To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

​“I get emails from the New York State Democrats, and you look at the list of meetings, and all it is is fundraisers. There are no meetings. And who holds meetings? The Democratic Socialists of America holds meetings. The Working Families Party holds meetings. ”

fact checkers at the new yorker are the hardest working most skilled and smartest journalists in the world. fuck condé for throwing one out like trash. up with unions, down with coward bosses

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

The fuckers got away with it. The company. The people who made the decisions. All of them. They got away with killing hundreds for the sake of a few cents per share of increased earnings. 🤬

When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

Earlier today I watched an American commentator (anti-ZM) on France24 seem to lose touch with reality when other panellists rightly said Mamdani’s positions are not radical but indeed only centre-left here in Europe.

the tell here is that Americans once again elected a rapist

Word. Aldi's has a deal to feed 10 for $40. The Target deal is 4 for $20. Not only is Aldi's better financially, it's not run by simpering ring-kissers. corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/new...

I’m convinced the main reason Miyazaki films have a reputation for being “cozy” in the West is because he actually writes and animates long moments of quiet into his stories, whereas Western animated films are usually a nonstop parade of loud music, sounds, noises and neon colors.

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If anything, those of us who pushed for such a reckoning have been punished more than the actual perpetrators. I spent over a year muzzled in SLAPP litigation for the high crime of... saying I believed a state senator's accuser. The senator sued us activists for defamation.

I see, I see www.reuters.com/world/us/boe...

now let’s not give up too quickly on them fleeing the city in humiliation and defeat i for one was a big fan of that plan

Maybe too cynical and bad faith a read, but can't help but feel now that the intent of Future Class was to get a bunch of influencers with audiences to market the show for free in the years where it was growing.

The biggest thing i've learned as an artist who sells prints and merch is don't make what people ask for. They won't buy it. Make what you, the artist, want to see printed on the support of ur choice. I can't explain why but THAT'S what will sell. People who buy the most are the silent ones. 🫶

is it just me or do this guy’s goons collapse in public kind of a lot

You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.

DUE TO STARVATION!?

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lol

It's also worth noting that Republicans have had 15 years to propose an alternative and the only one they have come up with is "if you are not rich, you loose all your money and then die."

those people aren't from NYC because that's untrue.

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Trump has openly said his motive for attacking Venezuela is to seize its oil. But recent explainers in WaPo, Politico, BBC, CNN pontificating about Trump's motives do not mention this fact at all. I wrote about western media's bizarre refusal to state the obvious, even after Trump says it himself.

oh my god they actually did it lmao

Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

MrBeast hates Zohran because if people have access to basic necessities, it will demolish the Giving People Those Necessities As Part Of A Saw-Inspired Game Show industry

Sorry guys. In a rush, completely missed half the quote I was trying to highlight from Lina Khan. Here you go:

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Our very own @josephcox.bsky.social goes in on why FOIA-based reporting should be free as a public service. If you want to read a recent @404media.co example of that, look no further this essential scoop: You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app.

the best and most consistent use case i have seen for AI is making right wing influencers weepy with nostalgia for a sepia-toned past that they fever dreamed once when they saw an immigrant and blacked out from rage

What I don't know about this man could fill a book but we have a few months to figure out if he's better than Platner and gee golly I'd really hope some Mainers would explore it.

many are saying canceling everyone's flights and food benefits right before the Traveling & Eating Holiday is a good move, politically

I'm just calling it right now, if this shutdown has taught us anything, it's that a really damn good time to float referendums like free school lunches and increased funding for shelters is during a federal government shutdown. A lot of folks who hum and haw suddenly discover they do have a heart.

Armed federal agents in black balaclavas climbed into the car of a U.S. citizen they had detained and drove off with his toddler still strapped into her carseat in the back.

Beautiful reading:

If distributing SNAP funds is not as easy as hitting a button on a computer, the government ought to fix that & follow the law. We deserve a government run with functional technology.

If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.

despite the triumph in NYC yesterday the state Dem party remains a sclerotic mess with no ideas and dogshit political instincts. to see that Dems won statewide races in *Georgia* while getting stomped on LI speaks volumes. Zohran’s lucky they wanted nothing to do with him

Don’t make me tap the sign.

If/when we do see a rise in Black women politicians in the coming years, we really have to cover them bc few things unite our enemies, including from within 🙃, like an intelligent Black woman with a stage. And don’t let her be beautiful!

It’s an in-joke that when Black women get bored, we go get a degree & pivot. It’s a whole lotta Black women unemployed right now, watching Rep Jasmine & Kamala & now the Detroit mayor etc, and I don’t think *those people* understood what they’ve activated by forcing us to have time via layoffs

Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English. Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’. The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Deeply moving to see this first family.