every sports team is a Ship of Theseus

Never in my life did I think I would see this from a mayor to police: “We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different….”

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

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TIL about the existence of 18th century racehorse "Potoooooooo," or "Pot-8-Os" A living, breathing, beautiful shitpost of a thoroughbred I salute you, Potoooooooo 🫡

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

Wages have declined, goods have become less durable, and literally everything has gotten more expensive for one reason: the bosses have decided to charge more, pay less, and keep as much money as they possibly can to themselves. Even regulation isn't much of a burden. This all happened on purpose.

The average age of a first-time home buyer the year I was born was 29. Public college tuition averaged $350. New cars averaged $3,500 and houses around $25,000. Union density was at 30%. All of this is to say that *even under capitalism*, we are so much more fucked now than we have ever been.

I think a lot about how most big-city newspapers used to have a a couple of movie critics, a theater critic, a few book critics, an architecture critic, a music critic or two, an in-house cartoonist, at least two or three foreign correspondents, a fashion writer, and a whole staff of photographers

Helpful, compassionate thread. I’ll emphasize two things from my experience: buy what you know you’ll eat (not what you think should be eating) and be honest with yourself about whether or not you are going to cook (you don’t suddenly start being able to cook if you didn’t have the capacity before).

Good morning.

Such fun when all of your failsafes, uh, fail. 🔐 Installed a deadbolt with a keypad years ago so I wouldn’t get locked out of my house. Keypad malfunctioned today. Keychain with backup keys left inside. Spare key in my car… not in my car. Spares at my mom’s house and sister’s were not correct. 😩

“Don’t wanna go far for stuff” The 15 Minute City hoodies are arriving in the world.

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watched GHOST again last night which is such a tight little screenplay it's fun to just watch it chug along [ghost Sam 100% killed both those guys tho. like he goes to heaven at the end but he definitely fully killed willy and carl. like carl is maybe manslaughter but willy is like...2nd degree]

hmmm consulting the Christie's catalogue listings for the price list for Oka Doner's work and y'know what that mortgage is fine Molly from GHOST i was not familiar with your game

FDR Memorial, Washington DC. -RIP East Wing-

“Anomie describes a state of normlessness when society's rules, values, and expectations lose their power to guide behavior, leaving individuals feeling adrift or disconnected.”

also: tv’s defaulting to motion smoothing… has this helped prime people to see AI slop as less offputting

You can see camera locations via deflock.me

It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.

People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.

Did you know that, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible?

The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control. We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.

i really hope i live to see a time where it again feels like education for its own sake is seen as a social good

Whoa

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

I was thinking about this recently. And I have some poorly formed thoughts on the squiggly blurry line between problematic creepiness and private fantasy when it comes to these holodeck episodes.

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

God this whole thing is wild. Amazing.

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

My personal local campaign issue: please bring a Cumberland Farm to town.

yeah in my heart I feel like stealing jewels from a museum is a victimless crime sure, jewelry design is an art form, but the artistry isn't why that diamond necklace is insured for millions of dollars. the value of a Caravaggio isn't based on the volume of paint

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

I think part of what annoys me about this rhetoric is how there's no equivalent terms for white men, and their participation yesterday was far more notable because it's harder to mobilize them. But "beer dads and Pop-Pops" just doesn't have that dismissive tone, I guess

#NoKings Nome Alaska 💥⚡

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

In the literature, we call rallies like this "image events" because they help **focus media attention** on a major strain of ideological resistance that is big enough for lots of people to feel comfortable. They create IMAGES that FOCUS our ATTENTION and AFFECT to mobilize frequently.

Rallies like this bring together multigenerational groups and the playfulness can help create enthusasim for big tent politics against the monoculture of fascism.

let's all remember that one of the more important benefits of these protests is for your mental health. Yes showing solidarity and standing up and sending a message is important. But so is just being around people who see things the same way as you.

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

I’m surprised they haven’t tried to take “trans” out of the name

People who are dismissing these protests are missing the courage required for folks to show up to a #nokings event in small, rural, predominantly Republican communities. These people spend a lot of social capital to show up with signs and it’s really, really inspiring.

18 Things to Know About the No Kings Protest www.realhartford.org/2025/10/18/1...

The most Minnesotan protest sign. #NoKings

This movement can not be only mass joyful protests. But they are a super useful part. There are so many things we all have to be doing and if you're picking "complain that too many people did that thing" as your thing today, then... Well I hope it is giving you the energy we're getting from videos

the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today

npr: so, no kings tyrannosaurus rex: yes npr: how shall I put this trex: this interview is over

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan