Steve Silberman is not here to shout it — so it’s up to all of us. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!) The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness. LOUDER.

These fucking blowhards, like all bullies they dry up and blow away at the slightest pushback. DEMS: THERE IS A LESSON TO BE LEARNED HERE

Don't pull that smol bean stuff on us now, prick. We know your game.

I am Brendan Carr's age? Jesus.

Definitely worth reading the whole thing but really comes across that noem and lewandowski are openly corrupt sociopaths who are made for each other

Kind of off-topic, but holy shit did Jentleson fall off a cliff or something.

Disney: over the last 72 hours we were shocked to discover that censorship isn’t cool.

Truly amazing to get a literal sack full of fifty grand in cash from the FBI and then nothing else happens

Kicking myself for missing Bah-Dee-Yah Day yesterday! Do you remember? Plainly not, EWF!

This makes a whole lot of sense!

Periodic remember that a lot of language learning apps are full of AI slop these days, BUT! if you have a library card many libraries offer Mango Languages free. There is a placement test, downloadable lessons, hands free lessons (like having a language podcast), stuff that usually costs a lot!

do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying

Oh boy, I had missed that it's proper Shire-reckoning season again! One of my favorite social media accounts, following the events of LOTR in real time.

It hurts my heart that we have racists like Laura Loomer effectively running the White House.

This is a fact. I also submit Star Wars was a hit because just as act 2 of the first movie began, you’re dumped in a bar full of weird little guys to show what we’re all fighting for against the empire: more weird little guys.

I'm taking care of business by taking my business elsewhere.

The whole family just loves the heck out of Pumpkinheads - a perfect cozy Autumn read!

I'm anti-death penalty, but I'm not against the idea of Stephen Miller and all the rest of his ilk dangling in fucking gibbets for the rest of their abbreviated lives.

Doing my part 🎃

Evergreen

These men all have a gold-hoarding disorder and we need to cure them of it - for their own good, as well as everyone else's.

The, uh, what now?

u know what 2 do.

This is really important reporting: several of us have tracked and mentioned this in bits and pieces, but this is a three-byline story that gives it a full, long-form treatment.

Geez, where are my Bob Mould people at?!?

Somebody got the memo that every single rural hospital was going to have to shut down

shit ain’t over til it’s over

Elites would rather burn their countries to the ground than allow the masses to make one of their own face consequences for anything. Universally true

hi thanks for letting me come over. where can i hang my enormous fucking blanket scarf. or shall i cocoon myself in the corner when i tire, and slumber

It's officially Autumn, or as it's known in this house:

soup season (2021)

I know we've got our own problems (to say the least) on other side of the ocean, but holy moley Starmer is so inadequate to the moment. And I feel like there's never been a moment in his career where anyone could say, "oh yes, Starmer, he'll be adequate to the moment, when it comes."

TIL that McCarthy was my age in his primetime era.

Technologically advance a band: Debit Card None the Richer

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

I learned that my predecessor filled an open ICU Chaplain position with a woman whose schtick was puppet ministry. Not the children's hospital ICU, the adult ICU in a hospital that is one of two Level I Trauma Centers in the state.

[Fred Schneider from The B-52s voice mode ACTIVATED] 🎵 If you see a faded sign 🎵 🎵 At the side of the road 🎵 🎵 That says fifteen miles to the... 🎵

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:

The net effect of Elon buying Twitter and rebuilding the algorithm to constantly spoonfeed people right wing propaganda has been less convincing average people of right wing propaganda and more convincing the entire anglosphere elite class that the average person believes right wing propaganda

“They should accept it because they looked a little Mexican. It’s the price of a free society.” Kavanaugh, J., concurring.

I'm kind of a fan of the new Priuses that look like little Tron cars.

I’m sure someone could provide a worse three paragraphs of “analysis” in this moment, but Peter Baker really sets the bar low here — with what he opined, who he decided to rely on as a source, and why he included those absurd claims without refutation.

The study Olúfémi cited here is long and detailed, but I want to highlight two specific paragraphs which get at why, like him, I know we will win.

reposting the text image referenced above, this time with Alt text

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight

sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates

I actually think it’s good when deeply offputting users have horrible AI avatars. its the 2025 version of this

wait Trump did a watergate in public because he thought he was texting when he was poasting? jesus he's cooked