I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

This is why, in general, I don't send donations to people running in primaries in other states. Who's the best possible Democrat to run in PA-08? I have no goddamn idea but I bet the Democrats living in PA-08 can figure it out.

I'm going to be one of the speakers at an online writers' conference/workshop in January. If you're a writer interested in working on your craft while finding community, check it out: wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

jfc I hate Windows 11 so much. SO MUCH.

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"

If you've got a Republican representing you, call them and tell them you blame them, and their party, for the shutdown.

I'm gonna need folks to understand that just because the worst people in America are obsessed with GLP-1s exclusively because of weight loss does not mean they are not LIFE SAVING for a lot of people. There's a reason they're studying their impact on Long Covid right now.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Imagine having a medical emergency in a room with the highest health officials in the country—best place for it, right?—and it turns out the most qualified of them are RFK Jr. and fucking Dr. Oz

Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia! Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare. If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call! Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.

The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn

if they were smart, they’d realize his victory showed that sincere, Lin-Manuel-esque aesthetics are actually very effective at selling socialist ideas to normie libs. but they are not smart.

So FYI if we're friends and then suddenly I've blocked you, please feel free to ask a mutual to ask me if it was on purpose, because I had to unsubscribe from a blocklist earlier this year when I realized it had blocked Shiv.

This Sunday at 4:15 pm we are joining with other Twin Cities parishes to host a prayer vigil on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul as a public witness for immigrants. We will say the Rosary in English and Spanish with each decade beginning with a reflection on a vulnerable migrant population.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

Says assault requires a “reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm,” and none exists given agent’s long-sleeve shirt, long pants, boots, gloves and ballistic vest that is created to “keep you safe from military rifle fire” and so is “definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich.”

I thought this HAD to be a joke when I saw it. Apparently it's real? I am still half convinced it's a joke.

Rs want it both ways. They want to mock Democrats and excuse whatever Trump says about them. Senators laugh if you ask about Trump's AI posts - he's just trolling, lol! They also want any crazy or offensive thing *Dems* say to be a horrifying violence-inspiring threat. Can't have both. (2/2)

The time is NOW to get involved in your local DFL unit. If you want to see change in the DFL, change will only happen from within, not by complaining on social media. At a more basic level, we simply need more volunteers, to run caucuses and conventions, and to win elections.

ICE won't allow communion to be given in detention centers because demons quail and shiver at the divine presence in the Host.

i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm

if you start from the view that there's a policy compromise you can make that will calm people down, you can end up supporting some very authoritarian stuff very quickly uk labour was elected 18 months ago on a pledge to make trans peoples lives easier, now they're implementing a bathroom ban

live view from cuomo hq

May all terrible people be sad tonight.

whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win

Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???

Taking a walk yesterday I saw an extremely round albino squirrel eating someone's carved pumpkin.

This book is GREAT, go get it if you don't already have it!

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

Extraordinary how many establishment Democrats really wish they didn't have a talented rising new star who connects to people by talking to them and understanding what their interests are, then speaking to those interests. Like a job where the new guy makes everyone look bad simply by doing the job.

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the frey boys on reddit are going hard in on "Fateh is transphobic and homophobic" today in a last ditch effort to persuade undecideds to go Frey Frey ran away from me at a literal pride parade

Minnesotans, you can register at the polls! And college students can use their student ID!

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

If you need more reasons to vote Cashman, @naomikritzer.bsky.social has ‘em for you right here! naomikritzer.com/2025/09/25/e...

It's a real skill and he works hard at it. Try finding his name or the word mayor in bad news stories about things he is directly responsible for. He's spent 8 years getting really good at evading responsibility and playing the energetic TV mayor on your various screens.

Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.

Great work to whomever put up these signs around the Franklin / Hiawatha fence labyrinth.

Your state attorney general is probably one of THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT elections you have on your ballot, and most people simply do not understand that who you elect will directly determine your rights—and has in the past.

Oh hey, this features both Lyda Morehouse and Scott Keever, two excellent and very talented people (I happen to know). Pretty good deal, if you can get there & are comfortable going to something indoors (as ever I recommend wearing a mask).

It's a beautiful day to doorknock for DeWayne Davis! Lots of people have not made their minds up about this race; talk to your neighbors about your favorite and tell them #dontrankfrey.

There's a rad SF-themed café in Chengdu called Ansible and it just celebrated its official opening. I visited it in September and spent a few days there to write stories! Excellent company.

here are my recommendations for mayor, city council, park board, and BET for tuesday! and this was a good excuse to share some photos from covering campaigns this year taylordahlin.com/f/2025-minne...

Hey, my friend Lyda is performing tonight at Cole Sarar's Sci Fi reading hour at the Bryant Lake Bowl! I'm going, and I hope to see some of you there! www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/cole...

I need a cigarette and I don't smoke and I'm not a fan of either of these teams

Got a really nice photo this afternoon when the sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes.

This is not even close to what I signed up for when I came here. I did not come to @bsky.app so that you could decide FOR ME what I want my social media to be like. Control over my own experience was the whole entire draw.