Professional sports are perhaps the most addictive media narcotics. Even the most progressive voices still mainline them on a daily basis. It's weird. And creepy.

Dear neolibs, centrist Dems, moderates, or whatever you choose to identify as: Don't worry. Democratic socialists are still slavishly enthralled by capitalism and will defend it to the death and at the peril of anyone who does not benefit from it. So go ahead and enjoy yer fuckin' brunch.

There's no such thing as bad neighborhoods, only bad policies.

I'll eat a ring.

If you think I'm a plant, I hope that I'm hemlock.

Think about your favorite President, the one you most admire, the one you believe did the most for our country and the world at large. He was an avaricious war criminal who lusted for power at the expense of the downtrodden. He committed unspeakable crimes against humanity. You fill in the blank.

I just can't believe how hard we go on celebrating war criminals who have actively oppressed us while still insisting that we're on some morally superior "side." Capitalism is the enemy and so is anyone whose ideology is founded on it.

Having been born in DC, and having lived for 55 of my 60 years in the DMV, I can't recall there ever being any problems with the reflecting pool until Trump and his goon squad set their filthy paws on it.

Today I was blocked by no less than 8 neolibs, a personal record. I'd like to thank the Academy of Filthy Commies & Socialists and everyone who taught me that all the leaders of our nation, without exception, have been avaricious, fascist, capitalist scumbags who wish ill to me, you, and Mr. Magoo.

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I love it when neolibs block me because I just pissed on one of their bloody, filthy saints. Self-selection is awesome. Bring it!

Just a reminder that there has never been a "good" President of the U.S. They've all been monsters, consumed by avarice and power lust, turning the drive shaft on a fascist, capitalist, dystopia-manufacturing machine that burns working class bodies and souls for fuel. Anyone up for a little brunch?

The reason there will never, ever be any consequences WRT the Epstein files is that just as many Dem as GOP figures appear in them. And while most Dem voters don't care, Dem leaders do. And Dem politicians lead Dem voters by their noses 101% of the time.

I've spent the past 15+ months completing work on a long-abandoned BA. My goal is to go back to teaching middle school ELA. My last class will be in October. Thus, next month (July 2026) I'll deactivate this account temporarily in the interest of my job search. I will be back, though.

Here in the U.S. we take a shit and then wipe our elbow.

Platner, Fetterman, Sinema . . . this is where the whole "blue no matter who" philosophy punches itself in the scrote.

The same applies to food and many other things as well. *You* are the arbiter of what's good.

When we were tiny tots, my brother bit the nose off a Mickey Mouse doll. From that moment on it was known as Bit-Off Nose. Sometimes I wonder: Where is Bit-Off Nose?

I am seeing "Jewish" being used interchangeably with "Israeli" with much greater frequency. As an anti-Zionist Jew, this is deeply disturbing.

I'm a master of dis guise.

A master of disingenuousness.

Most overrated? Bad sex. Most underrated? A good shit.

My horse for a kingdom!

We're all scarred by life. It's called a belly button.

The mythology of the Old Testament Prophets wasn't about a mystical ability to see into the future, but a willingness to name the elephant(s) in the room. They weren't making predictions; they were calling out ongoing behaviors. Of course they were laughed at and stoned to death.

Everyone is looking for a mythology that will replace the angst of the planet's death spiral with hope. Some turn to liberalism, some to MAGA, some to drugs, some to sex, some to Hollywood, some to religion. We're all dealing with the same dread, but almost no one is willing to name it.

Letterman, Colbert, Stewart... you name 'em, they're all shills for the same capitalist empire that is (and always has been) a fascism-producing machine. Capitalism created chattel slavery, racism, and industrial genocide. But peak oil and ecological collapse will clean its atomic clock.

What's white and white and white all over?

On the plus side, that guy on his phone could feed a lot of people.

Breaking News: Leopard Is Spotted

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

It is increasingly clear that the conflation of Zionism and Judaism is proceeding apace. We are on the cusp of normalized anti-Semitism, regardless of anyone's stance on Israel. My compliments to the Zionists. Holocaust II is on the way. I'll try to remember to breathe deeply when the time comes.

I wouldn't feed Fetterman to a colony of flesh-eating bacteria. I have too much respect for the bacteria.

People you can always block without responding to include genocide deniers and those who argue from logical fallacies (most often—but not limited to—ad hominem, straw man, red herring, and what aboutism). You also don't have to tolerate the intolerant (i.e., bigots/racists).

Capitalism is for shitheads. Don't be a shithead.

AOC can be right about some things while also being wrong about other things. And we should be able to criticize her for being wrong about those other things. We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same fucking time. *Not* holding Dems accountable is how we *actually* ended up here. Block me.

There should be no such thing as a Hall of Fame. That's pointing us in the wrong direction.

It was heartening to see that the Met Gala did not trend on this platform. Now if we could do the same for all the crap-ass award shows and perfessional sportzings. None of those folks are your friends. You do know that, right? Right? Right!?

We should stop giving out "prestigious" prizes to people for just doing their fucking jobs. Maybe when we're no longer dying in dystopia we can think about being congratulatory and celebratory. Until then, piss off, you self-important, prize-bestowing assholes.

I don't buy from Amazon, but I acknowledge that, in practical terms, I can't boycott them completely. What if the portal for my online school program is hosted by AWS? Or my cardiologist's portal? We are all deeply entrenched in many of these systems, like it or lump it. Entrenched.

I swear the day that MeidasAnyFuckingThing, MuellerWhateverTheShart, et al. post anything that justifies their sensationalistic click-farming headlines over flaccid takes on deluxe double nothingburgers, I'll eat my own dick for breakfast.

It's time to reform the Supreme Court. Into the world's biggest meat loaf.

When someone tells you to grow a spine, grow a pair, grow a brain cell, or grow the fuck up, the correct response is, "Grow a tumor!"

"I drinkted the purple Kool-Aid. It tasted like burning."

We're so focused on authoritarianism that we forget the two things that will save us from it: peak oil and ecological collapse. See? There *is* hope!

Empire is crumbling. Capitalism is in its terminal stage. We're living through the Palliative Age. The U.S. just happens to be the most conspicuous poster child, so don't kid yourself: Not always the U.S., but the U.S. always.

Focusing all our vitriol on ChatGPT is missing the point. AI is being woven into every aspect of our lives, and what's true of ChatGPT is true of those systems too. And even in the absence of AI, data centers would still pose much the same problems that they do in the presence of AI.

Now that there's going to be a change of leadership at Apple, I'm just *sure* they won't be evil ever again.