Pretty sure I just spotted some @karinschall.bsky.social artwork in the wild.

I think that "obesity" gave a lot school yard bullies and classist assholes cover to pretend they were actually public health heroes, and they are devastated that an actual treatment for obesity takes that away from them.

OF COURSE I have plans tomorrow. Time to go dig out the snow boots.

I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it. A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...

Literally had this fight in my religious freedom class in law school. I (Jewish) and friend (Hindu) spent the entire class arguing with pretty much everyone else that just because Christmas was ubiquitous, it did not make it universal.

For Christmas Eve, enjoy a supercut of my favorite tradition — Darlene Love on Letterman

This is true of decades too - what we think of as “the ‘60s” didn’t really kick start until 1963/4 with the Kennedy assassination and the British Invasion.

Alert for anyone in the NYC area - I’ve had to switch Sadie’s prescription food, so I have several cases of Hill’s Prescription Diet c/d wet food, plus a whole bunch of dry food and treats, that I won’t be able to use. If anyone needs some, let me know. No charge, just want it to get used!

It is... not common that you get to see a policy that is such a goddamn slam dunk on all counts but here it is: toll your goddamn CBDs, people. Imagine if Hochul hadn't been a weirdo and had stuck to the original tolling price.

I hesitate to give Kav the benefit of the doubt, but I’m guessing he originally was trying to open the door for terry stops but immigration, and DHS turned around and drove a fucking tank through that exception. (Terry stops are also bullshit, to be clear)

Genuine LOL at “faileontologist”.

I’ve been pretty down on people defending or excusing clinton in all of this, but I must admit that this is a fucking baller move. I’m absolutely good with Clinton dragging Trump down in the wreckage.

Sadie update while on the bus going home from AMC.

It’s probably telling that I got all of the political figures, only the old/dead celebrities, and none of the athletes.

Just a reminder that the police unions talk like this all the time but they get a pass because they’re coded as right wing despite being unions.

Citing the NYT rules that only apply to Jamelle in order to very obviously try to shut down a response to your own bullshit.

Telling me that Trump will suffer in jail and lose all of his ill-gotten gains, but only if Clinton endures the same is like telling me that I can have two million dollars instead of one million.

I honestly still can’t believe they did this it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried

This is adorable plus you also get the bonus of Mandy Patinkin singing.

It’s hard to overstate the wonder of compression socks.

Unfollowing a whole host of people caping for bill clinton today. You people are embarrassing yourselves on behalf of a known sex pest.

My parents bought their first house in 1977 and the interest rate was 18%.

My immigrant Romanian-Jewish Grandfather who fought in WWII was no less American than my grandfather whose family can be traced back to Massachusetts in the 1600s.

one of our biggest problems is we spent decades coddling straight white male conservatives. we took their dumb as fuck ideas seriously, even though history, logic and science showed theyre completely unworkable. and now we're stuck with a bunch of dumbasses who have been coddled for too long

I’d brag about never downloading TikTok or creating an account, but it’s mostly because I am old, not principled.

So exhausted by this craven stenographic journalism. It's still the DoD. It's still the Kennedy Center. ESPECIALLY when it comes to names on things, Trump has no magic "he'll just do it anyway" power, because WE ARE THE ONES WHO USE THE NAMES.

My late friend Ken, who designed a room at the Kennedy Center, is rolling in his grave.

Even before getting to the content, it’s quite telling just how many of these local officials felt compelled to record these calls to protect themselves.

I am not a catholic but it is hard to overstate the influence the main bishop/cardinal of New York has over all sorts of shit in NYC. This is a serious upgrade for all of us.

David Duke would have brought all of the overt racism, but probably wouldn’t be trying to gin up a war with Venezuela.

In my old law firm office we actually had a Calder on the wall near my office, and we joked that our firm ended up with it because it was so ugly. And I would like to apologize to that extremely boring set of circles and triangles because I did not know about this.

This has always been the proposal that I am most doubtful will happen. But I hope the pressure can result in tradeoffs for better/more frequent service at a minimum (last week I wanted to take the bus home after a show and it was a FIFTY minute wait for the next M11)

I didn't think it was possible, but somehow the news of who the LAPD has arrested for the Reiners' murder only makes that Trump unhinged rant 100x worse.

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Culture night! #waitingforgodot

This is what happens when you’re so obsessed with denying trans people their right to exist that you forget that many AFAB, cisgender women have, like, had hysterectomies.

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

Very excited to finally see the @alexwinter.com and Keanu reeves version of Waiting for Godot tonight!

Just a reminder that actual, accused criminals generally need to be arraigned in 24-48 hours.

I say this as someone who has a real fondness for Times New Roman - it SUCKS when trying to read things on a screen. My original website 100 years ago used TNR as its default font and it made the whole thing difficult. I switched to Helvetica at some point and that was much more readable.

NY Mag is always my favorite gift guide, because it goes from "here's some fun stuff you can get for less than $50" to "or maybe you want to buy your dad a Maybach" levels of ridiculousness.

Really the most astounding thing about my lifetime of politics watching was seeing a competent woman propose a massive increase in publicly funded healthcare in this country only to be tarred for the next thirty years as a neoliberal shill for the insurance industry.

Steve Inskeep’s softball interviews and platforming of fascists are the specific reason I stopped donating to NPR back in 2016. In that case it was Tucker Carlson.

This is genuinely good.

This is great. And remember, even in the races Dems don’t win, simply running someone in every race motivates dems to come out and vote. They may not overcome a deep red gerrymandered advantage in a particular house race, but will add votes in what’s shaping up to be a close senate race.

In some ways he’s a hostage of his own success. When the court was 5-4, he could steer the majority to his incremental preferences. Now that it’s 6-3 he has to choose between siding with the radical right or being in the dissent, and his heart is with the radicals.

have we considered that MANY actors are very good at one specific thing and otherwise are just kinda not very smart?

My friends and I are now at an age where this is literally 90% of what we talk about when we meet to hang out - everyone sharing the tiny pieces of secret knowledge that they've managed to wrangle out of their doctors.

it's the most wonderful time of the year!

fascinated by the replies insisting that this is just poor people lying to pollsters because they fear getting caught as opposed to what is more likely - that poor people *actually steal less* because they fear getting caught. (wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)