h/t nicokow.bsky.social This quotation is outstanding. Reposted with alt-text.

I'd like to see journalists investigate the companies/guys that are doing this work. Who are they? Do they know this is illegal? Are they worried about being held responsible for defacing a federal building? How did they get the letters so fast, given that the "decision" was only made yesterday?

It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy.

"I am mad at Dems because they are not controlling the weather. The shelters and umbrellas they offered were just not inspiring, so it's their fault I am wet. I have no choice but to broadcast my displeasure 24/7"

The Skagit and Snoqualmie Rivers, as just two examples, are both expected to surpass major flood stage, cresting today and tomorrow. We're also expecting winds up to 60 mph. I want to remind Washingtonians to stay alert, listen to evacuation orders, and obey road closure signs.

As measles rages in S Carolina notice that those responding to this outbreak on the frontlines are pediatricians, family med practitioners, nurses and local public health officials. Not the wellness influencers and podscasters who discourage vaccination. Arsonists NEVER put out fires they start

I've spent the last three weeks wrestling with Wake Up Dead Man. Here are some of my thoughts—I have many more. I am wildly grateful to talk about art that deals seriously with the world we've created, and somehow still holds on to hope. reactormag.com/entirely-too...

Every person reading your posts may not be stable or may be hateful and you are help pushing them to make certain decisions. Its the same as Trump targeting Somalis, Haitians and the Latin American communities. Don't be what you claim to be against and conflate that as being "truth".. Karma is real

Good guy without a gun

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SCOTUS found Biden didn’t have authority as President to cut student loans without Congress. Yet they find Trump has the authority to cut whole government and eliminate entire agencies unilaterally. This is the most compromised, partisan and unethical Supreme Court in history.

7/ Second, I think Will is mistaken to describe this as a *Congress* problem rather than a *Republican* problem. The last time the Democrats had majorities (and therefore agenda-setting power) in both chambers was the 117th Congress. And that was a tremendously productive Congress!

Posters in good standing who write for the Times, the Nation, the American Prospect, Mother Jones, the Bulwark, Jacobin, Baffler, and even the Onion who are not now, at the present time (present time being 2024-Present) vociferous, vocal, active Democrats are explicitly pro-Trump.

I can’t believe that racist post by The Onion is still up. If they didn’t have sense enough to avoid posting it in the first place, they should at least have the decency to take it down now. @bencollins.bsky.social

The people are The Onion are flat-out fucking racists. Yes, this includes Ben Collins and anyone who is dating him.

And so the "movement," especially in the US, is just in group signaling. And if the "movement" isn't going to reward politicians who end wars, what, exactly, is the incentive structure you are building?

New cars crumple up and look worse than most wrecked old cars. This is substantially preferable because in the latter case those forces aren’t dissipated through the car’s frame, it’s dissipated through *you*. Old solid body trucks, man. A bad wreck in those basically liquifies your insides.

A guideline for everyone: when someone is bitching about something a Dem allegedly "failed" to do, the person is probably wrong & the Dem actually *did* what the person claims the Dem didn't do. That should be your default position until proven otherwise.

I have a favor to ask. Can everyone stop automatically assuming a homophobic Republican politician is in the closet? I get it, it’s a funny joke, and yes, we know for a fact Grindr breaks anytime there’s a Republican convention, but that doesn’t mean every asshole Republican is in the closet. 1/

The fact that the media has taken the lessons of 2020 and 2024 to be "We didn't hate Dems enough and didn't give Trump enough benefit of the doubt!" absolutely underscores just how much of Dems' 'messaging' problem simply doesn't rest with the Dems themselves.

And on top of all that there was the dogshit coverage of the Vice President before she was in the race & while she was in the race as her role was outright lied about at times, her economic plans went ignored, her healthcare proposals didn’t get airtime when she announced them on national tv, etc…

And Biden kept getting the heat for ending the forever war after Trump negotiated a terrible deal with the Taliban that helped collapse the Afghan government aside from him trying to invite them to Camp David around 9/11, or screwing refugees over. Plus all the “anti-war” people didn’t give a shit.

