I'm pretty sure this woman has a name, Bloomberg

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Fuck the courts. Free Casey Goonan. www.kqed.org/news/1205727...

Just got off the phone with my parents and then turned to my husband and said "I'm so glad they have healthy ways to occupy their time, instead of rotting their brains on cable news and Facebook." And it hit me that I sound like a mom talking about her teenage kids' extra curriculars.

When most of the other things people sublimate their libidinal energy into (art, reading, film, etc) are Woke & Gay, it leaves very little for reactionaries to find an outlet in, and conservatives have spent the last few decades making sure that outlet is the enjoyment of violence towards the Other.

Chicago area: if you believe you may recognize this federal agent who choked a protester last week, please text us 📱

I want to believe this will lead to a drop in tofu prices, but the only economic principle that ever seems true is that the economy is out to get me.

With the exception of LeBron James, I cannot think of a single billionaire who would end up where they are now if we just rolled it back and had them do it again

🏺🦣🧪 FANTASTIC thread on incredibly important work by brilliant team - oldest bead workshop in W. Europe, and crucially, more taphonomic evidence separating #Neanderthals (represented by Middle Palaeolithic) from the Châtelperronian EUP cultural phenomena. (3rd pic site discovery 1977)

up in heaven after the rapture i just saw god take a tylenol

An Update: I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly. (I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).

bye bitches!!! looks like Jesus is down with the clown after all

Anybody get Raptured? Y'all want me to go check in on your pets and delete your browsing histories or anything? Water a plant maybe?

cackling

lmfao

"People have common-sense concerns with trans people!" The common sense concerns: So imagine if alchemy was real and it was only for girls

Charles II: Did you finish that statue of the Archangel Michael defeating the devil? Luisa Roldán: Si y yo hice la Diablo real fucking sexy, just like you asked

I love art

I'm mostly an atheist but I'm rooting for the Christians with the whole rapture thing. Seems like an "everybody wins" situation tbh

you need to admit your crush before the rapture

No particular reason

Mourning Charlie Kirk is the reason you weren’t raptured btw

@mulchy.bsky.social is a dedicated reporter and organizer who has been on the Bad Guys in Uniform beat for a while (he didn't just pop up out of nowhere!). Read some of his work:

In the 1880s, a third of Minnesota’s forests were old-growth forests. Today less than five percent are. The fact that this one remains is only a fluke, due to a surveying error not discovered until decades later. (No paywall)

Couldn’t make a crueler caricature if I tried

We're rocking out to Queen's 1984 album "The Works" today. And by "we," I mean my downstairs neighbor and anyone in the general vicinity.

THEY DEFORMED ME, COOP. REDUCED ME DOWN TO ONLY MY MOST RECOGNIZABLE CHARACTERISTICS. I’M A CUTESY SHELL OF MY FORMER SELF. THE BOYS AT QUANTICO ARE CALLING ME A “CHEE-BEE.” I’M SEVEN CENTIMETERS TALL, COOP. 150 GRAMS OF VINYL PLASTIC.

now gavin,

Republicans are spreading conspiracy theories about Venezuelans as a way to gin up support among Latinos for ICE raids. They've been doing it since the election at least.

I can't be the only one who's noticed there's a conspiracy theory going around about Venezuelans, can I?

This is more of that "The liberals let criminals from Venezuela into the US" conspiracy theory that seems to have the working class of Chicago in a chokehold

“They want to use it as an example to like set a precedent and start going after activists and organizations that are speaking up about, you know, ICE raids going on in the community… “This is not going to deter me in any way, any shape or form…I’m not doing anything illegal.” - Sherman Austin

Soup of the day (submitted by @pinkoscare.bsky.social): Congee with tofu, red peppers, and black fungus

I get that this is on lawmakers, but at what point will individuals working in this system decide they've reached the limit on the kinds of orders they'll follow? It's possible to break a law. People do it all the time. You don't have to be so chickenshit about everything.

Coffee shops are the heart of darkness for republicans. All their horror stories take place inside them. They have taken the place of the forest in middle American gothic.

Autumn fire

Am I about to catch a ban over a wip snip?

My favorite sign of the night.

State Senator Graciela Guzman is out here in front of the facility demanding the release of two of her constituents (who are U.S. citizens), asking to speak with federal agents. No response from them so far. Shes putting on a respirator.

Graduated HS, in college and I’ve never used AI in anyway shape or form Then seeing people who are in my classes use AI

I'm going to admit that I once put one of my own essay prompts into ChatGPT so that I could compare the results to my students' responses. It was a disappointing experience, to say the least.

I don’t know how to talk to people in my mentions saying weird shit like this. I spent the evening dodging pepper balls fired by ICE and coughing on gas, bro. The police are well aware of the situation and probably jealous of the thugs who were attacking us.

So the US is just murdering Venezuelan fisherfolk on the regular then, is that it, is this normal now

It’s giving “makes law abridging the freedom of the press”

When a candidate gets your hopes up, only to play it safe once they take office, rolling over and selling out on things you care about so deeply, the disappointment can be extremely bitter. I'm sure people in @aoc.bsky.social's district can relate.

I also really need government officials to stop saying they're afraid for their safety. You all get security details. You work in one of the most heavily protected locations in the country. And you knew the risks when you campaigned for the job. The rest of us have no power and no protection.

Personally, I pick on her because she's from Delaware, which is where I'm from, and because there's no point in even bothering with the other congress people from there. That said, I've yelled much worse things at Carper and Coons than I would dream of saying to McBride (or LBR, for that matter).

We used to be able to set "away messages" so people just got a clever joke or a quote or a song lyric if they tried to message you. Now they can get a hold of you whenever they want, and they don't even get hit with an auto reply reading "Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money."

More and more of the meals I cook are some form of pottage. Today's Pottage of the Day* is congee with tofu, red peppers, and black fungus.