might watch Gettysburg later We Need to make small-l liberalism cool again. It’s a new age of autocrats and aristocrats. We need a new birth of liberalism

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, a Democrat, holds a burning Confederate flag inside the Tennessee State Capitol as state troopers move nearby.

me sleeping seven hours vs. me sleeping six hours and 42 minutes

congratulations to Chief Justice John Roberts for being bluesky’s main character of the day

For @ms.now, I wrote about the Trump administration going after Smith College, a New England women's college, over allowing trans women to attend the school. The investigation not only threatens the school, but also the surrounding town, which I live in. www.ms.now/news/trump-s...

never seen an oceangoing vessel that needed FFS before

New: Ashley St. Clair was a foot soldier in Trump's online army. Now she's torching it, sharing receipts and exposing secrets of MAGA influence: "There is no free thinking here. They are waiting to get marching orders and a direct deposit" wapo.st/4tpgoL8

I used to have political convictions but then I got scolded by John Roberts. That’s an important part of his job. Now I see that it’s time for me to listen and learn.

look at this fucking guy, this fucking 1800s snake oil salesman ass uwu smol bean with no personal agency, he’s just calling balls and strikes, he’s just a lil baby

Murphy Brown fails the reverse of whatever the bechdel test is anyway this episode is “Murphy Brown considers IVF”

I had to look it up. It's real. @indycar.com WHAT

Make America Leathery Again

Inbox: New data from our friends at @trevorproject.bsky.social shows that LGBTQ+ young people have better health outcomes when they have access to supportive spaces, communities, and people in their lives. Acceptance matters. But so does the omnipresent anti-trans rhetoric.

he's right

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Good & short thread from HJT on the Smith stuff:

forget it, i'm starting a murphy brown marathon

guess i soft launched a baby? oops

Nothing will turn you into a critic of unfettered capitalism faster than shopping for strollers. There are 9,000 different kinds of strollers with 53,000 different features. I want stroller that 1. strolls 2. maybe has a seat that can go into the car

2500 word essay in the New Yorker entitled “the raw sexuality and uncompromising masculinity of redlettermedia’s hack frauds”

Chili Tamale pie Spaghetti and meatballs Rice dressing Eggs with rice and beans Fiskisúpa Various pastas with cream sauce and meats and fishes Roasted chicken

As a Southerner, I’m laughing my ass off. Catfish is 1) delicious 2) usually pretty cheap 3) invasive in a lot of places so you’re doing the environment a favor It’s good stuff

Today is day 60 of the president’s war with Iran and one thing is certain—it was illegal on day one and it's illegal on day 60.

call the bluff

he touched the third rail and bad

My statement on the SCOTUS Ruling in Louisiana v. Callais:

Tell your rep to vote NO on H.R. 2616, which would force schools to out students and bar teachers from even acknowledging that trans people exist: hrc.im/hr2616

Genuine question for DC folks, from someone whose vote is up for grabs: Who in the mayoral race has the best, most actionable, most meaningful plan to improve the District's schools?

this bluesky account was described, in my ANNUAL REVIEW, as word vomit (complimentary)

Event Horizon 2

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has voted to undermine the Voting Rights Act, severely diluting Black Americans’ fair representation at the ballot box. This is an affront to a fundamental promise of our democracy — that every voter ought to have an equal voice.

time to deliver a pizza ball

yeah man, fuck foods with fiber. alpha males don't need that shit. or to shit.

cc: @canonicalltd.bsky.social

you know, we live in such a weird timeline that we might end up with, like, Senator The Rizzler (R-FL) or some shit in a couple decades

:)

but I don’t want to fight around the mainstream left-of-center views of the 21st century I want to fight around the universal fraternity of humankind in a plural and open society governed by the rule of law

I've been thinking a lot lately about Gov. Andy Beshear's recent remarks about "advocacy lingo" - and, as a fine purveyor of said advocacy lingo, I have a Take

Meet the inaugural TJA Reporting Fellowship cohort 🎉 7 journalists. 7 reporting projects. One goal: stronger, more accurate coverage of trans communities. Over the next 6 months, fellows will receive mentorship, funding, and support for community-centered stories. bit.ly/TJARF26

I am a driver. I am pro-car. This is just an insane outlook on this. I am pro-transit because the more people use transit, the better things will be for people who drive. Hell, if WMATA could fix my bus line, I might take it instead of driving.

It looks like HUD will be releasing tomorrow its proposed new rule guidance that removes "gender identity" from HUD regulations and replaces it with "sex" to match Donald Trump's executive order from last year. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08244.pdf

NEWS: Grindr made its Washington debut for this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner. The Human Rights Campaign said bet. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

As seen in @politico.com Playbook - we ran an ad on Grindr for partygoers at last night's Grindr party and tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner. Because HIV prevention and treatment should be fully funded, and everyone should stay safe--no matter who they go home with.

tng would have been even better if they’d let data rip cigs on the bridge

Movies are so cool. I like movies.

librewolf continues to strip all the AI bullshit out of everything, so... there's that.

oh my god it’s happening but flights are like $700

Secret decaf? Straight to jail

“This moment exists because people spoke up. Because students organized. Because a community decided that if harmful ideas were going to have a platform, then truth would have one too," HRC president Kelley Robinson told the crowd at Baylor University. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...