@goldman.blue and I were thrilled to welcome @jamellebouie.net onto @escapehatchpod.bsky.social to talk the classic sci-fi social satire film RoboCop and what we can learn from it about our current moment. Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...

We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales. This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide. We are doing this and history will never forgive us. Gaza:

Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki

This @cwodtke.bsky.social piece is great — technically fluent, well-sourced, doesn’t mince words about the lies & bullshit from the companies making this stuff. I’m not personally as conciliatory about some of the capabilities promised, but it’s well worth a read. cwodtke.medium.com/i-love-gener...

Oh the prescient and righteous critiques of the only Black woman on the court “test her colleagues’ patience”? Hmmm gosh, wonder what’s going on there…

After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.

US military being deployed against their own people.

The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?

I made this 90 minutes ago and it already came true.

Step 1: deporting undocumented people Step 2: changing status of documented immigrants to make them undocumented & then deporting them Step 3: Denaturalizing naturalized immigrants to deport them Step 4: Denaturalizing birthright citizens to "deport" them

When will this end?

The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs. I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!

Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation." www.politico.com/live-updates...

Let’s friggin’ go. We can have candidates we like who are young!

Seriously the dumbest people on the planet run this country.

yeah man, institutionalized racism is when you try to recruit poor kids and black kids to get an education. great work. you are definitely not a dipshit who gets on the internet to say nonsense to make up for the fact that you have nothing but your own resentments to get you through the day

Pack the SCOTUS now officially my #1 priority.

Poster art by Robert M. Peak (Bob) (1927 – 1992) Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979) Excalibur (1981) Superman (1978) Rollerball (1975)

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

Tell him, he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes, and those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good.

Unironically the thing I love about this point, is that it's a great basis to start talking to y'all about the fact that most of the people in jail in the US are just as innocent as Khalil. Many are Black folk that have been arrested with *absolutely no basis*, but wait *over a year* to see a judge.

Made my day. This is great news.

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"

Chuck does it again (following up The End of the F#%£ing World and I Am Not OK With This as seen in his comic and on Netflix!)

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

This seriously looks like it was written by a 6th grader. They can’t write paragraphs?

Spitting FIRE holy shit 🔥

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Hey y’all, I’ve been thinking about how fast things changed for all Latiné people in LA. And what I’ve personally done to protect myself and my family. I thought it might be helpful for some of you so thought I’d share. 🧵

The stupidest people are in charge because we couldn’t prosecute a political crime because it would look too political.

Shoutout to all the dads raising them right www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjt5UJCq/

Loser

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

This was the Quibi of military parades.

move to replace “you could’ve heard a pin drop” with “you could’ve heard a tank squeak” all in favor

it’s crazy how life for everyone has just gotten noticably worse immediately as trump became president again

More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.

Put this on a billboard.

Senator Padilla is right. If they can do this to a sitting U.S. Senator, they can do it to anyone. @padilla.senate.gov

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

This week we finally had the worst take in 5 years(!) of @escapehatchpod.bsky.social. Congrats @goldman.blue for winning this distinction. Full episode on the CLASSIC Superman (1978): open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...

The president has declared that any Americans exercising their right to protest — not committing violence, just voicing their opinion — will be met with a “very heavy force”

Don't worry Mike, we got you. We brought in the big guns to (re)settle the score: NY Times Bestselling author of The Bible Says So: @maklelan.bsky.social! Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...

Question. Did democracy cease to function during the Whiskey Rebellion?The Great Railroad Strike of 1877? The May Day Riots? Let me put this another way, can you identify a single point in U.S. history where Americans exclusively expressed themselves in an orderly fashion along acceptable lines?

Great read (as always) from Anil. Pairs well with the documentary Sly Lives that I watched tonight. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_j0...

"The inexplicable Ghorman resistance to Imperial norms..."

Anya Taylor-Joy was recently spotted in downtown LA filming the TV series "Lucky" carrying a copy of the original Dune novel. According to director Greg Yaitanes on the @escapehatchpod.bsky.social podcast Anya is "basically wrapping [Lucky] and heading … to Messiah"

RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process. So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel. Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.

We had New York Times bestselling author of The Bible Says So @maklelan.bsky.social on @escapehatchpod.bsky.social for Superman (1978)! He schooled us on the film’s translation of Karl-El from Jewish tradition to Christian Messiah figure. Dan’s smart. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5VjL...