Better to keep him distracted than actually execute his most destructive plans.

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally: "Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

“I will dance to Tom Paine’s bones, Dance to Tom Paine’s bones, Dance in the only boots I own to the rhythm of Tom Paine’s bones” (Graham Moore)

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Harder to become an Uber driver than ICE goon

Uncritical support for Conrad Virus

I’m in this post and I don’t like it

New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery. I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.

Grok now making money off sexualized AI imagery.

This is a depressingly real prospect

so many paintings of Jesus are white because the Catholics believe he becomes a cracker every Sunday

Can’t help wondering how many of them he’s asked to bear a child for him.

And they’re all clowns, including Elon. Particularly Elon. Except he didn’t dress the part.

Keep up the pressure.

53 DAYS INTO THE LONGEST NATIONAL ULP STRIKE IN STARBUCKS' HISTORY! 🔥 Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike! bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

America is in all respects led by a merchant of eel-skin

President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.

We’ve already established that “Just following orders” isn’t a defence for war crimes.

Also for anyone suggesting Canada is limited in what it can say because of its proximity to and dependence on the US, that didn’t stop Mexico.

Canadians, take note.

Sanctions on the US. Now.

CBS becomes The Onion but without the humour.

TIL there’s a fascist on LiveNation’s board substack.com/home/post/p-...

Dividing by the square root of -1, just to real something.

Uncritical support for Comrade Orca ✊🏼

This thread is awesome from start to finish

Seems to me that offering a false sense of security is a good way to siphon money out of tech bros.

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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Ah yes. The 1920s when children who wrote left handed were smacked on the hand with a ruler and told they were devil children.

Whole thread good but this is the clincher

UK is VERY familiar with this song this time of year, but not sure the rest of the world is as aware of the greatest Christmas track of all time… You’re welcome! youtu.be/WM7M7zSMJcw?...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Conservatives threatening us with a good time again

miyo kâ-pê-kîwê-kîsikâk, Happy Winter Solstice everyone! May this next year bring us more justice and more peace. Spirit plates out, ancestors/descendants fed.

Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians. This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights. SIGN.

Your favourite pop star’s favourite pop star

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Baristas & allies are in front of Starbucks HQ, demanding CEO Brian Niccol come out and sign our pledge. It's time for Starbucks to present us with reasonable contract proposals, and it's time to resolve the 100s of outstanding unfair labor practices. Let's finish this already! #NoContractNoCoffee

Marla Maples, to the mother of a teenage model booked to attend a Mar-a-Lago party: “Protect her”

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Link to support workers in thread

BREAKING: Mike Johnson orders second strike on surviving citizens clinging to the wreckage of this economy.

A lot more of these strikes than I thought, and in more places.

We only need 1,200 more to reach 10,000. Please sign and share to ban the use of national security secrecy to silence survivors in male violence against women cases. www.change.org/p/stop-silen...

chat i sputtered

"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

You will be visited by three spirits.