when the centrists screech and say "what do you expect dems to do, they have no power", this is exactly what i expect them to do. i expect them to go in front of cameras/microphones and explain the horrors to people. it costs nothing for them to do it and doesnt require majorities in congress

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.

Right. The point is not “it matters extra because it’s a citizen,” the point is “we either hang together or we will all hang separately.”

This is how you can be an ally. They need to feel the cost of what they've done.

It's so fucking convenient that they get to "fear for their lives" anytime they want to absolve themselves of anything and when we actually fear for our lives because of them and do anything a scared person would do it's justification for our death.

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:

It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.

News outlets do not do not exist to help the troops. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-public...

I've said it before but: cryptic crosswords are just dad jokes with a British accent.

So if I have this straight, Axios went out and found a couple of centrist congressional Democrats angry that their party is being critical of the takeover of Venezuela, and these members are so tuned in to the pulse of the voters that they would only speak anonymously www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...

Lewis Goodall humiliates Labour's Darren Jones who is unable to criticise President Trump for breaking international law by attacking Venezuela Humiliating, pathetic, soulless - Darren Jones, what a let down

"In a way, whether the answer is yes or no, the answer is yes - you know what I mean?" is a thing my husband just said to me.

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Tonight I made a "Tunisian Chicken" soup with fregola and a cookbook-described "cheffy" step involving thickening whisked eggs +lemon with chicken stock, and it took up 3.5 hours of my afternoon/evening and was absolutely delicious. The news is A Lot; if you are able, feed yourself and others.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie

Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Having just watched Celebrity Traitors UK, we are excited to present our prelim dream Celeb Traitors US: Connie Britton (traitor) Pedro Pascal (faithful) Bryan Cranston (T) Jon Hamm (F) J. Law OFFERMAN Jason Kelce Megan Rapinoe Bowen Yang Letterman?? Guy Fieri (pure chaos energy) Lily Collins

Me just now to one of my dogs barking at the delivery person: LET'S BE GROWNUPS ABOUT THIS.

Silas would like to remind you that he is available at any time for snacks (consumption thereof, discussion pertaining to, et al).

By retreating only to "kitchen table issues" to avoid being labeled "woke," Democratic leaders have left an open goal for the GOP. When you treat the harassment of vulnerable communities as a "distraction" rather than a crisis, you're not avoiding a fight: you're just forfeiting it.

This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.

I hope to bring "houses an entire plate of spaghetti with abandon, on or off camera" energy to 2026.

One of them most fascinating things about Bernie Wagenblast is that she is a *journalist.* Being a voice actor and announcer is the way she, like so many of us, cobbles together a career as a journalist. This is a VERY New York story.

“They will be Palestinian New Yorkers in Bay Ridge who will no longer have to contend with a politics that speaks of universalism but makes them the exception" proper quote

Mamdani’s message is as American as apple pie, and that’s why he drives reactionaries of many different political stripes crazy.

this is such an important thing to recognize and call out the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

NYCers have earned a day to just feel hopeful and happy. Nobody's in denial about political reality, and tomorrow will be here soon enough, but an inauguration is a celebration and an articulation of a vision, and it's okay to let yourself give in to the joy of aspiration.

I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.

Nursing a cocktail at a place in the west village that is also doing a NYE prix fixe menu & also small bites at the bar. Guy two seats down asks if any of the small bites is veg. Bartender, look of horror slowly creeping over his face: uhh, sorry, nope. How does this even happen these days? WTAF?

another way of saying "different political views" is "the beliefs they hold about justice and morality and humanity" and still another way is "what kind of person they are"

“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.

At a holiday party this weekend, an older neighbor and I were discussing 2025 (the year itself: derogatory) and then brightened as we hoped for good things in the midterms. A long pause, a sidelong look, a long sip of our cocktails, and then, "or maybe something sooner?"

The shift from "sir this is a Wendy's" to "just put the fries in the bag" indicates a cultural rightward shift; whereas the former is making fun of someone by implying they're a customer doing too much, the latter is making fun of someone by implying they're a *worker* & should know their place

I hated running/PE in school, & only came to running in my 20s as an extension of a period of disordered eating. It wasn't until my 40s that I rediscovered running as a head-clearing, stress reducing activity. Now in my 50s, a slow mid-pack marathoner, I can't imagine my life without it.

Here’s to 2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

Not all of the sidewalks where I live were cleared by the time I headed out for a run today, so I ran in the well-plowed streets. Barely any traffic. And yet, one giant pickup truck decided to buzz past me with maybe 16 inches of clearance, just to what, show me who's boss? Super cool, dude.

Boxing Day in the UK, Rewatch The Hunt for Red October Day in the USA

Currently running errands with @sampotts.bsky.social and listening to a playlist with many iterations of Ravel's Bolero, only Bolero, and rating each one. Boulez's: most lushly chaotic (complimentary). Bernstein: prim, springtime-y (derogatory). Mixed on Karajan. Marriage, hoooboy!

Hennie has taken over the chaise part of our sectional, as dogs do, so @sampotts.bsky.social made a little cloth banner for her fort (no boys allowed).

I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

My laptop died unceremoniously recently, and after determining that most photo files were already saved elsewhere, I let out a gasp: "Oh fuck! MY TABS!"

Just super casually judging me from across the living room.

She blew up a TA's career over something that she herself did not take seriously. Just infuriating, every which way.