I was struck by the thought, though that many libertarians seem pretty fascist and have for some time. And then I realized that it’s a small ‘l’ libertarianism, based on the principle, “the government can’t tell *people like me* what to do.”

Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad? Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”

Fewer than 2% of teachers in the U.S. are Black men.

To be fair, probably lots of people don’t have any idea what mRNA is or how it works, but most of them would be smart enough not to say what it *can* do based on that ignorance.

The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

This is an amazing plan to make health insurance affordable and effective, Senator. “We’ll let people buy cheap insurance from corporations instead.” Gosh, why didn’t anyone think of that before? *sarcasm

That thing is, like, ten or fifteen Earths across, easily…

Beauty of a late-afternoon walk along Lake Ontario here in Niagara. A few “ice volcanoes“ have formed near the beach. Very treacherous conditions if you don’t know where the beach ends and the lake begins. A kid fell through and was trapped under the ice a few years back. Be careful out there!

Always fun to remember that potatoes weren’t a European staple until the 18th century, and weren’t present *at all* until the 16th century, when the Spanish got their hands on the product of several thousand years of native American horticultural technology.

I love this essay.

Elon Musk is a classic, if particularly dangerous, case here. The dude was literally given a costed plan for using his billions to end world hunger, and spent the money instead on buying a social media platform he could turn into his personal online open mic night for his edgelord comedy stylings.

"That statement on resigning at great personal cost on a position of deeply-held humanitarian principle was just so *cringe*" is a take just so viciously, gleefully devoid of empathy or humanity. I remain of the opinion a big part of why we're where we are is how much we're told decency is uncool.

There's a theory that a thing that triggers people to go extreme right-wing shithead MAGA (even if they were very liberal before) is public humiliation.

Exactly. I’m not American and I don’t live in the US and I *still* want a Democratic Party (or some party), not which is a team I can cheer on because they win, but who are people with principles I believe are good for American humans and the World at large.

like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.

i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles

But what if I need to participate in an illegal drag race to protect my honor and impress a girl?

Toast’s up everybody. This is a picture of my dogs. #Dogs #DogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfMastodon

im sure there's a carveout for the mens athletic department

i think we need to bring the greasy ass-shitting chips back to teach an important pedagogical lesson to the youth of today

ich kann das alles nicht mehr

Four hours Jesus Christ what is this Lawrence of a Lesbian

The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

this is fitting especially since the Prime Minister rode a wave of "elbows up" to power and has done very little since.

In a just and loving society, we would not have military jets flying over our sports games to celebrate our imperialist military. Instead, we would have genetically engineered skinless 50-foot flesh golems, to celebrate our doctors

But what if I need to flee from armed hitmen? *I am not being serious.

my favorite reaction to this was "what if i need to flee an emergency"

New today on the site! Better a Pig: How Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO Dismantles the Aesthetics of Fascism - @aeneas-nin.bsky.social

Ah, that explains it. I was wondering why Donald of all people would be trying to do something sensible.

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

It’s going to be fun explaining to my boss how I can’t go to conferences now because I’ve been critical of the US government on social media.

Definitely imprinted on him as *the* Sherlock Holmes.

I mean, the fact that you have six billion dollars you “earned” is a good argument in favor of the government confiscating 99% of six billion dollars from you, but yeah.

Moebius, "Nighthawks"

The tragic thing about this is that none of the people who refuse to get their kids vaccinated will change their minds unless a bunch of kids die and even then for a lot of these people this is cultural religious and ain't nothing gonna work www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

I'm from Minnesota. This is attempted murder.

(My spleen and gallbladder spilling goo into my body cavity and it's coming out my nostrils) "Here's my 12 rules for living a great life, folks."

Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics” Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics! (The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)

Lunch is homemade bento.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

I’m surprised he keeps having these tests. I would expect the yes-men and grifters he surrounds himself with would have absolutely no interest in detecting if he has dementia. The only explanation that makes sense to me is that he enjoys the tests because he thinks passing means he’s smart.

Look, I know I repost a lot of stuff but you should actually read this.

“Ho ho ho! The baptisms performed by the Paulian heretics are invalid! Merry Christmas!”

Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it

“This big man comes up to me, tears in his eyes, and he says to me, sir, you’re so cognitive! You’re the most cognitive person I’ve ever seen!”