I finally figured it out: this Iran war feels like the kinds of wars I used to have in Civilization II after I saved the game and felt like seeing how big a mess I could make.
This from The Economist. Trump's doing a solid for his buddy Putin
Did nobody tell this homicidal moron that this outcome has never been achieved solely through aerial bombardment?
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
This afternoon, I spent two hours with the @nynurses on their picket line. They're still there, as they have been every day since Janury 12, and will continue to be until they get proper pay, staffing, and security.
Here's how you can help
www.nysna.org/news/take-ac...
#NYCNurseStrike
It will be "Arbeit macht frei" next.
#NYCNurseStrike #SafeStaffingSavesLives #PatientsOverProfits
Some notable signs from today's #NoICE rally
Pre-rally match
#Nokings
#NoIce
"Pharaoh does not win in the end" - a rabbi at a pre-rally invocation
My year in theatre. The only missing play is "Polishing Shakespeare", which is better off receding into the mists of memory.
Reading Petals of Blood, by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, I came across this great description of procrastination--"I dwelt in the twilight of doing and not-doing."
So the policy establishes a kind of "Fascist International" (Fascintern?)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Seeing record turnout in an election that also sees Prop. 6 go down would be next level irony.
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Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
Democracy is worth fighting for
#NoKings
Nokings.org
Happy Italian Heritage Day for all Italians except Columbus and Mussolini (no, the Borgias were Spanish).
Today, a Trump-picked prosecutor indicted AG Tish James in a politically motivated attack aimed at AG James--who's held Trump accountable. We are having a rapid response rally TOMORROW at 5:30PM in Foley Square.
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
There needs to be a mini-series called Portlandia: War Diaries
I wanted to let a bit of time pass since this particular episode of The Last of Us aired, but how cool is that scene where Catherine O'Hara character is reading Earth Abides (sci-fi fans will get the reference)?
He joked multiple times about Paul Pelosi getting smashed in the skull with a hammer.
Is Charlie Kirk the new Horst Wessel?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Standing ovation 👏👏 for brand new group Forest Hills Indivisible for slaying highway visibility by the US Open & hells yes the motorcade went RIGHT UNDER IT.
You love to see it ❤️🎾
@indivisible.org @marisakabas.bsky.social @elizaorlins.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso...
Emergency Statement: South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the S.C. National Guard to D.C. We remind our leaders: Your power comes from the people, not from the threat of force. Aug 17, 2025 August 17, 2025 Emergency Statement: South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the S.C. National Guard to D.C. We unequivocally condemn yesterday's announcement that Governor Henry McMaster is sending the South Carolina National Guard to Washington, D.C. to support the regime's agenda. The deployment of the National Guard and militarized forces into the streets of Washington, D.C. — our nation's capital, the symbolic heart of American democracy — is an authoritarian move cloaked in the language of "order." This isn't about security or peace or order. This is about power. This is about silencing dissent through intimidation. Tanks and troops do not belong on our streets. We will not stand for the militarization of our nation's capital, nor for the military being weaponized against our people. The militarization of D.C. is not a show of strength. It's a show of fear. It's a government afraid of its own people. This is what creeping authoritarianism looks like. This is what happens when elected leaders forget who they are supposed to serve and decide to rule by force.
We refuse to accept the normalization of military presence in civilian life. Washington, D.C. is not a war zone. Our people are not the enemy. The National Guard was not created to patrol city blocks in peacetime, to menace homeless people and protestors, or to send a political message. Every soldier deployed against civilians weakens the foundation of our republic. We reject the notion that military intervention is a legitimate answer to the fake crisis Trump claims is happening in D.C. When our government turns its uniformed forces inward against its own citizens, it risks not only escalating tensions, but undermining the public's trust in the institutions meant to serve them. We demand: An immediate withdrawal of all military forces from Washington, D.C. Accountability from SC Governor Henry McMaster and his counterparts in West Virginia and Ohio who have confirmed they are also sending the National Guard to D.C. A reaffirmation from our elected leaders to uphold the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution We call on elected leaders at every level to denounce this militarization of our public life. We remind our leaders: Your power comes from the people, not from the threat of force. 50501 SC
🚨 South Carolinians Condemn the Deployment of the #SouthCarolina National Guard to D.C. 🚨
Gov. McMaster, we will not stand for the militarization of our nation's capital, nor for the military being weaponized against our people.
#50501SC #USProtest #ResistsSC #scpol
www.50501sc.org/p/emergency-...
None of this is based on actual crime statistics, btw. It’s based on Trump’s brain calcifying in the late 1980s and his deeply ingrained racism.
Join me and sign the petition to Free Xóchitl! Community Organizer and DACA Recipient Detained at Texas Airport. Sign here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
Advantage of a CitiBike membership. Coming home from Tribeca I faced delays on 4/5 of the Jackson Heights trains. Only the 7 wasn't delayed and that was nowhere near downtown, but it less than a 1/2 hour to get to the Hudson Yards stop.
More fun wordplay from The Economist
An opinion piece on the impact of tariffs had the title "Suddenly, then gradually", an transposition of a line in the Sun Also Rises, where a character describes how he became bankrupt -- "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
NYC Council Member Vickie Paladino is spreading lies and inciting hatred against a NYC-DSA member and leader who has defied Paladino’s racist and fear-mongering ideology.
Tell Speaker Adams & the Council Ethics Committee: she must be expelled
actionnetwork.org/letters/expe...
Clever wordplay at The Economist. An article on Mamdani's proposal for city-owned grocery stores was titled--"Welcome to Trader Zoh's"
