Thanksgiving should have more of a disco theme.

"The contentment between agonies is the elixir of existence." - Charles Bukowski #literature #philosophy

Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted

X rolled out a new feature that accidentally exposed a massive covert foreign influence operation — more than one, actually — that is currently live on the platform. It’s a huge story and I wrote about it — and what it means for America — here: open.substack.com/pub/weaponiz...

"This is America! A Christian nation!" Meanwhile, the days of the week are named after Roman and Norse gods with no one batting an eye. #politics #religion

if the “intelligent” computer does something for you it is you and the people who designed the computer who did it. that’s it. end of story

the idea that the computer can be the cause of all of the wrong things powerful people do is a meaningful part of why they’re so figuratively and literally invested in it. don’t give it a speck of credence, mock anyone who does

Veterans marched to the Capitol this weekend to remind Congress, service members, and veterans of their oath to the Constitution, which they swore to protect against both foreign and domestic enemies. Let’s stand firm and uphold our values!

Michigan deserves a healthcare system where the people win, not the corporations.

This is not a peace process but wholesale capitulation to Putin by the American Russian Party, formerly known as the GOP. #politics

Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.* The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so: newrepublic.com/article/2035...

Notable that “America’s economic security depends upon wasteful spending on personal electronics” is framed as a problem created by consumers

So it turns out that tons of the MAGA accounts on that other site are pumping propaganda from other countries, and that’s not even counting the official White House account and those of Republicans in Congress.

Why are Republicans not concerned that Russia controls their party? Because they share deep interests in Big Oil dominance and Patriarchal Christian White Supremacy. #politics

From the Tea Party to MAGA, the GOP has never had a "grass roots" movement. They have always been money movements manipulating politics through media. #politics

In America, there is no such thing as "sedition". The traitor is Trump who won't live by his oath to the U.S. Constitution. #politics

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... #politics #patents #law

Donald J. Trump is a victim! He has never had a fair thing happen in his life! He deserves the sweet milkshake! He is the people favorite! A third term? How about President for Life! A first! But fair and well-deserved! #politics

@theweekendmsnow.bsky.social Why don't Dems offer to repeal ACA if it is replaced by Medicare for All? Medicare is viewed positively by most recipients, is efficiently run & would be easier to add Medicare for All to a system already in place than setting up a whole new system which may not work.

The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders. The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here: newrepublic.com/article/2035...

Big Oil has ruled the world for over 150 years with various shell countries solely reliant on the industry. What happens next? #economics #politics

The GOP governs as if they have a super majority when their power rests on chicanery, trickery, media hype, and decaying capitalism. #politics

Knowledge cannot exist in an authoritarian regime. Only the will of the Leader. #politics

"We critically examine ten key hypotheses that form the foundations of [Neoclassical Economics], and four other claims. Each fails to satisfy one or more of the basic requirements of scientific practice" #econsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology. n.pr/4pmJ4D2

Ah, another beautiful start to a day of insecurity, struggle and existential dread

The Bible, evolution, and nativism are all plots/schemes to convince us that humans are native Earth inhabitants and not products of space aliens breezing through on their way to some space resort elsewhere. #life #religion #politics

Amen Not insignificant - massively destructive

Maybe one company controlling an enormous part of Internet infrastructure wasn't actually a great idea?

Fun thoughts of the day: Being a hypochondriac should be a federal crime. Elective plastic surgery should be outlawed. #politics #healthcare

Listening to the Christian book club at my local Panera, I am reminded of driving in Indiana in the late 2000s, and wish more political commentators had taken Christian Radio more serious. The radicalization of white Evangelicals is not all Fox… not even mostly.

Democracy is about considering all voices and hashing out solutions that do not satisfy anyone's wishlist but provides something for everyone. Otherwise, politics is simply a game where one group dominates all others. #politics

We don’t have a justice system — we’ve got slot machines rigged for whoever can afford the buy-in. Money pulls the lever, power cashes out, and the rest of us are told to “trust the process” like it’s not built by the same people who always win. #Pinks #Momsky

Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers theintercept.com/2025/11/15/a...

The Epstein defense is part of the overall patriarchal white supremacy goal of lowering the age of consent to increase waning fertility rates. #politics

Art is a direct challenge to authority. This is why the authority does its best to associate art with madness, carving out exceptions for "fine art" which the elite clamor to possess. #politics

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Every law that is passed, transfers responsibility from individual ethics to a game of "catch me if you can" and expands the power of the government to intrude in private lives. #politics

With genuine shame, recent years in politics have given me my first taste for what it is to have moralised contempt for my opponents. Not hatred, not fear; contempt. There's some core element of the right wing coalition at the moment which seems to me best described as a revolt of the loser men...

Whatever you do, don’t show him this text from Assange to Don Jr in 2016.

Bit by bit, Trump's aim is to destroy the American economy so that his masters can take over more easily. #politics

It takes some spectacular insecurity about your own manhood to name your sons "Rex", "Boone", and "Gunner". #politics

This conforms to what I've said all along. MAGA is not a political movement. It's a cruel entertainment movement centered around an insult comic. #politics #media

It's either this, or the similar pet theory, which is that ultimately both parties answer to the same informal conspiracy walled garden party of rich elites, and DemEstab types have decided the most job security and money is in being just slightly out of power while promising a mythical status quo

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Conservatism at its core is about maintaining hierarchies... rich over poor, men over women, white over black, and so on. Some conservatives may try to soften this by acts of charity, but they don't concede that people in the less favored groups have enforceable rights. That's the core problem.

The Schumer Mutiny shows what we have always known is true - there are politicians from purple states who run as Democrats who are far more aligned with Republican ideology than they publicly profess. #politics

Canada has a parliamentary system where elections can happen any time. If a government can’t pass a budget, there’s an election, for example. Small chance that happens this year, despite an election in April. That’s different from the US, where failure to pass a budget means a govt shutdown.