I remember when it last appeared and my grandfather was so excited. I remember him saying that he would not be alive the next time it came around, but that my sisters & I would be. I stopped being excited by the comet & started worrying about my grandparents' health. Yeah I was that kid.

A panel that included two Trump judges dealt Jim Crow a temporary defeat in Alabama. Whether it holds up at the Supreme Court will depend on whether John Roberts hates Black people more than he loves his own power. My latest in @thenation.com

The people behind LLMs do not want potentially helpful Star Trek tech like replicators or even Data. They want Landru and the Borg & they are stupid-arrogant enough to believe they would be in control of such tech.

@chanda.blacksky.app talking to Science Quickly youtu.be/qlEumQaLkU0?...

Today would have been Miles Davis's 100th birthday. I recently listened to a bunch of his records w/ the second quintet. Some thoughts: somevelvetblog.substack.com/p/miles-and-...

The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.

He's right. And it's not just movies, it's so many things. If a tv show isn't an instant worldwide sensation like ppl think Stranger Things was, it's considered a failure. Even if it has an audience that consistently shows up & critics like it. Music, books, anything.

Over the course of 13 expeditions and other efforts between mid-2025 and mid-2026, scientists found hundreds of previously undiscovered creatures living under the waves

pizza so bad they had to invent a sauce

New M*A*S*HCast! Season 8, Episode 16: “Bottle Fatigue” w/guests @dranj70.bsky.social and @mindofscottx.bsky.social fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/mash...

My worlds collide! Folklore & Méliès!

BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Indy and Chicago! We're coming to see you next month

Deep cut with Steven Hill. When anyone mentions the old MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, they immediately associate it with Peter Graves. But Dan Briggs preceeded Jim Phelps in the first season. Before Graves replaced Hill in the second one.

Any #electricians here or ppl knowledgeable about professional electricians work? My nephew is graduating high school in a few weeks & will immediately start his training as an electrician. I thought of getting him the Victorinox electrician alox tool. But is it actually a good little tool for him?

MUTUAL AID REQUEST! Recently, Eva was assaulted and her jaw was broken. Some of you may know I have also suffered this same injury and it has impacted my whole life for decades, so I know that it's very important that Eva get good care. If you contribute $50+, I will send you signed book plates.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

JUST POSTED: first in a new occasional series, Political Strength Training, this is a tour through some of the fascinating data we've accrued over the past few cycles of campaign work. However disastrous you thought the Democratic campaign approach to immigration was, it's worse. 🧵

These RCT results (via Swayable) get at the big problem. The right wing immigration ads Dems ran both built public support for the ICE nightmare we are living now, AND were politically disastrous, showing clear backfire on candidate choice questions. They made voters want to vote for Trump.

Ugh! Why did NDT have to show up? Arrogant sex pest.

One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.

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On the latest episode of B*tch, Listen, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @blairimani.bsky.social discuss whether online political education actually moves institutions or just moves the people who already agree.

I’m currently selling a big lot of Strawberry Shortcake dolls from around 1981. The picture below is my hero shot of these Kenner treasures. I’m selling some of my collection so I can raise money for the Steven Spielberg steelbook 4k set coming out next month.

People love to talk about how great FDR was. Meanwhile the New Deal was deliberately structured to exclude Black people. The New Deal helped usher Irish and Italian immigrants into whiteness.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom portrays himself as a resistance leader—though in his budget proposal, he is once again attacking Medicaid funded home care that helps disabled people live independently. My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I knew a guy from high school who truly believed real men can't drink from straws because it is too much like sucking another man's dick. (He was also extremely racist, misogynist & thought I was complementing him when I said he was, at best, a psuedo intellectual.)

NEW OLD EPISODE! CASPER AND THE ANGELS hanuted #SaturdayMorning at the end of the #70s! Come and learn about the creation, cast and legacy of the show. This is also the 1970s Season 1 finale! REPOSTS APPRECIATED Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A reminder that no matter how many MVPs A’ja Wilson gets, it will always be 1 less than she should have. #WNBA

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

Democratic attempts to re-gerrymander their states to offset losses in the South are proper and necessary. But they can’t stem the destruction of black political power. Here’s my latest @thenation.com newsletter:

I invited Blair Imani on the podcast to stress test a theory I’ve been obsessing over and hot damn did she come prepared. We talked about online political education, algorithms, persuasion, and whether any of this actually changes institutions. New B*tch, Listen out wherever you get your podcasts.

My guess is that the percentage of Americans who are aware that we are blockading and immiserating a neighboring country is in the single digits. Its not an invasion, but involves the use of American military force with the intent of collapsing the government.

I wrote about Pearl Jam's "Footsteps" for Spin's Deep Cut Friday column this week: www.spinmagazine.com/2026/05/deep...

While we mourn the death of another Trans sister, it’s important to also note that Black Trans Women make up 78% of those murdered.

This plan is absolute madness. Building a data center that is SIXTY SQUARE MILES in mountain west drought land which on paper will raise the temperature of the entire area by 5-12 DEGREES F is mental Unless the reality show is to create an American Aral Sea www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What the SHIT. Again, I don't care what little positive use LLM/gen AI may have or the "nuance" whatever--this is absolutely untenable. No fresh water for the entire state of Utah, good luck!

The Supreme Court issued a stay pausing the 5th Circuit's order that would have required in-person appointments to get mifepristone. That's great news!! But that's not the whole story. It never is. Would it surprise you that Donald Trump Jr.'s turkey-hunting buddy is involved? I explain:

it's beautiful wonderful springtime, when all sorts of scary-looking bugs just all start invading your house like the zombies at the end of the "thriller" video

In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric. #GiftLink

hey so surely using an alt account to circumvent people who've blocked your account so you can screencap and post about them so your followers can harass them violates ToS right?

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In this week’s newsletter I tackle the January 6 protester at the heart of the assault on voting rights. And answer the apparently essential question of whether an 8-year-old can beat up Trump.

Devinoni Ral! Stay away from Deanna Troi! Creep! Any other Trekkies feel like Ral uses his partial Betazoid abilities against full consent on dating & not only being sleezy at professional negotiations?

I need white people in hella white states to think about what they are saying when they insist redistricting blue states will solve the problem that Black people in Memphis just got disenfranchised. Redistricting Colorado is not gonna solve the problem. There's like 16 Black people in Colorado.

Where's the beef?

I wanted to complete this by the end of 2026. I also wanted to rewatch STAND BY ME on its official 40th anniversary on Aug 22. That's a lot of movies to watch from Sept thru Dec. Or maybe I don't need to go exactly in order?