Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo This is really about Helen of Troy allegedly being cast with a Black actress. And Elon Musk not understanding the Iliad or the Odyssey LET'S TALK HELEN OF TROY from memory, while high.

Alex Ross

If I get murdered by a transphobe - and to be clear, given the number of death threats I get, that's unfortunately not out of the realm of possibility - I want you to use the fuck out of my death. Make every conversation about Black trans women. EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. ONE.

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

How many rules does this duplicitous spiv have to break before someone, somewhere actually holds him to account? #Farage #Reform #ReformUK

Today I learned that Kars4Kids isn't even a charity for kids in need.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed an HIV vaccine candidate that achieves something never before observed in the field: inducing detectable neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against HIV within just THREE weeks after a SINGLE immunization which was further INCREASED after an additional booster.

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

AS SOMEONE WHO HAD TO PAY HIS OWN WAY THROUGH THE U OF C WITH STUDENT LOANS this is great and I approve www.wbez.org/education/20...

I don’t know if we can stop Trump from stealing ten billion dollars. But I do know that on day one of the next admin, all Trump - Trump family - Trump organization - Trump business assets can be seized.

Enten: "It's not just one poll. The five worst polls ever for any president on inflation, they all belong to Donald Trump and they have all occurred in the last month. What we're talking about here is the worst numbers ever. Joe Biden isn't in there. Jimmy Carter isn't in there."

the Democrats retaking the House and Senate, on its own, will not destroy the Republican project. The only way to do that is a broad, years-long cross-ideological commitment to break American conservatism's power base TL;DR congressional Dems must be forced into war with the used car salesmen.

Child protective services ripped a 14-year-old from her home to stop her from leaving the state for an abortion. They also threatened her mother with murder charges and the removal of her other child if they crossed state lines for care. So please don't tell me Republicans aren't banning travel.

Eurovision Boycotts Iceland Ireland (and on TV) The Netherlands Slovenia (and on TV) Spain (and on TV) Massive Attack Björk Lorde Paramore Primal Scream Rina Sawayama Former Winner Nemo And London's public event was cancelled.

“The gap between how parts of the administration perceive the Iranian regime and the reality of how the regime actually thinks is becoming impossible to ignore… There are no good options left.” Essential analysis by Danny Citrinowicz, former head of the Iran branch of Israel defense intelligence:

I really can’t state strongly enough how utterly stupid this is. Once you eliminate taxes for a class you will never be able to bring them back. And it WILL domino. Eliminating taxes and privatizing everything is the republicans’ end goal. Do not help them!!!

Obama: I'd love a Republican Party that wasn't constantly tapping into our worst impulses, and there has been a Republican Party like that in the past and I want to see that return @wilwheaton.net: wtf are you talking about

“For the good of society, your son will work in the trades. Oh, my son? My son will be a titan of politics and industry. For the good of society, your daughter will be a tradwife. Oh, my daughter? My daughter will host a lucrative rightwing podcast.”

Since Jack Kirby Way is being dedicated today, I'm posting a link to a radio interview with Kirby in 1990. JMS went on to write several characters Kirby helped create. youtu.be/RCoA1yoxino?...

@billfromlongisland.bsky.social Friend of mine was able to make it to the dedication ceremony for Jack Kirby Way in NYC. He's having a blast and I'm honestly a little jealous, but very happy he got to go.

Your regular reminder that when David Duke ran for statewide office in the early 1990s, the MAJORITY of white Louisiana voters pulled the lever for him. This was AFTER they’d seen the pictures of Duke in a Klan outfit and a Nazi uniform.

A lot of attention has been paid to the collapse of traffic to The Daily Wire and Ben Shapiro's YouTube channel. But other ragebait sites are also seeing huge drops in audience. According to The Righting, Outkick, The Federalist and The Blaze are down at least 48%. therighting.com/traffic-repo...

Before anyone talks shit, know that this man has been an active Democrat since at least 2015. He is exactly the kind of guy the media has ignored but should be actively seeking out to interview

If you'd like to know more about Russ Heath, a far more talented artist whom Lichtenstein made millions aping, this biographical comic is a good start.

Scoop by Swedish public service news: ”Hide the pain Harold” celebrating Péter Magyar swearing in as prime minister. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

They put one of yours in the hospital, you put out a statement about how disappointed you are. That’s the centrist way.

Hard to overstate how important this year's state legislative races in places like WI, MN and PA just got:

ICYMI: We obtained the grand jury testimony of Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham, Brian Kemp, Brad Ratffensperger, Cassidy Hutchinson, Marc Short, Greg Jacob, Boris Epshteyn, Michael Flynn, Chris Carr, Lin Wood, Mark Meadows, Cleta Mitchell, and more. You can read & search the transcripts on our site👇

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy.

We would be a lot better off as a country at the moment if more of our institutions had said, "Fuck you, make me" over the past year and a half

In Hero Years... I'm Dead is a novel of mine which a lot of readers really, really like; but most of my readers don't even know exists. I want to mention a few things about it in this thread for your consideration. amzn.to/4995Zfx

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

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I'm record saying that every economic bubble is terrible, but some bubbles *do* leave behind a salvageable productive residue while others leave behind nothing but ashes; indeed, this is the thesis of my next book, *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI* us.macmillan.com/books/978037... 1/

"Chief Justice Roberts, can you please settle an argument that my friend and I have been having about you? "My friend says you're a partisan hack who's forged disastrous rulings in order to help conservatives win victories they never could through elections. "Me? I just think you're a sociopath."

Um.... no. I don't think anybody is under the impression that farm workers voted for Trump. A lot of people ARE confused bc they think farmers are peasants, rather than what they are: nepo babies with property. The median SMALL family farmer is a millionaire with a 6-figure income.

⚖️ Jack Smith: "We have a Department of Justice today that targets people for criminal prosecution simply because the president doesn’t like them.. fails to move on cases because they might uncover facts inconvenient to narratives the president would like to press" 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

This statement is meant to be left-punching, but notice that the most popular left-wing candidates (Bernie, Mamdani, AOC) are superb at plain-spokenness, and it is the moderate wing that usually offers language that has been optimized and focus-grouped to death

Caregiving is female, it is VASTLY undercompensated, and every government agency and male taxpayer benefits from women’s unpaid and underpaid work. Caregiving is a Feminist Issue, it’s an equality issue, it’s an equal justice issue, and it’s a racial justice issue.

The U.S. Department of Justice appears to be preparing to drop a nearly two-year criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, agreeing to return or destroy evidence seized from the diehard MAGA Republican before the FBI got a chance to review it. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Man, that sounds terrible. Killed with impunity by agents of the state for just being on the street and protesting? Hard to see how regimes like that can continue to claim a popular mandate.

Ordinary Americans are facing soaring costs on groceries and gas and everything in between, while the most corrupt president in American history continues to line his own pockets with taxpayer money, and now he wants another billion for his golden ballroom. Please, Democrats, this is a lay up.

Biden's presidency and the aftermath we're living through should be enough to destroy the "let's the turn page, let's look forward, let's move on" mantra that has animated centrist Democrats for decades now. Accountability matters. There has to be a reckoning.