HAPPY FRIDAY FOLKS: We're talking about the Shuffle and Play Sonic Inflation Incident of 2026 as well as other, related uhh... niceties. opentabs.libsyn.com/2-03-incestu...

chip in or help spread the word? All adds up!

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

buried lede: the government wants $50 billion more of your money to fund war, on top of the $85 billion of your money senators of both parties just handed ICE, on top of $153 billion of your money the Department of Defense plans to spend this year although it was originally allocated for five years

hey does anybody know how to convince your brain that doing your silly little job matters at all right now

These books take place in one of my favorite fictional universes! Check them out!

The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid. Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion. Priorities.

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

AO3 is down, you're looking for a cozy (and ultimately spicy) mm romcom to read — might I interest you in John Rich & The Big Picture? (Updates this Friday!) read it here: okjohnrich.site ✏️✨

What TWO Legendary creatures have you always wanted as partner Commander? Well, on today's episode, every Legendary now has PARTNER! Let's see what @goberthicks.bsky.social , @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social , @princesmweekes.bsky.social , and Prof brewed up: youtu.be/5FnwRJVT4VM #MagicTheGathering

Dan Simmons, noted racist, has died. He wrote Hyperion, which contained a good short story and then a lot of other words, which many of us read anyway because it was the Nineties and Waldenbooks had a limited science fiction section.

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

it’s a really shitty time to be an empathetic person with insane levels of pattern recognition and an insatiable sense of justice. be well, y’all ✌️

Listen to baby goats

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it

Always is.

"I asked Chat GPT and -" ok, I asked the exhumed corpse of Pope Formosus during the Cadaver Synod and he went "... ... ..." and then his jaw fell off and it was still a better answer

Hell is too good for these people.

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

what the absolute fuck timeline are we living in. I'm surprised my elected officials haven't blocked my phone number yet, with the amount I call them.

Mamdani getting a kidnapped kid released from ICE in less than a day kinda lays bare the full depravity of the Democrats' "we can't just DO things" mentality for the last year.

we dont have the money for universal health care but we have tons of money for concentration camps and a surveillance society

Anyway, apropos of nothing I need to wedge more joy into my life. So I'm spending the evening re-reading a soothing murder mystery and cooking a food that only I like.

I can't believe we have to get up every day and pretend any of this is fucking normal and that we've been forced to do this performance now for so. damn. long.

tHeY JuSt NEeD mORe tRaIniNG

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

I wish the New York Times hated rich pedophiles as much as they hate trans kids.

I read this book and it was fascinating

This is a mental war that we have to win. It's not about being a luddite, it's about destroying or retaining the ability to think. It's about how insidious this becomes in a situation where generative AI is adopted and then subverted intentionally. www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...

This is cool as hell: An app designed to ping people about nearby smartglasses. Also cool: The creator was inspired by @404media.co coverage, a great illustration of why their journalism is so essential. This kind of work is funded by paid subscribers so become one of those if you can.

Here's a new and super-useful report from the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, which looks at recent successes in blocking warehouse conversion to detention centers. It considers federal law, as well as the ways that localities can most effectively create restrictions that will stick.

HEY, I AM DOING ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS! AND GIVING AWAY ANOTHER SIGNED ARC (Advance Review Copy) OF OBSTETRIX!!! YOU COULD GET TO READ IT EARLY (it doesn't come out until June) AND HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES STAY HOUSED!!!!

My evergreen, always-relevant, delightfully depressing essay on hockey culture. Gather 'round friends, it's going to be a *fascinating* year. www.patreon.com/posts/actual...

And this is a more general charity trying to help pets left behind when their owners have been kidnapped. Signal boosts always appreciated. www.spotfund.com/story/a00a02...

Tim Walz isn't declaring an eviction moratorium in Minnesota, so many families affected by ICE are at risk of eviction in a few days. Please donate to the rent funds at keepMNhoused.com if you have some scratch.

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

They're still stealing Indigenous children

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

I was talking to Seth Moulton's staff about that this week with regard to the Burlington ICE office. One thing they said was that closing an existing facility is really hard but preventing a new one from opening is comparatively easier. We have to stop these camps now while we have the chance.

It's super cool that a copyright troll can get my YouTube videos monetized by claiming footage from public domain 3 Stooges shorts, but we need to leave the environment-destroying LLMs alone, because if the smol billionaire beans have to pay for copyrighted materials, they might just be millionaires

HOLY COW The Humble Bundle has been extended for another week because they were so pleased with our success so far. Please tell your friends. There's one more chance to help this essential organization. <3 (don't forget to select "adjust donation")

This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

If you haven’t read Rebekah Weatherspoon you’re missing out!

One time my heights were wuthering and I had to see a specialist

NJ comes through

Fuck ICE