Want to build on this: Yes, patronage systems are bad. 1) is that likely going to result here? 2) would that actually be worse than the current state of things? I don't think you can credibly state either! Abughazaleh is being both brave and campaigning on compassion. We need both those things.

Oh this is all Kat Abu's fault. Of course it is. Of course everyone is being totes normal about Kat Abu

I am not. Here is why: Whatever complaints I might have about campaign finance, I don’t tweet about it often, so I know it would be a bad look for me to swoop in to criticize a campaign for spending money on feminine hygiene products for the needy, especially when federal pardons are being sold

Despite claims that Congress Never Does Anything, they passed bipartisan legislation to outlaw TikTok

*getting mounted every morning by a Malamute ready for their walk because you’re an alpha.*

I’ve read basically all of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s books and basically liked him, but he sometimes forces himself into illiteracy to try and support his ideas. 1/2

why did something happen

80% of Menswear guy’s practical advice is one of the following: 1. stop wearing clothes that are too small for you 2. Only wear a suit jacket with matching pants, a tie and formal shoes 3. suck on deez nutz

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

Ladies can like what they like, but I would guess this would generally select for men who don’t cook rather than men who are clean and proactive on their chores

Eventually there’s going to be 500 people in the US buying or leasing new cars with everyone else driving them later in their lifespans

What a terrible take. Christmas is inseparable from Paganism

Weirdly, this guy is misusing the metaphor. The North Star should be a guiding principle. Here, he’s referring to a concrete goal (1 million lines of code)

Welcome, class. This year’s textbook will be a curated set of screenshots of Best Trousers and Ryan Radia tweets

Trump was unpredictable, which is why no one predicted him. Trumpism, OTOH, was highly predicable, even if no one would have guessed its eventual name. Every single conservative media outlet had been pointing (and pushing) towards it for at least a decade.

An interesting thread about political realignment. Because it’s been 30 years, a lot people have forgotten these things: (1) the political center used to be a lot larger, (2) fringe views are stubborn (even if not widely held)

Trump is the natural progression of the Democratic Party electing Barack Obama president, which triggered a realignment finishing the Civil Rights realignment between the parties. 1/3 NYT (1995): “Clinton Embraces a Proposal To Cut Immigration by a Third”: ordinary-times.com/2018/06/29/t...

his Cosa Nostra thing of never criticizing another journalist is something to see

we should do it

Ah, well, nevertheless…

60 Minutes has run in my lifetime: 1. a story on aliens where 100% of the sources were US military personnel who wanted more funding to look for aliens 2. a story about George W Bush’s Vietnam-era service based on letters obviously made in Microsoft Word 3. a story about apples causing cancer

“act of war”

Brazen lies both express and cement power. Authoritarians worldwide understand this. E.g., it’s not that North Koreans believe lies about Kim. The lies demonstrate his power. Same with the Trump’s hand being bandaged because he is “constantly shaking hands.” 1/2

Several weeks into the Trump Administration, once it became clear I wouldn't get DOGE’d…and might end up in morally compromising positions as DOE’s lead on minerals financing, I wrote down my red lines. And then kept reminding myself of them as the year progressed. Shit like this was among them.

People need to calm down about so many movies being based off existing IP. “Sinners” is quite clearly based on “From Dusk Till Dawn”(complimentary), but they would not benefit from branding it that way, so it’s categorized as original

Okay, “Sinners” was great. I know you all said it was great but I didn’t believe you because I didn’t expect you guys to actually like fun movies

I am mostly infuriated that I made an actual joke and he is just explaining my joke as though he is the funny one and I have no way to go explain it to him or the 138 people who like this who were apparently born in August of 1985.

(This tweet had three likes before I added mine)

"Richard B. Cheney Center for the Performing Arts"

During our De-Stalinization program in 3 years, we can compromise and boot Kennedy’s name from the building too.

How do you look at mass race-based confrontations and detentions by a government service and say it’s because they are prioritizing “profits”?

The right not wanting to give up on racist traitor Robert e lee is like Indians not wanting to say subaschandra Bose was a Nazi sympathizing antisemitic bigot whose greatest gift he ever gave to India was dying in ww2

this is a good time to point out that Bernie is thankfully independent, not all their ideas are this bad

Maybe Democrats have trouble getting people to vote for them because a lot of their ideas are disastrously bad?

“I wish our government would do something to stop civil asset forfeiture.” [Monkey’s paw curls]

But baby, it’s cold outside

This is correct nine times out of ten, but everyone thinks they are the one out of ten fighting a just and necessary war

A PhD in History is not, it turns out, about memorizing facts other people discovered

Thread. Academics are definitely more interested in novel research, and, yeah, I would have to guess that if you just really know Roman military history well that might not actually strike your prospective colleagues as sexy. 1/3

It’s hard to grasp how Donald Trump could go from the heights of winning the FIFA Peace Prize all the way down to this

We need to have a conversation about the mental illness crisis among parents

Uncertainty about what Trump might do with the Fed (legally!) cannot possibly be priced in right now. People are jaywalking in front of a steamroller *do not investment advice from internet dogs www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.

If the ballroom isn't built a demented old man will get pissy and start a war, which will harm national security apnews.com/article/trum...

Wait. Does she think companies are passing on her because they want someone they have to do a visa sponsorship for?

This makes sense, but… I also wonder if straight white blonde porn has become right-coded

School today sent out a message saying to be careful because there was ICE IN THE PARKING LOT and then had to hastily send a clarifying followup that they meant the frozen water, not immigration enforcement.

Your move @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

It is weird to me that the shooter would yell something into a 500-person classroom before shooting (indicating perhaps they have some sort of ideological message and don’t care about getting away) and we don’t have a sketch or even a description of them. (Were they short? Tall? Big gun? Small gun?)