I haven't felt this way about a podcast episode in years. Trauma explored without melodrama, and the adults those children became trying to move past it. And yet, it's hopeful and beautiful.

On Mother's Day, I am reminded that caring for others makes it a lot harder to rise up in revolution. The powerful always have a lever to keep you in submission. So today, I celebrate childless women. They are our real hope for a future without oppression.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

The greatest trick the cold war ever pulled was convincing the world it was over.

Elders of the Internet, repeat after me: "This anonymous user who has pissed me off might be a very young person with no life experience. They are not worth my outrage."

Making fascists feel unsafe is as much a Philly specialty as a cheesesteak from John’s Roast Pork or Irish potatoes, and it felt awfully nice to indulge. New at @thenation.com: https://t.co/F0o5YmC8w0

I just noped out of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, book 3 of the Brandon Sanderson kickstarter, during a scene where 2 people "have" to bathe in front of each other. This a trope I find skeevy even when brief, and it ain't brief. Lack of consent can't be justified into being fun (but he tries.)