More and more, it does seem like almost the entire ruling class met each other on Epstein’s island. It’s not left vs. right. It’s us vs. the Epstein class.

every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

The DOJ is investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey because..they said mean things about ICE? So that..makes them terrorists? Meanwhile they are aggressively trying to block release of the Epstein files UAW worker TJ Sabula nailed it. Trump is nothing but a a pedophile protector

“Too big to sail” was right there, and these jokers absolutely left it. Unfjordgivable.

Lots of Midwestern folks are just normal and not as freaky as those that are terminally online. That’s the true story of Indiana: dumb people shouting on social media are only powerful if you refuse to ignore them. That’s it. End of story. Your analysis collapses in the face of actual normalcy.

“Doohickey Arondolo” has got to be a “I bet my copy editor isn’t paying attention” joke that made it into print.

Oh you like Great Lakes shipwrecks? Name 100 episodes of @beyondthebreakers.bsky.social, bet you can’t.

how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35

This was my baseline driving behavior, pre-smartphone.

There are already food banks/depositories in every district & a ton of Democrats have been doing events to support them, but if no one besides a staffer posts about it, no one knows about it. Even with a massive support, it's not replacing $100 billion in SNAP. We need a functional government!

Just for the record, in 2020: - Wray was the FBI director Trump handpicked to replace Comey - Jack Smith was in the Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes - Garland was an appeals court judge - Monaco was in private practice in LA There was no Biden administration yet, crooked or otherwise. He crazy.

An American media obsessed with Presidential fitness existed only 11 months ago

If you think that Signal is an op and totally backdoored, my recommendation is that you should plan all of your crimes over Telegram group chat.

3/4 Hamilton specifically addressed this — and couldn't fathom a president being this tyrannical.

Reenforces, doesn't it, Dr. Hansen's warning: until we price carbon energy sources honestly (reflecting it cost to society) we will not reduce emissions. To get there, we must elect adults who respect science to public office.

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

There are several bills to cut off Congress's pay checks during government shutdowns Now there's a bill to halt White House ballroom renovations during the shutdown: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

"The graveyard of defeated Democratic incumbents is full of moderates, not progressives....Of the 22 Democratic incumbents who lost their seats between 2016 and 2024, 21 were moderates." – @adambonica.bsky.social data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...

These are horrific numbers. And electricty bill in particular are forecast to rise thanks to AI strain on grid and Trump kneecapping renewable projects that would ease that straing. We're in a suicide pact with stupidity.

House Democrats have unlodged more details www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Literally, costumes and inflatable animal outfits > dumb 1990s black bloc cosplay.

It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.

Don’t fall for the AI slop, Daughters of Ferrix.

It is difficult for me to express how disastrous this is.

Fight fight fight! @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @atrupar.com

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Let’s cut childhood cancer research and bail out Argentina

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Remember when people told Harris to stop mentioning Project 2025.

this is as open an admission that an entire agency is engaging in routine constitutional violations that I can imagine

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

tldr: go nuts, do your thing, fork our oss work, build a company on the protocol. you're a part of the network flourishing, so we're cheering you on.

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down. All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown. So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

In all the chaos, I would urge folks to remember that a lot of folks now don’t know when their next check will come. The vast majority are good people who love this nation deeply, and many of them are still working despite not knowing when they’ll be paid Have compassion.

AI Doomers: “If ASI ever happens, we are cooked b/c a less intelligent organism cannot control the behavior of a more intelligent one.” Cat people: “You haven’t met my cat.”

This investigation by @reveleth.com is pure delight and the kind of story that basically every large legacy publication has stopped commissioning. Read it and support @coyotemedia.org so we can have more: www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

In a scene repeated across all of America this fall, my 7.5 yr old’s AYSO soccer team, the Demon Hunters, played another team named the Demon Hunters

Whoa... this is legitimately a good NextDoor Silicon Valley post

"In a genre dominated by contemporary political screeds, he wrote something that could have been written 400 years ago and could be sung 400 years from now." Kaleb Horton on Shane MacGowan, and anyone writing Horton's obituary would be forgiven for pinching the line. www.gq.com/story/shane-...

There is a second cat!

Handing out Tylenol for Halloween this year. This next generation is going to build a world class high speed rail system in the US.

Actually you *are* required to honor an interview request from Isaac Chotiner. Most people don’t know this.

CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,