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Author of some cool fantasy stuff. Hebrew school teacher. Dad. Current Program Chair for Readercon, the Boston-area literary conference for speculative fiction.
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I wish more people were talking about egg prices as less of a “muh egg prices!” thing and more about the fact that there is an organized egg cartel that is illegally price gouging and almost certainly illegally price fixing and reaping massive, gigantic profits.

lmao, jesus

A suspect arrested after a stabbing at the Berlin Holocaust memorial had planned to kill Jews, according to police: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

with tomorrow’s election in Germany, I’ve been thinking a lot about the transgressive appeal of fascism, not as a coherent ideology, but as a form of gratifying sabotage. Talking to AfD supporters in East Germany, what I came away with weren’t actual grievances but a kind of giddiness

Quick question because I don’t know the answer: Do we have documented proof of Gen. Caine actually saying this, or wearing a MAGA hat contrary to military policy? Because the only source I’ve read on this was a Trump quote.

“The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.”

I wrote about the save women's sport movement's crowning achievement: An executive order that does little more than set a precedent for defunding women's sport at a moment of sweeping austerity measures.

In the latest episode of Powerful Women and the Men Who Hate Them, we have Trump acting like a schoolyard bully threatening Gov Janet Mills for daring to defy him. The Abuser-in-Chief is going after a woman who has the nerve to protect the children of her state. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/21/n...

BRB new campaign just dropped

Study finds that Meta and X Approved ads containing anti Muslim and antisemitic hate speech ahead of German Election techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/m...

The student who ripped this sign down did more for trans people than most of our politicians.

Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

They fired a non-probationary, highly qualified epidemiologist. For no reason. Most likely because he was gay, or not MAGA, or both. We are in the darkest times.

If we can't sleep peacefully, they don't get to sleep peacefully. Don't call your republican reps because you think you can convince them. Call them because fuck them, they don't get a free pass on this shit.

One of the leaders of the same far-right racist French political party as Marine Le Pen just cancelled his scheduled speech at CPAC because of Bannon’s Nazi salute, which the US press is still too cowardly to describe as a Nazi salute.

There is no excuse for Hamas to murder children and parade their bodies like trophies. It is cruel, depraved, evil behavior. Full stop. And there is no excuse to gloat over the murder of those whose politics are different than yours, because you think it somehow "vindicates" you. Full stop.

Precisely what we warned about when the emails first went out.

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

This will be devastating to the disability community Telehealth was a game changer for us. It was something people had begged to access for years, because healthcare settings are so inaccessible. Remote medicine allows us to save money, spoons and avoid hospital acquired infections.

Don't fall for the misleading headlines suggesting Trump is cutting the defense budget. He's not cutting the budget, just good programs.

i think the “NPC” insult is dehumanizing and illiberal and *rich* coming from a guy who thinks entirely in mindless dinner party cliches. in fact, all you need to know what he will think about anything is to know what parties he goes to.

More popular than them, more popular than their opponents, more popular than walks on the beach.

Someone pointed out to me that DEI, the thing Democrats keep saying they need to run away from, is far more popular than they are lmao.

When I said they want to rule blue states and cities like they are conquered territories to plunder, I meant it

An under-discussed part of the current moment is how much a bunch of powerful men are angry about Me Too and want to go back to a time when they could grope and harass whoever they wanted

our election security agency is now open to a teenager who was verifiably part of a CSAM extortion ring

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

I don’t understand why we’re supposed to think that it’s funny or even acceptable for a man who can launch nukes at a whim to “joke” about being an absolute ruler What the fuck are we doing here?

This opposition tells you a lot about how often airlines destroy wheelchairs.

J. Edgar Hoover, clawing his way out of the grave: I'M BACK, BABY

DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

This is unprecedented. The Rising Tides agreement was just with the province, but adding federal recognition in is a big deal. This is the first time Aboriginal Title land has been negotiated, rather than litigated in Canada.

"One of the most concerning things that we discovered in this process is that the Hanceville Police Department's evidence room was not secured,"

Your regular reminder that §230 protects YOU, the person reading this post, from being sued for reposting things just as much as it protects "Big Tech" from things that still wouldn't be a viable cause of action because your problem is not with §230, it's with the first amendment

Every one of these chucklefucks should have voted no on every single confirmation from the start, and they deserve to hear about it forever

This isn’t Nazi shit. This is straight up slave shit . It’s deeper in America than Nazis

The people running the federal government hate New York City and want to punish people who live here for (by and large) having views and living lives that they dislike. Any gussied-up justification is working backwards from that desired result

The number one issue facing Democrats, including in how they appeal to voters, in 2026 and 2028 will be how they respond to the Trump-Musk coup and whether they will try and rebuild government or accept the coup and work within the new boundaries. And we should not assume Dems will choose option A.

While I'm at it and it's early, I'll also say that FAFO discourse doesn't feel good to me at all. I think that the people who will find out the most are the same people who are always finding out: the most marginalized. I also think that it destroys potential solidarity and solidarity is needed now.