Woke up feeling funky; this sweet bean curled up next to me and said “you don’t have anywhere to be, so how about being right here?” and has stayed there the entire morning.

can you believe this

for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism

te amo cachorrinho de paletó

Karoline Leavitt is pregnant.

mood

Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.

Newly released footage of ICE goons in LA cornering, shooting and abducting journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias as he is clearly unarmed. Carlitos is still in ICE custody. (published 12/28/25)

I think it’s really important to pull apart the disingenuous open letter’s nonsense arguments, and this is an excellent takedown. I will add: disabled authors (and there are many of us) do not want AI “accessibility”. It’s not even like handing us McDonald’s nuggets and pretending it’s a chicken.

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

That America may go to war with Venezuela, put the lives of our service members at risk, displace hundreds of thousands and kill scores of people at random on behalf of these three douchebags is f***ing infuriating. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...

Why Disney does live action remakes: "Merchandise based on the character has been available for 20+ years, but the live-action remake turbocharged it. Disney says that retail sales for products based on the character surged past $4 billion in fiscal 2025." www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled. ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture. Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

I love that movie. C.D.’s big nose also serves a purpose in Roxanne - he’s a fireman who can smell fire from a long way away.

you do not and should not hand it to MTG under any circumstances it is useful for us, politically, that she's broken with Trump - because "Rs in Disarray" is a good narrative but she herself is still a vicious antisemite and transphobe and nobody progressive should lose sight of that

I actually think about this a lot and how capitalist and ableist it is.

If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃

An abled person can go around. A disabled person is completely stuck. This shit is so fucking vile.

And to those scoffing at the idea that homeless people stay in hotels: when shelters are full, local agencies regularly place clients in hotel rooms. Many unhoused individuals also have jobs and cycle between hotels, cars, friends' apartments, and the street.

To clarify, the hotel flagged my old Asheville address because it was still associated with my Hilton account (I used points to book the room).

What was most chilling about this exchange was the sheer casualness of "because of our homeless population," as if those experiencing homelessness were *obviously* people to be kept out.

So if you're a family evicted from your apartment, or a mother fleeing domestic violence with her children, or someone unhoused trying to get off the street or out of their car for a night... you're not allowed to stay at these Asheville hotels. Just unabashed discrimination.

A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.

This comment is pernicious. It was made during a v public disagreement w the author of new piece critical of FIRE. The comment tries to disqualify any journalist who opposes injustice from covering injustice. That is wrongheaded, especially at this v dangerous moment for the US.

You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end: "Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."

Congratulations to pop tart for their popular ad campaign, but I am reserving judgement for when they are no longer selling chemical sugar goo inside of a stale cracker with a nutritional value lesser than the cash used to purchase them.

When you say that “only the sick kids die from the measles”… you’re telling sick and disabled people that they’re expendable. You’re telling them their lives don’t matter. That vaccinating to protect them is too high a price. That’s eugenics. Also, healthy kids die from measles too.

Brigitte Bardot was arrested five times for inciting racial hatred and was a notorious transphobe and fascist. But hey, rose colored glasses and all. She had nice tits once. Sigh.

I am not usually one to argue with the Simpsons, but I do think you can win friends with salad. You're not going to bat 1000, but some people will dig it.

They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”. Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid. Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get? A pardon! It was never about saving money. It’s eugenics.

"The real issue is the bill’s insistence that teachers emphasize religion’s positive impact. That’s not how history works. History isn’t about issuing moral endorsements; it’s about helping students understand the past in all its complexity."- @johnfea1.bsky.social www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

First they decided to strip nursing of its “professional” designation. Now they’re removing a requirement that ensured nursing homes receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding had an RN available 24/7. This regime doesn’t care about the elderly & disabled. This policy change will kill people.

One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵

Absolutely wild watching every American media org incl progressive ones like NYMag remember Bardot as an animal rights defender and not mention her vicious racism Meanwhile this article from Le Monde English is how I found out she died It's hard to overstate how much American media fails Americans

Along with the racist fake grievance of "apologizing for being white," there's also the fact that a bunch of white folks seem to believe (and/or are willing to suggest) that even acknowledging systemic advantages they get for being white is the equivalent of being "forced to apologize."

something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore

I hate being right about this kind of evil shit.

www.propublica.org/article/lung... Watch RFK react to this by declaring the lung float test the only acceptable means of determining whether a baby was stillborn.

Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?

And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this

“There’s a responsible way to use AI” “There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”

I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now

This message hits hard.

So accurate. Stop spreading their rage bait for them.

People using AI

If the Epstein files have proven anything, it’s that the justice system isn’t broken; it’s working exactly as it was built to do: to shield the rich and powerful from accountability while victims are buried, ignored, or silenced.