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"I am a proud Democrat who fights for people and thinks Republicans are bad and we should stand up to them": actually a very popular message, which should be a lesson both to the reactionary centrist crowd and to other leftists hoping for similar success

If you care enough to follow me, you can probably pay the $5/month to read the best hockey blog on the planet. We're doing it like no one else. Direct support and revenue sharing. No corporate owners. No massive sponsor. It's just us. Support independent sportswriting.

Of all the campaign content I've seen for Mamdani, I think Fox News' has been the best at spreading the good word

Be honest: you knew the moment that Trump said totally obliterated that the US didn't actually destroy Iran's nuclear program. We all know there's no surer sign that something was unsuccessful than Trump loudly proclaiming it to be true.

"[W]earables are key to the MAHA agenda...every American [using one[ within 4 years." So the MAHA/MAGA vision is total surveillance down to your personal biorhythms, and if you deviate you're not "healthy". Eugenics and tech going hand in hand w/ total survellance. Will Palantir hold that data? ‪

New from 404 Media: 'FuckLAPD.com' is a website that lets anyone use facial recognition to instantly identify cops. Point camera, take photo, upload to site. It provides their name and salary information. Creator also rebooting their tool for identifying ICE employees www.404media.co/fucklapd-com...

I will take any number of sports nerds over a single ineffectual resist lib and I am okay with doing a social permaculture to encourage the latter to leave and the former to move in.

Joy is an essential part of resistance and living a healthy life. If you are so fucking worked up that you need to drop into the mentions of some casually enjoying something, you aren't the paragon of social virtue you think you are.

Flyers will absolutely lead the NHL in Michigans per 60.

I take no pleasure in saying it, but I am increasingly convinced that in order to beat Trump we will first have to smash the Democratic Party establishment.

Ranked Choice Voting: the haters choice

... what I've come to expect from the DNC

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

We live in a rogue and dangerous country. Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.

Reminder that disinformation from all sides will, historically, be rampant in a moment like this. Be careful what you repost.

Well it sounds like I picked one hell of a time to end my social media detox

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

No greater tradition than watching former Flyers goalies thrive in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Organized car jacking operations in broad daylight by alleged federal agents.

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

The thing about human rights is that they belong to every single human being unconditionally

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

I don’t want to see the “Bluesky bubble” burst by more conservative takes. I want to see people talking about music, hobbies, weird fascinations, dumb jokes, and big ideas. That’s what Twitter was before Elon politicized it. We get that back by not letting the politics of our day to day define it.

I would love to see the rioters put down and law and order be restored to our streets. But I don't think Trump is actually going to abolish ICE.

We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal

I'm gonna ask this here now given the events of the day, what are some good ways to counteract copaganda for young (kindergarten and elementary school specifically) aged kids? Real life bears no resemblance to any sort of idealized story they are taught or absorb in the media.

Major media are afraid to tell us that Trump is in the process of setting up a dictatorship. They know it — everyone closely following the news knows it — but they fear that telling such a stark truth would seem “partisan” and make them a target. Their failure to sound the alarm endangers us all.

Also: Study what you're interested in. Surround yourself with smart, interesting people who are different from you. You'll learn *a ton* & become more adaptable for whatever the future brings. I work in tech. Folks I manage have grad degrees, even PhDs. I have a BA in English & Theatre.

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Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Today reminds me of that day in October 2020 where shit just kept continually hitting the fan in Trump 1

I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out

I will bet a lot of money that the NZ parliament opens sessions with a land acknowledgment.