this would fix the website

if america is truly the land of plenty how come they only have one ice cream maker on chopped

We had a great time. The kids loved it. What a special band!

Seated with the family for @thebandjoseph.bsky.social at Revolution Hall!

in retrospect most of the country is a vampire squid relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money

Doesn't matter how many times you bomb the middle east, Jesus isn't coming back, and a religion that drives leaders to mass murder kids is barbaric. Christian supremacists say "the US is a Christian nation" to mean "the US is The Best nation". In reality, we are a uniquely destructive nation.

The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. Join my live conversation with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social, 12:00pm ET, snyder.substack.com

The situation in Minneapolis: even though the ICE presence in the city is greatly reduced, and national attention has moved on, a huge portion of our population remains essentially in hiding, devastating the schools and economy. In particular, much of the education system remains in crisis

Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

Clubhouse is ON tomorrow! See you at 6am PST and all the other time zones with myself and @cortland.me for DECONSTRUCTION COFFEE HOUR!

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

AMERICAN CAESAR is available for pre-order. "Onishi traces the strange alliance between spiritual warfare and Silicon Valley libertarianism. At the center of it all is the desire for an unbound executive—one man, beyond checks, beyond balance, beyond democracy." us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

On this Dr. MLK, Jr. Day I want to uplift his 1967 Riverside Church speech that connected US imperialism with racialized capitalism at home. But it also presents a vision for economic justice. This was a call for a revolution of values and his message remains urgent and timely.

To recap: the two major parties refuse to rein in the reign of a demented sociopathic king who daily is marching us into both World War III and the next Civil War simultaneously because a Black president once made fun of him and also the Special Boy wasn't given the Shiny Golden Medal he covets

Good morning, beloved. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

Which types of welfare fraud are politely litigated between white collar lawyers, and which types of welfare fraud are used to justify an immigration purge and shutting off resources to the poor?

The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026! If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick? For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope: www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...

Scott Adams died the way he lived: as the owner of a house with a swimming pool shaped like Dilbert's head

The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.

Hey Portland friends. There is a lockdown at Ockley Green middle school related to something dangerous happening in that neighborhood. If you are in or near north Portland please stay safe.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

It’s Giving Tuesday, and the support of readers via Patreon means the world to this writer, speaker, and advocate. I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access. This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it www.patreon.com/cstroop

deep, heavy sigh

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Trump take chocolate

9 snap meals for every 1 food bank meal. We have to do something, something significant, right now.

portland people here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support www.koin.com/news/oregon/...

I have to admit I do not understand American voters. How does "favors environmental laws" + "abortion should be LEGAL in most cases" equal a vote for the current temporary president? I failed this quiz BADLY. How did Americans vote in 2024? www.americansurveycenter.org/results/9BAd...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

This isn't the whole story, but this quote is resonating with me this morning: "Experiencing our worst fears doesn't kill us, and experiencing our greatest hope doesn't save us." - Bruce Tift, "Already Free"

We're having an Exvangelical Meetup this Friday in Portland, OR, with @brchastain.social, host of the Exvangelical podcast and author of Exvangelical + Beyond. Come hang, meet new people, get your book signed 📚

October means Flytrap Fridays! What's a Flytrap Friday? It's a lil Spooky Season treat--free seasonally appropriate reads from @theflytrapmedia.com! Today's essay is about my journey from a fear-based Christianity to a secular love for supernatural horror the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...

The Jeffrey Edward Epstein Ballroom

I keep sharing this with friends because we're listening to this album constantly in our house. Folks, check out this album by @thebandjoseph.bsky.social . It is so so good. thebandjoseph.bandcamp.com/album/the-sun

Hear me out, what if instead of "grated cheese", instead we call it "cheese confetti"? 🧀🎉🧀🎊

Guys I think we’re gonna need more than three ghosts this Christmas Eve

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

I’m worried it can still get stupider

One thing that bothers me tonight in particular is how so much of this is happening because of grand and sweeping capitulation by the media, by companies, by Congress, by people in power. Even when they don’t have to — they simply comply, acquiesce, and appease.

Cancelled Disney Plus. If corporations are going to assist in degrading and undermining constitutional rights, they do not deserve my money. I hope they query their database for "reason for cancelling" with "Jimmy Kimmel", because I have a feeling that will give them some interesting numbers.

Since men with Male Pattern Brokenness can’t take responsibility for their own actions and emotions, they believe other people are responsible for making them act and feel however they act and feel—good or bad. It’s not the only way to avoid growing up, but it’s one of them.

Imagine being the US president, extraordinarily wealthy, and still so afraid of being laughed at. It’s almost as if power and money don’t buy peace of mind or confidence.

Lynchings were spectator sports in America. White families would picnic & bring their kids, because even our murders were seen as performances. And now here we are, asked to perform again. Asked to pretend we didn’t see what we saw. When it’s us, “move on.” When you’re white, “never forget.”