I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

Today and always, I stand with my trans friends, students, and loved ones. I see you, you are valid, and you matter.

This is just straight up misinformation and propaganda These democrats don’t just not understand. They are actively working to dismantle all democratic institutions and any kind of free and fair information space. They are either incompetent to the point of malice or acting out of malice

A lot of people seem incapable of processing any tragedy that happens to Diaspora Jews without making it about Israel-Palestine. And that goes for both the ones saying, "This is where 'Globalize the Intifada' slogans inevitably lead!" AND the ones saying, "But Chabad is a pro-Israel organization!"

I am committed to vigorously defending Minnesota’s medical providers who do incredible work to treat and care for all Minnesotans, including our trans neighbors. I have already taken the Trump Admin to court to stop them from scapegoating the trans community. I will not hesitate to do so again.

Bless the ACLU for fighting tooth and nail the policies of this administration that is actively seeking the deaths of trans children. To the kids affected by this: You are not alone. We will organize. We will fight. And, most importantly, survive. Do not give these monsters what they want.

For those not in the know, Rafael Palmerio under oath to congress in March 2005 said, "I have never used steroids. Period" but he then tested positive for steroid use in May 2005.

Again, I really wish more papers would get accustomed to the form “Trump unlawfully pretends to…” when describing things Trump says he’s doing but has no legal power to do.

Now is the time to release this report! If the concern is "distract from current winning streak" then let the fight over the 2024 autopsy take place now while there aren't significant elections going on. Democratic primaries are going to fight over the issues anyway.

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

I would go further and say that if you have ever used "Zionism" to mean "aspirational call for Jewish self-determination" and gotten frustrated when people see Zionism as racist dispossession, you should understand why a Palestinian might feel the same about "Intifada." And vice versa.

This headline is worse than misleading; it is actively false. No one is proposing to end gender-affirming health care for cisgender youth.

Oh this one is really tough... At end of 2022 I probably would have said Vampire Survivors. Right now? I would say Dorfromantik but there are multiple other games from 2022 I still play and enjoy.

At the end of 2014? Probably Sid Meir's Civilization: Beyond Earth. Would probably say the same now? I do enjoy MarioKart 8 though (though I don't own it).

Time to contact your Senate representatives on the off chance the GOP Senate takes up this House bill. We dare not risk Senate Dems capitulating on this

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

Starting the war in Venezuela has the prospect of VICTORY! Ending the war in Afghanistan was the assurance of defeat. The US media cares more about that dynamic than the morality or even geopolitical fallout of either action.

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

Reading this column, my takeaway is that the main effect of overturning Humphries is transferring power away from mostly independent agency heads with subject matter expertise and towards hyper partisan, hyper ideological White House staffers.

"The progressive approach on education is just 'dumb it down' at every level" is such an online take. I can say for my home state of MN the progressive approach on education standards the last few years has been to ditch rote learning and emphasize critical thinking.

The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”. NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC. ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr. Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.

From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.

New York Yankees secretly part of slug alien invasion confirmed!?!?

I've been mulling this over for a few days and I think this is a problem with any academic language getting into the mainstream of social movements (especially online). The "intelligent sounding words" get used to sound intelligent but by those that don't fully understand their contextual use.

Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.

The destruction of USAID is arguably the most cruel action of any person or government so far in the 21st century. And no individual is more to blame than Elon Musk. I've said it before and I will say it again: Musk should be remembered as one of the worst mass killers of the 21st century.

still think usaid is the biggest story of the year

Another compelling take on why Trump and his admin are escalating conflict with Venezuela.

"Yes, the human was sitting in this seat mere seconds before I claimed it, if he wanted to keep it, he should have stayed in it."

Relevant comic on the true meaning of Hanukkah, (h/t @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social)

Sometimes someone will get really mad at me because they think I got a fact wrong and then I look and they're mad that they have a different opinion from me.

I expect a regime change war for Trump will have about the same effect domestically as the Argentina Military Junta's attempt to take the Falkland Islands

my team has never used ChatGPT for any of our writing. these are 100% artisanal handmade mistakes, thank you

This is the first I have run across this hypothesis. I find it compelling and plausible. Enough so that the collective "we" in the United States should be prepared for the domestic fallout and be prepared to resist it.

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television

“Trump Derangement Syndrome” has always been a way to smear people for having a logical, rational response to Trump having power. The real TDS is normalizing Trump’s power and the way he abuses it

The so-called TDS havers have only ever been proven right, and in fact the vast majority of people underestimate how bad the consequences of Trump’s power have been and will be.

חנכה שמח Happy Chanuka הערב הראשון The first night

To continue the timeline cleanse, I also think it is important to share this photo of cat doing his best circle.

I am reposting a Happy Hanukkah message as I want to keep it separate from all of the sad posting I was making earlier today.

The proper transliteration is “Xanike.”

Genuinely horrific to wake up to news of an antisemitic attack in Bondi Beach, but still moving to know that a Muslim man heroically wrestled a gun off of one of the shooters

Trying to focus on the glimmers of light here

It’s very easy for Jews to go insular and insist that no one cares about our suffering and thus I must insist that we recognize that Ahmed al Ahmed not only cared, he put his life on the line and was shot twice for our safety.

This is so much of what community and solidarity, regardless of religious background, is about ❤️‍🩹 Our safety is in solidarity:

One of the things about being Jewish is that the calendar ritually mandates that you be sad some days and joyful other days regardless of what is happening in the world, and I think about that every time Jews get slaughtered on a ritually joyful day.

Whenever Jews are like “how can I do [insert joyful ritual] when so much awful stuff is happening?” I’m just like… that’s the entire point of Judaism

It’s not that you’re ignoring suffering, it’s that you recognize that the world contains all of it at all times. Even when you’re in the first year of mourning you’re still expected to take breaks for things like Purim.