You have to wear a suit to court out of “respect for the law” or something but apparently you can just say whatever bigoted shit you want and that’s fine

…Why would they?

not that long ago I blocked a dude I'd been flirting with because out of the blue he tried to argue with me against imprisoned trans folks getting their necessary health care 10/10 decision, I will do that every time, no regrets whatsoever

I can’t imagine why young women might not wish to date people who don’t see them as fully human. A mystery for the ages, really

This is definitely the behavior of people who have a report in hand that agrees with them

Weird, I was reliably informed by the dems that it was impossible for public opinion to change and that’s why they needed to move to the right?

If I never hear the word “deference” again it will be too soon

All new legislation needs to include a threat model exploring how the most evil people on earth could abuse the proposed law.

What is with places referring to you by first and middle name?

“When will you stop talking about RTO?” When workers have UBI, Universal Healthcare, and a 4 day work week

Had one mildly successful post and how the heck do big accounts use this app?

Do you hear the people sing? 🎶

Seattle mayor in a nutshell

I swear some days the only thing keeping me going is the knowledge that simply by existing as a trans person I am able to piss off Alito and Thomas.

Most people: I cant understand why you like math so much, math is boring Meanwhile in math:

We need more leaders with ADHD who can just get shit done.

Everything I learn about the immigration system is a new horror. The only moral system is to open the borders and let anyone who wants to come here do so.

I really want to know if these institutions that are capitulating to the govt are doing so because they are cowards or because they actually agree with what the govt is doing.

I don’t know about anyone else, but at MY kitchen table we talk about the patriarchy, the unhoused, and how people who supported Reagan and Bush shouldn’t be listened to.

“Wait times to see a doctor have increased from X to Y over the past Z years. Meanwhile, my opponent is too busy obsessing over trans kids to care about things like whether your kids have a pediatrician you can trust or if you can afford the copay when your child is sick.”

“My opponent wants to debate human rights in the marketplace of ideas. But you know what else is a marketplace? Healthcare. And under my plan, we’ll supply thousands more highly trained doctors each year to lower costs and reduce wait times.”

“Being inclusive makes the world a better place and costs nothing: just like your medical care should. And the same people that are spreading hate are also doing their best to make it so you’ll go bankrupt if you ever develop cancer.”

“Darn right I say ‘pregnant person’. Because I’m not a dick. If that bothers you, maybe you should examine why. Preferably with a therapist. Which you’ll be able to afford with my Medicare For All plan”.

If your goal is to describe the set of all individuals who are pregnant, then "pregnant people" is the correct phrase. Because some people who are pregnant are not women. This is just the correct way to describe the set. The alternative isn't just transphobic, it's incorrect!

it’s important in these times that we remember the true victims of bathroom policing: cis-women.

Watched someone on msnbc suggest that the dems’ problem is they sound unnatural…because they’re careful to not offend people? Dude, if you don’t sound natural when you don’t insult people maybe that should clue you into a bigger problem you have?

Mamdani: *overwhelmingly wins primary despite huge funding delta and the bulk of trad dems falling in line behind Cuomo* Trad dems: Vote for Newsom or else!!!!

I’ve long been of the opinion that, as a practical matter, an open border policy would be best from a practicality pov. Increasingly, I am thinking it is actually the only moral immigration policy.

Imagine bragging that you tried to stop asylum seekers from coming into the US. Embarrassing.

“Death on Two Legs” is so underrated. Possibly Queen’s best song.

The Democratic establishment will literally never make it easy for working class people to beat the GOP establishment, because they're in bed with the GOP and they rigged the Dem's intra-party dynamics to keep co-opting movements, suppressing dissent, and fracturing coalitions while acting innocent.

If I were in congress I would be going out of my way to upset anti-vaxxers.

We need to be asking if AI has made tech CEOs psychotic.

I like how dems had the perfect name for the budget bill (“murder bill”) but decided to use incredibly clumsy and cringe names instead.

Primary every Democrat who is not meeting this moment. Get rid of them all.

no reason not to primary chuck schumer now

Too many democrats are still afraid of being seen as "leftists" or "liberals" or "socialists". Own that shit. If you believe everyone should be able to get health care, fucking own it. Republicans are going to call you names no matter what, so you might as well actually have beliefs.

I wish my congresswoman was this bold. Like, she's good, sure, but she doesn't have the "I'm on the left and I am unapologetic about it" attitude that Kat has.

Don’t forget the PNW! It’s suffering as a virtue.

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

Correct. When Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in May 2018, he made it the policy of the United States that every country should have an active nuclear weapons program. Today he made it clear they need to develop functional nuclear weapons as soon as possible. Nothing else can prevent a U.S. attack.

This. THIS.

@andrewtorrez.bsky.social In today’s Law&Chaos you said something to the effect of: “being able to sue the gov for defamation would be bad for democracy”. I was wondering if you could say more about that? Why would it be bad?

Bjarne may vote against #cpp 26, due to contracts?!?!? www.reddit.com/r/cpp/commen...

David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...

Wow, that’s a level of fucked up that I wasn’t prepared for. Fuck The Atlantic.