"It will be an approximation of our post-COVID experience. The Americans who made it through COVID took their survival as proof that the pandemic was never that serious and the real villains were the people and protocols that saved, and thereby inconvenienced, them." ....man

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak officially dies today. Staff couldn't survey Americans in Oct. It’s the 1st time in 934 months. This blind spot will remain forever.

is the right's vision of the family miserable? yes. but it's important to remember that their visions of work, friendships, and personal ambitions are also miserable

The PLA is preparing for this vision of future combat. Why aren't we? By the Editorial Board

If this is liberty, give me death now please :( (So many libertarians are such lost souls.)

*ABREGO GARCIA WINS LATEST BID TO BE RELEASED FROM US CUSTODY *MARYLAND FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS RELEASE OF SALVADORAN MIGRANT

If people show up in big numbers in 2026 in 2028, we will. If they let doomers talk them into thinking that everything is lost, then we won’t.

the overton window isn’t real

Belief in: Nation. State. Violent Masculinity. Restoration of Mythic Past. Racial Purity. These are the core concepts that define a fascist. And they fit Musk to the tee! @polphilpod.bsky.social's excellent debut piece at @theunpopulist.net. www.theunpopulist.net/p/even-by-a-...

So was this post

its always dependent on context. for example, the same people in SV have gone from "i am rich but wear a hoodie and slouch" to "LOUIS THE SUN KING? THAT MF TRIFLIN!" in only a couple of decades. The pendulum will swing back -- and forth.

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Beat goes hard

A Chicago daycare teacher taken by federal agents has been released. blockclubchi.co/4hYKy3F

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Major win in Arlington County Public Schools, with pro-trans Moe Bryant dominating the election. Arlington County Public Schools has made headlines for defying the Trump admin on trans kids in bathrooms.

Great way to start the night

brave NoVA patriots, stand back and standby

Federal Fallout pod has you covered on what to expect today in Virginia During day, we will get turnout reports After polls close, votes will be reported Election Day, in-person early, and mail If races are close, need to wait for provisionals and final mail podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

CNN reports the Trump Administration is considering bombing Venezuela.

YOU CANT TAKE OUR COUNTRY AND YOU CAN't TAKE OUR GAME (BASEBALL)

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys. "I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man." It's a must-read:

"Wake up, samurai. We have a media environment to bully into altering the tone of its coverage."

In Boston, every day is No Kings Day

You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents. ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities. The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

German word for "concept on social media that is correct but also does one D20 psychic damage"

@lauren-egan.bsky.social: "As the country careens into a succession of crises brought about by the hand of Donald Trump, it’s semi-shocking to see Democrats resort to humor as a primary form of pushback." Mock him. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/can-democr...

he should deploy the Illinois State Police on 10/18 “for crowd control at a permitted demonstration of constitutionally protected speech” in a posture of providing first aid and handing out water bottles.

Used to know some shonky libertarian type who would joke about the People's Republic of Northern Virginia. And yet...

I'm sure there's a better episode name. But @birchsmith.bsky.social floated the idea that whatever comes out of the Right after Trump will be worse than him, so I had to

Winsome Earle-Sears — that is, in fact, discrimination.

"I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." - @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a 2022 interview warned supporters of reproductive rights that "one day it’s going to be your turn." "Murder is murder. And one day it's going to be your turn."

We are officially in a constitutional crisis since Texas National Guard has arrived in Illinois: www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-lea...

BREAKING: We just won in court — again. A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.

Metal #ClassicsTober25 Day 1: Hypnos In Flames 🇸🇪 Lord Hypnos The Jester Race (1996) Melodic death metal “I lie in your soothing arms, lord Hypnos Your garment alive with your song” #ClassicsTober

just stunning

Neon Liberalism #44: The end of history left elite liberals in media and journalism with a hollow conception of liberalism—as a mere referee between the right and the left—not as an active force fighting for itself. How can we regain that energy going forward? www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...

Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined in studio by astrophysicist @adambecker.bsky.social to talk about his new book More Everything Forever, the BS AGI story, why we should ignore Eliezer Yudkowsky, and why billionaires love LLMs. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

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Obituary: Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...

GWAR, famous for knocking it off when puritans yell at them...

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

This is serious 2015 Brain in action. Yes, actually, my dislike of Charlie Kirk is super-relevant right now because we are in a very real contest to determine whether I have a right to express it.

Title says it all. The admin thinks it has a second wind based on its behavior the past couple week, but it wouldn't be the first time they overreached. open.spotify.com/episode/3RUe...