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A documentary made for me specifically. There goes my afternoon. youtu.be/HUtJO59eKJ8

what a visual

Checking in with the UK

BOOKS are back! - Dig it: www.popville.com/2025/04/inte...

Cool cool cool

Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand

It's Streisand Time, wotta thrill Buy 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams from independent bookshops: bookshop.org/p/books/care...

DC residents whose city is about to be immiserated by the GOP and Trump: Here's a chance to ask Chuck Schumer to his face why he capitulated to the GOP CR that strips DC of vital funding www.sixthandi.org/event/senato...

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.

Excited for this!

Quelle surprise 😮

The year is 2025 and I've just completed my first watch of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Life hack: get a 100% discount by driving the speed limit and not running red lights.

I just posted this piece about “reading,” about the typography in Paris Is Burning, and all kinds of reads and reading, and how crucial it is right now to *spell it all out* while so many are trying to undo the grammar of queer & trans life soulellis.substack.com/p/reading

Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.

I’m kinda blown away by all these TikToks of people showing up to Republican reps’ town halls & letting them have it over Musk/Trump/DOGE. It seems grassroots. If it becomes a lasting trend to go to town halls, shout down people who are lying to you, and post it online, we might all survive this.

Devastating www.popville.com/2025/02/e-st...

Me last night seeing everyone’s White Lotus takes: “surely you’re just exaggerating/projecting” Me tonight watching White Lotus: “oh I see…”

the next time an originalist says anything about the Constitution, the appropriate response is: You're implying that the Founders would support what you're doing. How do you know? Did you hold a seance? It is all well and good to think WWTFD (What would the Founders do?) but we really have no clue.

Crucial thing you must do right now is strengthen and expand your community. Serve together. Try a new activity. See each other in person. Over on the other site I am continually struck by how the rabid intensity does not actually reflect community or connection. Only way we get through this.

Please tell your people about The 51st. Our ~biggest challenge~ is letting folks know we exist. We believe news is a public service, so subscription is free! We immediately‼️saw more people give us a chance after some of our subscribers shared with their networks yesterday ⬇️. Thanks in advance!

Missed the halftime show, but thoroughly enjoying how mad it's making every MAGA loser in America

Saw this last night and it’s a wild play (in a good way). Great cast all around, and especially the lead and his increasingly sinister puppet. keegantheatre.com/portfolio/ha...

My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Short answer: Yes "Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

You don’t need a permit to protest, just do it, it’s your human right. If you are anxious from lack of organizers, become an organizer. Humans have been protesting since the moment we learned to scribble on cave walls.

Almost 6pm and still a little light left in the sky, that’s a small thing to be thankful for.

This has long been my theory of why Silicon Valley CEOs and funders hate woke. Employees should know their place.

“You finish that ad copy for the generic concept of beer?” -“Sure did boss, real fuckin depressing just like you asked” “What”

RT Please! FOR A STORY, I'm looking for non-binary & transgender people having passport or travel issues under the new Trump policies. Were you planning on using the X marker that's been removed? Do you have concerns about future travel? DMs open. We don't need to use your full name.

Go get the adorable panda SmarTrip card 😍🐼

alright you wanna know how to support trans people? hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit. Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

Lol good luck with these