can i say how weird it is reading all this Portland coverage next to two armed soldiers

So Dupont Circle’s @fantomcomics.bsky.social is doing a 20% off sale on all graphic novels, picked up some long-eyed favorites for my library! Persopolis, Astro City Volume 6, and one of the Berserk hardbacks. Can’t wait to get home and read on a rainy afternoon.

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

One of the first things that impressed me? There are so many wonderful characters in this, like the little bug who sings a song, or the new map giver, who are just absolutely delightful. Hollow Knight had such a vibrant and memorable bunch of NPCs, and Silksong honestly kinda exceeds it!

Hey folks, I've added Hollow Knight: Silksong to my curator page, it's absolutely incredible and genuinely surprising and delighting me every step of the way. For such a hugely anticipated sequel to a game that set an incredibly high bar, it delivers. 👍 store.steampowered.com/app/1030300/...

And update from @marisakabas.bsky.social story yesterday about the ICE agents who were acting recklessly with their weapons during an arrest. The person arrested had filmed earlier ICE interactions in the area and does not appear to have a criminal record as ICE claims he did.

This “wait your turn” bullshit is the perfect example of why the Democratic Party is as unpopular as ever. We have incredible talent. The time to use it is now.

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats. The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit

It took me 2 minutes to write about how this proposed rule would eliminate all foreign PhD students, who are a critical part of US science and technology, and drive US innovation and economic growth

One CNN investigation has identified “more than 100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year …”

Lynn is trying to put up fall decorations. This is going to take a while.

The biggest obstacle to learning a foreign language as an adult is accepting how stupid you will feel, in public, with other people. If you can move through that you can do anything

This is an unmasked photo of 7880 (middle) from ~2018. If anyone has any information about this agent (or frankly, any other ICE agent currently operating in Chicago), my Signal is @tpf.99.

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

JD Vance is now using the term "blood libel" to describe criticism of ICE, saying, "The Democrats and the media — because they so hate the idea of a real border — are engaging in a kind of blood libel against ICE agents." Somewhere, our ancestors wept.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued in a major case earlier this month that U.S. citizens face few problems in having their immigration status verified if federal agents apprehend them.

(I could write a fucking dissertation about how violence replaced dialogue in America, I already wrote half a thesis on it. I've watched the right assault the left many times. That violence gets spun differently than left-wing violence does--that's the other half of the thesis)

Alter said that the Texas State University president's post was how he learned he was fired: “It was heart-wrenching. I mean, it was at my son’s soccer practice ... Besides watching them play soccer, I was preparing for class next day," he said.

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers announced they are investigating the Trump administration’s practice of disappearing immigrants to countries where they are not citizens, have no connections, and are at risk of being tortured.

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Literally wanted to be filmed giving a DoD state of the union because his brain can only I think in Fox Segments

The Trump admin illegally leaked my unredacted personnel file to Jack's allies to try to smear me. The full force of the federal government is being weaponized to defeat me — I’m asking you to help me fight back! Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/NGY2cCnISU6c...

This is an illegal and dangerous weaponization of the federal government. That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump admin are breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served. No veteran's record is safe. www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

This is an infuriating and shameful scandal. The Roberts Court is condoning Trump’s law breaking, again, pure and simple. There is no serious path forward for democratic government without Supreme Court reform.

Yet again, the GOP supermajority steps in to allow Trump to break the law. The case will be decided on the merits later, it says, when the damage cannot be undone. But in the meantime it is giving the Trump administration a green light to engage in impoundment.

From @marisakabas.bsky.social: ICE agents point guns at bystanders during violent arrest in Maryland “What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yelled. “Go ahead. Shoot me.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

I’m really hoping I finally get to see a time where America doesn’t treat the people who work its farms as subhuman.

how can you call yourself a Catholic and support these systems of violence, man

Let me add to this. These are LIES. Prenatal Tylenol saves maternal and fetal lives, MMR saves lives, and neither is actually associated with autism. But if we grant this crap simply for the sake of argument: TRUMP'S RHETORIC SAYS IT'S BETTER TO RISK DEATH THAN AN AUTISTIC CHILD. Just disgusting.

Dems must be willing to defend everyone's liberties because even if they hedge, there is an information environment that will punish them regardless.

No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”

this is the kind of shit you should shut down the government for imo

if kids don't read, they won't be able to understand the world no amount of video essay commentary can make up for actually reading

courts and state bars need to become willing, and quickly, to disbar govt attorneys for bringing these blatantly political prosecutions

You have to admit it is an incredible act of propaganda as an academic and news outlet to publish there is less right wing terrorism at the precise moment that government is staffed by right wing terrorists who are carrying out the greatest state backed act of right wing terror in a lifetime

It’s a pay to play disaster relief system at FEMA under Noem.

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!” Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now. What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

There are two completely separate "male loneliness crises". One is "men don't have friends" and one is "men can't find a romantic partner". They are related but distinct. The former is a very voluntary lifestyle choice. The latter is the product of lifestyle choices but it's not voluntary.

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

“…What will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them.”

it's fascinating how there's a subset of Americans on the left who basically think they cannot reap the whirlwind of world rage against them simply because americans are too fucking stupid to realize their social position

you fuck over my country, i'm sure as hell going to wish hell on your Republican voters

i'm sorry, but if you think voters should avoid the consequences of what they voted for, you don't actually believe in democratic accountability: Trump ran on tariffs. They are getting tariffs. Voters will learn that tariffs are bad.

I've run gaming tables for 20 years now and have actually rebuilt no less than three men who were broken and lonely when they were first incorporated into our gaming, so, Warhammer role playing games

like cops writing police reports to include whatever brand new "get out of civil rights free" terminology came with the last supreme court ruling immunizing cops from the depredations of the constitution

In a decade no one will admit to having supported him

why hasnt this same warning been issued to tom homan and ice?!? bsky.app/profile/acyn...

i really do get that it was about more than kimmel, it was highly visible and they had the peoples attention…i really do get all of that but they showed us they can lead and activate their followers and fucking win when they really want to and that is now my baseline expectation

it becomes difficult to argue democrats arent actually the party of out-of-touch rich elites the longer they go without rallying around literally anything else the way they rallied around jimmy kimmel