"Woke just means you give a damn about other people."

— Jane Fonda accepting the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards

Q: “Do you think Elon is a good dad?”
MUSK’S DAD: “No.”

Really American

A stunning new video of Donald Trump getting booed relentlessly at the Super Bowl just was released. It’d be a shame if it went viral.😎😎😎

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

I called my rep and senators and easily got through to a person and two answering machines, so we need to step it up if you can (trying to ask y'all nicely).

Drake is the all-time biggest loser of a rap feud and that includes people who have gotten shot and died as a result of rap feuds

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I’ll be posting this today

Starting to get it?

As the U.S. shifts into a volatile political landscape targeting critical thinking, I want to share an important reminder to the #booksky community:

The only way to preserve literature is by collecting physical copies.

I know, Kindle users, it sucks—but your digital copy can be deleted any time.

Um. What did I just watch?

Yes how could this have possibly happened?

Of course it has. I had no doubt if we got it back it would be corrupted by Zuckerturd and/or Muskrat.

The servers seem shaky on TikTok right now. Bad pixelation, slow loading, and the text seems different. Also, my FYP looks strange… not content I would normally see.

This doesn’t seem good, you guys…

The TikTok Shutdown Feels Like A Stunt What do you think?

The TikTok ban feels nothing more than like a stunt. Playing with the livelihoods of 170 million Americans was never the answer. My thoughts in this special, mid-day newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

I love this take. Last year I called back but still set a number and an overall goal to DNF books I’m not enjoying because I rarely do that. I still ended up stressing over the number and someone I followed suggested just reading and at the end of the year set the goal to what you read. I love that!

I was on all those sides of TikTok! 🖤✨

Claiming audiobooks "don't count" is ableist and stupid. Consume your content in the fashion most enjoyable and convenient. #booksky

Having shut down TikTok for a few hours and replaced it with pro-MAGA propaganda, TikTok is announces it is restoring service, including more pro-MAGA propaganda in the announcement

I have a feeling it’s going to end up like Twitter and where Meta is headed. If it does I’ll go back me save my stuff and then I’m out. I’m hoping the rumored Bluesky video platform or the decentralized photo and video platforms work out 🤞

It’s so upsetting. I was frantically trying to download all my saved videos. I thought we’d at least have until midnight eastern. It went out at 7:38 PST for me 😭

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

Rip freedom of speech

Another example of how border walls don’t work, smugglers can dig tunnels. If there aren't legal ways to migrate, it creates business opportunities 4 smugglers. In contrast, we'll look back in some years & see the welcoming of asylum seekers in NYC, etc. as an economic & humanitarian success.

One of my greatest wishes is that Elon Musk get on a rocket ship to Mars

Jimmy Carter on the American oligarchy He was a truth-teller. We should remember what he said — and act on it.

Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️