The list of things he should know but doesn't is voluminous.

*batman voice* do you have any cough drops

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

NPR had it first

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No matter what President Trump says, ICE on our streets does not make anyone safer. Our elected officials must demand an end to the lawless cruelty enacted by federal agents.

Identify yourself as "John Barron."

That's the song they chose?? Fuck those guys.

It’s a week later but I haven’t forgotten that President Trump is trying to arrest leaders in Congress who oppose him politically. Never before in the history of the country has this happened. And we shouldn’t normalize it.

Is Danny's first name Dunning?

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

Not only is he sick and dumb, he's a horrible person.

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

When does the winning start? apnews.com/article/trum...

the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state

I like how people say "manage your depression" like it's a stock portfolio but you're heavily invested in sadness

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

A fixture in civil rights and Democratic politics since the 1960s, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr

Happy Mardi Gras!

Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways

And the OG www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsI...

Quick note on mumps: I had my MMR titers checked and immunity had waned for mumps (but not measles). You need a booster every 20 years so talk to your doctor! www.pharmacist.com/Publications...

Louisiana’s residents will be endangered by this outrageous move. Allowing increased carbon and carbon-equivalent emissions will result in future sea level rise, stronger hurricanes and storm surges, more intense rainfall events and deadly heat waves! apnews.com/article/trum...

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Correlation.

To repeat: limiting testing doesn't mean CoVID case numbers are diminishing.

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

pogoman, atari 8-bit (1982) archive.org/details/Pogo...

The Claiborne Expressway costs $30 million in lost property tax revenue per year. It is not the only harm, but it highlights one way highways hurt urban prosperity. urban3.substack.com/p/i10-lost-v...

On this day in 1979, 'The Warriors' was released. We discussed it (with insights from the lovely Walter Hill) on our FUN CITY CINEMA episode on the great subway movies:

"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.

It's Election Day in New Orleans! On the ballot are candidates for state representatives for the 97th and 100th House districts, and state senator for the 3rd Senate district. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

I put a crash course on alt text for people new to it bsky.app/profile/numb...

Men resigning after the horrors revealed in the Epstein files is NOT justice.

Ponder the fact that the Senate Majority Leader finds maintaining constitutional protections "unrealistic". #abolishICE

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

These four-wheeled bikes from 4wieler (#DCEnetwork) offer extra stability, opening up cycling to a broader range of users. When this model was delivered in Amsterdam, it could be conveniently parked in the underground car park. Take a look!

With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.

Everything Trump touches dies. #tiredofthewinning

#OtD 4 Feb 1869, "Big" Bill Haywood was born. A miner from childhood, he co-founded the revolutionary @IWW union. Once remarked: "I've never read Marx's Capital, but I've got the marks of capital all over my body." More about the IWW in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today. He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.

me: *opens door* pantry: *sounds of an ancient evil* me: *closes door* pantry: (muffled now) hey come on

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Oooooo!

With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, we decided to write a guide on what to do if ICE invades your neighborhood. There’s no single right way to approach a dangerous moment, but there are steps you can take to stay safe. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

Ask and ye shall receive. Here is a highly compelling, evidence-based theory.

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