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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

actual civic service

More of this. The fuck are you doing promoting a book when the country is falling apart?

Well the line to get into Pramila Jayapal’s town hall in Seattle is about 4 blocks long. That’s encouraging

Favorite paragraph from this:

I have 2 trips I absolutely need to fly for this year, and am strongly considering canceling or postponing the 2 other discretionary trips Trump Crash Plane

again, this is the easiest political slam dunk in the world find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again show the human cost

Alright let’s get this baby going

we are getting a national version of red state governance, where the people in charge do everything they can to impoverish the state under the view that the more wretched things get, the easier it is for them to stay in power

Probably not a good sign that my local pharmacy webpage for immunizations keeps crashing. Seriously might just walk in tomorrow and tell them “give me what you got”

My wife and I got each other the same book for Valentine’s Day lmao

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

As someone who relied on some of these services years ago (positive life changing ones, I might add) - this is fucked

Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children. ...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare. My latest in @thenation.com

If you can peel your eyes off the timeline and stop doomscrolling, or take a (short) break in taking action, I do recommend #Asura. I’m only 2 episodes deep, but am really engaged.

Hey everyone, this is the new LGBTQ litigation bot we put together in partnership with Free Law Project. Follow it to stay up to date on legal developments with LGBTQ related cases and the Trump administration.

Same, I did it yesterday. I told friends and family too.

Something really stupid is going to happen and it’s going to be so stupid that it’s the last thing that ever happened and then, later, when octopuses take the earth, and find our few remains, they’re going to be like what stupid shit did these stupid fucks do

Bluesky is doing a better job of convincing me to floss more regularly than any dentist I’ve had over the years

China walked into the room with Sam Altman and pointed out that not only was his Rolex fake but they’re the ones that made it and no one can tell the difference

Not sure I’d name my kid Aenima. Maybe just Kid A.

#NW A Real Pain

doomscroll break. 📼🌅

Always the best threads

It’s Cary Grant’s birthday. Watch North by Northwest if you need cheering up.

Just finished A Different Man. I loved it, and one of my favorites from the past year.

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹

Oh man. I had a feeling it was coming soon, but this is right up there with David Bowie and Anthony Bourdain dying for me. This one hurts. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

NO

Last one up up #NW Kings of the Road

Nosferatu - finally they made a movie that rejects the thesis that everyone is beautiful and nobody is horny

Nosferatu was…pretty good 👍