I have this thought every day. We need fewer silos and more villages.

One of the most remarkable things of the last 9 months is how many Americans seem to believe the President is all powerful and Congress has no say. Actually Congress has been ineffective by choice. It has immense power if it had the courage to use it.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Mike Judge is a master of highbrow-lowbrow 💯

it's actually so frustrating that nature gave us groups of people who could cover many different contingencies in group living (morning vs evening alertness, optimists and pessimists, detail oriented analyzers & big picture theorizers)

They should invent a kind of news that isn't bad

This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.

What’s going on with my “Earthers,” “Martians” and, in some cases “Belters?”

Oh my god I just finished Patriot on Amazon and it is CRIMINAL there is not more of this. It is one of the best crafted things I’ve seen. Spy show, family drama, deeply funny. Actors putting on a clinic. Writing, cinematography on point. Beautiful European locations. Watch ittttttt

This process is truly bananas

You love to see it 💪

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

I’m late to this interview with Tony Gilroy but I think his answer, about why most art is progressive, hits the nail on the head. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

I like this energy. I think there is a huge opportunity right now to reclaim and redefine personal freedom in opposition to increasing authoritarianism and conformity. This is a natural leverage point and is wide open

There’s a strong body of research showing that naming things clearly—esp. systems of power and injustice—is essential to public understanding, mobilization and change. We shouldn’t avoid calling things what they are just because it’s uncomfortable. Power relies on our hesitation to speak plainly.

I think this interview is very good and provides a comprehensive way of understanding our current situation:

My only permanent pope stance is that politicians should not be able to be to the right of the pope. Whatever the pope's position is, should be as right wing as you can get without being shunned from public life.

The American demand for instant outcomes makes us lose sight of what actually matters

Neurodiversity is biodiversity. We need neutral, de-pathologizing terms for the natural variations that benefit each species, e.g. identification vs. diagnosis, traits vs. symptoms, neurotype vs disorder.

we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris

Sinners, y’all … believe the hype.

Proud of @djschwin.me for writing this story and getting it published! He put a lot of thought into each historical and creative detail, and it’s a delight to read 💕

imagine laws, but for rich people

😂 new career path on The Home Edit

It’s surreal that this even needs to be said, but it does

I think this is really admirable. One thing that I’ve seen written about Trump et al is that they’ve cornered the market on being “men of action.” You have to do verbs - especially visible action verbs. And Ds just haven’t been great at it. This is a Verb & I respect it

Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits

This is pretty astonishing. It’s also my favorite kind of communication, where you just respect your audience and make your case directly

New York doesn't need a jail for people with mental health concerns; it needs community-based services and care; clubhouses and crisis respite centers; and the resources that will allow the city to stop using fucking *jails* as an ineffective, last-ditch sweep-up for people who can't access care.

Sonic boom of the Severence Floor

It’s nice when people learn. No matter how old.

⚡️ This rules ⚡️

We see way too much behind the curtain on things these days, and have atrophied the muscle that allows us to experience entertainment, news, food —probably even each other — in the present moment for its own sake

There's no LLM that can even begin to process my em-dash game

The Museum of All Things. “Every exhibit in the museum corresponds to a Wikipedia article. The walls of the exhibit are covered in images and text from the article, and hallways lead out to other exhibits based on the article’s links.” [mayeclair.itch.io]

This is just to say I have fired the bureaucrats throughout your government Even the ones that were probably keeping planes in the air Forgive me I am not very smart So efficiency Much savings

Hey. NYers. Do me a favor and support the following assembly bills: NY A05464 aka the Freedom to Read Act, which will protect libraries & librarians & NY A05416 aka the Books Save Lives Act, which will require school libraries to maintain a collection of diverse books here's how🧵

Black History Month Stories. I'm super excited for today's story. Anyone who has followed me for some time knows I'm a huge pro wrestling fan. I restricted myself to only one wrestler for this series, but his story is amazing. Today's story is Allen Coage, known in wrestling as Bad News Brown.

Black History Month Stories. Today's story covers a badass queen in the old west. The first Black woman employed as a star route postal carrier in the United States. This woman came up from slavery to carve a name for herself. This is the story of Stagecoach Mary.

"Depressed? Go see some stand-up. They're never depressed, those comics. Very helpful, psychologically. If you ARE a stand up comedian, perhaps by the name of Pagliacci, we definitely recommend this."

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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics. Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.* So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

i like that they labeled his back there, in case you didn't know where it was

I agree with this. It all plays into a narrative—earned or not—that Trump is a man of *action.* It’s the one of the things that I think Democrats struggle to get right. And if anything this moment is providing lots of opportunities! How do you do what you do and have it *look like* action?

The MS Senate just passed judicial redistricting maps drawing a new subdistrict for white voters in a black-majority district while refusing to draw black-majority subdistricts in white-majority districts. This bill is flagrant enough to bail Mississippi back into VRA preclearance.

Oh no! We forgot to learn from history