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A spicy Gen X alternating between throwing my hands up and muttering retorts. Usually entertaining. Living in the country of Massachusetts.
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Stay away from windows, people

Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation. Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday

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Things to watch for on the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan: 1. Likely arrested on a criminal complaint, which will include an affidavit describing the evidence. Evaluate carefully. 2. What’s the government’s stance on bail going to be? Normally this would be a minimal bail.

It pains me to reference the NY Times but this is important breaking news

The resemblance is uncanny.....

Why, no, you shouldn't have to have your 'papers' on yourself at all times or face extraordinary rendition to a foreign country, actually

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

The difference between Christianity and Christian Nationalism is a Pope who advocated for our most marginalized and a woman who considers him evil for doing so.

Back in the day, doctors felt that people who were provided with care at government-funded health clinics “owed” it to the medical establishment to be used as experimental subjects. Apparently Bhattacharya and RFK Jr. want to bring that back. This is why you don’t want unqualified people in charge

The Just World hypothesis doesn’t necessarily make the world more just…

The beaded jewellery created by Maasai women artisans, Tanzania, integral to Maasai culture #WomensArt

Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.

I am ancient. I know all the words to the songs in the grocery store. Worse? I remember seeing them in concert back when they were cool.

Do not believe your eyes. Believe what we tell you.

The reason guys like Mark Zuckerberg are so obsessed with UFC and appearing masculine is because they’re extremely insecure about their masculinity.

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

I’ve got a lot of problems w/what RFK Jr says here—but worst is his description of people on the autism spectrum as unable to contribute. This is the Trump admin’s war on diversity: if you’re not their version of “perfect,” you’re not worthy. Thanks to Holly Robinson Pete, for setting it straight.

That the United States is not only sanctioning such shocking inhumanity, but is also *paying* for it, is so despicable. And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.

Stephen Miller always looks like he's trying to decide where to put you in his human centipede.

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

You can complain about the Supreme Court giving criminal immunity to the president (and I certainly have), but we should also be appalled that TV networks give Trump a different type of immunity: They broadcast his lies every day without pushback. It's lousy, fascist-enabling "journalism."

Now this is what leaders do. Pete for President

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits.

Same.

"Nobody will ever know how many women have been harmed or died because of abortion bans preventing appropriate medical care.” Lifesaving treatment is being denied, delayed, or never discussed as an option in states with abortion bans by @skirchy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

Ok what’s going on here? Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down. Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset. Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it. Means the world may be abandoning America. We are flirting with a true crisis.

Important for all of us but especially journalists.