Hell even Hitler had a Jewish doctor spirited out of Germany because of some personal affinity, this is not a redeeming quality and we really have to stop trying to frame it as such.

First they came for the poker players, and I said nothing, because fuck this guy

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

I’ve posted this video on socialism for years and there were mild heart attacks on Twitter, somehow I think people will be more amenable now.

*COUGHS LOUDLY*

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

Damn another new low from the operators of the New Low Machine. Surely they’ll turn it off soon.

We're way past the "appearance" of fascism, we're being actively governed by a fascist regime, attempting a full blown takeover.

You can’t. It’s over. They must be rooted out of power anywhere and everywhere and held responsible for the mass death they caused around the planet. Two months ago I said American politics of the past is over and I say it again—We must accept the end so we can begin again.

58 years ago today—just *8* years before I was born—#SCOTUS struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia, 388 US 1 (1967). We’re so grateful to the Lovings for their courage & sacrifice! Listen to the oral argument ⬇️ www.c-span.org/program/radi... #LovingDay ❤️

Why are rotator cuffs so fragile? Not a fan.

We don't really have a free or functioning press if they are required to pretend not to know conclusively that Stephen Miller is an avowed white supremacist

Every time Perfume Genius releases a new album it has a few songs that feel like they fundamentally reconfigure the synapses in my brain in a good way and I don't even understand what is happening with that but I love it.

As usual with these dust-ups she is retreating to the ‘compromise’ position that sporting bodies should make standards about transition. The problem is that THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. Standards have been in place for years. Lia Thomas met them! The bigots don’t care.

More people should be talking about the utter freak that is Stephen Miller and his white nationalist worldview. He's the architect behind most of this chaos as Trump is golfing, falling asleep during meetings, making money of memecoins and tripping while climbing stairs.

The white moderate who is more devoted to order than justice… who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action.”

Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.

RIP to Sly Stone, a genius and a legend.

The f---ing state of this place.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Denmark freedom fighters had rules for undermining the Nazi regime - don't forget the power of non-cooperation with authoritarians.

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

This is a HUGE scandal. Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud. Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%. Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.

The speech @nameshiv.bsky.social gives when he sees me approaching with a hairbrush

In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.

Crockett debuts a new game called "Trump or trans," then displays a gigantic placard of Trump golfing

I live in a liminal space where I use algorithms to survive (my insulin pump runs on them) & am familiar with many worthwhile uses of AI (the use of Skylight to help countries reduce illegal fishing in their waters comes to mind) but see mostly exploitative uses of both. It's a weird place to be.

At which point she will have spent nearly two months behind bars for the crime of writing an op-ed.

In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

In Dune, centuries of development in eugenics, drugs, and conditioning have led to houses and guilds that have almost evolved into distinct species, and in Harry Potter the Irish kid is named Seamus Finnegan

When the topic is women the conflict is that women are failing society. When the topic is men it's that society is failing them.

Best feeling is when you meow at a random cat and they meow back and walk over to get pets

Seriously make shame meaningful again

Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.

No. It is not the job of ordinary citizens to show perfect message discipline. It is the responsibility of actors with agenda-setting power — like, say, national newspapers — not to treat random-ass people exaggerating as a threat equivalent to the madman president.

GIVE ME PODCAST RECS. Every time I try to listen to one -- about topics I am interested in! -- the first half always feels like sitting on a train next to 2 besties who are discussing the last time they hung out. Not engaging content if you're new. Surely there are some good ones that don't do this?

I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

Every time RFK JR says a number he's full of shit!

I haven't been able to access my Alaska Air account for months at this point. No avenue to get access works -- it's all, "We're unable to complete your transaction at this time" or "Your wait time to speak to a rep is 90 minutes" style dead ends. Guess we'll fly to Readercon on another airline.

This is the way.

I don't know exactly what has triggered this but I'm 40 something, been happily married for ages, and suddenly I feel this overwhelming appreciation for good romance stories that I never felt before. Who doesn't want to be reminded of what it feels like to fall in love? It's magical, dammit.

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses. Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence. Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.