“Why is literacy important?” Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc* Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

Me when I see a football game

Rave reviews for Batting Around and Tipping Pitches, folks!

I do not recommend getting on the wrong bus from the airport and ending up in Chester with a dead phone at 7pm

never been a better time to join The War on Cars

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare

Hey @fetterman.senate.gov

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Excited for my flight home tomorrow 🙃

God help me if/when I see one of these fucking pigs on my apps

One of my favorite images that has ever existed online.

I’m so sorry

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

Yeah :D

Reminder

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

I would much rather have a politician that jerks it than a politician whose son makes sure he doesn’t jerk it

“YouTuber MrBeast unveils theme park in Saudi Arabia”

Whomst amongst us

Gonna overuse the shit out of this

Okay?!?!?!?!

buddy was movin

"The Department of Homeland Security may have $190 billion in new funding, but they don’t have what they really need, the hearts of the people."

Lol

“Being a gay top with a fat ass on Bluesky, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more queer liberation than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a gay should be.” -Boston Gay Boy

I do not regret to inform you that we will win

SNAP funds will be paid in full, proving that the USDA was always capable of paying the full November benefit. Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry. They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand. They chose cruelty and pain.

say it with me, everyone

[sighs wistfully]

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Glad my massive crash out contributed to *something*

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

Good lord. Need a feed with only skeets marked as rude. Fuck you, assholes

RISING (2007) Acrylic on Watercolor board - 36” X 24” This image came to me while I was working on THE RIVER in 1996. 1/3

any Democrat who isn’t cheering Mamdani’s blowout from the roofs right now is a snake and dangerous to any resistance movement against the active fascist era (which they are largely responsible for creating in the first place!)

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, you fucking demon

Chicago is truly one of the all time greats

I don't know how we do it but we always manage to outdo ourselves in the yearly Tipping Pitches x @battingaround.bsky.social crossover extravaganza talking about the dumbest things in baseball of that year.

I am very much against the death penalty, but I truly think that some people are going to have to be hung (after a fair trial) to keep this from happening again. There's no way around it.

bluesky mods retire bitch