The Starbucks Workers United union is calling for a #boycott. So..... I'll keep doing what I've been doing for over 30 years: Not buying oligarch coffee. If you're not boycotting Starschmucks, what's wrong with you? […]

Some Good News for today: The Supremes told Kim Davis to f**k off.

Latest entry from the AYFKM Department... "The Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, [that] would be sprayed on corn, soybeans and wheat, and it marks the fifth Pfas pesticide ingredient the US EPA has proposed for approval under […]

I just got an emailed statement from DNC chair Ken Martin about the shutdown vote. It was all "Republicans did this to us" (mostly true), but not a word condemning the traitors in our midst who enabled this travesty. F**K YOU KEN MARTIN

When a Republican like Rand Paul votes the "right" way, we don't say "the Republicans" voted with us. It wasn't "the Democrats" that caved. It was a handful of turncoat Wall Street Democrats that caved. Instead of condemning the entire party, we need to find Progressives to challenge the Wall […]

The boss makes a dollar I make a dime That was a poem From a simpler time Now his boss makes 1000 While I make a cent And he's got employees That can't make the rent When the CEO makes a million And we don't make jack That's when we riot To take it all back […]

Ah, it all makes sense now.

"...Dick Cheney liked the fact everyone called him Darth Vader." It probably made Cheney seem more likable. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-vice-president-republican-bush-dies

He was often compared to Darth Vader. I find that very demeaning..... to Darth Vader.

"Let the joyous news be spread! The wicked old witch at last is dead!" Posting for no particular reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwWjST_4zU8

I'm giving #platner the benefit of the doubt. After all, it's a strange coincidence that all of the "controversial revelations" about him came out at the same time a Wall Street Democrat entered the primary against him. Platner still holds the same Progressive positions he's held all along, and […]

This article provides a concise history lesson on why the Democratic Party is in a hole, and keeps digging the hole deeper. From the sabotage of the Bernie campaigns, sucking up to Wall Street, failure to condemn Israel's war of annihilation, and the lukewarm "support" of Mamdani... "...unless […]

If I didn't show up to work for seven weeks, my boss would assume I had quit my job and would have hired someone else. House Democrats should take outside-the-box action. Declare the Republicans as having abandoned their jobs. Elected a new "Speaker". Have a Court fight over it. If nothing […]

"If Trump can run for a third term, then so can Obama" Dave Zweifel revels in a column with the same title in the Chicago Tribune, and quotes it extensively. I thought I'd link to the original source, but the Tribune is heavily paywalled and the CapTimes is not. So here ya go […]

A one-paragraph definition of Doctorow's "enshitification" for those who were unclear on the concept. (For more, see my paywalled, virus-ridden essay.)

@ThomHartmann Please ask Kirk Bagstadt (sp?) if he's thought about running for Toxic Tom Tiffany's House seat.

If any of the other 214 House Republicans who haven’t yet signed the discharge petition on the Epstein files would do so, it wouldn’t hinge on Mike Johnson swearing in Grijalva.. Don’t give any of these Republicans a moment’s peace.

Once again, Newsom demonstrates that he serves Big Business and not people who want a clean environment. Every time he does this, he drives another nail into the coffin of his presidential ambitions. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/california-pfas-ban-gavin-newsom

If you feel threatened by Antifa (anti-fascist), then that must mean you're 'fa' (fascist). #Antifa #fascism

Pro tip: When marketing a cannabis product, I don't think you want to give it a brand name of "NARC". Follow me for more branding advice. https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-regional/minnesota/article_271c129c-5c2c-56d8-8281-d1d848e95b85.html

"Media-opoly"...David Sirota dug up this video that played on #snl in 1998, and was never allowed to be played again. (Sorry, I can't figger out a way to embed the video here, so PLEASE follow the link. You'll be amazed that NBC allowed it to air even once.) […]

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

OK #portland, here's your mission: For the #nakedbikeride, someone needs to be in a grotesque naked fat suit with a T***p mask, and a tiny strategically-placed mushroom. I know #pdx is capable of pulling this off, so if it doesn't happen, I'll be very disappointed.

