Just on all the ICE and DHS terrorizing 'liberal' neighborhoods and Fox News cheering them murdering mothers for being 'smug lesbians,' ...Just kind of wondering, we see them terrorizing taco trucks, schools, churches, whatnot. Why don't we see them taking all this tac gear to face any *gangs?*

This one's going out to Greg Bovino, the Flatulent One's "Border Patrol Chief" braving the wilds of random Upper Midwest Target stores while upholding the long tradition of Nazi Dipshits Looking Like Eedjits In Sam Browne Belts, cause ...I guess that's tradition. www.youtube.com/shorts/ukM3V...

It shows the state of our supposed free press that so many people out there look at all the mass protests and whine 'There is no resistance' ..that's as the networks and corporate media ignore things, of course. Part of why no skipping steps. The people who are disengaged are getting fed Leavitt.

The problem with humans is not knowing what they are or what they got. Mostly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF5m...

In the interest of remembering a world of non-constant fascist crises, I was really rankled a bit earlier by someone doing a Neelix-From-Voyager hate post. When the show was on the air I was actually pretty annoyed about all the 'Neelix-or-Seven' episodes, but if I were on that ship, I'd like him.

Meanwhile, after a lot of ostensibly-Left or otherwise wedge-bottage out there, here's something from a lady that's more pacifist than I but the premise holds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CM9...

Just cause there's been tons of 'news' and bad takes flying around about the latest outrages, and it's been a lot to process, so I just thought I'd take a moment to answer a frequent question about what sci-fi item you'd take if you could. Tricorder, definitely tricorder. :)

Remember when a sincere and respected network journalist lost his shit like once and was done thereafter, but after that the money just made everything actually crazier? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkM...

Relating to another conversation, I always wanted to do or at least arrange a kickarse punk rock version of this, but I'd need to recruit, particularly some burly-voiced guy for vocals I think: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTi...

(Quoting myself, but I think I might have a good idea to help defend Kherson and some other places the orcs hunt people with drones. We might need to find them a whole lot of balloons and like helium or something. :) )

Meanwhile, a great neologism out of Ireland I heard today: "Effluencers." Beats my 'Incelfluencers' any day, I think.

Can't help but notice Trumpco is buddying up to Belarus and its Putin puppet dictator, who's been poking the free world with..... balloons. And you can sit down and shut up too, Orban. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO5...

Seems everyone wants to start the holiday season early this year, but after we've been clearing the decks for solstice and since I've been away from home, I never seem to be in the right mood, so OK, I'll try to start early. But speaking of home: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-...

OK, what gives, here. I'm pretty sure at least a third of my follows are NAFO and everyone seems to have dropped off the scopes today. Did Bluesky get hacked or extorted or something about our loyal Cartoonerist Bonkerism Organizations? Or am I missing some popcorn here?

So, while Trump's lying about whose administration didn't kick that DC shooter out of the country (his, while he betrays actual allies) ...we forget that those National Guard he's occupying DC with were just standing around being targets in the first place. They are not law enforcement. Just Guys.

Simple one, but all Americans should be saying this right now after the betrayals Trump and co are pulling again in favor of the fascist dictator Putin, with an unacceptable captitulation proposal that now further gives his techbro donors big chunks of what would be left of someone else's country.

If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey. This isn’t controversial. A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.

Speaking of amplifying things, this is pretty important.

This, btw:

The orgy of blaming Dems for what Republicans force has obviously been in progress, but seriously, several Senators, what part of 'Stand pat when we're winning' did you not fucking learn about? Kaine. Masto, Forget you, Fetterman.

Tonight is an example of overthinking things the old way resulting in abject stupidity. Some of the names on that list had to go anyway.

Since this apparently is gonna be a worn-out talking point while the Republicans scramble in panic about the election sweep, the facts.

Let us not forget in this night of triumph, that hero still on trial for his right to stand up to tyranny by keeping and bearing a Five Dollar Footlong in defense of Liberty and apparently extra onions. All gave some, some gave all, and one gave lunch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcND...

...From California to the New York Islands, whose land? Our land. Your land. Touchdown. Special teams ready for the onside kick?

