one of the earliest lessons in politics I learned as a kid from my parents was to always vote for a tax increase, because you're trading a dollar amount so small you probably won't notice in order to fund something important that benefits everybody. I wish that was how Democrats messaged this stuff!
the times demand it
This is absolutely bonkers and infuriating.
Must-read reporting by ProPublica.
Every now and then, it's worth reminding yourself that every single crisis of Trump 2.0 -- the economic downturn, the chaos in our cities, the rising health crisis, the foreign wars -- has been a direct result of their own actions.
If they'd done nothing at all, they'd be coasting comfortably.
Would honestly be great to hear from Mamdani and say "We have a plan. We will enforce NYC Human rights law and we are working on absorbing patients through the city hospital system."
Just that would go a long way. The radio silence is not inspiring.
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
-1984, George Orwell
Inside the Department of War are two wolves:
"We've shut down the Colleges of War because book learnings are woke, gay, and irrelevant to war fighting."
"How come no one told us the Strait is important, there are different kinds of Kurds, Iran is big, and air power historically doesn't win wars?"
They blew up USAid and doomed millions to an agonizing death but a video of them being an idiot on camera is causing reputational damage
It is hard to overstate, for non-lawyers, just how milquetoast the ABA is in normal times. It’s supposed to be boring insurance lawyers leading workshops with boring tax lawyers, trying to drum up business.
A pissed off ABA is like dentists manning the barricades and singing Le Marseillaise.
i'm sorry i called for war crimes but you must understand............. i'm a stock guy
A desperate cleric slamming every healing spell so hard to bring someone back to life the ground is forced to grow plants and flowers around the body. Decades later, guarded by a forest of roses and thorns, lies a corpse refusing to rot. tumbr post by user otherwindow
and if i tag this with #jayvik. what then
'Everyone is twelve' theory remains undefeated.
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit
A drawing of Kim and Harry from Disco Elysium - Kim is asking if Harry is okay, the answer is no no no no
Disco!
Digital artwork of Sophie, Calcifer, and Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle as Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters dolls
sylvanian families sophie + howl + calcifer 🌟
🚨 The Pentagon is now sending a Marine expeditionary unit — meaning thousands of marines — to the Middle East.
If you work at the Pentagon or in the armed forces, please text me on Signal: premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected.
I found myself writing a song the other day that would be a perfect Stromkern-style tune and I absolutely do NOT have the chops to ever perform it, and that got me thinking of you two.
How much do I have to pay @causticmf.bsky.social and @nulldevice.bsky.social to make a Stromkern tribute album? Because I bet it would be incredible.
Need to figure out how to push through or at least be okay with the fact that I'm a slug outside of work for the foreseeable future.
Having trouble doing anything other than playing video games after work/on days off lately. It's like all my energy goes into existing in this hellscape and I can't bring myself to do anything else. And from what I can tell, I'm not the only one.
Congratulations! Super proud of you!
"While the EBM movement has indeed contributed greatly to push for better quality evidence & ever more rigorous standards for research, it has also created a plausible mechanism for opponents of scientific progress to discount enormous volumes of data using scientific language & ritual as a costume"
He's outright admitting Ellison bought CNN to turn it into a propaganda outlet for the regime.
As someone who went on the Internet for the first time in the early 90’s, I fucking loved the Internet. It has given so many things in life, and afforded me so many incredible experiences.
And to see it, and technology in general where they are today is kinda soul crushing.
trans girls should be allowed to refine a little uranium, as a treat
There's no shortage of conservative policy people coming there to speak about lower taxes or fiscal policy. It's that old meme but at Harvard.
You mean tell me social media bans don't actually work and are easily circumvented but you required everyone to submit to invasive face scans and ID checks anyways? Say it isn't so.
A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.
Been able to do nothing but play Diablo 3 and watch TV for the past few days and I have a character creation Workshop coming up
