"Ladies and gentlemen, I am so excited to tell you that for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, human beings have left Earth orbit." -- Dr. Lori Glaze, opening the Flight Day 2 press conference

You cannot possibly think a person who spends hours and hours writing, thinking about writing, writing about writing, talking to other writers, encouraging aspiring writers...somehow hates writing. There are words and there is subtext and context. Wow.

What are we doing here America? We can’t afford this war. youtube.com/shorts/gyekv...

Racism and misogyny are bad.

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Cool country where you’re left asking whether a joint chief of staff was forced out because he opposed a disastrous ground invasion of Iran or because he opposed a Blackhawk hovering over Kid Rock’s pool.

Okay, you 8 or so followers of mine. Anyone know what this is? It was growing in my rocks with the rest of the spring weeds. We usually get dandelion, grass, and cottonwood. Never seen one like this.

“Renee Good, who was fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis in January, would have been 38 years old on Thursday, with her family saying they are grateful for the time they had with her, and they miss her.” www.fox9.com/news/renee-g...

I keep trying to make it clear that what RFK Jr. has done to public health and healthcare will take years before the full weight of the horror becomes visible. We are seeing the canaries in the coal mine with the measles outbreak and the FDA idiocy around vaccine approvals.

The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“So, what does sociology teach that so incenses fascists? For one thing, that we share a common humanity with others whose beliefs and ways of living are different.” I, personally, got my empathy from literature but this is good too.

“Look, the bridge has been around since 1919 so does it need a little help sometimes getting fully erect? Sure,” said SDOT spokesman Hank Bailey. “Not for this long though."

They always promise money for education with any potential revenue-generating scam for people’s money but they never actually increase the education budget.

On the one hand you have ICE executing civilians on sidewalks, on the other hand, Hong Kong just passed a law that could jail anyone refusing to hand over their phone passwords to the national security police for up to a year

On the one hand, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have imposed a refugee moratorium on anyone who's not a white South African. On the other hand, Hong Kong has become so politically toxic for families that birth rates plunged below SOUTH KOREA www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/a...

Timeline cleanse.

Trump is right, we can either pay for “daycare, Medicaid, Medicare all these things," or we can pay for more war. Every dollar we spend on this illegal war of choice, is a dollar that could have helped improve life right here at home. He's telling us what he cares about more.

I wrote about how the campaign against trans people in the United States is one of social murder. www.thedissident.news/every-trans-...

In 1845, Friedrich Engels documented the conditions of the English working class in Manchester and articulated a concept that the workers themselves had already named: social murder. ... Every element of this framework maps onto what is happening to transgender people in the U.S. right now.

Misogyny and racism got us here. Misogyny and racism are stupid. #oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump

When I was a student at an evangelical college years ago, an important pastor had a breakdown while speaking in chapel. Trump's speech reminded me of that episode. It was terrifying. The pastor was eventually ushered off stage, taken to a hospital, and relieved of his job. Trump is still POTUS.

Happy Passover ✡️ Tonight, as families gather to celebrate, we’re reminded of the enduring importance of justice and hope in our own time. May this Passover bring peace to your homes, strength to your spirits, and renewed commitment to building a more just and compassionate world for all. 💙

After the rain, Chartres at Ursulines, New Orleans

This is how maliciously incompetent the Republican House has become. They agreed on a deal and can’t even get their own members to vote on it.

"We could be released from this death spiral today if he were simply removed as our Constitution and the consciences of good people demand." - John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social Take four minutes today and read this.

I hope all the Supreme Court Justices watch this video before they rule on any case Donald cares about.

Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.

The Buffalo Medical Examiner rules that the death of a legally blind elderly Burmese refugee dropped off by Border Patrol at a closed shop late at night in winter was a homicide. He died of a burst ulcer caused by severe stress brought on by dehydration and hypothermia.

I haven't been following the birthright citizenship case, but after spending the last year writing about fetal personhood, it strikes me that the right is trying to read birth out of the 14A in both directions. Immigrants born here shouldn't get rights but fetuses not yet born should.

We really lost a lot when we switched to “in god we trust” and abandoned “E Pluribus: Unum”.

Trans friends, I see you. I love you. You’re not perfect because who is? But you’re beautiful and you deserve every liberty and happiness. #TDOV

this seems bad.

Watched the Supergirl trailer, and I, for one, fully support the subgenre of movies that posit if someone hurts your dog, you get to murder a lot of people over it.

In his ruling, Leon ran through a list of historic renovations to the White House that were pursued after receiving congressional approval and declared that Trump is not, in fact, the owner of the building.

How many unconstitutional EOs dos it take to impeach a president? @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social

The next presidential candidate who promises to end Citizens United has my vote. Any counselor who cannot pull themselves from their religion long enough to follow the science of their craft should lose their license.

When the Olaf robot is working it looks amazing but when it's passing out like this it also looks amazing. 10/10 design work. No notes.

NYT can suck it. They used to be relevant and viewpoint leading. They’ve reduced themselves to word games for Millenials and fodder for dying Boomers. Real people can’t exist under their editorial viewpoint. Sad to see the serious journalism die under the current editorial watch.

1. I think it's time for us to accept the bitter truth. We are going to pay, and continue paying for a long time to come, for the president’s war of choice against Iran. Such are the consequences of politics. Maybe Americans will take their democracy seriously next time.

Is it me or has everything involved in being a human in the US gotten more labor-intensive in the last year and change? Insurance? Fuck you, pay more and have your taxes go up Need a job? Fuck you and guess what the AI looks for today. Bankruptcy? How do your six gig jobs pay your bills?

Day 29 of Operation Nyan Cat Infinite Rainbow

Trump's has simultaneously lost a war, dragged the US into a punishing recession, and permanently destabilized the world economy. a remarkable trifecta.

Very glad to hear Federal workers are getting paid while we continue to stop the American ethnic cleansing that is 100% ridiculous and stupid.

My "We don't allow bets on assassinations and murder" ad campaign has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the ad campaign

Corgis can morph to into tennis balls if given time and practice.

Heathen A came over today, a day off for them. They, Partner, and I spent this beautiful, sunny, 80+ degree Monday sanding the patio furniture, day drinking, and chatting about work, politics, and life stuff. Partner has emerged from his office exactly once since Heathen left. Introverts Unite.

Israel’s parliament approves hanging as the default death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis. Meanwhile, human rights groups—including Israeli B’TSelem—report Israelis kill Palestinians with impunity. This is apartheid, and anyone claiming otherwise is gaslighting.

If SCOTUS bans birthright citizenship, everyone born in the US, regardless of parental citizenship, should burn it all.