Wise advice from Stephanie Jones on Subsctack. https://stephaniejones2.substack.com/p/the-aca-deal-may-be-smarter-than It looks like a key group of Senate Democrats are closing a deal to end the shutdown in return for an agreement from Majority Leader Thune to hold a vote on extending the ACA […]

Yeah, I can see why Netflix decided to change the title of the Norwegian show Pørni to Pernille. It's worth watching, by the way. It's good blackish comedy.

Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst/115518753417234822 Post-death #lifegoal accomplished

A history lesson, which like all the best history lessons tells us why things are like they are today.

This is where the US is right now. A Jewish friend with a (US citizen) Latino husband is making a drive across several US states. They're having to plan their route to avoid areas where ICE is active, in case they get stopped and assaulted (and probably end up with smashed windows on their […]

I was going to quote-boost someone else's share of this article, but evidently they have quoting turned off. Anyway, this article is well worth reading. It's an excellent analysis of what's so bad about the NYT's reporting […]

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/115518627888977534 Must read. Although horrifying. #politics

My first quote post is about being able, at last, to quote post. Thank you, @trumpet for persevering with the upgrade!

A nice review of my most recent book, "The Heart's Awakening." https://thebuddhistcentre.com/windhorsepublications/review-hearts-awakening-108-steps-life-love-bodhipaksa?mc_cid=33a557afe2

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this. https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/

10 days until "On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)" drops. I'm psyched!

I am very much looking forward to the next season of Slow Horses. -We need to address the five F's: Who the fuck, what the fuck, where the fuck, and why the fuck. -That's four. -Fuck off. That's five.

The new pledge: One nation, under fraud, clearly divisible, with bribery and corruption for all.

Counterpoint: Have men ruined fucking everything?

When I saw that a paper on politics had been authored by "Lucan A. Way" (read it out loud!) I thought for a moment it was a joke. But no, he's a real person, and a professor.

I managed to squeeze in an hour or two of writing this afternoon on the topic of politics and spiritual practice. Mostly I was describing how hellish the state of things is right now. I selected what I'd written so that I could check the word count. It said 666 words. If we are indeed living […]

Oh, crap. Hell is going to be even more unbearable now that he’s there.

How the Not-So Independent Media Censors Criticism of Its Billionaire Owners https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/how-the-not-so-independent-media-censors-criticism-of-its-billionaire-owners/ Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK’s billionaire-owned media silences those […]

How'd I miss this one? "8 envoys, officials & civil society observers from Eur, granted anonymity...confirmed national delegates had reported they had been threatened with personal consequences if they went against Washington" www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

"How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico As immig officials unshackled restraints, Mr Juarez pleaded w them. He told them he was never given a chance to contest his deportation in front of judge after being detained in NYC 5 days before" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...

My partner regularly falls out of bed. It happened this morning at about 5. I felt the covers being dragged to her side of the bed, and heard the soft "shoop-thunk" of a body hitting the floor. I reached out to her and all there was still on the bed was one hand. Fortunately she was fine. I […]

Lucinda Williams has a new album coming out, and it's an album of political anthems! Preorders here: https://30tgrs.ffm.to/worldsgonewrong Here's the headline song: "The World's Gone Wrong." It's a banger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPmHs8hDOvI

Exactly this. Also, calling out the racism in this vile quote. Wow.

Trump's priorities: Money for Argentina ✅ Money to bomb Venezuela ✅ Money for a ballroom ✅ Money to feed hungry Americans ❌

3. Utter Horror!

Meanwhile, today, a three day trial began on the merits of the case, whether in fact the law authorizes the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland based on the situation there. The trial is before Judge Immergut […]

Just because you see it coming a mile away doesn't mean it’s any less horrific. 😭 CBS now that DEI is DOA:

“…the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding.” […]

Just watched the first episode of Vikings and the start of episode 1 of The Last Kingdom. One ends with Ragnar sailing the (first?) longship out of a fjord. The other starts with a bunch of longships approaching the Northumbrian coast. It's like a glorious 70-year fast-forward. Highly […]

I’ve never seen this before. This looks like a really cool lock screen but actually it’s not. The light from the window was hitting my phone in just the right way to produce rainbow streaks on the screen. You can’t even see the actual lock-screen, which is a photograph of one of my dogs.

Please watch. Please share. Trump's masked thugs attacked a blind protestor in South Portland last weekend and dragged him away like an animal. The man is 4'6" and legally blind. A US citizen. "They picked the weakest person they could find," he told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

...and another.

The contrast between how long it takes to grow one of these things and how quickly they come off is quite astonishing. Traditionally one grows a beard for winter, but I needed to remove this one because it doesn't go with my Halloween costume. In a few days I'll start growing it back.

This photograph of Trump holding a rendering of his new ballroom reveals it to be a ghastly gilded confection of hideousness. The idea of the capital city containing a permanent monument to Trump's vanity and lack of taste is just intolerable. I look forward […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Trump pardons Santos and allows him to keep the money he stole, rather than repaying the people he stole from. He says, “Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!” The message is: as long as you're loyal, you can do as much crime as you want. Trump has to […]

'Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI), a nonpartisan independent research organization, found that 56% of Americans agree that “President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy,” while only 41% see him as “a strong leader who should […]

I got an email from someone I don't know: "I’m unable to speak over the phone due to a serious throat pain caused by laryngitis. Can I ask a quick Favor from you please?" Yeah, that introduction doesn't sound suspicious at all.

You're no longer relevant, WaPo. This is only one reason why:

Yesterday my youngest dog was asking for my attention while I was on a Zoom call, and when I asked her if the wanted chest-tickles the other person on the call thought I'd said something entirely different. #chesttickles.

When I say the MAGA movement is post-truth, this is the sort of thing I mean. Push blatant lies in advance of an event, see overwhelming evidence that the lies were false, know that others saw it too, but plow ahead with the same lies, opposed to the notion that living in factual reality matters.

David Lang's "Just (After Song of Songs)" performed by the Trio Mediaeval from Norway. It's so beautiful. All the lines beginning "Just" are a male speaker, and those beginning with "And my" are his female lover. Lines beginning with "Our" are (obviously) both […]

Attorney General Platkin and Division on Civil Rights File Complaint Against Amazon Alleging Widespread Pattern of Pregnancy and Disability Discrimina […]

I'm still kind of annoyed whenever I hear a Tory said anything. Like, just fuck off, you're irrelevant now, who's still paying you to have shit opinions at us? But I will say this in response to the dipshit who wants to deport insufficiently British people to maintain "cultural coherence" […]

Evan Edinger is a gem. He's an American who's been living in the UK for years. He mostly talks about the differences between US and UK (or European) language and culture. Those I've watched have been entertaining and informative. His last video was about the things that, from his lived […]

Voting against Trump seems like the most basic test of political decency. Not only did you fail that test, but you seem to boast about it, apparently thinking of it as a mark of purity. And I'm not sure that being "Black and trans acts as an ethical Get Out […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

@sundogplanets "Authorities are now considering whether a falling object, possibly from space, caused damage to the windshield and frame on a United 737 MAX over Colorado on Thursday" https://avbrief.com/united-max-hit-by-falling-object-at-36000-feet/

One of the great things about today's #nokings demo where I was was that when big SUVs drove past flying giant US flags, they looked like they were supporting the demo even if they wanted to look like MAGA supporters.

"Thousands." Really, guys? Why not go all in for Trump and say "dozens"?