Just...wow.

Don't back down! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Well, it appears the battle of Minneapolis Is about to wind down. At the cost of three lives. On to the next one...

Fight them in the courts... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

No one has yet stated the real issues with AI as clearly and succinctly than this.

Getting nervous... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

They tipped their hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

A website with essays from a national treasure? Sign me up.

In this reality, AirBnB is Tinder.

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One thing I hope people take the time to acknowledge: The sea change in public opinion has been achieved because violence, though encourage by a lot of people here online, was never once employed by the movement. Violence was solely the purview of the state and that is why the state is losing.

He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it. Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.

Calling a lie a lie is the truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

The people of Minneapolis are reminding me very much of Ned Stark's famous answer when his son asked if someone can be brave if they're afraid. "That is the only time a man can be brave."

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Also useful, this guide by @naomikritzer.bsky.social: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

Gawd, that is so. Fucking. True.

"It can’t be too long until IT HAPPENS. Looking at the data (age, high-stress job, cardiac history), it is statistically plausible that IT will HAPPEN in the next thirty-six months. Eighteen, if you factor in hamburger consumption and all the weird bruising."

Like so many other things in the Before Times, I missed this guy so much: www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

States at the Core, which is one of the Chicago based orgs that has been helping defend the 612 put on their weekly webinars for ice watch and community defense keeps a running list of their upcoming trainings on their substack statesatthecore.substack.com/p/community-...

I'm in! How about ya'all?

You can kill, beat, and teargas our citizens. You can invade other countries and kidnap people for oil. But stay the hell away from our money! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Looking for a Spanish translation of "Sellout," I get either "agotado" or "tracion." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

Nostalgia used to mean affection for a perceived better time. Now we're using it to gauge relative degrees of suckage...

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions from this full transcript of T*ump's interview with the NYT. I'm too exhausted from reading it... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

"He does not intend to give up power in 2028."

Anything I added to this would be unnecessary, so I'll just post it.

I believe I will take this advice, today and every day.

"One thing they all agree on: The world we know is ending. Something new has begun." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As usual, I've lost five minutes of my life that I'll never get back reading a Ross Douthat column. The guy must weep into his beer every night for the end of his Neocon wet dream... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...

CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.

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Make it viral.

She was NOT trying to ram ANYBODY. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mS3c...

Trump uses his first veto to kill a unanimous bill to bring pure drinking water to 50K Coloradoans. Revenge for Lauren Boebert's refusal to cave on the Epstein files? Welp, the water *is* supposed to go to her district...Irony abounds. www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

Doonesbury continues to be a cultural milestone. The daily strip has been in rerun for quite a few years now, and has reached the time of the second Iraq War. The run shows where we were headed...it's often uncomfortable reading. www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/

Covid is and has been a blind spot for an otherwise brilliant man.

Horror is once again enjoying a critical and commercial moment... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...

The story just keeps getting worse...

Another handbag for justice. Another purse against fascism. The famous clobber-a-Nazi image from Sweden 40 years ago.

I'm often disappointed by my home state, but in this case they have made me proud. www.mediaite.com/politics/jus...

He came home from war with a chest full of medals and was not allowed to vote... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join. NYPD arriving with barricades.

Gee, ya think? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The only thing I regret about following this game is I missed all the real time skeeting. I'll know better next time.

Back when I was a lad, my grandfather would listen to ballgames on the radio. Now I watch play by play updates on Yahoo Sports. Improvement? No, probably not. But it's okay. LA has been going through hell of late, so right on Dodgers!

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