It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

I'm sympathetic to the idea that you can do easy things that make doxing harder and that there are non-state actors that are easier to avoid. But more dramatic measures often do a lot to make building a large movement harder and aren't close to adequate to combat state surveillance

She's doing a Pete Davidson arc

Best Picture Nominees in my current shifting opinion: (Fantastic) 1. The Secret Agent 2. Sentimental Value 3. Marty Supreme 4. Hamnet 5. Sinners 6. One Battle After Another (Very Good) 7. Bugonia 8. F1 9. Train Dreams (Happy for Del toro, but didn't care for) 10. Frankenstein

The predominant theory of change on the left is yearning for your enemies to be visited by 3 pedagogical ghosts and settling for insulting them online instead

Reflecting that The Pitt is the only scripted TV show I can think of that regularly cites sources

A new day is upon us

Music is legal again

Dogbert weighing Scott Adams’ heart against a feather

My working metaphor is if you imagine a bunch of boulders rolling downhill at you, some are bigger dangers than others and some could potentially get lodged and slow down others behind them. It doesn't make sense to blame the small boulders per day, but they're still part of the rock slide

Had it sink in today that, even in a scenario where the leg flips this year and then the presidency in 2028, whatever increases in ICE, Military or whatever budget are set up, and all the sicko hires that go along with it are probably not gonna be reversed. I don't think the Dems would do it.

Awhile ago my text size was randomly set big and I just rolled with it. I'm not a racist piece of shit, but I'm gonna be going to minimum text size until my eyes fail me so diligent journalists can't inform the Pickles of My Plans.

My dream remake of Better Call Saul would be if instead of an ensamble it just had Rhea Seehorn and she was somewhat miffed the whole season

Did Marty O'Donnell find his way into the admin?

Americans while everyone else celebrates Boxing Day today:

Is nothing sacred anymore

Merry Christmas to all!!! (Except Pickles fans)

This will be a critical impediment to getting the Gherks there own stadium. Governor Kotek, this aggression will not stand

Dillon, is this some sort of game to you?

Trump's policies have really been a shock considering the Democratic records of our past allies Boris Yeltsin, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Shah of Iran

One of Tarantino's problems is that having a legacy people talk about is atleast partially dependent on them being able to speculate over your work and thinking. This requires you to shut the fuck up every so often.

I very much understand the appeal of Ground News if you're not up-to-date on vaguely where different outlets are coming from, but I'm kinda surprised it's the sort of thing people like Adam Conover or Hank Green would be promoting. Probably better to just hawk headphones or VPNs

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I'm happy to announce my run for municipal office! My platform: Portland will join Belt and Road the Arts Tax will be delivered via carrier pigeon You must be prepared to host soldiers in your house during peacetime

Very odd to grow up rightfully being told Wikipedia is a not a reliable source only to see it outshined by so many worse sources of information

Pretty discrediting week for Schumer's ability to lead an effective opposition. Probably time to replace him with someone younger and with even less of a spine

Never been a better time to DSA! (and if you do, would love if you used my referral link for a friendly competition with some comrades)

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New York, you have shocked the nation! By all indications, Pete is Mayor Pete once again

One highlight of traveling was watching another tourist scream at a Czech pro-Palestine protest in English and getting to say "fuck you" to a stranger's face for the first time in my life

There are Rupert Friends everywhere for those with eyes to see

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

Has Muntadhar al-Zaidi gotten here yet

I WONDER WHO-

Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.

Learned today that Hasan is immortal and fought in the Spanish Civil War

Concerning, but the fact that I didn't know about this show and am now potentially excited for it makes me wonder if this is partially a publicity stunt

I'm mixed on deplatforming being a two-way street and certainly pessimistic about whether it's worth the effort. Still feels bad though that looking up YouTube videos about history you can still find 200k sub YouTube channels with paid promotions from Neo Nazi websites

We're all trying to find the guy who did this

Learning about the Spanish Civil War was so depressing it made me fall off the wagon (reinstalling HOI4)

in a safety-1 culture, failure happens because of human error. in a safety-2 culture, human error is not considered sufficient to explain failures. on grey’s anatomy they practice safety-3 which recognizes that failure is an expression of sexual tension between coworkers

I understand respect and basic decency, don't think someone being dead should affect how we talk about their facial dimensions

The VAST majority of legislature seats almost never flip parties and so most senior members are more vulnerable in their own party primaries where they maintain a comically large incumbency and monetary advantage than they are from the other party

Every Oregonian is a Republican paying sales tax

At some point I began saying "breaking the third wall" and realizing that is like learning I haven't been wearing pants for years

DSA Convention NPC Makeup ("right" to "left"): Socialist Majority Caucus: 4 Groundwork: 4 + Co-chair Carnation: 1 Bread & Roses: 3 Reform & Revolution: 1 Marxist Unity Group: 3 Red Star: 2 + Co-chair Springs of Revolution: 4 YDSA (left): 2 LSC: 1 ~18-9 Left-Right, 14-4-9 L-cent-R