“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia. It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”

Become ungovernable

Read as much of this thread as you have time for and you will feel better about the world. As for me, I saw friends last night at a holiday fair and had a lovely time even though it was frigid out

I already own this book, but this is a reminder to re-read it over the holidays!

Just when I get used to his depravity, he finds a new way to electrify my conscience.

We just had that piece about how safe self-driving cars are, which had me thinking... until I heard this this morning - they are making them less safe now! WTAF. www.npr.org/2025/12/07/n...

"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity

We live in a country where restaurants trash thousands of pounds of perfectly good food every day while huge swathes of people live in food deserts and I'm supposed to get upset if someone gets a parking spot they aren't entitled to for 20 minutes? I don't have few enough problems to care about it

America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.

Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!” “I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”

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I feel this is the new Tom Holland Umbrella video. Once it crosses your timeline, you must repost to share the joy.

Weremczuk Agromachines Felix/Z apple harvester.

This could fix me

THANK YOU! What he was saying is worse than who he was saying it to!

The thing about the "Quiet Piggy" thing isn't so much that he's a sexist scumbag. We knew that already. But he would have caught himself in the past. He did with Megyn Kelly with "blood coming out of her... whatever." Classic case of onset dementia. Losing all self-censorship. Disinhibition.

The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...

The brain worm was a lie he used to get out of paying alimony. He said he had brain damage and couldn’t work! That divorce wasn’t finalized because his wife died from suicide

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

You know, I saw someone arguing that “sex pest” is minimizing, but I like it because you don’t get to argue “it wasn’t *legally* sexual harassment” or “it’s not pedophilia if she’s post pubescent” or whatever bs people like to do for their favorite sex pests.

I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it

It’s funny that Harvard has been a consistent target for reactionary campaigns, and not one has been dedicated to ousting Larry Summers, an openly political figure who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein; meanwhile, it’s a fine-toothed comb for *checks notes* Black women.

Hmm, is this anything like the normal budget expense of highways vs the operating losses of public transit??

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month: “.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”

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I just got an email from Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (great name!) that says "Unlike Mike, I won't lie to you or bullshit you." Spicy! And the McMorrow logo looks sportsy, somehow. So of course I immediately thought of @titonka.bsky.social and how she is clearly trying to be a politics guy

You know, I saw someone arguing that “sex pest” is minimizing, but I like it because you don’t get to argue “it wasn’t *legally* sexual harassment” or “it’s not pedophilia if she’s post pubescent” or whatever bs people like to do for their favorite sex pests.

I always love these threads of mundane costumes!

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

Saving this to watch later!!

Liberals when candidates defend trans people: "We can't do this, it's too unpopular." Liberals when candidates have a nazi ss tattoo: "it's ok, not all candidates are perfect." Do y'all hear yourselves?!

In light of new information, I, uhh, withdraw my objection to the 77 year old white lady who does *not* have a Nazi tattoo on her chest. I will be submitting all relevant forms to the bureau of retractions and submit for my flogging.

Yes, but also I was genuinely just wondering how those contractors think they are ever getting paid

Happy Jerry Orbach's birthday!

How is it worse to say some people in the GOP are deplorable? Deplorable is worse than violent criminal? Someone should count all the articles that were published about Clinton's comment and compare them with coverage of this and similar remarks.

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Gee, I wonder why he says Mayor Wu is "intelligent" as opposed to some other "low IQ" leaders.... What a fucking racist

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Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office. ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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