NEW: A federal appeals court just rejected Trump's bid to restore his name to the Kennedy Center as he challenges a lower court's order that stripped his name from the building.

The Graham Platner fiasco proves that the Democrat Party is far too tolerant of sexual predators. by Matt Gaetz, Roy Moore, Pete Hegseth, Jim Jordan, Dennis Hastert, Blake Farenthold, Trent Franks, Herman Cain, Cory Mills, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald J. Trump

No one remembers this anymore I guess but there was an entire movement of women staffers from the Bernie 2016 campaign who organized on the eve of the 2020 campaign to beg Bernie to take a proactive stance against the systemic sexual misconduct they'd experienced on the 2016 campaign

BULLET POINTS •No comment •I didn't do it •I wouldn't do it •I did it but she wanted it •Okay ALL of them wanted it •If I did, it's not an important issue •I will do better •This is orchestrated by my enemies •I'm a distraction & I shall spend more time with my wife & family •No comment.

i don’t give a fuck about the “”male loneliness epidemic”” bcos i, like so many other women and anyone who isn’t a cis male, have been lonely my whole life and have never once believed that im entitled to harm other people because of it

So…those pictures….😉 (Iykyk)

Javi knows. This is spot on. These dynamics, plus shorter seasons/shorter overall runs... it's all bad for television, just bad for the form all around. Anyway, thread:

Tanith Lee is one of those past masters of the genre who is always in danger of being forgotten. She was influential, powerful, and an elegant stylist. Get these books if you like reading!

this, and: by the time you’re arguing about whether or not somebody *technically* broke the law - I’m tapping out; a person need not be a literal felon for their shittiness to disqualify them from any sphere, public or private

It is not too much to ask to have people who are running for any office (federal, state, local) to not be awful people who are regularly and credibly accused of horrible crimes. There are 340M+ people in this country. We can and must do better. #dobetter #bebetter

And shipp’d from thence to Flanders?

#mondaymotivation I'd like to share something with you that might help with some challenges you may have gone or are going through. The revelatory lesson I was able to learn in the last few years was this… 1/9

As I had to point out many times during post #metoo years, no one is owed a big Hollywood contract. No one owed a comedy special. Now: No one is owed a Senate seat. This dude was not murdered & he’s not in jail. He made poor decisions & his actions now are sus & so he doesn’t get the job. The end!

if your plan to better society with your politics or your attempt to illuminate the human condition with your art requires the constant sacrifice of human bodies and minds on the altars of those ambitions, I'm gonna have questions about those first two things.

He doesn’t get a second chance because he shouldn’t have gotten a first chance. The red flags were there but no one wanted to see them and now we are going to lose a winnable seat. (Yes I said it)

The President of the United States is attacking a group of kindergarteners because of the clothes they wore to school.

If someone does something terrible to you and there are texts or DMs discussing it, PLEASE screenshot them before deleting. Stash them in a folder. Save them for a rainy day when that person runs for office or moves into a position of power. Protect yourself and keep proof that protects others.

Sony's decision to get rid of physical discs in 2028 would be fine - except that they've previously said people would keep access to digital content and didn't. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91568840/phy...

This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"

my favorite thing about “dune” is that even in a universe where a magical spice turns people into gods, massive worms rule a planet, and the imperium encompasses a million worlds, health care is still so prohibitively expensive that even the emperor worries about his bills.

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

NGC6726 and HH 100 in Corona Australis - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/E94nJV

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Over 50% of American adults read below a 6th grade level. Here's why it's being called a silent crisis www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/12/01/m...

A happy People Don’t Listen To The Lyrics Of Born In The USA Day to all who observe.

One year ago today, Donald Trump and Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill into law. Since then, Americans have been kicked off their health care, had their food assistance taken away, and so much more.

This is such a power move. Love it.

new metaphor just dropped

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

Agreed. Having millions paying attention to you all at once is MASSIVELY overrated. Personally, I'm a big fan/advocate (and minor example) of the 1,000 True Fans model of survival. kk.org/thetechnium/... You don't need to go viral to survive as a creative. In fact, I'd argue you don't want that.

Wow. Wasn't expecting that from the 5th Circuit.

Reposting this in case you missed it yesterday ... it would make good listening for the July 4th weekend! (also, do you think I can get a mention of X-Files into every pod we do?)

Great essay! There’s no comfort watching like the comfort of watching New Girl or 30 Rock or Buffy or Gilmore Girls and knowing that there are like 150 more episodes to go! Bring back multi-season large episode orders! Paul points to a way.

So I guess we’re not getting that sequel they’ve been talking about for 40 years... 🤣 (Also this looks amazing)

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

my friend called The Vampire Lestat "Hedwig for the goths" and I can't stop thinking about it because they're not wrong?

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

This is cool (the first one especially)

Authors, do you have a book you want put into audio? This auction may look pricey, but if you look at the cost to make audio with a human narrator (the only kind we recognize), $1000 for a full narrated book is a STEAL. Take a listen to L.W. Salinas and see if she's a fit for your work.

Did this conversation happen via Ouija board?

“Imagine the press reaction if any other president in history had spent the country’s 250th anniversary celebrating a bribe from a middle eastern nation while boasting ‘America couldn’t build this’ about an American plane,” I whisper alone to my mannequins as I pound my head into the wall repeatedly

"So why are people acting like Supergirl is the worst movie ever made? (One critic even said it had the “worst script I can remember.”) There’s a simple answer: misogyny." Yes. I'd add that it's almost certainly coordinated misogyny, and someone is profiting from it. ew.com/supergirl-is...

If you are giving prompts to generative A.I. and it's creating songs for you and you're releasing them into the world...you might be a scab. If you are giving prompts to generative A.I. and it's making art for you and you're releasing it into the world...you might be a scab. Etc...scab.

criticism and pushback and defiance from a group of americans that trump and republicans really truly do not want to face: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Ry...

BREAKING: Pride Month Extended Indefinitely

The Federal Writers Project was a signature program of the New Deal. It gave early support to Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Jim Thompson, Steinbeck, Bellow, Cheever, Algren, et al. Now Rep. Lieu is working to revive it. Please write your Congressperson in support!

"No! It's the voters who are wrong!"

Netflix has a really amazing documentary about American history. It's so well made. ☺️ I'm watching the second episode now. #USHistory #history youtu.be/KM9XnXblZjk?...