Yet another example of why a SECULAR government is the only viable foundation for freedom of (and from) religion. We should support secular governance with our full chests, regardless of our faith.

there's been a rather ingenius, insidious, deliberate effort via propaganda and social messaging to get people to shift their anger and trauma about covid away from the officials who failed them, to the people asking them to mask.

In addition to resuming airstrikes, Israel has also announced it will again prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

that kentuckian trilobite is 6 years older than my grandma was when she passed and i am not a good enough person to feel anything but bitter and angry about it.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

From the comments on this, it seems like most folks don’t know just how close Trump and Netanyahu are, or that their relationship goes back to the 1980s:

At some point people started conflating “contrarian” with “smart.”

On strikes, boycotts, and rethinking leverage when the government WANTS the economy to collapse: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

1. the smell of fresh ground coffee 2. peeling a perfect clove of garlic 3. ice cream fresh from the grocery store, when it's just starting to soften 4. caramelized onions

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song. But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

it's papal infallibility until he says something that makes you feel like the shitty person you are.

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

building on this thought: humans are baseline good, but positions in society tasked with making rules the rest of us have to follow tend to attract people who are power-hungry and not good. this is why an absurd number of said rules punish our baseline good behavior.

this is why i will quit the internet before i share my government ID with any of these platforms.

The Online Safety Act sure has made being online more dangerous.

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Increasingly grossed out by the very common phrase "[PERSON] is worth [DOLLARS]"

A reminder here that there is no evidence any talent agency is actually trying to "sign" a generated video. By all appearances, this is yet another failing AI company flat out lying to the press.

"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

Right, AI "actresses" are our society's ultimate fantasy: women who can't *not* consent and also, *can't* consent because a woman who can't say yes, in a society that very clearly gets off on women's suffering, is as much the fantasy as a woman who can't say no

The other thing about this is it isn’t just a move toward not paying actors—it’s a move toward not paying: - makeup artists - costume technicians/stitchers/etc. - stunt coordinators - intimacy coordinators - craft services Etc.

Why can’t we have nice things, too, instead of more spread of preventable diseases?

Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!" Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

I guess I just don’t understand why an anti-ICE sniper would aim at immigrants… And why are so many people engraving bullets these days? I have questions.

I'm so sick of uber rich mad men, sadist authoritarians and morally vacant boot lickers.

The Deepwater Horizon Disaster killed 11 people and poured up to 205 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, harming thousands of animals. But BP has just proposed a risky new drilling plan in even deeper waters. Tell the Dept. of the Interior to fully reject this plan ➡️ bit.ly/4nl9oNl

All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven. It’s why they’re all Zionists obsessed with Israel. Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die. bsky.app/profile/jeff...

Can we break $2,000 today? Please support this museum!

TAX THEM ALL TAKE ALL OF THEIR MONEY 2% isn’t enough, you crybabies

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation. More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.

Disney’s stock price has plunged as millions cancel their subscriptions after the company removed Jimmy Kimmel over his Charlie Kirk comments. This is how you protest—hit these corporations where it hurts most: their wallets.

Compare that to the opening scene of Spectre. Daniel Craig here is wearing Tom Ford, adjusted for him, no doubt, but still made according to the designer's vision, not Craig's body. Despite Craig doing less expressive movements, Craig's suit is fighting against him the entire time.

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives

im ngl this is why ive become very unionist and anti-partition or secession / separation / whatever you want to call it. there's strength in being a giant, chaotic, borderline-ungovernable country.

Never forget that Paul Newman and Robert Redford were as compelling and as sexy as they were because they recognized their own privilege and fought– vocally, with presence and finances– for the rights of people with less privilege than them.

@kenniejd.bsky.social have you watched this yet www.youtube.com/shorts/sXSat...

This is the biggest story in America right now. Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year Steaks up 16.6% Apples up 9.6% Bananas, 6.6%. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

nothing's more irritating than watching anti-intellectualism take over every facet of our society. drowning out informed opinions with emotion-driven ignorance, for example.

also, many animals at zoos and sanctuaries are specifically non-releasable. if zoo animal ambassadors were reintroduced to the wild they'd very likely die within days. (unless of course they're being bred or rehabbed specifically for release)

Danish authorities forced IUDs and hormonal birth control injections on at least 350 Indigenous women and girls in Greenland, many without their knowledge or consent, into the 1990s, survivors tell investigators. Some reported abortions and sterilization www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates. Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire. You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.

Yeah, we're cooked. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/

If you do find your name, go here to file to get your money! www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.