Growing up, when participating in philosophical or ethical discussions, one of the touchstones that there was always unanimous agreement on was, “murder is bad”. Now watching politicians like Tom Cotton, and robber barons like Joe Lonsdale argue, “No, murder is good, actually”. 🙃

Not sure I understand the news value in bringing Tom Cotton on your TV show to repeat a monstrous lie you watched him say on television earlier this week

TLDR: Racial trauma can become intergenerational economic trauma. #blacksky

I’m pretty concerned about the number of graduates that emerge from Harvard Law with an open disdain for ethics and basic due process.

Feminists are supposed to be the man-haters, but here's a guy who equates masculinity with murder.

@realstevecook.bsky.social this looks to be right up your alley.

#peaceprize #tacos

This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir

It's the 160th anniversary of the United States' refounding, the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

another thing about Cloud Dancer is my brain keeps trying to force it into some "Hold me closer" cadence and it won't fit and then I get all irritated

COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause: 25% overall mortality reduction, 74% reduction of risk of dying from COVID-19. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

Fuck it, we're bird Christmas music posting. 🪶

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

Get their asses, Girl Guides of Canada.

this really isn’t an exaggeration

This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves

As online journalistic gossip continues, the probability of a comparison to Nuzzi approaches 1.

We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence. All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.

Delete your Twitter account.

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this." IG mr.funkys0ul

WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...

Yep. I was in about the very last cohort to receive, as an undergrad, free tuition, plus grants to assist with the cost of living. The grants were means tested based on parental income. Just a totally different time.

The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.

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Alice Wong was a fierce advocate for disabled people and a brilliant writer. Her last words were: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.” I hear you Alice, the fight for disability justice continues.

“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”

Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say. Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.

Anyway, the idea that we should listen to Elissa Slotkin & concede that the economy was bad in 2024, or that Democrats now should embrace the idea that Biden was wrong to talk about the good economy, is madness detached from empirical reality. Sure, Biden's messaging wasn't good. But this is worse.

Once again, I remind you that this woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the strategy or leadership of the Democratic Party: bsky.app/profile/mcop... Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic. Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim. Four of mine were in there.

Because of course it was

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social please signal boost?

Thanks @littlelobbyists.com for joining us for #IDEA50 Week of Action!

Dear god

Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

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KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action. Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?

Every outlet worth a damn should be calling this out. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

can bad prose be sexually transmitted

Still processing that an economic advisor to multiple administrations, business leaders, and top institutions was asking a known sex trafficker of minor age girls to be his wingman for attempting to coerce his academic mentee into a sexual relationship—years after he said that women aren’t as smart

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?