Quote of the day goes to my wife: "Just think of me as a domestic Warrant Officer: After 26 years I know everything and I do what I want."

What's super cool is that even though the majority of the audience is atheist, the places that did help received significant donations (one disclosed it was $75k+). A couple of people also did the same experiment on gangs, drug dealer, etc, and found they were more likely to help than churches. 3/3

I sneezed while eating some of our kid's "Flamin' Hot Cheetos", and now my eyes and respiratory system think I just got tear gassed.

Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here

My grandfather was an architect in Arizona, where the Pulte's were big developers. His general opinion of Pulte Sr, and the entire family in general, is that they should all be put onto a Saturn V and fired into the sun.

1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine. Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers. Subscribe to support our journalism.

More proof that AI and algorithms are terminally stupid: I've watched a number of videos on religion, and particularly by ex-Mormons. I also watch many more videos by LGBT creators. I now get a ton of video ads inviting me to church. None of the churches showing me ads would want me there. 1/n

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

I wrote about the Phoenix SUns, and how they're exceeding expectations despite poor roster construction mostly due to Head Coach Jordan Ott. www.brightsideofthesun.com/suns-analysi...

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

Contrarians applauding the 6th Circuit decision overturning schools abilities to protect trans students from verbal abuse trans students as "a victory for freedom of speech" like those who would applaud Justice Taney for upholding the rule of law" and "property rights." Missing the bigger picture.

There are 258 million American adults. $2000 for each of them is $516 BILLION. Tariffs have only generated $195 billion in revenue to the government. The math ain't mathing. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I found this description funny. Notre Dame and Navy are rivals in the same way the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals are. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy%E2....

But, they did drive almost all the transgender people out of the country. So it was all totally worth it, and the US should emulate it. Who cares if you don't have indoor plumbing if you know you won't have to share a bathroom with "one of THOSE people."

If you're Gen X, or elder millennial, and you grew up in Phoenix, you know Wallace and Ladmo. youtu.be/5Wci4hQ9RK4?...

The tag line is still stuck in my head. youtu.be/-ebP6WfmXnY?...

Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o... Gifted article Please read

This tracks with what I observed earlier in a Salt Lake Tribune article.

America's favorite queerbotherer is still bothering people. She's been at it for two decades now. There has to be a better hobby. Maybe figuring out how websites work?

Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

I'm writing again! First up: how GOP Republicans ****ed up royally by focusing on trans issues, and what that means for Democrats when it comes to not abandoning constituents who overwhelmingly vote Democratic. newrepublic.com/article/2028...

The sad part of this is that only one or two of the places on this list MIGHT be Mormon owned, the rest are clearly not.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

Oh yeah, it's coming. The "Big Short 2: AI Boogaloo" is going to be a hell of a sequel next year. www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

This is some epic level pearl clutching by Matt Walsh.

This week, WaPo published a “profile” re: Chris Buskirk—who co-founded the Thiel-backed Rockbridge Network w/ JD Vance. Curiously, the profile omitted Buskirk’s ties to “Christian Nationalism” via American Reformer (where he is a director), which supports William Wolfe’s organization. This guy ⬇️ 1/

This was a terrible night for VA Republicans. Lost every competitive house race. Lost 6 of 14 lean R districts. Lost every "Lean D" district. Miyares lost to Jones by 6.6 points (!!!?) in the AG race. Sears lost to Spanberger by over 15 points. Polls radically over-estimated R turnout based on 2024.

The GOP is the party of Trump. Their fortunes are entirely hitched to his. When Trump dies, the struggle for power is going to be some real "Death of Stalin" level clown car dumpster fire stuff.

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Tonight has been a story of outright fury by the democratic base, while Trumps low propensity, low information voters largely stayed home.

JFC. This is about the smoothest and coldest burn I have ever heard. Off the top rope.

I'm looking for a poll from a few months ago where Republicans say democrats are fixated on transgender issues, but democrats say that democratic leadership isn't overly concerned with them. Can you help me find it? I've spent hours today looking for it.

He makes great points here: 1. Religion won't go away 2. It will continue to dominate US politics forever

I'm free to start writing again starting tomorrow. Tea will be spilled. What interests you the most: A. Underreported story of trans military ban B. Why GOP plans to boost fertility are doomed C. Why radical centrist campaigns are a trap for Dems

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" - F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I'm two hops away from Steven Spielberg, and three from President Trump, if I called in all my favors with all my best contacts. So, three hops from a connection to terrorist orgs is a LOT.

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

Chester Nimitz, 1943:

Another comorbidity with anti-trans tirades is general mental instability and loss of touch with reality. Rosanne led the way, and now Nancy Mace is giving us a demonstration. She needs help, not a seat in Congress. www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

So, apparently their all-white revivals of "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific" weren't what audiences were looking for, despite Grenell's assurances that, "We are doing the big things that people want to see." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Not going to pretend Tolkien isn’t flawed but this thread is bang on. Tolkien couldn’t be more explicit that the Hard Men of Gondor are *doomed to fail* no matter how Tough they are. The victory against evil is brought about by pity.

I'm surprised Weiss didn't ask if Inspector Clouseau was available.

The "Deciding To Win" centrists dismiss base mobilization, but the actual 2024 data shows: the more blue a place was in 2020, the lower its turnout was in 2024. Swing voters weren't nearly as important as Dem-leaning irregular voters not voting at all. The base wasn't mobilized, so we lost.

Oh yeah. Trillions of dollars spent to produce a universe of stuff like this? You'd have to present me with incontrovertible evidence this isn't a bubble.

"Grokipedia pages... have no internal linking, have no photos... There is zero insight into how any of the articles were generated, how information was obtained and ordered, any edits that were made, no version history, etc." As a researcher, I'd say that all of the important parts are missing.

Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.

Random thought of the day: whistling is a very socially gendered thing, for no real reason, as is singing. Socially acceptable for men to whistle music, women are expected to sing.

Like Glinner, her obsession with hating trans people ended her marriage. I feel zero sympathy: she has destroyed the lives of so many trans young people, their families, and created a political climate so hostile that I believe straight up Aktion T4 genocide is a non-trivial probability.

This version of Total Recall sucks.