I just heard about it recently, and absolutely lost my temper hugely when I found out they'd stolen my rep/identity! If there is a class action lawsuit -- I hope -- I will post about it and I hope many of us leave a smoking crater where these smug thieves used to be www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
Best renicknaming of the year so far.
Luckily it’s a mood, not a life plan, and moods come and go. I, on the other hand, am not planning to go anywhere, at least not willingly. Not while there’s inspiration like you around!
As long as we’re here:
“Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.”
—also Dorothy Parker, and closer to my present mood.
When you write people off simply because they are actively working to make the entire planet a frozen apocalyptic wasteland, it actually is you who are blotting out the sun—the sun of free discourse.
by Thomas Chatterton Williams
New York Times headline: Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran from Hearing. Subhead: the physical struggle, involving senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, said on social media that his arm was broken.
Oh GTFO with this headline, NYT.
Another open-book test of spine and moral backbone that will be failed en masse by the people who are supposed to be watchdogs of democracy.
You turn down invites from Nazis, kids. It’s the easiest call to make. Imagine if Trump walked into a room empty aside from ten Fox News clowns.
The best thing my high school music teacher did was lend me his recording of Mahagonny.
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
i am not willing to compromise on basic human rights to win over mythical shithead voters
it is my job to go out in the world and virtue signal my full throated support of marginalized people under attack.
you try to come for trans people, you gotta come through me, motherfucker
No words.
Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license.
They can't even escape this by moving to another state.
I toss a can of tuna into a batch of Kraft mac and cheese, add some capers and a little hot sauce and pretend I’m being fancy.
Hormel stuff: the canned tamales, the no-beans chili. (Also Kraft mac-n-cheese, but I fancy it up with added stuff so it isn’t garbage anymore.)
Uh-oh, he said, looking at the color of his coat.
Democrats have agreed to continue to fund an agency that is responsible for terrorizing children; illegally detaining immigrants and undocumented workers and disappearing them to gulags in other countries; and, most recently, murdering two American citizens. What more evidence
1/3
I got mine!
Prodigal Son
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
With alt text:
8 pm Eastern. I hope to see some out in Jamaica Plain.
ARTE
Yeah—I’ve seen those spaced out words in lots of old scripts, always cueing emphasis, as italics do now. Also just as much in danger of overuse.
ICE is dropping injured detainees in the middle of your public parks—with signs of being beaten.
"We have three confirmed in hospital—one with skull fracture and open head wound."
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
Democratic leadership is terrified of being seen on the side of the people of Minneapolis, least they lose the potential future support of pro-cop people whose support they do not and never will have.
Don’t get me started on “Liquid Glass.”
Dear iOS 26, Liquid Glass is bad in sooo many ways and just the kind of “improvement” that shows us you have too much time on your hands
Every time a Democrat says they understand why parents are concerned about pronouns or trans girls playing sports or whatever the fuck, they are campaigning for the party that will deliver on the affirmed “good“ that is transphobia
