If Trump does what he's threatening, two civilizations die tonight because it would no longer be possible to describe the United States of America as a "civilization".

But no, you see, you can't have a leader with impulse control issues who is prone to angry outbursts, they must be measured and calm like Donald J. Trump.

One thing I don't ever want to hear again after this is over is people saying they don't understand how ordinary Germans could have went along with the Nazis. Partisan polarization and identification is the answer, and conservatives from the US and beyond are doing it before our eyes.

The answer is probably Kalispell in Montana though I don't remember anything about it. Even though they're in friggin paradise, Hawaiian cities can be pretty grim. Hilo, even Honolulu outside of Waikiki.

I don't really have a good one of these, but my gf does: She saw Lady Gaga at a tiny upstairs bar before she blew up.

It shouldn't go unnoticed that the first two Cabinet members fired in order to blame them for Trump's failure are women, and a person of colour (Kash Patel at the FBI) has a decent chance to be next. Anyone who thinks Trump will aid them is a fool, but women and minorities especially so.

This is the thing about all this fapping about the 14th amendment by right-wingers trying to kill it. If you did, then your citizenship is *also* revoked, technically. Naturalized citizens, another prime target of theirs, become the only securely legal citizens. Your argument is stupid, in short.

Obviously this isn't the main point and we're well aware of the double standard but can you imagine if a Democratic President referred to their country as "stupid"? The press would not stop until they were strung up.

How old were you when you learned that Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" music video was directed by Brian DePalma? I was today years old. Thank you, @patrickhwillems.bsky.social.

My favourite thing about this - besides that there isn't even really a joke there in the first place - is that once she starts corpsing, the puppeteer has the bear corpse too. That's professionalism.

I recall a 2016 election Frontline special on the presidential candidates noting that Trump's three biggest mentors were his father, Roy Cohn, and Norman Vincent Peale. I think the first two are pretty well-recognized and understood influences but there hasn't been enough out there about Peale.

Whoever is trying to shiv NosfeSteveTu here, sharpen a stake next time and go for the heart to get the job done right.

I don't have a dog in this race anymore but I don't see that Star Trek has much of a future if no one who is still invested in it has any idea what it was ever actually like or what they even saw in it that initially pulled them in.

Who's to say what the Trumparoo Court will do, but I suspect overturning birthright citizenship is too chaotic and touches too much of the stove for anyone but Thomas, Alito, and maybe Kavanaugh. They could absolutely say "Fuck it, we ball", though.

your grandparents voting for reagan

*looks at the most populous and successful parts of the country* "No, no. That's not it. They've got it all wrong."

Imane Khelif is not trans, as many people have pointed out, often directly to Rowling, for two years. But among transphobes, it's an article of faith that secret transes are hiding everywhere, waiting to pounce. The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is one of the people who thinks this.

It's a hard but perhaps predictable irony that so many fans of the Potter works saw in them themes of community and selflessly caring for and helping others only for their creator to just bluntly show that she doesn't care about any of that shit at all.

But on the upside, larger breasts in video games and more white people in Star Wars, right?

"I totally aced the tests on mental decline that they keep giving me because I'm the smartest President" is one of my favourite Trump running bits.

Between this bit on Erica Kirk (especially the coffee order and workout class parts) and Marco Rubio quoting Public Enemy to describe the Iran war, I'm reminded of the absurd contradiction of American conservatism: they criticize, even demonize, capitalist culture while being wholly addicted to it.

Ooh, Dream Beaver I believe you can build a dam overniiight Ooh, Dream Beaver I believe you can pack the mud nice and tiiiight

This is the big thing. Roald Dahl was a virulent and unapologetic antisemite but if you buy a copy of James and the Giant Peach, the proceeds don't go towards jailing Jews. With Rowling and Potter, they go towards destroying trans lives. Directly.

R.E.M. is my vote for the greatest ever American band and the fact that they also became one of the most popular is wild when you consider where they were for most of the '80s.

Are you tired of winning yet, America?

Frodo: We met him singing in the forest and let him hold the One Ring made by the Dark Lord in the fires of Mount Doom to dominate all life and he tried to give it to a chipmunk. Gandalf: That fucking guy. Don't get me started on Bombadil. It's been the same thing since college.

Undoubtedly I've crossed paths with MAGAmericans abroad but they've known enough to keep their mouths shut about it but not enough to proceed from that inherent feeling of shame to discarding the things that are the source of that feeling but they should reflect a bit and then do that.

That's Why You Don't Put That In Your Mouth culture continues apace.

This man is a blithering idiot, but remember this clip when it all goes predictably pear-shaped in a week and he blames it all on everyone, anyone else.

Starting a new Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the ways that I am not visiting the United States at any conceivable time.

ICE guy detaining the full body scanner because it made him look fat

There's a whole lot of sweaty, straining effort to avoid the fundamental truth that Orange Man Bad or to undo its fundamental truth or to somehow prove it wrong but it's true that Orange Man Bad! Sorry, you're gonna have to accept and deal with it eventually!

Aside from the drunk driving and trading on celebrity to get out of trouble, the real scummy stuff, appealing to cops for leniency with "You guys like boy bands, right?" is objectively funny.

Which The Pitt character would post on Bluesky? You know the answer and very unfortunately it's Ogilvie.

Blowie and the Hootfish

This is such a simple and direct concept, someone should educate the youth on it, maybe with a children's story? Involving a wolf, perhaps?

I'm not picking on Afroman here (I don't want a diss track written about me) but it's so funny that some Americans get offended at disrespect of the flag while turning it into articles of clothing, flying it from the back of trucks, changing its colours to make pro-police statements, etc.

Conservatives do not have a theory of mind for their opponents, and a big reason for this is most of their experience with "persuading" the public is plonking whatever slop they want in front of their own base and watching as they gobble it up without a thought. Not everyone is like that!

Conservatives do not have a theory of mind for their opponents, and a big reason for this is most of their experience with "persuading" the public is plonking whatever slop they want in front of their own base and watching as they gobble it up without a thought. Not everyone is like that!

lol, this is "opposite marriage" beauty pageant moron. She's likely given Trump a handy so this one must especially sting for him.

Canadians out here compulsively embedding loonies in everything for good luck. We can't stop, we're putting them under the skins of our children now, please help us.

Two-hour drive to the waterpark at West Edmonton Mall. Also as part of gym class we went curling at the local rink.

Ohhh, just jimmy it open with a crowbar, eh? All she needs is a bit o' elbow grease, don'tcha know?

My very tepid take us that Sinners and One Battle After Another are both very good movies, scraping at great, and both are justly rewarded for that greatness. But man, some of the discourse I've read about OBAA online makes me worried about left-wing media literacy because youch.

Spend a decade in politics trashing NATO then expect them to do thankless dirty work to clean up your mess. Trump will be pissed but he cannot, deep down, be surprised.

The Banshees of Inisherin 2

One Battle After Another is probably the closest thing we'll ever get to The Battle of Algiers from the point of view of The Dude from The Big Lebowski and short though it falls from that aim, it must still be celebrated for its proximity.

I am reminded of an observation from @shaunvids.bsky.social's Hiroshima and Nagasaki video about how morale bombing doesn't work on authoritarian regimes. They don't care that you terrorize and kill their civilian population because that's their day job.

They haven't a clue how many sleeper cells there are or aren't, this is an incitement for pogroms against Iranian-Americans and Muslim-Americans anyone who might resemble them and you know that right-wing white Americans are really not good at that kind of discernment or any kind tbh.

FIFA might be the most shamelessly corrupt governing body in all of sports and Donald Trump seems determined to test the precise boundaries of that corruption up to the decisive inch.