As we all get bombarded with emails and texts about holiday sales, a reminder that there is a blackout happening from today through Monday. Pls consider at least not buying from major corporations during this time unless you think things are hunky dory.

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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

You may be living in an absolutely racist country when 13-year-old Black boys are tried and sentenced as adults, but white dudes who *are* adults are called "kids" by JD Vance to shield them from culpability.

Post this everywhere‼️ -and- RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

As someone who truly believes in nuance and gray areas, I really hate that most of my politics at this point can be boiled down to “fuck trump,” but here we are.

As TN State Rep Justin Jones reminds us, our elders and ancestors in the fight for equality were fighting for us. Now, it is our job to fight for the next generation and the generations to come after that. Join the fight in your community.

I know the answer (kind of) but I need to say this anyway: HOW ARE THESE IDIOTS IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING 😫

EXTRA doomy doom scroll this morning

I just…. Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck fuck fuck fuck you. Thank you and good night.

I know we have bigger problems, but when I find myself agreeing with MTG and applauding Carlson, my brain feels like scrambled eggs. Serious question: which way is up?

I really hope he feels how deeply he’s hated. He won’t change, but we are legion. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Optimism, creativity, and solidarity. No Kings Day in the Berkshires was hopeful and excellent #nokings

Oof. If only they were capable of feeling embarrassment

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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

She really, really did.

On the night I saw the play, the audience laughed a kind of laugh I’d heard before, but not in this country: It was bitter, and it was resigned.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair An aphorism for our times

Haven’t seen elbow patches in a while; good to get back to basics #awp25

“First they came for the order of things, and my ashes said nothing, because I was a phoenix. Then they embezzled history, but memory’s account grew a forest, and that was when they came for time.”

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

A reminder for these times.

What is wrong with him? (rhetorical)

All of this feels so insane. Just… insane. I don’t know how else to say it. How is this real?

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

Does anyone else stand in front of the mirror to French braid your own hair? I can do it with my eyes closed, but I still have to stand in front of the mirror 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cat butt wine stopper 10/10

Happy Boxing Day!

Sam’s always a little disappointed in his Xmas Eve pajamas tradition, so…

Everett’s Assumption wasn’t what I expected, but I suppose that’s fitting.

As Elon Musk decides the course of the US government, it's worth looking at how he—and other Silicon Valley billionaires—got this way. Part of the story involves the shift in politics by journalists like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi. My new book tells that story—preorder now.

Do we do the whole “hey algorithm” thing here? Trying to find my way…