would be darkly funny if the straw that breaks the camel's back is americans' love for painkillers

I knew it.

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING???

Childish assholes: “Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, Tesla has loudly shared other key moments of its robotaxi operations, such as its penis-shaped coverage area…” @teslatakedown.com

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hi, I served in Afghanistan: this is an obscenity and a perversion against both Christianity and America. Fuck this shit forever. Thanks.

Or, what kind of municipal law* allows a gun range to exist next to a youth ballpark? * trick question: there is no municipal control over guns in TX bc of NRA-backed state pre-emption laws

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

My sort of crank, not thought through theory is that as MBA brain has proliferated, management of businesses has gotten more and more divorced from the particulars of the businesses they’re managing, and CEOs’ jobs are “business” in the same way Ken’s job is “beach.”

Shame on #Houston Rep Lizzie Fletcher @repfletcher.bsky.social for voting YES on this disgraceful Charlie Kirk bill. What a stab in the back to your fellow Texans like Rep. Jasmine Crockett. Complete white cowardice.

* Log into your Disney+ account * Click on your profile * Scroll down to Account Be sure to complete the Feedback prompt on why you canceled. What a bunch of cowards. #BoycottDisney/ABC

IOW: if you’re a progressive business or at any time made a contribution to a Dem candidate, you don’t get the special deal.

My rep Lizzie Fletcher voted for this shit. After he called Kamala Harris “Black Hillary” and said Biden should be given the death penalty. @repfletcher.bsky.social

Recently, the CDC reported…41% of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among vaccine-eligible children and adolescents occurred in the 6–23 months age group.” So it makes perfect sense that they stop letting children get the COVID vaccine!

Why was my member of Congress, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, one of the 95 Dems who voted for a bill to honor Kirk?? @repfletcher.bsky.social #Houston

Obviously, ALL authoritarian leaders try to control the media - through a combination of censorship and self-censorship. But beyond this trivial point, there is no "authoritarian handbook". The legal, media and political contexts matter a lot. And U.S. is often different.

Rank Choice Voting 1) Mamdani 2) Move Upstate 3) Move to New Jersey 4) Move to California 5) Cryogenically freeze oneself for 100 years

Trump wants to stomp out dissent but we refuse to be silent. We must use our economic power to pressure ABC/Disney. Encourage everyone you know to cancel their Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ subscriptions, and post their cancellations to social media using the hashtag #BoycottDisneyABC. 🧵

The brain tricks us constantly. It mistakes scrolling and "seeking information" for DOING THINGS. That is not doing. You have to act.

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Missed this earlier today. Rad. Grape job.

look, beyond everything else this whole conversation about indivisible email lists has convinced me that many of you are remarkably cowardly

Like, come on guys. I know this is all rough shit to live through but it should be a pretty big indicator that Trump/Nexstar/ABC all shit the bed on this by how much the immediate response from a range of ppl is "wow this is fucked up"

what ezra doesn't seem willing to accept is that charlie kirk was part of a political movement that does not think that "we are going to have to live here with each other" and is fact very interested in the elimination and/or subjugation of many, many people

To address a problem we have to tell the truth about it. Donald Trump has done more to mainstream political violence than any other politician in modern American history.

They have protests in Hungary, even Russia and China. You are not getting blackbagged for going to a daytime public march carrying a "Stop Hate" sign with the farmers market crew. This trivializes the real risks and terrors undocumented people face.

After the 2016 election, we got yelled at a lot by right-wingers. How could you report such negative stories about Trump by printing the words he says? Why don’t 100 percent of your stories talk about Hillary Clinton’s emails, rather than just the ones on the front page? 🎯

History repeats, nobody notices. archive.nytimes.com/thecaucus.bl...

If you feel like there’s nothing you can do to stop all of this, start by refusing to participate in fascist demands. And don’t ever justify the behaviors of people who capitulate. They can’t do any of this without cooperation. The main thing most people need to do is just refuse that cooperation.

"They're politicians, what are they supposed to do? Literally fight in the streets?" Unashamed to say this made me cry.

🚁 Black Hawk helicopters flying low over Houston neighborhoods this week were part of a planned military exercise. 🔗LINKED IN BIO: Full story + details 📹️ @liltoetoe_ via TikTok . . . #houston #houstontx #houstonnews #onlyinhouston #htown #helicopter #blackhawk #militaryaircraft #texas

As long as there's a First Amendment, I plan to enjoy it.

More than 250k people are watching Candace Owens on Youtube implying Israel was behind Charlie Kirk's murder.

I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer. The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial. Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.

Triple Trumpers are learning some hard truths FAFO, lil’ buddy.

French scolding "both sides" for failing to see that "the answer lies in reconciliation, not domination" is funny because the unwillingness to reconcile with a pluralistic America is the defining characteristic of today's Right and there is no equivalent whatsoever among the institutionalized Left.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

STG: no congressional Dem better vote for a farm bailout. Looking at you, Gillibrand

Remember: the boot licking by Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton to redraw TX congressional maps is deeply unpopular Worth noting: on-the-ground Republicans are getting spooked by the newly redrawn districts that are *supposed* to favor them

Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent. 1/ Here's what's happening.

the one thing i'll add to this is that every single liberal on every single social media website could have spent the last several days doing NOTHING but heaping praise on Charlie Kirk and they would still blame us for his death

9 at a church in Charleston. 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso. 49 people at Pulse Nightclub. 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo. 8 people at an outlet mall in Allen. 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. They were also killed for Charlie Kirk’s beliefs.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

I have many thoughts about Charlie Kirk—and perhaps even more about the white elites, including some on the left, who insist we can’t hold multiple realities at once. We can. And we must. A brief 🧵

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

What can you do about the #Murdoch propaganda dynasty? Here’s an action you can take: match your media diet w/your values & spread the word: #TubiFundsFox bsky.app/profile/medi...