This is really all they have left. "We have a pointless and criminal war pushing gas prices through the roof and the global economy to the brink but at least the government isn't treating trans people like they're human beings" will be the entirety of the midterm message.

Sports gambling should be legal but you should have to go to an actual building to do it and it should be so off-putting and sad you’ll never want to do it again

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

Charlie Kaufman, Ada, or Ardor

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You know the news is bad when “Get Your War On” starts trending

This is cool, now how about statehood

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

KEXP is a treasure youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

Bean enthusiast logging on to confirm a shipment has arrived

One of my prize possessions is a copy of Amazons signed by Don DeLillo. The existence of pro women’s hockey in Seattle combined with the Heated Rivalry discourse make it even sweeter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons...

Trump take ID.Buzz www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Never had an AOL address, otherwise ran the table. Also, it’s “mix tape”

”im betting on the next boat strike with kalshi“ what if i beat you to death with my bare hands man

Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.

Miwaukee stan perpler

The Putnam Institute for Space Opera Research is proud to present P.I.S.O.R. SCARES 2025: www.mixcloud.com/PISOR/pisor-...

I’ll say it straight: It is unbecoming, undignified, cowardly, and shameful for a institution as revered and respected as the University of Virginia to grant an audience in 2025 to those who are committed to destroying science, free thought, human rights, and the rule of law.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

First M’s home playoff game pregame festivities: 1) the Sonics play a scorching Hendrix-style national anthem 2) they follow up with “The Witch” 3) Etsy witch throws out first pitch youtu.be/KCLEzIdxPZY

An unsatisfying term I’ve been thinking through to make sense of this is “postpolitical.” The right looks for that one signifier to prove the shooter was a leftist, the left hopes for proof he was a right winger, and so on. But for these kids don’t use signifiers that way (1/)

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Can’t believe we got this before robot umps www.nytimes.com/athletic/659...

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Notes on a nonexistent crime wave publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

Didn't hear a single freaking gas powered leaf blower while I was in Europe, either

Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.

Would 100% watch a sitcom in which Cuomo and Dershowitz end up roommates, Dershowitz is denied a pierogi every episode in exactly the same way, and Cuomo runs for successively lower-stakes office each week, only to lose again.

Nothing— and I mean nothing— about this decision is more than the bare desire to harm.

Me and the family when the delivery drone arrives

it took me awhile to realize this but when I ask my 10yo semi verbal autistic daughter how her day was she'll sometimes do the David Byrne "same as it ever was" gesture from the Once in a Lifetime video to let me know nothing important happened and I fucking love that

Have you ever bought a record twice by accident (“this is cool, I should get this” followed by “wait a minute I already own this”)? I got too excited and pre-ordered two copies of @coryhanson.bsky.social’s new album “I Love People.” Gifted one to a friend and we both love it!

It's a weird day for those of us who were only allowed to watch PBS as kids.

Pick up a skateboard or a guitar who cares

Trump's executive order banning "woke AI" is a blatant exercise in top-down ideological bias. Tech companies should be fighting back. Instead, they're celebrating the Trump admin's "big fat green light for the industry." From @stevenlevy.bsky.social in Backchannel, his revamped weekly newsletter.

Trump says he's "getting rid of woke" in AI although maybe a higher priority should be getting rid of MechaHitler, just a thought. from @knibbs.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/presid...

“The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models.” It’s incredible that policy is being enacted by culture warriors with literally zero knowledge of how anything works.

A super pleasant experience tbh, production values be damned

I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.

A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything

Yeah

You have got to be kidding me, got an alumni email with this as the main story. Unbelievable.

Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."