This dude rules

“Dead people are important. They’re a vital part of the eco-system: without them we would have no context. We’d also have very few houses and far inferior libraries & record collections. So: go dead people!” - Virgil S. Dinwiddie

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence. Fact checking is not going to do shit. Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit. We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

pam bondi is a sentient yankee candle in which resides the spirit of Morgoth

This. No matter how good their candidates and messaging are, it doesnt matter a whit when the media universe is controlled by right-wing oligarchs.

Best thing I've seen on the hellscape that is the internet in a long time.

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

If you think Tylenol is bad for children, wait until you find out about guns.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

anti-fascism puts you on the right side of history

When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

The FBI right now could probably use all those experienced senior career professionals with decades of investigative experience that they fired for absolutely no reason.

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023 www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

When our national bloodsport (football) meets our other national bloodsport (mass shootings)

Maryland: Do you live in District 1? Family, friends? Please call Andy Harris's office and implore him to vote no on the budget bill. Over 180,000 people -- mostly children -- rely on Medicaid in his district; just about one in four (!) of his constituents (24%) are Medicaid enrolled.

It's a Mads world. @lidltrek.bsky.social

…y'all need to rehire all those DEI's because it seems like they were the ones who understood how aircraft carrier tie-downs work

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

So this is exactly what I mean. Not trying to dump on this specific person, but the idea that “bread” 100 years ago was pristine wheat and yeast is just not true.

There’s an Icelandic way of saying of “I’m gonna kick your arse” that translates to “I will take you to the bakery.” A Hungarian version is “you’re prying open the lid of the slap-crate.” And the most colourful threat I’ve come across in Urdu… “my foot is in your butt’s destiny”

Cylburn Mansion open house today, 11-2.

A Puncture card for Pederson, and a Crash card for Pogačar made the difference today. #ParisRoubaix

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

What a great race. Reminds me of the three-up sprint in 2017, when Kwiatkowski pipped Sagan and Alaphilippe. 🇮🇹 #MilanoSanremo

My advice for emerging artists and pros alike: it’s time for in person events. The industry and community is scattered and algorithms are currently siloing us off. Go to cons, festivals, screenings + launches, and other art events. While social media is still shifting, invest in face to face.

Thanks Biden. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/b...

I know this is absurd, but the propaganda works in because of the absurdity rather than in spite of it. While this quote is about antisemitism, it readily applies to most forms of bigotry.

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

BEZOS: This isn't what I ordered! PHONE AI: I think you said/insecure border? BEZOS: Where... are... my... editorials? AI: OK/Is your editorial/"Billionaires Make Superior Lovers"/or/"Brain Science Proves Racism Is Fine"/? BEZOS: Talk to a person! AI: ... AI: Your wait time is/four hours.

Tesla has lost all the value it gained since the election.

This was my take a month ago. I was wrong - he was planted by Russia.

So the question now is how will Ukraine take Trump out? Drones on a golf course? SAM Air Force One? I am sure Trump has no clue what he's getting into here, and he's surrounded himself with similarly clueless yes-men. What a crazy timeline we're in. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

It's not about waste. It's about decimating the federal government. They're not saying USAID is rife with fraud and waste so clean that up so as to more effectively address poverty and hunger. For them spending any money at all on poverty, hunger, research, higher ed, healthcare, etc is a waste.

The first substantive comments from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on how he plans to approach the Trump administration: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow... By @brendawintrode.bsky.social

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Song of the day. youtu.be/1xbAnRHCPbA?...

I know many have unfriended those on social media who are on the other side of the political spectrum. I have done this too, but I keep some who are not antagonistic, and we interact about non-political common interests. One of them posted this which I find extremely interesting and heartening.

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing *its own* history.