Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)

You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters

something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.

It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.

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In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

One of the big takeaways from this week is the party has to run candidates *everywhere* who are good fits for their community. Building a massive candidate pipeline in all 50 states is how you operationalize that takeaway. We're doing it!

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For me, it'd be D&D instead of football; but otherwise, same.

Hotel at Mall of America to offer free hot meals for families missing SNAP benefits. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

After Zohran’s win, if Dems reorient their party back to New Deal-style populism and genuinely combat the corporations and billionaires ruining everyone’s lives, then this moment of discontent across the country could have staying power — and be a positive force.

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

this is absolutely true and this should not strike fear, it should strike righteous fucking fury in you, are you going to let them break you, or are you going to make them break upon us?

Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

Big day for people who care about other people

What we know, 12:10am [Now in 2 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House —Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —Krasner & Bragg win

"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."

Political elites' apparent assumption that Trump winning another term meant Americans as a whole decided trans people and immigrants deserve concentration camps or worse is so fucking revealing

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister. www.wired.com/story/nepal-...

"If you follow the logic of democratic socialism to the horizon, America winds up like Scandinavia. If you follow the logic of national socialism to the horizon, America winds up like China."

Capitalism really went from saying "anyone who works hard can build a good life for themselves" to "you have to be exceptional if you even want a comfortable life".

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country. n.pr/47X03G0

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

Inside an unprecedented settlement -- why Universal is ending its lawsuit against AI-music platform Udio and partnering with it.

This is such a disappointing management decision. Not just because @leximcmenamin.com and their colleagues are excellent journalists, but because they never, ever underestimated what teen girls might find interesting or care about.

Trump’s Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard www.texasobserver.org/trump-cuts-t... - via @texasobserver.org

Reminder: The government is shut down because Trump and Republicans don’t want to fund healthcare. They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...

"...detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water..." Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers apnews.com/article/immi...

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund. Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

“we will rule you forever with an iron fist of suffering” is maybe not the most compelling message any administration has ever had

#Atlanta Pastor #Jamal-Bryant urges his congregants to help those who won't receive #SNAP this month. This is what every church should be doing right now. if they aren't you need to ask them why

jfc hes underwater with *white people*

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app? What?

I think two things can be true about AI: 1. The way it is used now is extremely harmful to the environment, & is evocative of the saying, 'When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail'. 2. We should not totally close the door on smaller-scale, more relational usage of AI.

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

I live in the States where #homelessness has been a huge problem, which due to 47’s malignant policies is about to greatly multiply and get much worse. For solutions, #BrianKlaas ’s article here is well worth the read. open.substack.com/pub/briankla...

US detains British commentator Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour reut.rs/4hwjEQv

I think I'm someone who gives people benefit of the doubt, gen thinks we have to allow for ppl to grow/change, & that we need more votes even if the optns aren't ideal. What's annoying abt all this is that there's time to find/build ideal optns. Why are people trying so hard to make THIS one work?

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So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

From June Lockhart’s NY Times obit. RIP to a real one.

There are as many Republicans in CA as the entire population of Missouri. And nearly 3x as many registered Republicans as GOP votes he got in Missouri in 2024. I hope all the blue-state GOPers remember this come midterms. Our (bad) red-blue state thinking is screwing them.

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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something