It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"

In defining rape in law and public discourse, Catharine MacKinnon wrote, "The level of acceptable force is adjudicated starting just above the level set by what is seen as normal male sexual behavior, including the normal level of force, rather than at the victim's, or women's, point of violation."

this is far from the most important thing about the Epstein emails, but my God, that man could not type.

got a post auto-removed on r/pittsburgh because I included the word "selling," and I have just written a very earnest appeal explaining that I simply want some khachapuri and don't know where to find it. baby yearns for salty cheese.

unions forever.

🚨BREAKING: STRIKERS WIN! The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.

This also applies to health insurance. It’s important we discuss the details of what’s happening, but you have to bear in mind that the man literally does not know what health insurance is.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

it's insanely funny for people to be talking like this about New York of all places, the city with a big metal lady in the harbor holding a sign that says "we love immigrants"

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

this is objectively hilarious

am I feeling………hope???

this is a hell of a thing

I am of two minds right now. 1) I have no belief nor do I have any faith in the two party system, and 2) GOD IT FEELS GOOD TO SEE THE REPUBLICANS GET DOG WALKED AT THE POLLS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.

My favorite kind of bio is like “Retired pharmacist, Hoosier, Grandmama to Aiden and Ava… NO BILLIONAIRE IS SAFE”

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Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way. by Ezra Klein

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baseball is terrible. I miss it so much already.

Something I love about archival films is that when someone had a couple feet of film left on a roll they'd often use it to film their cat. So many films finish with a few seconds of cats So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved Scanned from 8mm films #Film #History #Cats

my parents are about to meet our kitten for the first time, which is another way of saying that Marcy is in West Virginia right now, I repeat, Marceline has breached containment

WINCHESTER MYSTERY (WHITE) HOUSE

Between this and SNAP benefits being cut off, it’s more apparent than ever that the leaders of the Republican Party want to kill poor people. There is no other explanation for what they are doing.

When I worked as a HUD caseworker, LIHEAP season was a godsend for my clients, especially when many of them lived in old, drafty Pittsburgh homes “maintained” by slumlords. Energy bills are up all around this year. Summer storms proved that the infrastructure here is more strained than ever.

This is not good.

new mantra unlocked

it's been actual years (and years and years) since I submitted anything anywhere, but I think I'm ready to get back in the game. after the decade I've had, I'm pretty sure a rejection can't hurt my feelings anymore, but there's only one way to find out!

if I hit one more paywall, or one more request to allow notifications, or one more push towards AI Mode, I am going to McFreakin' Lose It

absolutely one of the most incandescent talents of his generation. made music for all time. a heavy loss.

YouTube just suggested “four hours of random MLB plays to fall asleep to” to my partner, and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything this precise and devastating before.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

I have this recurring dream that a former friend and I run into each other and find that we are better/safer together now in our 30s, and I always wake up feeling wistful that this modest vision is not true.

Just a reminder! If you're buying books in support of #BannedBooksWeek buying from Amazon undercuts the broader project of social justice supporting the right to read is a part of. Get your banned books absolutely anywhere else!

From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

I saw a promoted post on FB from the Post-Gazette celebrating Squirrel Hill native Bari Weiss’s ascent over at CBS and 1) gross 2) the PG is still written by scabs, so, double-gross

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

If it’s not from the Fascist region of Germany is just sparkling Jim Crow

all that stuff the "edgy" comics pay lip service to—telling it like it is, questioning power and wealth, not moderating your message to preserve someone's feelings—this is what that looks like in action. but sure, maybe we need another hour about how nobody calls trans folks slurs anymore

The headline here is “Hegseth announces changes that will protect domestic abusers in the military.” Even though this is incontestably true, no news organization will use this headline, because telling the truth is deemed impermissible if the truth hurts the right too much

All the generals listening to Pete Hegseth rant: THIS MEETING COULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNAL CHAT

I got married (again) on Sunday and let me tell you what, it was really nice to see a bunch of people crying because they were HAPPY for a change.

are vows traditionally done in Chicago or MLA? trying to format my footnotes here.

Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

*mournfully* This is a problem on the left (posters on the website 'blue sky') AND the right (the united states federal government)

I’m not sure what saying “things are about to get much worse” serves. It’s true but it’s also sort of always true when you’re in the midst of constant escalation. Things will keep getting much worse and I cling to the hope that maybe one day they will get much better.