Instead of covering all of the infrastructure tours his cabinet did outside of local news & local framing, a lot of things like CHIPS & Science or lower drug costs (again, the IRA, which 0 Republicans voted for) were framed as more bipartisan than they actually were.

“They didn’t cover Biden’s electoral unpopularity before the debate”. Actually they enabled that narrative too because the main drivers were *global* inflation which was steadily lowering w/ the Inflation Reduction Act & the Afghanistan withdrawal the guy in office now negotiated with no exit plan.

Do your MAGA friends and family you break bread with know? Have you talked to them?

Journalism about gun violence suffers from a data deficit, and the information that does exist is often incomplete and unreliable. Since it launched in November 2024, the Gun Violence Data Hub has made meaningful strides in filling the gap. thetr.ac/mpIhu

it's so frustrating because I feel like we went through this with Sinema, Fetterman, Platner, Nina Turner, Brie Joy Gray, etc. etc. etc. and every time it's met with the same "but maybe this time it's different" grace that's never ever afforded to any Dem in power who's actually *doing* something!

This checks! 🎯

you ever just sit down and cut loose an absolutely enormous fart

If you want to embark in something that *never* requires moral compromises or satisfying multiple interests (not just corporate interests) at once, the last thing you want to do is get involved in politics.

Cities fighting back: Hillsboro OR. Hillsboro is about 20 miles west of Portland and has a population of about 110,000, of whom 25% are Latine. Hillsboro City Council Declares State of Emergency due to Immigration Enforcement Impacts www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/Home/Compone... #ICE #HillsboroOR

I cannot say this clearly enough, the lawyers and Dems in congress have thought of every single possible scenario in regards to the files being released or not released. If you have thought of it for even a second, they have been working on a contingency plan for months. 2/

not just these incredible strong women, but ALL survivors. Don’t diminish this to look cool. 16/

Justice doesn’t stop at Trump. This will be justice, maybe not the compete justice we hope for, but it matters nonetheless. So let’s keep the pressure up, make sure the DOJ and Trump can’t just sweep this under the rug, and remember what this actually about, the survivors, and 15/

Remember, this is not just about sticking it to Trump or seeing how Republicans voted. This about real people. I was in a meeting with Rep Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today and she said the survivors told her “we are the Epstein Files and we want to be released.” THAT’S what this is about. 13/

I agree that Fetterman should be primaried, but he isn’t up for reelection until 2028. Why the hell are you expending one iota of energy or money on this when the midterms are coming up in less than a year???

Republican Party & those who vote for it or otherwise enable it are to blame for ongoing events. That is interconnected with white supremacy & patriarchal society. Not everyone is reachable or teachable. “Fighting” people isn’t the actual point. Bettering things for people & harm reduction is.

stop listening to rage farmers that lie to you for money

It's wild how "did nothing" equals enough so that every day there's another thing for the reactionary regressive arsonists dipshits elected to burn away.

ICE is an out-of-control federal agency terrorizing our communities. Their aggressive tactics and abusive behavior in Washington County and across Oregon are outrageous and dangerous.

Idk if the deal was right but I know a hell of a lot of people are adamant the Democrats are somehow to blame for the harm Republicans already caused months ago because this country gave Republicans a trifecta & despite the fact Republicans could’ve ended the suffering at any time they wanted.

Let’s talk about why I am increasingly uneasy about the upcoming flu season. A new H3N2 influenza variant has been emerging globally, and it carries mutations linked to immune escape i.e the virus’s ability to bypass some of our pre-existing immunity. 🧵 utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Why does your, and Platner’s, idea of listening and rehabilitating men require giving them Senate seats?

This is "journalists" admitting they do not do journalism, but instead are just stenographers. But let me add one thing: the post is still a lie, because the news media *does not* cover stories when the Democratic party "takes official actions". The stenography service is offered only to the GOP.

It's that time again. For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc November 2025 edition.

There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!

Grijalva just signed the Epstein discharge petition. It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.

The “useless Dem” trope is s form of voter suppression and Im done with seeing it in my feed.