SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

this thread <3
I wish he could run for president. maybe he can? if one party is trying to ignore rules about term limits, perhaps another party can ignore rules about candidates being born in the US.

I am devastated to hear of the passing of Nurul Amin Shah Alam. He was a refugee of the Rohingya genocide living in Buffalo, New York. Border Patrol agents wrongfully detained him and dumped him on the street in brutal winter conditions. Blind and walking with a cane, he died trying to get home.

"Femmes and thems" is almost always terrible as a descriptor of a group and I wish people would stop using it. Just because it rhymes doesn't make it good.

I’ve felt so much colder at work and at home now that temps are in the high 30s/low 40s regularly. When it was 10° out I was usually fine. Maybe it’s the dampness? Weird and annoying.

Hypothesizing, but (in the US) I've seen ideas like "voting is stupid because both parties are the same anyway" pop up a lot in leftist spaces. Including among people in Pennsylvania circa 2020. And also leading to apathy about more local elections. There is no nuance.

For me the beauty in them is also partly in knowing they're so solid: metal gears, strong motors. Satisfying.

These are newer (70s) but lovely in their own minimalistic way. I came close to buying one this week

Man, some old sewing machines are gorgeous. This one is not at all what I need but looking at it is so satisfying.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay

@whotfisjovana this view is incredible

My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

“I went around the corner to see if spring was there.”

“Did you find it?” asked Toad.

“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”

McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.

ngl I suspect this is about antisemitism in exactly the way that I think

Retired Green Beret Whistleblower Claims 'ICE Trains in Israel' to Bring 'Apartheid Tactics' in the US Retired Green Beret Anthony Aguilar claims ICE agents train in Israel and bring the same crowd-control and aprthetid tactics back to the US.

my biggest problem with claims like this is that american cops were violent, racist sociopaths for over a hundred years before there was a state of israel, and they don't need anyone's help in that department — it's just blaming the jews for cops being cops

Excellent frame by frame analysis by Brenna Perez:

www.tiktok.com/@perezbrenna...

ICE just killed a legal observer—allegedly blocking her from medical care and letting her die.

This is horrifying. ICE is a rogue agency incapable of reform. Minneapolis Mayor Frey is calling for ICE to vacate the city and I echo that call.

Since I first heard about him I’ve been sad that he wasn’t born here so can’t run for president

Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.

the "the myth of consensual sex" meme where it's a couple saying they consent but then jesus is off to the side saying he does't, but it's been changed so it says "the myth of consensual urban transit planning" And the couple is labeled "city dwellers" the man is saying "we should make it easier to not drive here" The woman is saying "like building bike lanes or adding bus routs." And Jesus has been replaced with clip art of a farmer, labeled "someone who lives 1000 miles away and has no involvement whatsoever." and is saying "Stop trying to take my car away I will kill you" text at the bottom still says "isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?"

any discussion of city transit improvement online ever

Lately I've seen discussion about big influencers, especially mom influencers, literally renting a whole second home to film content in, pretending it's where they live. I could see this trend being a response/backlash to that. But it's sad that it also sends the message that tidy is unrealistic.

Trump: I'm for working people!

Can we get healthcare?
Trump: No

Fund SNAP to feed kids?
Trump: No

Rid us of exploitative student loans?
Trump: No

Stop Tariffs?
Trump: No

Tax billionaires?
Trump: No

HOW are you for working people?
Trump: I'm sending Israel $8B for fighter jets to bomb Palestine

Coyote in the snow.

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.

The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste

cut up avocado. including the seed

man I love avocados but I really wish they weren't so hard to cut