Ben Shapiro believed the post-Holocaust taboo against antisemitism was sufficiently strong that he could support a political movement dedicated to tearing down other taboos against bigotries in the name of fighting "wokeness," and the one against antisemitism would remain. Turns out he was wrong.

Please appreciate how silly Piggy looks in his new favorite bed 😹 #cats

This has major me and @margueritekenner.bsky.social energy

MODERATOR: and how did you get into my house ANDREW CUOMO, CALLING IN TO THE DEBATE DESPITE SOMEHOW ALSO BEING ON THE STAGE: you invited me. it is not my custom to go where I am not wanted.

This is some excellent background for understanding the current fuckery (which fuckery? most of the fuckery)

It's Crow Day

A friend thinks we should build a database of Pope Just Got A Sports Jersey facial expressions to calibrate his responses to non-Sports Jerseys events

It's not uncommon for trauma survivors to struggle w/ decisions so small we feel ashamed to admit we struggle w/ them-- but that's what a history of having been gaslit or belittled does to our nervous system. Questions of what to wear or where to eat evoke paralysis years later.

Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.

honored to announce i have been awarded this years LOUD HANDS AWARD FOR AUTISTIC STORYTELLERS from @autisticadvocacy.org. much of my confidence to trot with this unique way is due to the autistic creators who came before, and to think i could pass that on and inspire others means so much. thank you

That VP ended up being the voice of reason who told Mike Pence “of course you can’t steal the election for Trump.”

I once mentioned “welfare fraud” in front of a friend who worked for the General Accounting Office (US fed bookkeepers). “Did you know it costs far more to chase ‘welfare fraud’ than is actually ‘’’defrauded’’’?” I think about that a lot. Keep your eyes on your own damn cart.

1. A comms guy threatening reporters by siccing the White House on them. 2. The wife of a WH official threatening a pundit's citizenship. 3. A drunk ICE agent saying he'll check an arresting officer's status. These are all the same thing.

SNAP makes America stronger. Support @fedworkersunited.bsky.social: bit.ly/PeoplesPantr...

kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning

I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.

There was an old man you could gaze At his works in despair in a daze If you looked upon them And were mere mortal men 'Ozymandias mighty', it says

I got a million problems; what people buy with SNAP cards ain’t one of them. Everyone should police their Congressmen the way they police total fucking strangers at the grocery store: we’d actually be better off for it!

Anyone want to buy a shirt to help me fund my suit and the necessary tailoring to go to the Black tie dinner? @finnsplacetx.org is a beneficiary and I don’t have anything masc and suitable. Pun intended!

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink" - George Orwell

There is a very solemn desert cottontail that lives in the yard and will come out in front of my office window if I’m just typing and not moving around a lot.

I'm interviewing former Federal Trade Commission head Lina Khan on Substack live at 4:00. Very excited about this. Have wanted to talk to her about antitrust issues for years.

The Epstein Files are BAD bad.

people? you mean americans? you mean you think americans are going to think “i should pay much more for something i was paying far less for last month?” americans who live in the united states?

Stagflation The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.

Look, I'm not saying the mechsploitation meme's relationship with its ostensible source media is beyond critique, but when folks go so far as to assert that the "fucked up combat doll with an inappropriate relationship with their handler" bit has NO basis in the genre's canon whatever, I'm just like

If people had to contend with child hunger being a *political* issue, then politics stops being a game and becomes something much more serious. Which then would cause some painful introspection

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

I don't think there's really an easy or straightforward way to convey to the public at large just how bad things have gotten. Normalcy bias is a hell of a drug and decades of apocalyptic political messaging have sapped the effectiveness of dire language in truly dire moments. It's so bad right now

I am on that extremely weird xennial election arc where my first adult election was the one where the Supreme Court threw it to Bush, my second was when we reelected Bush after a war that was CLEARLY EVIL, then I got 8 years of Obama before entering the Trump Years of Misery.

I wonder if one of the reasons that Republicans have thrown farmers overboard is crypto-ization of the GOP, and the fact that Trump & family are not immediately invested in ag. Who needs big ag money when you have big tech money? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

We just added a page to our database that defines language deciphering games. So, you can find games in that genre there or scroll down for the highlights! thinkygames.com/list... 1/7

As a member of a union, and as a former co-chair of a different local, as someone involved in the original campaign to establish the latter local: Fuck off, J.D.. *White Supremacy* undermines union strength by undermining solidarity. But you know that. You just want workers and their unions weak.

I agree with Miss Rachel “I want my taxes to pay for oatmeal cream pies. These are so good. Just not bombs”

Do NOT give money to The Satanic Temple. And tell other people not to give money to The Satanic Temple. If you want to donate money to help people eat, donate to your local food bank and/or local mutual aid organization/network.

At some point, the federal government taking everyone else's money and giving nothing back will result in the dissolution of the nation. States have to have a reason to participate.

Love people so much, you get so many Ideas Not good ones but there's a lot of them

"the longevity industry" sounds like the name of the group of shadowy steampunk occultists in a really bad Amnesia: The Dark Descent sequel

“It’s always on your terms […] The teleoperator does not see you. We can blur people. The teleoperator also cannot go into specific parts of your home. […] And the teleoperator can never connect to a robot unless you approve it.” SF writer: mmhm, mmhm… gotta say, this is heavyhanded foreshadowing

yanno if you spend your WHOLE LIFE getting treated like shit and misdiagnosed constantly by doctors who refuse to listen to you, it's amazing what happens!

get their asses Elizabeth Warren www.youtube.com/shorts/SKFGa...

I believe people who misuse Tolkien to advance fascism should have a brief but life-changing encounter with World War II–era Christopher Lee

The discovery phase of this lawsuit promises to be interesting. Paxton and RFK Jr. are obligated to present their supporting documentation to Tylenol regarding the connection between their products and autism. Hint: They don't have any proof. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

@ukge.bsky.social shared a post on Instagram about a card game that has gAI 'art'. People (including me) commented on it expressing their disappointment. UKGE chose to respond by hiding the comments. Should we assume UKGE is pro gAI and doesn't care for artists without whom the con wouldn't exist?

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled” Disability is dynamic Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.

HEY THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE