Happy 100th Birthday to the great @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social!!

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

"Look: we have a lot of people to kill. We feel the Nazis were hampered by their penchant for paperwork and we'd like to learn from those mistakes."

In no functioning country is this allowed.

An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.

SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods. S1: archive.org/details/sctv... S2: archive.org/details/sctv... S3: archive.org/details/19-m... S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s... S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky

When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Explore the storied life and legacy of the legendary Mel Brooks in Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio's latest two-part documentary: MEL BROOKS THE 99 YEAR OLD MAN! (2026). Catch the final installment on HBO Max tonight, at 9pm ET

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! Premieres tonight on HBO

Tonight on HBO/HBO Max! “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” youtube.com/watch?v=eKo_...

If you're looking for a little laughter and joy amidst all the horror, our new 2-part documentary #MelBrooks: The 99 Year Old Man! premieres on HBO and HBO Max January 22nd.

hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

Oo!!! Baby Sammy Davis Jr!!! youtu.be/6VW08_rlsD8?...

🧵

Air Bud Returns (2026)

Everything going great here at the eugenics factory. www.wsmv.com/video/2025/0...

Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards

wait watch the live one instead it's even better

"Sadness is like a little bit of an emotional death but not a defeat if you can find a way to laugh about it. Because that laughter keeps you from having fear of it, and fear is the thing that keeps you turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness." -- Stephen Colbert

Q: Mr Cuomo, how will you win this time? A: I’m gonna touch more young people

Reading the Where’s Waldo audiobook and they’re just describing each person individually then try to slip “Waldo” in there real fast but I HEARD IT

huh. that must be why Bret Stephens, a Republican, is using his New York Times column to try to prevent that mayoralty from happening: because it would be so good for Republicans

Will the anti-semitism ever stop?

This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.

"This thing is pushing at the boundaries of quantum physics" - guy whose main thing is inventing a way to rip off cab drivers at scale

Ladies, you have to use AI, it's the future because it makes tasks so easy but also it's really hard to learn so you definitely can't just start using it once you're required to at work, you have to go through an arduous process first to figure out how to use this tool which simplifies everything.

[Arby’s CEO pointing to the bottom layer on a chart of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs] Our beef sandwiches go here

I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

We KNOW people hugely overestimate the share of the budget going to things like foreign aid, welfare programs, and public broadcasting. The media could combat this confusion by making a point of putting numbers in context, but the shitheads refuse to do it cepr.net/publications...

How is this not human trafficking

The media outlet that asks you to pay $25/month doesn't know if the president can take away an American's citizenship and has to call another person to figure it out

the epstein footage is missing a minute because jeffrey started singing hey jude in his cell. justice dept doesn’t want to pay for the licensing. somewhat understandable

If you'd had a "SCIENCE IS REAL" sign in your yard 10 years ago, people would've assumed you were a massive stoner

*In between eating corn on the cob fast as shit* "I do"

“before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” honestly why? I’m only going to need the one, for the guy I’m getting revenge on

Seems important to say that MechaHitler is being powered by turbines that are poisoning Black people in Memphis www.wired.com/story/xai-da...

Elon Musk: MechaHitler has increased the value of xAI by 160 billion dollars

ICE committed murder.

Democrats who posed in Washington with Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal wanted by the ICC: Adam Schiff Jacky Rosen Amy Klobuchar Chuck Schumer Maria Cantwell Chris Coons Cory Booker Did I miss anybody?

"the only problem is that we suck and no one likes us and no one wants to run under our banner and our ideas are toxic and we're starting to suspect that we may come off as nakedly cynical shitheads" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...