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

But they said cutting government jobs and axing programs would REDUCE the deficit… www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Katara: “Water.” Katara: “Earth” Katara: “Fire.” Katara: “Air.” Katara: “Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. But they were all of them deceived, for another element was made.” Leeloo: “LEELOO DALLAS MULTIPASS”

Just had a great couple of hours writing, practicing, and recording a guitar solo for a track produced by @jensenstiles.bsky.social! Excited to hear the whole thing soon (tm).

This is such a smart, perceptive piece, and gets at so much of the zeitgeist of this content-obssessed stripe of fascism we're seeing. This passage (about Walter White and Tony Soprano in particular) is spot-on:

#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid— It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market

One of the frustrating things about this entire discussion, is even if -everything- the anti-vaxxers were saying had some basis in reality (it doesn't, but for our purposes, imagine that the world is the insane place that they say it is) the balance of public health would still favor vaccination

CARTOON OF THE DAY

@jamieloftus.bsky.social I was listening to an old episode of BTB today that you were on and you mentioned someone that you called "the Mister Rogers of Pittsburgh." You probably know this, but Fred Rogers *was* the Mister Rogers of Pittsburgh. That's where he lived. Pedantry achieved.

RIP Steve Cropper, who I first heard playing with a joke SNL band (The Blues Brothers) but was one of the greatest funk/soul guitarists of all time and a huge influence on my rhythm playing.

trump won two elections because he convinced a shitload of people to vote for him. believing anything else is willful ignorance that will only hurt you.

Really cool that now people are realizing the health and ecological problems that come with massive data centers companies are offshoring the issue to countries with no regulations and framing it as economic development armenpress.am/en/article/1...

Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?

It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.

If fewer people would have their heads shoved up their own assess life would be so much better

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “In Advent, we acknowledge the strong-willed, outsider women who shaped Jesus’ lineage (especially Tamar, Rahab and Ruth in Matthew 1:1-5). /1

First glance: “make sure there is a social safety net, but no limit to how far the American Dream can take you” Second: “our two priorities are that you don’t starve to death while working minimum wage in an Amazon warehouse, and that Jeff Bezos gets rich without limits from your exploitation”

To all the people who say,”If these people would just do it the right way and become citizens,” what say you to all these ICE folks hanging out in courts and grabbing the people who are doing just that? These people ARE doing it “the right way” and are still terrorized. Absolutely despicable.

One of the greatest Dudes Rock movies of all time

Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported. I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

I was promised fully automated luxury gay space communism dammit!

I’m sorry but if you’re this creatively bankrupt Hayao Miyazaki should be allowed to hunt you for sport.

A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.

This drunken ignorant oaf

What's important is that Houston is 150 miles further south from Oklahoma than Dallas. -OS

The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals. The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry. Where is the MAHA outcry?

Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.

collective liberation means solidarity with those most harmed including: solidarity with victim-survivors it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else tell every truth + center those harmed always

Our kids concert is current happening in the Activity Room with @captainthrack.bsky.social, @theonegalen.bsky.social and @pinkaboo.bsky.social! #PVCF25

Reminder that the Renegade Stage is open at the Apple Orchard until 4:30pm today! #PVCF25 Here is @epicmuttonchops.bsky.social performing now!

Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else? What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?

happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day

And that is a wrap on the PVCF25 concert! Thank you to all of our musicians, and AV for putting on two excellent concerts! Now it is bed time.

Fun fact: recording police in the public performance of their duties is protected conduct under the First Amendment in North Carolina! The 4th Circuit even said so (www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/211...)

“I’ve got some pretty devastating information about this public figure, and I will wait until well past the time that person amasses power to reveal it, mostly to make sure you’re all paying attention to me. I’m doing journalism right. Please subscribe. It’s your civic duty.”

Had SUCH A BLAST performing with @theonegalen.bsky.social! There's something special about a good old unplugged set.

PLEASE, retail workers from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round (factcheck: true) the public space stuff this time of year is a lot (though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc) PLEASE DO THIS it is a kindness

In WaPo today JB Pritzker is in the picture. Bezos is not. Must be an oversight…

hey guys i made a seasonal meme

And now MBS is feted by our President, because rich criminals are more important than poor journalists.

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

The songwriting to this emotional song about Derpy is absolutely stunning, as well as having breathtaking vocals. It all gets us even more excited to see @theonegalen.bsky.social perform an acoustic set with @ari.arinoblewrites.com during the concert at #PVCF25! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybqT...

Well I believed the new planner I bought could help cure adhd, organize my entire life, and even halve the amount of anxiety I feel

(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men

I agree. I never miss a chance Bush v Gore rant lol All five Republican justices voted for Bush to be president, so Bush became president. But what really revealed the rank corruption was their extraordinary step of insisting that the opinion not be cited as precedent in future cases. Unthinkable