Seconding this. Relatedly, I think we should not use weight loss or the "obesity epidemic" as a reason to support active transportation. I see this fairly often in academic paper introductions and I never do it. There are so many health benefits that are actually about health!

This is terrifying.

Google be like, “I see you drove past a Michaels, can you tell us everything about this place?”

Republicans: We want small government. Also Republicans: We will not stand up to the guy trying to micromanage major universities. www.inquirer.com/education/up...

My partner just now: “I tried putting the US Government into DownDetector but it didn’t work.”

OK, my day is done and it's not even 9am. But nothing can top this.

To explain: At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?” Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

It's not the whole story. They also are using this plan to weed out any non-loyalists from the Military. "If this is making your stomach turn, resign," said Hegeseth.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an update from the Everytown Police Department about the recent news item. I am the mayor of Everytown, and I'd just like to tell you that this isn't Everytown. We are stronger than this. We will come out stronger. And now the lead FBI Investigator with that update.

Laura Loomer is what you’d get if you let Kevin Sorbo remake Mannequin 2 only it’s about a blow-up doll he ordered from Temu.

From D. L. Mayfield:

Damn Onion. Damn.

Y'know, I kinda hope there is a Rapture today. It'd make things easier for the meek who are inheriting the Earth.

I mean, I *am* in a few. Know what we do? Well, what I do in them is eat popcorn watching the communists and anarchists get into very heated arguments about political theory. And occasionally we hand out food to the hungry or read a book together.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

Look, this is a Star Wars household, and I considered Disney+ to be sacred for it. But know what's more sacred? Free Speech. So Hulu and Disney+ are canceled.

Phrases I never thought I'd utter, but I just did: "We have one man who was a white supremacist shooting another man who was a white supremacist for being not white supremacist enough. The whole thing is a travesty, no matter which way you look at it."

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

One thing I'll say about the Kirk thing ... it's been a way for my to prune my FB feed. I see the BS from certain parties and think, "Is this a relationship worth arguing over this?" If not, sorry, gone.

LOUDER FOR THE TRUST & SAFETY TEAM IN THE BACK

This is a false narrative. Look up the Warsaw Uprising, please.

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

I mean.... if the shoe fits... oh wait, your shoes no longer fit, do they?

One of the Connections categories today reminded me of a G&S song.

Dammit Onion, stop being true.

OK, this was not on my bingo card. I'm rarely surprised by something, but this got me. Wow.

More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.

I’ll be at Piper’s 6-8pm tonight. Come say hi!

I'll go back to Target when they bring back Pride and Black owned businesses. That's the way to distinguish themselves from Walmart. apnews.com/article/targ...

This is really good. youtu.be/UD4_CaTufIU?...

This reads like a @coolzonemedia.bsky.social Weird Little Guys episode.

The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.  That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

I read somewhere as a kid that Ben Franklin wanted three presidential slots to prevent one head of state. I have regretted that we did not do that every day since I read that.

Whenever people want to portray the 80s, they put everyone in neon. But really, if you want to accurately portray it, put them in pastels. Neon was for the gym or clubs, pastel was everything else.

The thing that gets me about the DC stuff is that people are like, "Buuuuuut, crime is down!" ... So if crime were up, that'd justify bringing in people trained to fight enemy combatants in war zones? That's not the point. The point is: You don't send soldiers to do police work.

As a German American, I've been saying everything in this video. But ngl, this video made me sob, because I don't want it to be true. It's hard to hear it externally. youtu.be/Y50Lnx2dWm4?...

One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!

One difference in camping between both sides of Pennsylvania is that on the eastern side, I have seen zero signs for “FAHR WOOD”.

Hammer on nail... this man is going viral.

This sort of thing has been discussed and researched in my household.

Just reminding myself that this is not a normal thing to be receving in my inbox.

I want a Populist Party now.

Me rn: That breeze coming from the open window smells so wonderfully floral! Also me rn: AGH MY EYES! THEY ITCH! *achoo*

I am not in Pittsburgh this week after all. Instead, Mom is in California saying good bye to a friend of hers.

This is an excellent synopsis of the Colbert situation, and how the Prosperity Gospel is at odds with Christian Ideals.

I never would have guessed that the Epstein files would be the modern Emperor’s New Clothes, but here we are.

This is liberal qanon shite.

TIL: driving a U-Haul in DC means getting rerouted by cops a lot.

So..... Trump starts to question Putin, and now there's an online army of "MAGA patriots" questioning his change of position about the Epstein files? Hmmmm....