a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but there was a time when the married dhs secretary using taxpayer money for a custom built fuck palace in the sky for her to bang coworkers wouldve been a big deal

This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.

@gruber.foo - you really know “abject obsequiousness.” its right in that comment - fighting Tim Cook’s flights for him. Sad. But access isn’t free. daringfireball.net/2026/01/fuck...

i believe this. Maybe.

Glad the White House cleared that up.

White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail

Hey @netflix.com - congrats on the great PR coup for the #Frankenstein movie!

These people spoke truth to power on the Brett Farve “give my daughter a volleyball stadium” (my words) story. Excellent work against scary odds.

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“Yeah, I knew the leopards I voted for said they were gonna eat my face, but I didn’t believe they would get around to doing it so quickly.”

One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.

A lot of people here…

Five things I did last week: - woke up; - got out of bed; - dragged a comb across my head; - found my way downstairs and had a cup, looked up, noticed I was late, found my coat, grabbed my hat: - made the bus in seconds flat.

Tonight at 9PM EST I am hosting a special live chat for my newsletter subscribers on Confederate soldiers and slavery. 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-nation...

Another bewildering day in American politics. If you looking for some historical context, check out Rob Parkinson's thoughtful piece at Commonplace. It highlights the story of bewilderment and a chaos agent in 1770s Pittsburgh in the days before the Revolution. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/bewi...

Amazing

Perfectly said. www.theverge.com/politics/613...

FB comment from a self-described “constitutional lawyer.” I dunno. When you’re coming up with hypotheticals that involve tossing pregnant women into the air and evaluating where their vaginas land, maybe you’re just trying really hard to justify your bigotry.

Wife: [kissing me] Let’s roleplay Me: ok Wife: Pretend you’re my daddy Me: ok Wife I’ve been a bad girl Me: why’d you marry that idiot

Brings to mind this engraving in the DOJ in DC….

Republicans for much of 2024: "How DARE you call our candidate Mr Trump a fascist?" *President* Trump in 2025:

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

I was told there would be a handbasket. 💀

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Harrison Butker is an a-hole, and all of America is glad he got his ass kicked by a team from Philadelphia. Or at least I am. And you are, most likely. His wife is. But she won’t say so publicly.

Medical research and new drugs is the strongest argument against socialized medicine for everyone. If we’re now seeing that the gov’t funds all the new drugs too, then it’s time for pitchforks.

In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Except Andy Warhol. Nobody will remember him.

Good morning from Kinmo the cat.

The new “Fantastic Four” movie posters has people with four fingers. Disney denies they were AI-made. Bullshit.

He got the same deal from Canada and worse from Mexico?

I appreciate you and this post but PLEASE use #AltText! @alttext.bsky.social

If AI is going to replace our desire and/or ability to seek out facts and come up with ideas, can it at least get a “Welcome Back Kotter” reunion on the air before Gabe Kaplan dies? Thank you, overlord.

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

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Everything. Everything is shit under this administration. Everything. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/l...

I got to California three years after Prop. 187 passed and have seen it go from a purple to a blue state. I think lots of this is because there is no majority race/ethnic group. What happens when the US goes that way?

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I'm going to start only liking and not reposting everyone's shit. See how you like it.

I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it. Irony is dead. I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated. #LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust

Thank you, @astrokatie.com for providing level-headed and straightforward analysis on this. Saying it without bells or whistles shows the real effect.

Calm down, everyone, things are going to get much, much worse.

[Lincoln, back from the dead] LINCOLN: Why are all the people I fought against now in my part-*plane flies overhead*-WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!

OK, as promised, I'm going to start reconstructing my #BreakfastPaleography threads from The Other Place, starting with no. 1, brought to you by the letter [s]. First posted in March 2020 (one day before lockdowns started!):

Harnessing 85 years of chemical depilatory expertise to revolutionize your kitchen! Introducing the Nair Fryer!

Wow - this is insightful stuff from the Times. Next up, he might be fibbing about bringing prices down.

News Analysis: Donald Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be hyperbole.

Any time I don’t feel entirely competent or qualified to do something, I think of Sting singing this country and western song, and just plow forward. youtube.com/watch?v=iI_T...