People ask why I’m optimistic with how bad things are and it’s the miraculousness of human nature Common people have been toppling authoritarians for centuries. People who have no idea what’s going on are instinctively preparing for crisis and growing softer and kinder as revolutionary energy grows

So my buddy @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social is doing a poll about favorite TTRPGs. But he needs a signal boost beyond his own fanbase. So, for science (or simply for Bob, because he's a nice guy), can you take a minute to do this simple, 2-question survey? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ag secretary confirming 1 in 4 US farmers has no fertilizer secured, American Farm Bureau survey says up to 70% can’t afford enough fertilizer for the season under the spiked costs Honestly shocked this isn’t bigger news. 25% of farms are just not planting at all this season. Farm bankruptcy up 46%

Palm Beach International Airport is now officially renamed to Donald J. Trump International Airport. The airport will be required to purchase official Trump merchandise, directly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal. Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*

Usually politicians try to win a constituency and not the other way around. Imagine someone saying this about, like, farmers not doing enough to win over the libs. We all just accept that Republicans don't have agency and professors do.

Take action to #BlockTheMerger: Sign the open letter. Join the Guild and over 4,000 film industry professionals in calling on regulators to block the dangerous Paramount x Warner Bros. Discovery merger! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the great Ron Carter who is 89 years old today! The legendary bassist's most recent album "Sweet, Sweet Spirit" is a heartfelt tribute to his mother that blends Jazz & Gospel in collaboration with Ricky Dillard: rickydillard.lnk.to/sweetsweetsp...

If you don’t know about the Mayday festival we have in Minneapolis every year, this is an exceptional primer. If you do know about it, this is a great thread of awesome pics! 🌞

Translation: I’m gonna steal this election, just try and stop me.

Current consumer-facing "A.i." is CONTROLLED BY RIGHT WING BILLIONAIRES & BASED ON THEFT and widely reported to INDUCE PSYCHOSIS, ENCOURAGE HARM, DAMAGE COGNITION, RAISE CONSUMER'S ELECTRICAL BILLS. If you're in CA, please tell @adamschiff.com NO. 202-224-3841. www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/

once again reminding people that Minneapolis is, in fact, just like this

“Good riddance to the world’s worst rubbish,” @bencollins.bsky.social says to Infowars going dark last night. “War is over, if you want it." www.ms.now/news/the-lig...

The way the outfits here create flashes of blue and white is very mesmerizing.

Man, I love playing #ttrpg with dear friends. I'm currently running #OldSchoolEssentials for a bunch of the world's most beautiful knuckleheads and Session 57 found them deep in the swamps via the terrific Troll Hunter pamphlet adventure by @crumblingjames.bsky.social and crew. #OSE #rpg

This is AWFUL and should get national press.

By this same logic, Donald Trump bears direct personal responsibility for the murder of Melissa Hortman, the assault on Paul Pelosi, the guy who showed up armed at the Obamas, the attempted pipe bombing of several prominent Democrats, the January 6th rioters who assaulted cops, and many many more.

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

Disqualifying thehill.com/homenews/hou...

As if we needed more, here’s further proof that he’s definitely not the guy.

Brian always does stellar work. Highly recommended.

Families here REALLY need the kindness of those in other communities to come through as much as we can in order to weather some of what we've been through here.

Two months ago a mass shooting left four dead and fifteen wounded here in Austin as a direct result of the war in Iran. Most of you never even heard about it. Last night a man rushed security a floor away from a room full of journalists hobnobbing with fascists. ENDLESS coverage. Fuck ALL of this.

Ew Moleskine used genAI for their Lord of the Ring collection by mentioning they used it, then entirely removing the claim after some backlash. Incredibly shitty of them for a brand that claims human creativity. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has

We have a deal. theonion.com/at-long-last...

#RecordStoreDay quest complete! Snagged muh-self a copy of this official bootleg 20 track live #XTC album from their 1981 tour. #rsd26

We should be learning from other countries...

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Recently watched Caveat and Oddity, and I can't wait to see Hokum. Damian McCarthy is creating a very cool universe with these films and I very much look forward to seeing it grow.

Quick peek at the essay I wrote on Lee Gold! She had been running the gaming APA Alarums & Excursions for almost 50 years and just called time on it last spring. Truly a legend in rpgs and a big part of my upcoming documentary podcast

Horror feature first draft... COMPLETE!

So close to FADE OUT on this script. So. Very. Close.

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

I've now seen several posts from Democratic US Senators and House Reps calling for Congress to return to DC, and my only reaction to seeing these is: Do it. Just get on a plane and go back to DC. The House is in Recess, not adjourned. There was a pro forma session today. Go. Lead by example.

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

yet another reason to leave substack (before they make it even harder to leave):

It's weird that I had to write a whole thing that amounts to "Executive Branch Appointments Should Be Subject to Legislative Branch Confirmation." I shouldn't have to compose such an argument. The Minneapolis Charter Commission is out of control. Tell them to stop.

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”

Well now, would you look at that? A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

The ICE kidnappings and illegal deportations to torture states have NOT STOPPED.

You can use our new database to explore the financial disclosures — and potential conflicts of interest — of President Donald Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees. Here's what Trump budget chief Russell Vought has disclosed:

There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.

“I always hated the strenuous process of marathon running. now it’s actually kinda fun. going out on my own, I realized I just needed to drive a car and mow down all the other runners to get to the finish line first.”

I ❤️ LA

Trump: "We have a thing called a war, or as they would rather say, a military operation. It's for legal reasons. Because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war you're supposed to get approval from Congress. Something like that. So I call it a military operation."

So MPD was getting calls about ICE harassing kids at schools … less than six months after Annunciation … and they just didn’t respond