best thing about X is the thoughtful pushback from engaged readers

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:

Kamala Harris on Mamdani: Look, as far as I'm concerned, he's the democratic nominee and he should be supported.

my timeline is so full of law people that I often start seeing this and similar memes before I even learn what terrible thing the Supreme Court has done this time, everyone just has them locked and loaded

Make them ride circuit. Cancel a Supreme Court term. No more clerks. And strip jurisdiction.

55 person Supreme Court

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

Vivian Wilson talks about how accessing gender affirming care as a teen was lifesaving at the Teen Vogue Summit.

everything about this is iconic, from the hair to the shoulder pads to the reveal that she addresses herself as “bitch” to the absolute murder in her eyes in that first shot. that is a woman who homophobes would cross the street to avoid for fear of their life. absolute ally goals

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy” V-Dem data

It's free book day! As always, BYO bag and get 'em while they last.

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

Love this

Republicans are engaged in the most sweeping censorship campaign since the red scares, so naturally the priority is explaining how this is the fault of people out of power

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

WEIRD, HUH.

would sure love to see the urgent tone of my dozens of daily ActBlue fundraising texts and emails reflected in the actual behavior of party leadership seems like you guys aren’t on the same page about whether the house is on fire and you need all my money, or you can just frown disapprovingly

the skeleton key to understanding these people is that they genuinely think you are a drone who will do what you’re told if the TV says it

Bruh

See this is very sharp, but it's the kind of thing that should populate the budget bill. Any illegal impoundment should result in the immediate elimination of the presidential travel budget, for example.

Guys you really can just spit in their faces. 99% of the time nothing will happen. They’re relying on you being too afraid to do so. Call their bluff. And sign up for the stupid email lists.

In North Carolina right now the Democrat running for Senate - in a state Trump won *three times* (I hate it too) - is leading by 6-8 points. 'Oh, but they'll cancel elections' - then force them to cancel elections and radicalize the normies and then march with the radicalized normies.

In short, force them to try to rule by naked force because they *do not* have enough force and the very nakedness of it will mean they have less and less. The Civil Rights movement overcame far more with far less, if we had a fraction of their courage, we'll win.

Pardon me, but while MAGA and Trump may want to use it that way, we don't need to let them. I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October. But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.

These guys are unpopular and dumb as rocks, they did not discover a secret 'I win' button at the heart of all politics labeled 'mean tweets' or 'cancel elections.' Keep speaking, keep writing, keep marching, keep voting, force them to show the country what they are.

There's no mechanism in US Law to classify anything American a "terrorist organization". The KKK hasn't even received this honor. Yet, Trump is going to name a non-existent entity as one, so he can claim anyone he doesn't like a member and have ICE put them on ice.

This is an important time to remember that responsibility is not a zero-sum game — recognizing one person’s fault does not necessarily diminish another person’s. The Trump administration is fascist. And ABC cynically caved and abandoned American values for money. Both are worthy of your contempt.

Friends I am half writing and deleting a lot of posts tonight. Think I will just spend some time with this. Think it's what I need right now.

Let’s mock them still

hey if anyone knows jimmy kimmel and he wants to speak to an independent reporter in light of all the corporate fuckery, give him my info

Here we go sky news has covered it too and the US already knows about it as I'm seeing via posts

Goddamn. You can’t even have principles and make ice cream because people are too afraid of Trump

announcing my new think tank

1) don't RSVP for protests 2) organizations fundraise off their email lists. that's what this is. it's not signing a petition or publicly taking a stand 3) when Imani is trying to save you from yourself, LET HER 4) in my heart of hearts I know they just want to brag that they RSVP'd and then not go

I just find everything feels a bit better when I watch this.

My litmus test for politicians (and yes I have one) is whether they put forth policies that will actually help people, stop trauma and violence, and build stronger communities. Whether they communicate compassion and real concern for those most vulnerable. This is what I’m looking for.

Today I was thinking about how JFK and RFK were instrumental in pushing forward the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (JFK was assassinated before it passed) and how RFK Jr is now supporting a man who is undoing everything his family accomplished. Literally burning his family’s legacy to the ground.

I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.

If Elon is gonna quote Matthew from the Bible, he might as well read the rest of the rest of it. More specifically Matthew 19:24: “And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

He’s got nearly four times the wealth of the highest estimates for the Catholic Church, though. Seems silly to complain in this way with more money than god

only hackers could get mad about being portrayed as impeccably dressed club kids who get to fuck angelina jolie and make fools of the feds

DID U KNOW all us hackers friggin' hated hackers when it came out. Couldn't see the forest for the trees (the trees, in this case, being technical inaccuracy, and the forest, in this case, being the soundtrack album and also Angelina Jolie)

This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.

Political violence and threats are not the answer. This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion. We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.

A few months ago, elected officials were assassinated. Real politicians. People elected by the public to hold office. Shot dead. The media called it a "targeted attack." Months later when a person not elected to hold any office is killed its automagically a "political assassination."

The Internet has been conquered.