"Democratic governors and state legislators need to realize that this is no longer about fairness; it’s about fighting back so that they are not engineered out of the House forever. And I get that Dems don’t have the stomach for this kind of warfare--- find it."

Stoking and channeling boiling contempt for the ultra-rich is a pretty essential element of what needs to happen if we're gonna get out of this. And folks, they've given us a lot to work with. Don't tone police that shit. When it gets out of control, remind people why that's happening.

Great article about the monetization of outrage. Includes actionable ways to deal with the issue. #ragebait #genAI #AI #crypto

Great comic, no notes. But people who think they should add to an artist's work need to stop. The artist has carefully thought through each element of the image. They don't need you to "improve" it by inexpertly smearing your own text all over it. It's disrespectful and a little arrogant. #art

When my nephew was younger he loved nature documentaries over kid's shows, so his mum wrote to David Attenborough. Attenborough wrote back. When it arrived, my nephew ran to a corner, hugged the letter, and cried. Happy 100th, David Attenborough. #Attenborough #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough100

"Housing is no longer considered shelter, it is considered an asset...people can own 24 houses while others have none. The same people who decry “cash handouts” for those on welfare...take money from the taxpayer in the form of tax subsidies designed to not only protect their wealth, but grow it."

If the govt targets discretionary family trusts there will be a lot of guff about how they will hit middle Australians just trying to get by. Don't believe it www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

When we had the big inflation after Covid what you saw was real wages didn’t maintain – people got wage rises higher than they were getting but they weren’t keeping pace with inflation, so there were cuts in real income, and the other thing that was actually good about it… - Head of #RBA #econsky

“Can’t tax the rich because I will be rich someday” is the most embarrassing sentiment on the planet.

All podcast ads sound like this! The Rt Hon Geoffrey Geoff-Geoffrey with a few words from his sponsors…

A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia. As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Waiting for The Australian to run with glowing headlines on how unemployed can get about income rules to claim more Jobseeker and avoid mutual obligations...

The venn diagram of journalists who would betray their craft and lick the boots of a fascist dictator and journalists who would panic and cry because of gunfire on a different floor and several security checkpoints away is a circle. #WHCA

Oh bless. The gas industry is against the 25% gas export tax because they want to pay *more* tax. Hooley dooley, they are getting desperate.

I'm crying, this is so funny, he has absolutely no idea.

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

it goes like this - the economy is strong - no, there's a lot of money in the economy it's just going to 11 people - yeah, that means the economy is going strong - but 80% of us are struggling - but on average the economy is strong - gas prices are ten bucks and I can't afford rent - (transphobia)

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan. Here's why.

ms. rachel is WEAK on the economy

ACAB includes the Dancing Water Police of Wiggle Town.

Reject Slopenheimer www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

Since we’re seeing folks get their brains cooked by the Epstein files, resharing this. Some quick notes from it: 1. It is valid to lose your mind over this 2. It *is* a conspiracy and that should be validated 3. But that’s different than the “theories” which are ironically harmful to the cause

Perfect

"Raising rates while petrol prices soar shows the RBA ignoring reality and basic economics" me for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

i cant believe the architects of the iraq war are doing this after they suffered zero legal consequences for their role in the previous quagmire and continued to advance in their professional careers as if nothing had happened

Just killed a man's whole family and accidentally installed him as leader of Iran. We created Super Vengeance Boy and are just assuming he'll leave us alone.

In all of film history, there's never been a single instance of a movie failing because of audience bigotry, it's made up. Producers blaming censorship on a foreign country or "concerned parents" or whatever are always lying. They're not bending to pressure, *they're* the bigots. Get it right.

Yes, women think the Coalition are sexist, and migrant communities think the party is racist, but that's burying the lede: four in five young people loathe it.

Eisenhower

Can't wait for the headlines in newspapers owned by people in the Epstein files saying they got the one guy who was doing this, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor*. Now we can all move on. *Prince Andrew? No, no, no. He was kicked out, now there's absolutely no connection to the royal family whatsoever.

Don’t forget, when Pauline drops racist bombshells into the media for everyone to react to, she’s now being funded by Gina Rinehart, major contributor to racist propaganda group Advance and inspired by MAGA-guru Steve “flood the zone with bullshit” Bannon. The offence is the point.

At this point I don't even care if people have use cases for AI services that they can justify, those companies are causing so much harm and disrespect that I'm not into it because I can't get over that.

Worth noting that this response actually concedes that what Pritzker said is true.

yup. base cowardice

They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.

Why aReN’t ThEy AfRaId Of Us? I specifically requested they be afraid of us!!!

one thing i can't stand is people comparing proposed policy changes against an idealized world instead of the world we actually live in it's like the inverse problem of criticizing real world policy changes because they don't achieve a full idealized world

When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."

one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.

This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.

The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.

this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.

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We teach children to pass exams, not to understand power. No civics. No politics. Little room for curiosity or imagination. So people leave school trained to comply, not to question. That isn’t education. It’s preparation for silence.

The Fallout show feels like if someone played the Fallout games and then said “let’s make a show based on this.” Which sounds obvious but historically has been rare for video game adaptations.