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Contrary to the pundit class’ insistence, someone talking to you on public transit has been so reviled for so long there was a painting about it 150 years ago

submitted 12 hours ago • 64 comments

Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people: Unions Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid) Universal public education Labor laws Environmental regulations Social Security If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?

submitted 13 hours ago • 26 comments

Very demure, very mindful:

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

A good time was had by all?

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists. If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

If this makes you happy you've been walked to a dark as hell place. And I am sad for you.

submitted 1 day ago • 339 comments

Ladies with an attitude Fellas that were in the mood

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

There’s a nearby pizza place I crossed off my list after seeing them listed on PublicSquare.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...

submitted 3 days ago • 264 comments

Will Lewis -- who now serves as CEO and publisher of the Washington Post --"could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice" after he helped deal w/ the phone-hacking scandal for Rupert Murdoch. This is via a court document just filed in the UK www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Surely, you can’t be serious

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.” blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...

submitted 3 days ago • 114 comments

I love when the NYT rewrites my entire story and doesn’t cite it until the 16th paragraph

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

One of the big reasons I decided not to become a personal finance reporter, despite 4 years of bilingual experience in retail banking, is the over-emphasis on personal effort and education instead of systemic issues and the importance of government policies and regulations.

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

I don’t really care about Bill Maher’s Trump dinner and I don’t think the Larry David op ed was a brilliant masterstroke of written satire; I do however very much respect David’s general willingness to tell Bill Maher to go fuck himself publicly

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

Wizard of Pope

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

It’s the papal conclave/eurovision mashup I’ve been waiting for

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Pope Biff

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

No hair transplant popes

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I can’t

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

A reasonable reaction to meeting JD Vance, tbh

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

if the Roman Catholic Church has any survival instincts left, then the College of Cardinals must elect Luigi Mangione as the new pope.

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this incredible news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

submitted 7 days ago • 819 comments

Heartening follow up to a disturbing event in February …. the fake cops who forcibly removed a woman from a public meeting are facing serious charges including impersonating law enforcement. More of this please.

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Every evening, without fail, Pope Francis speaks with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City. He tells them that they are not forgotten and that, as long as he has a voice to cry out for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza, there is hope for peace and justice.

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

I am not one for using Rogan as this devil’s advocate, in reality he is trash and should be the last one to influence anyone. I agree with Teddy.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

In 2003 the Dixie Chicks were cancelled for criticizing the Iraq War by the same people who 13 years later voted for Trump because he was brave enough to criticize the Iraq War and fight back against the evils of “cancel culture.”

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Janitor and service industry worker of 30+ years here. I remember doing a job where a family friend was hired who didn't want to be there. It wasn't good. Finally, he lost the job or quit. Heard later he got a new job... "How's it going?" I asked "Actually, really good...

Contrary to the pundit class’ insistence, someone talking to you on public transit has been so reviled for so long there was a painting about it 150 years ago

Things that have extended the average lifespan of working people: Unions Healthcare (through unions, Medicare and Medicaid) Universal public education Labor laws Environmental regulations Social Security If you seek to undermine all of these,what is your underlying objective?

Very demure, very mindful:

A good time was had by all?

Hot take: the best journalists are, in a way, activists. If your journalism isn't guided by a desire to make the world kinder and fairer through access to factual information, you're simply a stenographer for the status quo.

If this makes you happy you've been walked to a dark as hell place. And I am sad for you.

Ladies with an attitude Fellas that were in the mood

There’s a nearby pizza place I crossed off my list after seeing them listed on PublicSquare.

It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...

Will Lewis -- who now serves as CEO and publisher of the Washington Post --"could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice" after he helped deal w/ the phone-hacking scandal for Rupert Murdoch. This is via a court document just filed in the UK www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Surely, you can’t be serious

“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.” blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...

I love when the NYT rewrites my entire story and doesn’t cite it until the 16th paragraph

One of the big reasons I decided not to become a personal finance reporter, despite 4 years of bilingual experience in retail banking, is the over-emphasis on personal effort and education instead of systemic issues and the importance of government policies and regulations.

I don’t really care about Bill Maher’s Trump dinner and I don’t think the Larry David op ed was a brilliant masterstroke of written satire; I do however very much respect David’s general willingness to tell Bill Maher to go fuck himself publicly

Wizard of Pope

It’s the papal conclave/eurovision mashup I’ve been waiting for

Pope Biff

No hair transplant popes

I can’t

A reasonable reaction to meeting JD Vance, tbh

if the Roman Catholic Church has any survival instincts left, then the College of Cardinals must elect Luigi Mangione as the new pope.

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this incredible news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

Heartening follow up to a disturbing event in February …. the fake cops who forcibly removed a woman from a public meeting are facing serious charges including impersonating law enforcement. More of this please.

Every evening, without fail, Pope Francis speaks with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City. He tells them that they are not forgotten and that, as long as he has a voice to cry out for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza, there is hope for peace and justice.

I am not one for using Rogan as this devil’s advocate, in reality he is trash and should be the last one to influence anyone. I agree with Teddy.

In 2003 the Dixie Chicks were cancelled for criticizing the Iraq War by the same people who 13 years later voted for Trump because he was brave enough to criticize the Iraq War and fight back against the evils of “cancel culture.”

Janitor and service industry worker of 30+ years here. I remember doing a job where a family friend was hired who didn't want to be there. It wasn't good. Finally, he lost the job or quit. Heard later he got a new job... "How's it going?" I asked "Actually, really good...

Bro literally got holy ghosted

The replies 😂

And to harass athletes