Put on Serenade of Peaceful Joy b/cI’m back on my Wang Kai bullshit and I can’t spend 70 episodes yelling at the TV for the Emperor and Empress to just kiss each other already. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen two characters that down bad for each other but too stupid to do anything about it!!!!

Speaking of #NirvanaInFire, has anyone received the second volume of the graphic novel adaptation from Aloha Comics? I got the 2-volume set via pre-order and Vol. 2 was supposed to ship out during the 3rd and 4th weeks of November, but I haven’t gotten a shipping notification yet.

@thelima.myatproto.social @judiwench.bsky.social @kimbooyork.bsky.social I’m still not really here, BUT friends don’t let friends miss out on previously unseen photos of shaggy haired Wang Kai.

Between the censorship over Charlie Kirk, the age verification nonsense in some states, and the CEO crashing out for multiple days in a row, I’m honestly over this place. I’m not deleting outright, but I’ll be around even less than I am now. Take care of yourselves and each other. 😘

Fetterman's numbers should alarm any pundits or consultants who believe Democrats should shift to the right and meet conservatives in the middle. open.substack.com/pub/extremea...

Oh look, what all of us expected when they made photo ID's a requirement for age validation

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

“Why doesn’t Bluesky leadership ban this known person” because they like that person’s views and work. That’s all. It’s the same reason Democrats cede rhetorical ground to fascists. They like it

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique. If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you. Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Always someone with “trying to make discourse more civil” or some such in the bio who goes from 0 to Condescending Asshole™️ in 3 business seconds when you say something they disagree with.

The Protestant work ethic nonsense compounded by the selfish idea that life is a zero sum game where any gain by someone else means a loss for you as well as the cut off your nose to spite your face racism about POC getting any benefit means most people’s self-interest is far from enlightened

Honestly this is why I don’t trust enlightened self interest as a motivation. Too many people would rather put themselves and their loved ones at greater risk than see any poor person get a “handout” they don’t “deserve.”

I’m not in any of the affected states, but again, it is stymying to me that despite billing itself as an alternative to X, Bluesky keeps getting lapped by X when it comes to anything remotely related to free expression and interaction. Are you not embarrassed?!

there were all these sci fi movies and books and tv shows about hitler coming back and it was the scariest thing and then hitler came back and people were like DOPE. COOL. and the political opposition was like SEND HIM A LETTER

And then he does not have a meeting

The value of a good librarian ❤️ youtube.com/shorts/TRIvb...

If only we had a functional opposition party to throw up as many roadblocks as possible.

Politicians are not celebrities. They are not idols or heroes or people to be praised, defended, and worshiped. They are public fucking servants, answerable to the people and no one should forget they are here to make things better for *us*, not the other way around.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Back on my #NirvanaInFire bullshit and Prince Yu’s temper tantrum over Prince Jing getting the Capitol Patrol and being allowed into the palace whenever he wants is so funny. Prince Yu: Wah! My baby brother is competent & popular! Woe is me! Me: You are *also* competent & popular? Calm down, Jan.

I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action

I will be out and about tomorrow, so early Happy 10th Anniversary to the second great love of my fannish life (after my beloved Smallville), Nirvana in Fire! One of the best tv series EVER, with a whole cast of All Time Characters™️. She really is That Girl. youtu.be/vYSZpTICPzs?...

ICE has always acted like this, though. Both it and DHS’s founding as a whole were predicated on the ‘othering’ of people. This is why it has always been a deeply questionable institution. The only difference here is that South Korea has the very real power to make this a problem for Trump.

"Regret" for what? Every bit of this was Trump admin policy, including the arbitrary rounding up of everyone in sight, the appalling conditions of their confinement, and the delayed release. Is anyone in the Trump admin / DHS / ICE getting fired over it? No. Are any policies being changed? Also no.

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

I just said this a few minutes ago, but I’ll say it to you directly: Your site, which was supposed to be an alternative to all of the problems wrong with Twitter, just got *lapped by Twitter* with respect to protecting free speech. Twitter didn’t ban people or delete posts over Kirk. But y’all did.

And yet, you never spared a word for Minnesota legislator Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated along with her husband earlier this year. So is it only violence against certain people or nah?

The most consistent attribute of self-styled free speech advocates is their belief that “free speech” only includes things that don’t make them personally uncomfortable.

IMAGINE positioning yourself as an alternative to Twitter and then getting lapped by Twitter on something as straightforward as protecting free speech. LAPPED BY TWITTER re: letting people express whatever they want to about the murder of a handmaiden for white supremacy. I’d walk into the sea.

If only so many of the writers we need right now hadn't lost their jobs aftermath.site/tyler-robinson...

We need more games and internet journalists. And also more trans journalists. And also more journalists. aftermath.site/tyler-robins...

This is extra wild when you remember that Tori Branum, the white woman who called ICE, did so because she claimed the 450+ workers were here illegally and they were trafficked and suffering human rights abuses, and she saved their lives.

Also racism

Dear friends from other countries: please join the Brazilians as we celebrate this groundbreaking decision.

ATTN FELLOW CANADIANS: An actual MP has created a petition to stop financial discrimination against adult creators by payment processors. You have to confirm your email but thats because its something that can actually be shown to parliament.

Almost every single HBCU is under a bomb threat There have been almost no announcements about civil discourse and safety regarding the students there.

(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad

Trump publicly praises a murdered white supremacist. But refuses to even acknowledge the domestic terrorism attack on a federal institution—or the police officer murdered protecting fed employees. His silence speaks volumes. (Thx to whoever made this image - apologies for not giving you credit!)

American conservatives have always been like this, though. It is an unspoken core of the ideology: they can engage in all manner of rotten, bad faith actions but should never experience social, material or emotional consequences for it. But let anyone match energy and suddenly it’s a tragedy.

If you're represented by a Republican in the House, call their offices to demand they join this. Be sure to tell them you know it just needs one more signature and it should be theirs.

Their little president got shot last year and even they moved on in 5 business days.

For college students who don't have a lot of money, it can be tough to wrap your head around student loans, credit cards and a tight budget. A financial educator offers advice for first-year students.

Listen: no one progressive would wear a t-shirt like that. An American flag with a gun superimposed on it? PLEASE.

hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

“We interrupt news of this shooting to bring you news of another shooting. Don’t be sad about the second shooting though, it was just some kids at a school. Be sad about the first guy, an adult man who encouraged shooting kids at schools“

On this anniversary of 9/11, I would like to highlight that Trump and RFK Jr. are actively cutting the programs that have supported 9/11 responders' access to healthcare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...