every time you write overly defensively you should remember that you are pursuing a strategy of writing careful sentences specifically for people who demonstrably either won't or can't read them

I can’t be the only person who believes Moscow Mitch McConnell is dead and the fascist Republican cult are covering it up to block a special election thus committing election fraud.

I actually remember that one. I don't think Cramer ever walked it back.

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Nobody’s claiming to be speaking to Mitch McConnell since the odd “proof of life” photo was released. I wonder why…..

Senator Mark Kelly Nails It........

A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.

I have two US artist friends who just went to Southern Europe for a week. I get they'd planned it a few months back...but a few months ago most of us knew the world situation was shit & not improving. These are sweet people, but they tend to think politics is something that happens to others.

Order now—supplies won’t last long

I'm not saying Dems should hold up the res for Darline Graham, but I'd hope they at least considered it... if simply because one Republican senator who blocked the res to replace Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee was Lindsey Graham. 2/

Hey, folks. This is a friend of the shop, if you can spare a gander.

At the ExCo I had to leave in March, my health insurance was $390/month. I was quoted a COBRE premium of $1590/month. I got an ACA plan for $701 that's affordable with my current income.

The skankiest Republicans are winning primaries in Arizona. If they get into office, AZ will become a nightmare. Our cities are more or less blue. This is being driven by red rural counties...whose voters do realize this won't make their lives better. They'll take pain, to punish cities.

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First Nations are bearing the worst of Canada's wildfire crisis. Indigenous-led organizations are leading the most grounded response on the ground. If you can give, here's where to start: → Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity: an7gc.ca/donate/ → True North Aid: truenorthaid.ca

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

Me, wanting to go see The Odyssey just to see if they got Penelope's loom right (probably not).

Anyone here have suggestions for quick and good woven labels or machine-embroidery patches? The service I wanted to use 1) ghosted me and 2) had bad reviews. It's for 2 sizes of an art festival logo, one non-profit logo, and 27 separate category text labels. We can pay. Twice/year gig.

Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.

'i can fix him' no my love you can't. no one ever has

let's keep the questions about RAMPART you guys

Just occurred to me the humorous possibilities, if people within hearing distance of Donald J. Trump started sniffing audibly in his direction. With growing puzzled and disgusted expressions.

NEW: BBC ups pain level for Trump in his $5-10B defamation suit over BBC's #Jan6 documentary editing. Magistrate judge rules finances of Trump's biz empire are fair game for discovery as are some queries related to his intentions & actions that day. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

If Mitch McConnell were a Democrat, his failed/failing health and MIA status would be the #1 news across all media, thanks to nonstop MAGA and right-wing framing, commentary and outrage. Huge difference between both parties right there.

Let's *all* call it 'Trumporrhea'.

All right, I've got a local woman who needs help urgently in this deadly heat [I wound up sick from the heat last night myself; it's no joke]. Emily was unhoused for over a year, dealing with A LOT of crap life threw at her. She's got an RV van now [owes $800 on it] that she's rehabbing.

PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.

I did not get to where I am by writing books you can just set down, you have fallen for my trap, I feed on the insomniac nights of my readers like some weird sleep vampire, a Somnosferatu, if you will

A Michigan radio station offered free tickets to a concert featuring Kid Rock and Jason Aldean. The comments do not disappoint. (A sample follows)

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

People like Trump, Musk, Miller, and Thiel will be opposed to this aspect of UBI because they hate art they can't control. All the more reason to germinate it in the world.

KANEW: “Bill Maher says he’s open to voting for Vance in 2028… Bill Maher is not your friend, Democrats. He’s John Fetterman with a talk show. Time to turn him off.”

1/ Okay, I'm stopping with FlossQuest. For a while. Some of my fiber pieces use large amounts of embroidery floss, so I've been scrounging it affordably whenever I can. For 15 years. I got in a big auction lot today (15 lbs for $52), and needed to start sorting bags of floss. I now have FOUR...

Let them never know a moment's peace. [Also, let's note that it's the women/femmes who are out front on this.]

What's the wildest backstory you've ever come across in a campaign? #ttrpg #dnd #rpg #meme #ttrpgsky #ttrpgcommunity

Patrick Byrne, one of the biggest players in the election denial movement, has repeatedly on streams, podcasts & social media either claimed he has or did commit apparent crimes to rectify supposed election fraud. For instance, he's claimed he would have been involved in a coup if Harris won.

Slop is slop

I wrote about a new legal brief today in @prospect.org that contains the testimonies of scores of immigrant parents and children locked up in the Dilley, TX detention camp. I hope you'll give it a read. We have to get people out of there.

I bring a gift ✨🧚‍♀️💋

@colorbombvelma.bsky.social It has been shipped, USPS

This combination, two days apart, will serve for future historians as an effective shorthand for the lunacy of the moment.

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Also, dog peeps! My friend Jen, who runs a local dog rescue, is trying to put her life back together after gale-force winds and a series of bad mechanics tore it apart. $588 needed by Wednesday: PayPal @ JenAndWhippets or [email protected] Venmo @ JenAndWhippets last four of her # 7978

It's Miller Time, Um,Stephen Miller Time.......🍺