My favorite thing about winter is that it’s socially acceptable to stay inside all day

The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.

Agree with @kairyssdal.bsky.social , disagree with politics editors at @nytimes.com , on this one. Trump was yelling out *lies* at a frantic, machine-gun pace last night. A "first rough draft of history" account of this moment should make that cler.

Where did you study all this goodly speech?

every trans kid brings more value to the world than any chickenshit politician willing to sacrifice them for political points

The Tomten and the Fox, Astrid Lindgren.

If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them? Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

This, for the love of all that is holy Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic

My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.

Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the Trump administration mistakenly deported in March and eventually returned, is now free from ICE custody. And, Indiana lawmakers reject a redistricting proposal. n.pr/4iPo9pU

My birthday is in [checks calendar] 12 days. Just saying.

Excellent question.

YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS. Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.

Wait, how am I doing pull-ups in the nice clothes I'm supposed to wear to the airport now?

Knives Out: The French Chef

Have we fully considered the possibility that “masculinity” *is* the crisis?

I said, LEAVE FRANKLIN OUT OF IT. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The thing about so called low bars, lately, is that far too many people are failing to clear them.

Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns. Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.

The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.

It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies. This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week. This is almost everything the government is doing.

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Hey, @portersqbooks.bsky.social libromancers: I have a holiday gift request for a book "like Freakonomics or The Tipping Point, but good." I'm flummoxed. Any ideas?

Let's leave Franklin out of this, shall we?

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

And also…ALSO…it’s just wrong. Try that on.

Daughters do a lot of heavy lifting.

NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems

“No,” said Frog.

There's a weird collective self-justification among reporters on this beat that their job is not to push back but to be stoic in order to observe an endlessly fascinating natural phenomenon. It's all nonsense. He is a public servant. Demand decency, and slap back hard and fast when you don't get it.

Sigh Listen. Vote for democrats.

This probably isn’t good.

same

anyone who finds rfk jr. sexually appealing should be added to a publicly accessible registry

Now I kinda want more stories of people learning for damn certain that certain sayings are actually true.

Ugh, I'm so ready for this week to be over. 🪶

So Bezos is in them too then?

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"I don't mind"?!

Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."

The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

We are a debased society.

This, exactly.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

What they don’t seem to get is that normal people hate pedophiles regardless of their political affiliation.