The freakout in NYC isn’t about Mamdani’s race, but his critics’ perception of his politics (and to some extent his religion).

I agree with the OP here. This idea of shining lasers at helicopters is not only stupid and dangerous, it's so obvious a false flag. Trump and Miller are DESPERATE for somebody to do this so they can invade that city and impose martial law.

Sigh. As you know, I've been making my own seitan, starting with the recipe on the back of the Bob's Red Mill Gluten Flour bag, but I've made many changes, including adding baking powder to make the seitan fluffier. Better write it down, I think. Today I forgot to add the BP in one batch.

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.

"It’s difficult to imagine the upside-down universe where I end up writing this sentence, but it happens to be reality: The Vatican stood up to Donald Trump, but the Nobel committee bent the knee," writes @andrewohehir.bsky.social for @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/10/12/a...

It's coming around.

In any capacity, you're a Nazi if you work for ICE.

Our enemies are cowards, and we are going to defeat them.

This thread explains the significance of the monstrance, and what denying it entrance means to Roman Catholics. I didn't know ANY of this.

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

From All Saints Episcopal Church in San Francisco 🕯

Current Republicans' great-grandchildren will deny they were "really" Republicans. They just joined the party to get a job, or because their parents were Republicans, etc. Guess how I know this now.

Writers Guild rightly tells members not to respond to Bari Weiss

This one hurts a lot. RIP Diane Keaton. I don’t even know what else to say.

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

And no one challenged him, or asked for an example.

every single dem should be taking notes. this is how you message around trans issues (of note: i believe he is the only cis candidate for office to have trans people consult on his lgtbq+ policy platform)

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

A succinct list of anti-lgbtq Democrats in the Senate. Never listen to these crypto-Republicans claim to be progressive ever again.

JFC.

I wish my party had the balls John Thune imagines. It would be pretty great.

Damn. That is exactly the cool, measured low tone of voice my late grandmother used on me and my cousins to put us on notice that we'd crossed a line and the consequences would be... disagreeable. Full marks. No notes.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

I'm completely fine now. The weirdness did not persist.

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

May his memory be a blessing for us all.

Feeling kinda weird. Sugar is fine, so it isn't that. Things look weird too, but not in a migraine-aura kind of way. And it's a lot better than it was when I first left the house ~20 minutes ago. So probably nothing.

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

PRO TIP: When writing about European monarchs, even fictional ones, don't use the word 'regent' when you mean 'consort'. They mean different things. Honest.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

And CNN should stop letting dangerous loonies on their air.

Goons shooting from rooftops into a peaceful protest. This is no longer America, the land of the free. We are under siege. The Trump administration has declared war on Americans.

What if you don’t even wait for a Reichstag Fire. What if you just say that there is one.

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash

Kamala said he'd try to use the military against the US population. News outlets called her "hysterical".

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The news media needs to stop reporting what the government says about these incidents without corroboration. But they won't. So we need to stop believing news reports about them.

Pritzker doing better journalism 101 than a lot of tv news producers these days

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

For years I've wanted to rewatch /Bedknobs and Broomsticks/, a movie that delighted me as a child. While the Suck Fairy has indeed visited it, bits of it are still fun. But yeah, it's cheesy even for a 50-year-old children's movie.

Very important, especially that last bit.

Bosnia. And now Florida. #WhatImAfraidOf #Disappeared