in light of sandwich guy I am contractually obligated to remind you that jurors can always prevent a conviction by choosing to say "not guilty" 🙂 the power to refuse to convict is espech important rn given the Trump admin's rampant criminalization and repression of dissent (and other freedoms, too)

he was just going to get the car to pull it around and pop the tailgate out of habit

Team "I should be able to run over BLM protestors just because I want to" will find their theatrical pearl clutching profoundly ineffective, I expect.

In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.

The victimhood they've always craved has finally arrived, but somehow, it's not as comforting as they fantasized it'd be.

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

I'd missed this: Democratic-endorsed candidates *swept* the 6 school board races in Mecklenburg County, one of North Carolina's largest counties (home to Charlotte). This means there won't be a Republican on the board anymore; the sole GOP incumbent was ousted.

At last we are recreating the Mad Men office environment from the hit TV show “don’t recreate the Mad Men office environment”

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.

I'm so pissed they killed IRS free file. When we take the government back he should break up turbo tax with a baseball bat. Make it so that no one ever wants to use private tax software for their personal returns again.

ICE is a team sport for guys who would otherwise be school shooters

Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

I have been thinking about how much I would like to share a cold Miller Lite with a camel for approximately nine hours

Just thinking about a camel walking around in Timbs.

UW published a detailed report about where and how flock cameras are being used and abused by the feds and the reaction has been swift. also where the cameras are being accessed says a whole lot! jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/...

is there anything more satisfying than writing a heartblessing nastygram to somebody who really, really deserves it

I love that dashboard possums are apparently an actual Thing, and not just a unique affliction on my end. This one was a gift from a former student and has now inhabited *three* different dashboards!

@darthbluesky.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social I know he’s not a hound but surely yall have some Durham area followers in need of a new sweet pup.

depends, is he allowed within 100 yards of the cart girls at whatever course he's befouling today?

a personal fave of the genre

[flips "days our idiot football show effortlessly spoke real-world events into existence" sign back to 0]

new You Were At My Wedding Denise just dropped

Hot campaign tip: you can pick a random Nostradamus quatrain and say he endorsed you. He released his predictions under the creative commons of the time for you to use for lies.

I guess that wanted to avoid headlines like “Multi-time Title IX violator Verge Ausberry named AD at LSU”

you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different. shutting the fuck up is free.

if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"

so I guess first of all I have some news for John Rocker about hot dogs

Daycares in our neighborhood are no longer answering their doors after morning drop-off. Parents have to call the daycare when they arrive and they let them in for pickup. It's insane how we live now.

dashboard possums are VERY good luck! I picked this guy up a couple years ago on a road trip where I drove the entire Blue Ridge Parkway

That is Hephaestus (Jefe for short), he was given to me by @thinglythings.substack.com’s mother, who caught him being thrown from a Mardi Gras parade float in Slidell, Louisiana

No Fear (2025)

“So, what do you do for work”

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

watching kam chancellor highlights again

Julia is an incredible resource and a load-bearing pillar of our community, if you’re local to Atlanta and have five minutes to write a quick note of support it will really help her case 🙏🏻

My coven sister Julia’s neighbor who has filed with the city (ATL) against her for having edible vegetation in her neighborhood If you’d like to join us in petitioning for her to keep her yard, please email the address in this doc, and we’ve made a message template/ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Amazing how upfront and unfiltered he is about his ongoing authoritarian project. The goal is to make sure the opposition can never win, and he flat-out says it.

make them answer for why they care more about checking a child’s underwear than whether you can afford your electric bill!

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

he's already stimulating the local economy

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

the sort of headline we're seeing all over: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...

A senior from CAU is the mayor of Stockbridge. I love the energy from the youth in Georgia.

Fuck it 73° November Wednesday after a night that made everybody remember what it’s like to be hopeful? Rolling tf around in it. Catch me frolicking.

These were the only races on my ballot this cycle, and Georgia voters sent a very clear message. georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/04/d...

oh right this also happened 🍑💥

It remains an incredible stain on the WH press corps that no one presses him on grocery voter ID

boy do I have a posting home for this guy, he’ll be so cozy