this is like the thesis statement of our times

Consider: why is America, a country in North America, attacking Iran on the other side of the world? What right does the US have to bomb and attempt to destroy any country, anywhere on Earth? It has no right to do so. It’s doing it because it is governed by criminals.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

all cheeky and no bastard

Comparisons/analogies allow us to venture, clumsily and often in darkness, into greater understanding. As an American, to grasp what is happening in Iran, in contradistinction to its diaspora, you have to rely on available conceptual parallels. Think about the Cuban diaspora in the United States.

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

How come the sound of running water makes you need to pee but the sound of someone pooping doesn't make you need to poop

Done and done! The Obama with kids account and the wonderful moments Pete Souza captured as White House photographer inspired this account 😊

There used to be a great Obama w kids account. Someone needs to set up Mamdani w kids account

How are local and state officials responding to the federal immigration crackdown? Our team answers nine reader-submitted questions about local leaders’ responses to ICE, from whether zoning rules could apply to ICE to what powers local prosecutors have.

I switched exclusively to Impossible meat at home quite a while ago and have no regrets

Couldn't restrain myself and made this into a Linkedin post

Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

Next Wednesday (3/11) at 5:30, join A. J. Bauer as he discusses his new book, MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVE BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS at the Institute for Public Knowledge in NYC. bit.ly/4le4JfQ @ajbauer.bsky.social @ipk.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Incredibly depressing chart lol. Barely moving the needle!

“Natural selection, while a mathematical certainty in any population in which more individuals are born than survive to reproduce, most commonly acts as an agent of stability rather than of change.” —an interview with Ian Tattersall

Working out my art show, Eastercon. Birmingham Hilton, 3rd to 6th April. Still waiitng to hear if I'm on the programme but hope to see you there if you're going.

Beyond the gap between the purported goals and the means: Israel does not want the emergence of genuine democratic politics in the Middle East because those populations and thus their representatives would almost certainly oppose Israel’s brutal treatment of Palestinians

Anytime this comes up I play this video from the battle of Aachen in October, 1944. Just compare how big the weapons they are lugging to how big they are (spoiler, they are not very big)

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This story contains scenes worthy of Kafka.

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.

begging more people to read this thread and the linked piece

Some adrenaline junkies get their fix climbing mountains or jumping out of planes. I get mine eating crumbs of unknown origin off the couch.

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Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.

Just going to be a prick and say try this from age 13 to 50!

Very excited to read this when it comes out

Just heard something great in a training. People don't have "anger problems", say, if they are yelling or violent. They have anger response problems. That is, the emotion of anger isn't the issue, but rather way they are responding to it. 1/

Dexter fucking Filkins man

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens

Ted Lieu showed our protest video in today’s Senate hearing.

This is soooo pleasing especially with SOUND ON!

people's minds would be BLOWN if they found out why Trent Lott resigned as republican leader nearly a quarter century ago

Seem to be noticing an uptick of unhingery around here lately.

Oh they read your subskeet alright. And not only did they think about it, but they got in their car and took a long drive in the night alone, your words tumbling over and over, cascading like boulders across the highways of their mind.

That's not true. But Hadrian ordered the creation of a wall spanning Britannia from coast to coast to prevent Chotiner from entering the Roman Empire to interview him.

The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students — and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

If you are interested, this is a great documentary that covers the phenomenon. It happened during the rise of Hitler and the invention of the radio also. youtu.be/Sfekgjfh1Rk?...

Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

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Once while stepping into an elevator I dropped a piece of paper and it fell through the 2-3mm crack between the door and the floor.

I find like recognizing and discriminating between what is “liberal” versus “illiberal” is incredibly clarifying. It seems to cut through so much and get right to our values.

I walked in on my ass last night studying for the check-cashing exam.