Provoking Venezuela is not about fentanyl. It's about oil. It used to belong to Big US Oil Companies until Chavez nationalized it. Big US Oil Companies want it back. Remember the #orangedipshit's campaign promise to Big Oil?: "Gimme a billion dollars and I'll do whatever you want me to do." […]

The MAGA Cult Has a New Boogieman A Democratic candidate was asked who she would vote for - if she could - in another race. Like a Good Democrat, she named the Democratic candidate. I respond to the pearl-clutching letters from the parrots of the MAGA cult […]

I'm surprised this isn't a Big Day for two-way radio enthusiasts. #tenfour

A question for people with more military knowledge than I have... In photos of the #orangeDipshit's audience of senior officers, I see a lot of service members with stripes on their sleeves... senior enlisted people. Note the image attached... a Marine […] [Original post on urbanists.social]

I'm with Danny DeVito: "I used to be a gardener. We did everything with a broom – you don’t take a fucking thing and make all the noise and blow the leaves from one neighbour to the next. And then their gardener blows them back to you. And on a *Saturday*? Fuck you, man.” […]

In honor of a long and good life, I get a chuckle out of the fact that Jane Goodall thought this Far Side strip was funny and refused to allow the institute that shared her name to take action, and later collaborated with Gary Larson. What a legend. Jane […] [Original post on mastodon.xyz]

Back in 1998, the #orangedipshit actually said something true...

I feel like people see bikes and irrationally associate them with slowness. I get aggressively passed on residential streets at least one week. I'm on an ebike, I'm already going to speed limit! And then half of those people promptly slow down to the speed limit and now the only difference is I […]

I keep hearing references to the US/UK "special relationship", and keep thinking "of course, we speak the same language." But then sometimes I wonder if that's really so. So, legit question(s): Does Mexico have a special relationship with Spain? Quebec with France? Brazil with Portugal? Does a […]

Whenever a Red-hat refers to the Dead Fascist by his first name, they sound like a member of this guy's cult...

@NNN My first reaction: "bring it inside." Assuming you have no choice but to store the bike outside, I highly recommend at least getting a cover of some sort (even a tarp?). The biggest hazard to outdoor-stored bikes isn't rain/snow. It's sun. Over time, the sun destroys tires, seat covers […]

"Is simply describing reality an act of insurrection now?" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/sep/22/they-have-come-for-the-talk-show-hosts-and-thats-actually-bad

We "grow" hops. We planted some many years ago, and now they're out of control in the back yard. There's a very fine line between "easy to grow" and "insanely invasive." https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/19/hop-beer-ale-home-brewed-grow-garden

Well, that didn't take long (and rightly so)... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/trump-nyt-lawsuit-judge-ruling

F*** you. Reinstate #kimmel.

"The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it." “..many in Maga-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk”. "The president […]

#jimmykimmel got fired for telling the #truth

"Cohen and Greenfield have been looking for investors to help them buy the brand back, but Unilever has insisted it is not for sale." Unilever has flagrantly violated the agreement they made when they bought the company. I've always loved their ice cream, but I'm no longer gonna buy any […]

According to @rbreich, that major corporate "bookseller" is defrauding authors and readers... "I keep hearing from people who say they’ve bought my book through [that evil outlet] but received something with empty pages or with what appears to be filled with AI crap." When confronted about it […]

I've been trying to sort out my conflicting emotions on the Charlie Kirk killing, and Moira Donegan comes close to saying what I've been feeling. Being an asshole should not be a death sentence. But being the victim of a horrific and public killing does not make him any less of an asshole […]

How would the Right Whinge react if Redhats got fired for celebrating the assassination of a progressive? Oh, right! They can gloat all they want, but they NEVER see consequences. Seems their "rules" only apply to progressives […]

And a reminder that the dude literally said “Some gun deaths are worth it" and said that after school mass shooting

Maybe THIS would be a Good Time to talk about #guncontrol?

ICE in Chicago. If I lived there, I'd be totally on-board with a General Strike. #chicago #generalstrike

The US tennis gods don't want broadcasters to show any booing of the #orangedipshit when he shows up at the US Open. Good luck with that. You just gave every person in the stands a good reason to pull out their pocket computers and film the booing for their own social media. I predict we will […]

The raid on the Hyundai Battery Plant was never about "illegal immigrants". It was about stopping a factory for electric car batteries. If Koreans were building an oil refinery, redhats would salute and say "carry on!"

Top British cop explains how much of a PITA it is for them when protesters "go all floppy." DON'T GO QUIETLY! GO "ALL FLOPPY"! THE COPS HATE IT! #floppy