The Parable of the Sower redefined how I look at the world and my place in it. To Be Taught if Fortunate changed how I look at all genre fiction. Slaughterhouse 5 made me into a writer in high school. Calvin and Hobbes, which I used to read in syndication, is still the text I return to the most.

We’ve completed this cycle in less than a week this time:

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

George Carlin ages well. Oldie but goodie worth another listen.

Incredibly dangerous: air traffic controllers should not be pressured to work. These people have our lives in their hands

Saying, "we didn't suspend her because she researched authoritarian states, we suspended her because she talked about her research"....that's a bizarre distinction. If you suspended her because of something else, it would be useful to know.

The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate. So I'm struggling to see this as a response.

Hello @support.bsky.team I heard from Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social that her account was suspended. Can you please look into this and reinstate her account? She’s a published author and scholar on authoritarianism. Her presence here is valuable. cc: @jay.bsky.team @aaron.bsky.team

In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional. crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...

And now she’s banned by Bluesky.

UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status. This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passes bill to end the now-41-day government shutdown, sending it to the House for a final vote this week.

It is barely past 9 and I am one thousand percent getting into bed.

why are so many of you still following the Maine Nazi

This is it. This is where they have destroyed me. They took my pasta away. MY PASTA 😫

I know this and yet still got upset because the elections actually gave me hope and I let my guard down

Remembering what @sarahkendzior.bsky.social said about the government being shutdown a long time ago in 2016 at the end of October. substack.com/app-link/pos...

We know this because he told us. The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way. The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.

Good.

"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.

Trump take pasta.

Here's a clear explanation from @davelevitan.bsky.social on why the shutdown deal is bad.

Feeling the feminine urge to block any and all Dem fundraising texts

The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.

They’re not cowardly. They’re complicit. Assuming they’re cowardly gives them the benefit of the doubt of being in opposition.

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake. The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.

So after all of this, the Dems got a deal that is just a promise of a vote on ACA subsidies in December that isn't guaranteed to pass. Absolute chickenshit stuff from senate Democrats. They couldn't even get the thing they were asking for.

Never used it, never looked at it, never will. I turn off AI results in browsers and everything else whenever I can.

The Staten Island Ferry is free. Mamdani is just bringing the Staten Island Ferry experience to New York's buses. Who could object to that?

just got added to this blocklist by some guy having a crash out over the cola vid lol bunch of other artists on there too, so good reminder for y’all to be careful what lists you sub to. personally I unsubbed from most of them except ai mod bc people can’t be trusted/there’s too many troll ones

We really don’t talk enough about how much the 21st-century three-branch equilibrium (executive branch makes policy; judicial branch red-light-green-lights policy; Senate turns the judge-making machine on and off) is an absolute disaster for a) basic administration and b) policy predictability.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

These bastards are demanding states claw back money they sent to SNAP recipients. They really want people to starve. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

@truthout.org shows how Wall Street and NYC gave rise to Trump from last month. truthout.org/articles/the...

sometimes i just need to get things out of my brain before i can move on

The baby had a BRUISE ON HER FACE. Did they slap a BABY?

Here is a list of the 40 airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File, the electronic system for filing tax returns for free, will not be offered next year, the Trump administration has confirmed.

andrew cuomo i swear to god you washed up crusty old shitbag of bones

Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this. Stay safe!

And the good news keeps coming… Well done everyone!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

It's been 46 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

I agree. A quick "welcome" & nod on the way into Meijer is fine. But more involvement feels intrusive & creepy.

It’s funny too because this kind of forced emotional labor is heavier on Black/brown workers *and* one of the signals to Black/brown shoppers that we’re unwelcome! (As a Black person who has worked retail and been followed in stores—too frequently—in case I “need any help”)

But here's the problem. blacksky.community/profile/did:...