Finished "I Who Have Never Known Men." I've read this book at the worst possible time, when it speaks too clearly to my soul.

I was kind of indifferent to this DNC report mess, but I found out that *Paul Rivera* was its author. This was one of the guys responsible for the enfeeblement of the NYS Democratic Party for years. How tf do NY's rejects fail upward with such velocity???

smart glasses but they only put a little ✅️ or ❌️ on people depending on whether they washed their hands last time they were in the bathroom

This explains John's actions more than all the opinions about his health.

I want you to remember who Todd Blanche's third in command is. His name is Stanley Woodward. And he was a defense lawyer for Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump taps go-to lawyer for his MAGA allies to fill out Justice Department’s upper ranks share.google/0Vr4eKoiXTCc...

I'm 70% of the way through. This book feels almost evil for being so well written while its plot stays unrelentingly focused on bitterness and loss.

I Who Have Never Watched Friends

I looked up “sperm whale skull,” as one does when reading a book about cuddling meet-cutes with strange men in New Bedford and these were Google’s suggested related questions:

They only needed to be lucky once

The circlejerk of discourse wouldn't be such an issue on Bluesky if power-users just moderated their replies *with tools that Bluesky makes available to everyone*. Instead they keep trying to do the Main Character of the Day schtick. FFS, can't we just let Twitter behavior die with Twitter?

OFAC has removed Francesca Albanese from the SDN list. A federal judge last week blocked that designation. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Herman!

This ad goes hard

I think it's fair to say that Frank's legacy is more than just "complicated" by his late-career work for a bank that failed to enforce the state-of-good-repair clause in its mortgages and which tech robber barons picked clean.

"disgusting bachelorette frog" "insanity wolf" what does any of this shit mean???

Just a reminder that there really is always a tweet.

Younger Gen X watched Challenger live and says, "hell no."

I'm halfway through I Who Have Never Known Men. I'm enjoying it intellectually and aesthetically. Emotionally I'm very close to putting this down for my mental health.

BREAKING: California’s Second Appellate District has upheld the ruling of a lower court that denied #Scientology’s attempt to gut a lawsuit against the church, its leader David Miscavige, and actor Danny Masterson. It's nearly a total win for the Jane Doe victims.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has spent years dehumanizing Palestinians & boycotting events critical of the Israeli Govt. Now in the wake of a horrific tragedy in San Diego in which white supremacists killed 3 Muslims he hears it from a San Diego resident. Video credit: @andrewmercado.bsky.social

So many self-appointed efficiency experts on Bluesky wanted to tell LIRR workers what work rules they should be getting, turnabout is fair play; maybe LIRR workers should be telling Bluesky's teachers and social workers and public defenders what rules should be imposed on them!

On the Lear jet, the private Lear jet, the wealthy cry tonight

First, they taxed the private jets And I did not speak out. fortune.com/2026/05/16/n...

And how much did Bluesky keyboard scabs get for doing unpaid PR work for the MTA? A living wage of $0.00 / hour, wage hikes of 0%, 0%, and 0%, with a $0,000 bonus.

Breaking News: LIRR strike ends with deal between unions, MTA. The trains are set to begin running again starting at noon Tuesday. Service will be phased in.

"I am usually pro-labor but-" Let me stop you right there. You're not actually pro-labor.

STATEMENT: @ttdaflcio.bsky.social, America's largest transportation labor federation, stands with the five unions representing striking Long Island Rail Road employees. Their demands are simple and straightforward: pay LIRR workers a fair wage for the essential work they do.

"Unions are good, but only when they don't inconvenience me or if I arbitrarily decide an official makes too much money." This is some of the bleakest ideology you can encounter that doesn't involve burning people at the stake.

I was unfortunately correct. Go figure. Media, if you need a local expert, feel free to reach out.

Honestly I shouldn't even have to put this down, but before assuming the LIRR unions' politics, actually know who the unions are and who they actually endorsed: IAM / TCU endorsed Harris IBEW endorsed Harris Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen endorsed Harris BLET/Teamsters *didn't endorse anybody*

Leftists “reflexively support” labor action like it’s an act of working class solidarity or something

I don't care how much money members of the LIRR union are making (from what I heard, despite the lies from the NY Post, their also comes from overtime). If you bring up their salaries to justify union busting, you're a bootlicking asshole.

One of the Islamic Center’s Security Guard members was killed inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

Very easy advice: never trust anyone who tries to tell you it's "progressive" to give workers less.

Actually, what’s “pretty remarkable” to me is that this lazy, union-busting trope of cherry-picking union member wages to attack organized labor isn’t getting ratio’d harder.

Good old bluesky, where you need to microparse a union's demographic and income distribution to decide if they deserve or don't to use their collective bargaining rights

This story on the LIRR strike has two points getting missed elsewhere: 1. It's happening only after 3 years of negotiations and 6 arbitration boards 2. Workers care about the passengers they're inconveniencing and know the cost of what they've been forced to do www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lir...

“Some of these guys work jobs that are eleven-and-a-half hours long. They do four round trips, six round trips. They’re going back and forth like a pinball with barely time to eat or piss.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/on-the-lir...

Good morning everyone except scabs

Your tax dollars paid for this event freedom250.org/celebration/...

Unions and management were both reporting incremental progress up until Friday night. The MTA's last second demand for healthcare concessions provoked the strike. Hochul should not be lecturing labor about coming to the table, she should tell management to stop pulling stunts that waste time.

The funny thing is this goes back a millennium. Arthurian legends are almost entirely a matter of Celtic Britons mythologizing the world before the Angles and Saxons arrived. In many ways, the prophecies of Arthur's return were a longing to see England liberated from the English.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

Liberal wonks: it's weird blue collar workers don't go along with our brilliant plans and candidates Also liberal wonks: let's casually joke about strike-breaking and hiring transit workers as scabs

Solidarity with the workers on strike at LIRR. It’s time to reach a fair deal that respects the people who keep this railroad running every day. #LIRRSTRIKE

“Guys, no more trains,” one officer said. “You’re going to have to take the subway or an Uber, my friend.” We hung out after midnight in Grand Central Madison — and you better believe some people had no clue a strike was coming. NEW story in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/16/l...

‼️ * repeats Steve for emphasis * JUDGES CAN REJECT TRUMP'S SHAM SETTLEMENTS

The only type of fashion I find compelling these days.