There’s so very much wrong with the NYT, but what even is the point of this article? Gen Z is going to “cringe” themselves right out of enjoying life’s best things cause they’re too concerned with how that might look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/m...

GOD IS REAL

Some key takeaways based on an array of public polls from September through now: Trump’s immigration approval remains underwater ICE and its family separation agenda are deeply unpopular By a 3:1 margin, Americans want legal status for undocumented immigrants over mass deportation 👇🏽

Here's the full story. I translated it from Spanish.

🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US. Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight. He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.

Read her book!! On Repentance and Repair. Crucial, helpful, incredibly readable. I quoted it extensively and Burn It Down & interviewed @theradr.bsky.social because people need to understand that repentance is not a one-off/soundbite, it’s a *process* with the community and centering those harmed 👊🏻

Read HER book!! BURN IT DOWN is crucial all the more in this age when people seem to have amnesia about why patriarchy is, like, bad and stuff

this is what we could have

I’d like to pay an artist to do some illustrations for me if possible. Would love some recommendations, please! #romancelandia

Israeli soldiers were filmed dragging and forcing two young Palestinian children to the ground, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Hope folks feel less alone today, that people join with others to take further and deeper actions, and that everyone fights like hell to protect those most vulnerable to this regime.

I honestly cannot stand Amanda Seales wagging her finger at people who left their house while sitting on her couch. That’s not coalition building, that’s leftist bullshit.

I am going to cyberbully the United States government

One more note. Someone a lot smarter than me made a similar point in The NY Times this morning. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argued against democrats trying to run to the middle. It hasn’t worked. Try doing the things suggested by more progressive and populist people. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

Excellent points from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net throughout this conversation. I especially liked the observation that Trumpism speaks to a "franchised version of white Southern rurality" that one can find throughout the country. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

Still more on the South and labor: "Southern politicians go out to the rest of the world and say to them: Our labor is easier to control than the labor is in California. Our labor pool is difficult to unionize in the American South, and this is the deal we’lll make with you."

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New in PN: Osita Nwanevu on the imperative for a new American founding "To get to deeper systemic changes, we have to adopt a rhetoric and messaging about democracy that's more galvanizing than what was offered in this last election, when it was just about institutional defense."

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Just one dude. People who promised us the system would contain Trump, also believe one dem socialist mayor will topple one of the powerful cities in the world

1 not convinced that what got leaked in those chats is evidence of new radicalization. These are just the grandkids of the ppl who thought of lynchings as a family picnic day 2 annoyed that by pretending it's new, we now have ppl waxing nostalgic for the old gop as if they weren't also bigoted af

So has the Charlie Kirk Show now become state-run media?

Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg. Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting. This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.

Sotomayor: "race is *always* a part of redistricting efforts." Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.

Unreal stuff from the guy who is unflinchingly loyal to the Insurrectionist-in-Chief - you know, the President who pardoned the January 6 insurrectionists and wants to mandate “Ashli Babbitt: Blood Martyr” as a new national mythos. I know we're not surprised - but let us not forget to be shocked.

We should probably talk about AI being used as a tool to promote anti-Blackness across cultures.

“The most common is “Chinese woman follows her African partner home and has a bad time.” These videos universally depict Africa (never a specific country) as desperately poor, socially backward, and rife with physical and sexual violence.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/15/c...

John Roberts has been trying to kill Voting Rights Act since he was young lawyer in Reagan DOJ. Today SCOTUS will hear case that could dismantle what's left of VRA, turbocharge racial gerrymandering & rig House for GOP. Huge stakes for American democracy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

why are we pretending that race shouldn't be predominant when remedying racism? it's the same problem I've always had with affirmative action being about "diversity" rather than quotas. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SHOULD BE ABOUT QUOTAS. REMEDYING RACISM IN VOTING SHOULD CONSIDER RACE PREDOMINANTLY.

we're understanding Joe Rogan Brain more and more every day

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

3 classic albums. No skips. Love songs. Liberation songs. Sensual songs. Fun songs. Black ass music. 51 is too young. D'Angelo can't be gone.

Continues to be all the wrong people 🥺 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Literally could never do this type of foreshadowing again if I tried. Listen to the episode!

Jen has the best accidental foreshadowing and it’s incredible.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Just today, here's a story from the @chicago.suntimes.com -- not only are ICE/feds masking themselves constantly (and some local cops too, I've seen it), now they're driving around without license plates. More "laws for thee, whatever I wanna do for me" in action chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane 😭

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

We've recommended Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters series multiple times on the show. You can get all three in audio for $8 at @libro.fm! Libro.fm is DRM-free, doesn't require a membership, and supports your favorite indie booksellers.

I knew they’d come for the archivists and librarians but honestly I assumed it would be for a reason better than “Our Special Boy wants to give his friend a sword! Give him a sword!”

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Out today, @chels725.bsky.social chatting about Little Woods, a criminally underrated film. Next week, it me — talking with Morgan about Passing!

Y’all, I’m so excited for this series & honored that Morgan had me on as a guest ❤️‍🔥

You probably already read Andrea's post on the Klein and Coates discussion. But if you haven't, you should. Bright-kid syndrome is no joke.

COINTELPRO never died they’ve just been concealing it.