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Eugene Robinson is leaving the Washington Post after 45 years following Jeff Bezos' "significant shift" to the paper's opinion section

submitted 9 days ago • 152 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 30 days ago • 5215 comments

remember how Wile E. Coyote used to hold up a little sign saying ‘help’ or ‘oh no’ or some such just before the huge boulder crushed him

submitted 39 days ago • 102 comments

AP straight up stole my story with zero credit lol

submitted 73 days ago • 84 comments

Robert F. Kenney got into Harvard by submitting an application that was a single page long and consisted entirely of his name. Here's why it's time to end DEI.

submitted 73 days ago • 79 comments

Was the hundreds of millions of dollars we've burned through wisely allocated? Perhaps not. But did we learn a valuable lesson? Also no.

submitted 75 days ago • 73 comments

“We’re obviously in a bit of disarray,” a Democratic senator told Semafor. “I don’t think people are really completely sure about what lesson is to be learned in this election.” “Give us a little time,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin also said. “This is brand new.”

submitted 77 days ago • 578 comments

Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

submitted 78 days ago • 134 comments

JFC

submitted 79 days ago • 29 comments

Join the fight to protect democracy. And stay informed.

submitted 80 days ago • 13 comments

Mount Rainier in the distance.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

submitted 87 days ago • 213 comments

Night.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way): 1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...

submitted 91 days ago • 38 comments

Harvey photographs well.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...

submitted 94 days ago • 192 comments

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees: bit.ly/LAaid

submitted 94 days ago • 85 comments

Your periodic reminder that if you need to get out of your house FAST, do not bother trying to stuff your cats into carriers, just scoop them up in pillowcases. (You can drop said squirming rage sacks into carriers for added security if you have time.)

submitted 95 days ago • 205 comments

Harvey at rest. When he's not at rest he's usually eating or whining about eating. 23 years young.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Here is the latest Goat Simulator 3 YouTube Short. It is my The Final Ramp Jump in Goat Simulator 3 Honest Short: youtube.com/shorts/6ZhBK... #goatsimulator3 #XboxSeriesX #XboxGamePass #Xbox

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

What if they just periodically had to sit in their office closets while someone simulated being a shooter in the corridor, like my grade school children do?

submitted 117 days ago • 39 comments

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 15,1958

submitted 118 days ago • 49 comments