amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

At this point, if a Democratic presidential candidate wants my vote, their platform has to - at bare minimum - include some version of "I am going to put all these freaks in prison for their crimes." Full stop. No compromise. I am now a single issue voter for the dark woke prison camps.

Dear MAGA: if you get that removing tariffs lowers prices, what does adding tariffs do? What does adding tariffs do, MAGA?! What does it do?!!!!!

look, if the pedophile label is a bridge too far for you, I'm willing to let you concede that Donald Trump only spent a lot of time with convicted sex traffickers of minors. And spent hours alone with a trafficked and abused minor in the home of the person trafficking her for sex.

@amandawinnlee.bsky.social Happy Birthday!

To the craven "comedians" who are STILL not speaking up: The manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory was arrested by ICE. They filed no charges, he's a US citizen, and his family doesn't know where he is. They are coming for all of us. Grow a fucking spine and say something while you still can.

Why can’t they say it?

If anyone wants to use this moving forward, go right ahead.

🚨 PSA: Journalists in Gaza are being targetted to prevent reporting on a UN-acknowledged program of genocide. If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop.org:

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

Sometimes, motorsports gets it. SCCA Solo Nats competitor is protested on Day 1 in a ladies class for being trans. Protest committee rules aggrieved party should get fucked into the sun. Day 2 the rest of class shows support for the protested party on way to her first run. She would go on to win.

Oh man, Bluesky allows posting your own gifs now. Fucking. Gamechanger.

no matter how you feel about 4chan, the UK trying to impose a penalty on a website that is in no way within UK jurisdiction is an absolutely massive overreach that would absolutely be used to target literally any website you actually care about.

When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Stripe crossed a line now. Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone. Also libraries and bookstores. Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.

This is completely indefensible.

i can see this one is going to get a lot of use

Can’t make this up.

Clearly, everyone was entirely onboard with this action.

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

Truly the worst human. Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’ apnews.com/article/trum...

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

The ignorance mixed with arrogance hurts my lobes.

This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

Me on hour 14 of dragging Republican Medicaid cuts for filth and giving them no end in sight

The year is 2028. The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers are playing in the NFC championship. Caleb Williams throws a late touchdown to put the Bears ahead, but the ref throws a flag for OPI. He looks behind him and sees the Pope shouting "r u fuckin' blind ref??". He picks up the flag, Bears win.

One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.

What are the odds the guy who thought mental fitness was saying "person, woman, man, camera, TV" hasn't declined at all five years later?

Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep its basic functioning has to discourage lying. rewarding it instead is suicidal

Invincible Season 3 was so good! It's some of the best superhero television by a mile. Where other shows are slow-pitching softballs, this one hurls comets. movieswithmark.com/invincible-s...

Holy fuck. ONA has done/does important and unique work including analysis, forecasting, and gaming of things like strategic connectivity during a nuclear war amongst many many others. This serves no legitimate purpose and is a Bad Thing.

Is it weird I just want to use the baseball bat and recite lines from inglorious basterds?

Texas has over 20,000 MW (megawatts) of solar, wind, and storage capacity coming online in 2025 with zero subsidy. Texas has ~200 MW of natural gas generation capacity coming online in 2025. There is a $5 bn state subsidy for natural gas.

Extended Crisis

The Trump administration came in like a highly energized wrecking ball, but almost none of that energy has been directed at tackling inflation or egg supply chain issues…while much energy has focused on gutting agencies that regulate Elon Musk’s businesses. Just a coincidence I’m sure.

The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them. Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case. Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.

a lot of all of this fuckery we're seeing boils down to "i don't want to be forced to acknowledge the existence and humanity of people who are different than me."

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

Autism doesn't...no, fuck this! I'm not explaining again! If you don't realize how hideous it is to weaponize autism like this, you deserve to be spit on without explanation. Alex Jones and Elon Musk already tried this, and nobody should have to entertain this defense anymore.

I think I'll stick to driving to the SFO area for the foreseeable future

"...the new contractor plans to operate the airport with no controllers" NO CONTROLLERS at an airport that operates a flight school. With inexperienced pilots. Near the San Francisco airport.

9 Days. That's gotta be some sort of fascist speedrun record.

We are now in the “muzzle the intelligent” phase.

Yes please watch PBS Newshour