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I hear everyone that you know is more relevant than everyone that I know.
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics

Another non-story in national news while we wait for a reform prosecutor to lose a re-election fight so it can be blown up for eight consecutive days by the New York Times.

Any gang of freaks can come and grab you and say they are ICE. Police are supposed to have badges and uniforms, and not wear masks, for this exact reason, for accountability, for public safety.

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I don't think I've ever felt more like burning it all down than I have while witnessing the elite project to turn Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander into scary, incompetent monsters while turning an actual incompetent monster, Andrew Cuomo, into a merely complicated fellow who just made an oopsie.

I enjoyed this writeup of the wardrobes in The Studio.

I thought I was losing my mind when this happened because it was an attempted assassination of a national political leader and it was treated like it was nothing.

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

every protest I've ever been to(and I've been to a lot) was like 95% normies, don't let the cosplayers on the internet fool you, the people out there are the ones who drive change, not the ones serialposting about how wrongly they're doing it

I will hold the line on this. Right-wing violence has far more support, materially, institutionally and ideologically, in the U.S. than left-wing violence. There is no both-sidesing it.

Just want everyone to do the following, in order: 1. Roll around the last paragraph of the screenshot below in your mind for a minute 2. Then read this skeet. bsky.app/profile/atru...

To be fair, lots of actual humans also can’t differentiate the real world around them from the fantasies of JM Barrie.

The sheer inability of Trump world to recognise that Europe outsourcing its defence to America is one of the key organs of American power is… quite remarkable

Americans will finally be told that fruits and vegetables are good and sodas are bad, why didn't anyone try this before

Absolute fire from @molly.wiki

I think about the Alexander Payne/Margo Martindale section of Paris, Je t’Aime probably once a week. What an absolutely perfect little piece of cinema. youtu.be/mJG0lqukJTQ

In honor of Brian Wilson's passing, here are the four categories of Beach Boys songs: 1. surfing is great, you should try it 2. I have a good vehicle 3. I reach beyond myself into the ineffable, and that's where I find you, my love 4. sloop john b

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

I’ve seen a lot of “the left is blowing this race by uniting behind a socialist like Zohran” takes but not enough “the establishment/center is blowing this race by uniting behind a sexual harasser/corrupt weirdo like Cuomo” takes

A good counterargument to "you shouldn't do [xxx] because then the fascists and press will call it a riot!!" is you can literally not show up and the fascists, the press will still call it a riot

What’s happening in LA is an a good reminder of how ever more fragmented our information landscape has become On Bluesky it’s almost entirely about executive overreach; on X it’s “LA is burning; deport them all”

The military isn’t being employed to carry out an immigration policy. The immigration policy, and especially the way the administration is choosing to carry it out, is an excuse to call out the military.

It’s important to remember the right wing media ecosystem has a specific audience and none of us are it. They traffic in pure unadulterated bullshit about what cities are like. Not ugly interpretations of reality, total disinterest in reality. The “news” is campfire ghost stories for the terrified.

Such an eccentric first novel! But her masterpiece is “The Member of the Wedding.”

interesting to note that 400 protesters have monopolized all of LASD’s enforcement power because they tried to help ICE arrest half a dozen guys working at a Home Depot if you’re scoring on efficiency, the protesters are winning

This is the only meme you need.

Don’t run campaigns you don’t actually give a shit about seems like a pretty good privilege for politicians, imo

not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser

there is merit — people demonstrating that they have the capacity to complete a given task — and “merit,” an ontological category reserved for some people and not others

Man. Tough result for the WelcomeFest organizers.

trains *trains* *TRAINS* ‼️TRAINS‼️ *woooooot-woooooooooooo!* 🚃🛫🌴

Manhattan Bridge subway ride view remains undefeated.

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Hume also encountered a perennial type of guy in the humanities and also found them annoying.

This is some of the best YIMBY messaging and policy explanation out there.

"my son has no political views... he thinks about World War II, gaming, and playing linebacker" hey Jake I'm going to need you to back up for a second

New York City has: a vast bureaucracy under the authority of City Hall which manages an array of crucial social services New York City does not have: a foreign policy

President Trump has now pardoned 9 members of Congress convicted of crimes

Conservatives kvetch all the time about how liberals hold rural areas in distain but no one in this country hates anyone more than Republicans hate cities.

I need some good public servants to charge into the breech aggressively, swords drawn and shields wielded as weapons rather than protection. They all know what he is. Take him down and be heroes.