“These are the domestic weaknesses that helped to make the country susceptible to becoming a concentration camp regime.” degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-a...

gamegirladvance.com in 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051024000602if_/http://www.gamegirladvance.com:80

Wordle 1,659 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is my favorite thing I wrote all year. My first story in the New York Times. But it was already my favorite before it ever published, for a couple reasons and if you’ll indulge me… www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/s...

This week we started a public access collection of Free Community Defense & Anti ICE Art for free distribution. Please contribute & help spread the word! Thank you to Chanci for this "Abolice Loon" submission. See the collection so far at defend612.com/art, along with submission guidelines.

This is one of three major Federal actions against healthcare for trans people this week. While the two bills passed by the House are not expected to pass the Senate, all three of these actions are heartbreaking to see. Both House bills would have failed if the Democratic caucus had held together.

6 years ago, a federal ban on gender-affirming care for young people was absent from the national Dem agenda, seemed unlikely to almost everyone who isn’t trans. 6 years ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene was a QAnon crank with a crossfit gym. Yesterday her ban passed out of the House with three Dem votes.

Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man. An excellent, long & close read of Wake Up Dead Man, particularly its focus on “religion, faith, and grace”. [reactormag.com]

And a happy TypePad shutdown Sunday to you as well, m'lord.

I moved my Substack to Ghost. If you were already subscribed on Substack, you should automatically be subscribed on Ghost. Will be updating the site details later today and writing something new soon, but for now please sign up here: critical-thinking.ghost.io

I love this post - thank you @scripting.com for bringing this energy to blogging, for decades!

it was legit fun and interesting and there are a ton of upcoming trainings in all five boroughs if you want to join in also you get a hat

Number 6 prints are now available for pre-order in the shop! *Limited run of 25- no reprints/restocks/rejoinders/rebounds... www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...

For me, this is the most remarkable Backlisted episode. After seeing the 1989 movie (which was … a lot), I started this show unenthused and knowing for a fact I would never read it. After @salenagodden.bsky.social’s spectacular reading, though, I bought the book and rated it 5 stars.

"When beings and the world are full of evil, transform unfavorable circumstances into the path of enlightenment, lol" —Chödrön, with Dobkin

🧨 New @wired.com cover package dropped

Of course I am clicking and browsing faster than a typical human, I am a professional blogger

This week a Republican congressman called for the denaturalization of a Democratic elected official, invoking a key mechanism through which the Holocaust was perpetrated. In response, Democratic Party leaders have rushed to cable news to declare that the Republicans have a point about that guy.

If you’re wondering where the past several days of Classic Blogs have come from, it’s from Jason’s blogroll in 2004. kottke.org on October 20, 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20041020081358if_/http://www.kottke.org:80

if i dismissed that young dev, we both would have missed out on that nice connection. i noticed more new folks in the chat starting to engage and ask questions too, ones they can ask an ai - but i was approachable to them in that moment so they didn’t have to. just something i have been noticing!

I hit my limit so I wrote a call to arms. It's called We Are The Internet. I hope you will read it and share it. Thanks. www.leahreich.com/we-are-the-i...

‘“I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” said U.S. District Judge to the #Trump admin!

“accustomed to remaining free”

It’s A PHYSICAL EDUCATION parade hour. I have only ever seen people say “no please go ahead!!” when anyone is nervous about promoting their book, so I am going to promote with a penetrating unblinking stare until someone admits verbally that they cannot take it anymore

The core is VERY good actually! Kinetic, humorous, uplifting, and at times challenging.

State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...

Sabrina Imbler spoke with Patrick Kelly about his research improving the health of people who use drugs and how the new administration's cuts threaten people impacted by the opioid crisis. defector.com/an-interview...

She's A Beast newsletter subscriptions are on sale this week! $7 a month or $70/year ($5.83/month) and you get a free copy of LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell ($20 value). In about an hour I'm also sending a newsletter to paid subscribers only about all the ways Pilates is dangerous :/ tap in

When left-wing American Jews comment on a rise in antisemitism in the US - without ever mentioning Israel or attempting to scapegoat Palestinian solidarity activism - here are some trends over the course of the decade since Trump first ran for President that they are likely referring to:

welp I sent an email

I regularly say it but here’s another reason: Defector is far and away the best site on Al Gore’s Internet. Think about it. It emanates from a sports background, and yet contains such multitudes as to include this work of absolute genius. Pay them money. I have since Day 1. You won’t regret a minute

I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

one thing about Abolish ICE in this moment is people can see how it’s not going to happen through Congress, but through people’s own ongoing actions, whether that’s legal remedies to free people from detention, coming together to monitor ICE arrests and activity—delegitimizing ICE day in and day out

thank you to the catholic church for giving us an old school get these jokes off day online

I've had a newsletter since before it was cool (2014) and its latest format is a monthly collection of art, ideas, and internet. Latest edition below, and you can subscribe here: lauraolin.com/newsletter buttondown.com/lauraolin/ar...

Two books by online pals are out today: Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod and A Physical Education by Casey Johnston! [kottke.org]

And now, our 100th video. All rise: Carly Rae Jepsen - "Run Away with Me" (2015) The other video that inspired this account. I thought I was going to post twenty of these at most, I can think of no better video to commemorate this milestone. Are there any more to find? Who knows

Tressie has been cataloging the digital indignities that institutions foist on people due to proprietary technologies. If you care to fight back against these things, support the @eff.org — this is the organization that protects your rights to open systems, to be offline, and to have your privacy.

In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War." The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

How do “poetic roguelikes” such as Returnal and Hades resemble poetry? Similar to e.g. Dickinson, they have a kind of anaphora, with recurring motifs, language, sensory elements. Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition highly useful to understand cyclical gameplay; imagination draws out difference

@andy.baio.net www.ikea.com/us/en/p/bygg... Hope all is well.

the most striking thing to me about cool pope is that he was frequently and publicly willing to change his perspective and positions and take action on them. a shocking difference from influential global political leaders who cling stubbornly to their positions. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/w...

We’re not there yet, but they day may come when Michael B Jordan is the default Michael Jordan.

I think I’m putting Zohran first but otherwise I love this ranking

They are literally playing the Masters right now.

“A story you can't tell isn't a victory. It's a fable that fades too quickly.” www.anildash.com//2022/01/31/...

My dad was able to come to America, work his way up to the middle class, and retire with healthcare thanks to working on building public highways. Both my parents worked for the state department of transportation, and my mom was union for 25 years. Public infra builds abundance for entire families.

You should read this:

Guardian had the story 2 weeks ago on how a far right US Zionist group had a plan to get the admin to deport student protestors. And today we’re seeing this play out as State is telling students to self deport or risk being sent to countries other than their home. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The wonderful Szilvia Molnar interviewed me for the new issue of the Believer. www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...