I don’t understand life insurance policies refusing to cover people because of a higher chance of getting diseases. You’re covering death. Literally the only thing all of us have to do at some point.

Something needs to happen, soon.

I understand none of us are immune to propaganda and we should be checking our biases with increased frequency. However we just got perhaps the best behind the scenes look in human history at how right wing billionaire pipelining works, and it was the exact opposite of this, so idk man

anyway the last 25 years, we’ve seen this country freak out in response to 9/11, commit atrocities abroad, and build the machinery of fascism at home. now that machinery is being turned on the people writ large. dems too often have been actively complicit in all this or passively accepting it.

i'm a big fan of magazines, investigative reporting, and longform, all of which requires staff and institutions, but the really really dire thing that indie media can't replace? the fucking wire services

Saved to my phone for posterity

I, for one, am excited for the upcoming schism.

CHRIST this was a bitch to alt text (my phone camera is allergic to this font) but it was worth it so we could enjoy this scorching hot Catholic tea together they just flat out said the SCOTUS Catholics are going to hell. which we knew, but maybe they’ll hear it from the bishops!

It’s really too bad HBO never released The Rehearsal on physical media, because I’m guessing there’s a season 2 episode that’s about to disappear.

It’s almost like “incentives” are a made up thing

wild that a fake industry with no purpose is destroying a number of real industries that people like and use

Genuinely too many good songs in the world

I mean…I understand liability reasons. But it’s hard to take this seriously if you can’t acknowledge that there’s so much photographic evidence of your husband having some kind of relationship with Epstein and also having his own sex pest scandal.

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The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.

Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about. Their stories should be known:

Just a 40 something bopping out to the zoomer, underscores: youtu.be/u6BajlmkcQc?...

This might be the best and only good possible use for AI

I’m going to say this is probably accurate about people complaining about cantaloupe, also. A real cantaloupe ripens on the vine, not the grocery store and tastes like magic.

That one should’ve stayed in the drafts

It is a little funny how at least a few comments are like “X the nazi site!” and then they post on Substack.

Using twitter for the average person is like trying to use those ugly websites that infect your computer with malware and insert an inescapable number of pop-up porn windows. How the fuck are we supposed to take journalism seriously there?

Twitter is literally unusable and this site is often insufferable. Where is a person to go for dumpster diving jokes, breaking news, and forming parasocial friendships with complete strangers in a low character text format.

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew

+1 for defenestration

There is a coffee shop here where the lattes taste slightly caramelized with no caramel syrup and it’s amazing but I can’t figure out why without hundreds of entries for “caramel latte.” Is this a thing? It’s the best.

A trip to the ER for a panic attack that you thought might be a heart attack was $1,500 (in 2011) to walk in and get no other treatment. And one month rent in a studio in Portland is over $1K. So that’s how far those emergency funds go.

This one hits hard.

Fritos. Frito Chili Pie, to make it fancy.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

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“I should have the option to shoot at people who yell at me to do my job”

On today's podcast: How Cannibalism is helping to reduce food waste!

I agree with all the slave ship & forced labor camp comparisons, but also, on a practical level, this is not how you build a detention center where you expect either violent inmates or long-term prisoners. The very floorplans betray the obvious lie; they are meant to warehouse harmless folks.

Seems like maybe this just confirms that the people playing with real money are still the ones in charge.

I’m always heartened to see fair critiques of leftist politicians in office from the left, because the actual embrace of democratic values like holding people in office accountable is one of the key differences between the right and the left

Most warbands in Portland, Oregon are SocDem and narcissistic

ZGF, dang

Deep distrust of the guy, but in the age of AI fandom I gotta say I miss the Yang Gang calling for UBI.

Stevie Nicks is Kat Abughazaleh's Spiderman.

Not the point, but amazed at how many people I’ve seen confusing Scots-Irish with Irish—they were the Scottish boot of the colonizers in Ireland. These racists know which side of that conflict they’re referencing and confusing people with.

I will never vote for Peter Thiel.

A nice Camillia Japonica for you ❤️ #bloomscrolling

The ASL plot line on The Pitt is killing me. Why tf don’t they have an iPad or something for her to type on?

Is Predator in the Star Wars universe now? Sure feels like it.

Oh he absolutely did not write this one, grandpa left the login open again

Why does everything have to be James Bond villain level of evil

New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.” When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder. On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!

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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them