part libertarian, one part populist, and one part common sense. I care about the same things you do: a backyard BBQ with my neighbors, my family’s safety, and the sanctity of women’s collegiate swimming." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

I had an idea!!!! Has MS run their own training data through their own PhotoDNA and if not why not and can we shame them into doing it?

My head hurts.

My three year old is impossible and she’s turning me into a wine mom

[head injury voice] the Evan Jellicle ball

Moms on the 4th day of winter break

Alternate title: Moments Before the Crash

The kite of Icarus

This makes me want to rewatch the Pete’s Dragon remake.

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." — Ebenezer Scrooge 🌱📷

This could've been the cover of my book Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy, or maybe it can be a sequel about how the conservatives in our government are doing the exact same things now to control our cultural content and customs.

Happy birthday Mr. Rod Serling.

Merry Christmas!

Aw this makes me miss my old place in Brooklyn (I can find it on this map even though that building no longer exists).

You had me at Tom Jane.