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ICE at Moderna in Kendall.

Even linkedin gets it

The dew point will murder me today. Maybe I will reincarnate as a mermaid due to the sheer amount of moisture in the air.

I guess the em dash is the new Oxford comma—and I use both.

Here it is folks, how you, too, can use the em dash in your writing! This is the macOS version, but there’s a Windows & Linux version too. I’ve been happily using em- & en-dashes in my writing for decades b/c THAT’S PROPER FUCKING GRAMMAR. See also: apostrophes & quotes. These ain’t it: " ' 🤮

I just downloaded Tinder again (ugh) and wtf why are double dates a thing, automatic swipe left

What if we all just ignored the New York Times?

But congestion pricing polled terribly. The “popularists” who run Democratic party strategy said we shouldn’t do it. Because the polls were bad. But public opinion can change, and politicians can and should lead it. Vote for politicians who will lead public opinion, not follow it.

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Really tired of people asking why the New York Times supports rightwing narratives, as though it were a one-off. The Times is a rag. Regardless of any previous reputation. Either its owners are rightwing, or they fear rightwingers, or they want a piece of the lucrative rightwing media market.

It's so weird how everyone who says they're "politically homeless" is a far right winger who lives in NY or CA and still wants to get invited to parties

Noooooooo 😢 RIP Julian McMahon

“We hold this truth to be self-evident: We are sick of this shit.”

Laws are arbitrary. Ethics, not so much.

I’m going to observe today with gay—LOTS of gay—ALL the gay. Rainbow flags. Drag queens. Naked men. Homophobe tears. Anita Bryant’s pie. Public health. Coming out. Speedos. Closets. Acting. Fashion. Camp. Apps. Friends of Dorothy. Truvada. Gyms. Gay bars. Beach towns. Drag Race. Alcoholism. Pride.

With the awful news from the last couple hours, this post from the political optimism subreddit helped to break through a bit of the despair fog. Repubs know this is political suicide, ICE's support is crumbling despite the budget increase, and there's a myriad of ways to fight back. Keep strong.

Will the media give even a fraction of the attention to what Donald Trump did say that they gave to what Zohran Mamdani didn’t?

it really sucks that the most stable news outlet in america is a transphobic white supremacist newspaper

I really really do not think most Democratic politicians understand how many normie democrats think we will need Nuremberg-esque truth & reconciliation investigations and trials of leading Republican officials the next time we are in power

I’m replacing the Star Spangler Banner with La Vie Bohème as the song of tomorrow.

A horrible budget was always going to pass. So I’m not surprised or shocked. If anything, I’m demoralized by the weakness of the opposition in obstruction. And under no circumstances should like 95% of current Dems return next session. We need fighters.

Run on raising taxes on the wealthy, this is what I want to see.

trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

A socialist should be in every Democratic primary next year, because we need people who will actually tax the rich in Congress. I’m choosing to view this new law as the mirror image of what comes when the GOP is out of power: massive taxes on the wealthy.

if we replaced the entire Democratic Party with about 40 people who have ever had a real job we would have a better shot at keeping the right wing from destroying the country

I need to find a new dentist. Old dentist has really gone downhill in the last year. Blah.

The KKK of the 1920s is probably the most American organization to have ever existed; a for-profit fraternal organization, a multi-level marketing scheme founded by a defrocked minister to piggyback off of a popular movie, eventually torn apart by internecine infighting and a national sex scandal.

Fuck YEAH, Millennials!!!

Ok I’ve had over a dozen fundraiser texts, but this one is the worst. Pete is not running for anything. He is fundraising for his PAC. He is not doing anything until he inevitably runs in 2028, except be a media pundit. Maybe some of that can be charged to his PAC, idk. Make him go awayyyy 😒

I keep getting fundraising texts

I lowkey wish I could give up on the Dems.

Is Zohran Mamdani a threat to democracy? We sat down with four Trump voters in an Ohio diner to get the pulse of America.

Apropos of nothing, A4 >>> Letter. Because of course everything the US insists on using in defiance of international standards is dumb.

Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.

Biden inherited a burning house, made maybe 33% of a really excellent renovation plan, never put out the fire, and now the fire is burning down the house, renovations and all. He had one job, really, which was putting out the fire. He never really even tried. Who cares now about the renovations?

Ok when he’s done with being mayor can he become Speaker of the House?

Progressive issues poll well in isolation, but the people in power don’t want them because they like their money and power. But when you actually run someone who is both competent and in favor of progressive policies, the people turn out. Shock!

My friend @hecubiandevil.bsky.social, who to my deep chagrin is still mostly spitting fire over on Twitter, described achieving this turnout graph as like “inventing cold fusion.”

Hmm. Zohran won Hakeem Jeffries’ district by a solid 7 points, probably more when RCV is tabulated.

A lot of the anger about Mamdani (especially use of the word "grifter") is contempt for young voters and the media strategies that reach them

Good point to raise. This may be the graph you want to look at bsky.app/profile/giul...

This paradox is exemplified in the story of Crispus Attucks, a Black man who became one of the first martyrs of the American Revolution and the man who, arguably, started it all.

I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?

This has been fascinating to behold.

Going to watch a movie that is so far outside my usual genres but nonetheless feel an itch for: Jaws I’ve never seen it.

The “would you like to come to church on Sunday” sidewalk ambush people got me yesterday. I told them they were rude and to stop. But now I want to be ready for next time with something like “would you like to come to the satanic orgy mass tonight”, gotta come up with something good