Tonight. We win. 🧹

Just for emphasis how much the Republican administration has put lying incompetents where our security and laws and law enforcement are supposed to be.

Meanwhile, this administration only proves why AI is more corrosive and stupid and toxifying to the infosphere and even our governance than all the wasted power, increased costs, and water waste could ever be worth while the techbros have another subsidized 'bubble' about it. Not. Worth it.

Jane Goodall's work with chimps really helped a much younger me understand all these crazy humans better than I think I'd have otherwise figured out. I always thought the Right was so loud and forceful about denying that we are primates because they are afraid we'll see the resemblance. Hail.

(Also everyone, so's you know, one of the reasons the Christians keep promising Raptures and the 'end of the world' on a regular basis is because they hope to incite the unstable to hurt people they have recently been screaming are 'demonic threats and deserve to be punished/must be removed.' )

Also, as frustrated as most of us are about Schumer and Jeffries lately, that's exactly why the 'Will They Endorse Mamdani' corporate media story they won't let go of is no friend to anyone but the Right. Say what we will about those party leaders, they know a damn wedge issue when they see it.

I'm so proud of no one saying 'Nuke The Site From Orbit' today. Oops.

A Stephen Colbert with zero fucks left to give is a glorious thing to behold. youtu.be/HMGD1KCYFOw

Also, on AI. It's fake. Occasionally clever, usually stupid, more waste of time and pollution of an already muddied infosphere. But more than anything, it demands like five times the electicity than the EVs the Right was screaming 'the grid can't handle' while Republicans stop solar and wind.

(Also I might add that putting ruinous tariffs on *every damn thing from everywhere* does not make it easier to find drug smugglers. It makes *more* smugglers. Smuggling coffee, rice, sugar, tobacco, booze, Pokemons, anything. )

Yaknow, it's a news-bombardment day and there's some pretty righteous criticism of the recent Star Trek SNW season. And as much as they have a 'generous universe' about shuttle and runabout crashes, it seems they have an unfortunate tendency to put all the rations and emergency kit on places that

I'm getting a little tired of the crocodile tears of mean people calling for the oppression of more innocent people while pretending to be 'holy.'

This one's going out to NAFO in troubled times. When tyranny is law, the weird turn pro. Or cartooney. Or both. Mix it up. :) We've been here before, longer than most know. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFh4...

Anyway, if you remember the 80s, this band was banned from the US under Reagan's 'obscenity laws' despite never saying any of Carlin's dirty words. Also, St. Uncle Bernie ran a state thirty miles away when I was homeless. There was no damn shelter there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-I...

I'm not sure if the video is bad or good here, sibs. But the words. "I don't want you to hate for all the hurt you feel.The world is just illusion trying to change you. " All hands on deck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=evpG...

It's also really boring to fight the same stupid shit over and over. Yes, I fucking know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL4H...

By the way, why the *fuck* do we have missile cruisers off Venezuela?

Also I of course do not endorse any of these guys in particular for US President if we have elections in 2028, but since I was talkin Pagan stuff I do commend this Mongolian biker metal for like, yer hearts. (captions on.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8d...

Usually this is more of a Spring song to me, but while we're all baking before another apparently-uncalled for winter and stuff... About as good for the end of a long depressing summer as a winter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6A5...

(Also, just so everyone knows the score, the damn assault weapons being everywhere is awful, scream blame all you want, but if you think now is the time to get-rope-a-doped into unilateral disarmament, you aren't seeing the present board at *all.*)

Kind of my thought for the day, too: the horrible shooting committed by a detransitioned kid with no hope has resulted in calls for general pogroms and damn right I'm armed. A Euro guy was like,'You got guns but ban kinder-eggs' I'm like 'Damn right, we're governed by Kids That Ate Paint Chips."

(Also the nature of a Twitty forum like this makes it a lot easier to lie than teach history, but come on kids, if you're going to name yourselves after historical figures, at least read a couple biographies. Gods.)

Song of my night and etc about all this digital nightmare. Same damn equation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8jh...

A largely-pointless night but someone made me this. I endorse this message. :)

Unnerving things to say to trolls: When they ask: "Do you identify as an attack helicopter?" *deadpan.* "Not. Exactly."