"it's critically important we, as democrats, build a bipartisan consensus on fucking over our constituents by forcing more corn into their motors in order to bail out the worst people on earth"

Matt, one of the most influential organizations on the right put my colleagues on watch lists.

The business with Will Stancil is so ugly. If you've participated in the pile on, do me a favor and unfollow because I don't have the patience for that crap and you won't be missed.

I took a school group to the holocaust memorial in dc and I was struck by how much “fun” all the Nazi supporters were having in the years leading up to the war. Acts of deep cruelty toward their neighbors, wearing horrible, dopey grins on their faces. It’s what stuck with me the most.

I am totally gonna get my life together in the next short period of time

Every day is a big day for quantum, @govpritzker.illinois.gov. It’s our best picture of reality at its most fundamental level!

DCs are basically large industrial factories just factories where the Internet is manufactured. We should regulate them like every other factory including audible pollution. But GPUs aren't putting out some sinister frequency that causes psychosis that a paper mill or tire factory isn't.

Very good thread on the history of why the Molly Shah situation was so sketchy, and why the "Mahmoud" operation is almost certainly a scam.

Dunno who needs to hear it but the Holodomor was very much a genocide perpetrated by Stalin on behalf of the Soviet version of the Russian Empire against the Ukrainian nation. Half the replies seem to think it didn't happen.

Growing up in Eastern Europe, this specific feeling was such a big reason why our folks wanted to leave their home countries for the West, in hopes that it wouldn't be *like that *.

a lot of people whose work I like is substack, and they'll never get a dime from me until they move somewhere else.

Your vote matters. Never let anyone tell you otherwise, especially not the dipshit wreckers on a site like this.

The 12-yr old has a social studies test tomorrow. The material includes the Know Nothing Party and how they blamed immigrants for crime and disease and stealing jobs. "That's what people blame them for today! Oh my god. Have we learned NOTHING?" He was pretty upset

We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot. We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.

If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving."

Woke up from a dream (Nightmare?) this morning. The toy that was all the rage with the kids was “my little Tony” dolls. I had to exorcise this thought, I'm so sorry.

Philadelphia is the greatest city in the world (sound on).

You knew this was coming. 🤣

IT WASNT AN OPTION THE WHOLE TIME YOU ARE A UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE YOU CONTROL THE POWER OF THE PURSE YOU INADEQUATE JACKASS

The Trump admin butchered a $42.5 billion infrastructure bill broadband grant program (BEAD), killed all affordability requirements, offloaded a big chunk to Elon Musk, and is trying to steal half the funds to create a new slush fund for god knows what and the press coverage is not great

As a retired airline Captain I flew into LGA and NY airspace hundreds of times. It is some of the world’s busiest airspace. To have only one ATC in the tower at LGA is criminal negligance. Not only is the airspace crowded and chaotic, so are the ground operations. Sean Duffy’s FAA owns this 100%

People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

I don't think folks outside of PA understand how much we hit the jackpot in 2018 by electing @scanlon.house.gov @repdean.bsky.social @houlahan.house.gov and (why did she have to lose in 2024?) Susan Wild under a new finally-fair map. I've worked with each of them and it's simply an honor.

Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.

The reactions to Bluesky having a new CEO

True Art

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD

I genuinely spent many many years warning people that we really didn't want him anywhere near the levers of power he makes Ajit Pai seem relatable

At the bottom of the Substack settings page, under "Danger Zone," you can turn off all subscriptions at once. Apologies to all my friends on Substack. I'd gritted my teeth and supported you because I love your work. But Substack's partnership with Polymarket is the last straw for me.

The non-partisan Economy League of Greater Philadelphia issued an immigration analysis this week. It found that Philadelphia’s economic vitality depends more and more on foreign-born residents. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/immig...

I wish the Kansas state government a very merry jump into a woodchipper

everyone understands that the only reason you can post "Trump is a pedo" on any social media platform is because Section 230 exists, right?

people sure axlotl questions already answered by my neotenous salamander tshirt

they don't want linux. they just want to endlessly critique windows

16 bits and what do you get blast processing and super fx

It's amazing to watch in real time as a wrecker account cycles between "I'm not saying to abstain from voting" and "actually, voting is pointless you naive American fool"

It's good that popular YouTube influencers understand why 230 is so important. It's not good that almost the entirety of our political and media classes don't understand it at all.

“We must abolish ICE and the entire DHS. We must proclaim a general amnesty to all undocumented immigrants currently residing in America. We must decriminalize unauthorized immigration. And we must enshrine freedom of movement in the constitution.” www.liberalcurrents.com/abolition-am...

if elon had a normal dick he absolutely would have posted it by now

ok is now a time to say I 100% believe this caused /pol/ to exist because a few years ago someone texted me to say they were with moot at a party and asked if I wanted to relay anything and I said “yeah tell him to ban gamergate shit off 4chan” flippantly AND THEN HE FUCKING DID

Remember, the difference between gender ale and gender lager is in the fermentation style: gender ale is a top, whereas gender lager is a bottom

Reporting and analyzing from the ground in Philadelphia! People here are terrified we'll be Noem's next target. But some city leaders, including DA Larry Krasner, have a plan to scare off ICE. I think it would work — if the mayor will allow it. www.salon.com/2026/01/28/p...

wikipedia page of the day: "The purpose of the trial was not only to try the defendants but also to assemble irrefutable evidence of Nazi war crimes, offer a history lesson to the defeated Germans, and delegitimize the traditional German elite." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurembe...

As federal agents increasingly use force against residents, states must take every action possible to uphold the constitutional rights guaranteed to everyone on US. soil. That’s why Sen. Comitta and I introduced legislation to allow Pennsylvanians to challenge federal abuses of power in state court.

remember when there was a BLM protest in Philadelphia and the cops "found" a child who'd been "abandoned" by his mother and then it turned out a woman had made a wrong turn and they'd dragged her out of her car and beat the shit out of her and then kidnapped her nephew