I finally made it in to Café Parisien on Shattuck in NoBe and it has lived up to the hype. This is the best fucking croissant I have ever had.

Vital to tell the truth of horrors to have any hope of confronting them. We will never convince majority of Americans we must close "detention facilities," which sound reasonable to many, let alone marshal collective action to do so.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6d ago

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) stared off into space today when I asked if he thinks fellow Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller should end his reelection bid amid allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Ohio GOP Senator Mum On Colleague Facing Domestic Abuse Allegations

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Was all lost in a market yesterday, looking for bagels. Declared my despair to a man who reminded me a bit of my dad. He helped me look for a bit...then i realized it was Jason Alexander. He couldn't have been nicer.

"Actively dying" is a very weird phrase.

I had no idea it would be so hard to sleep during a "golden age."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "Truly, it's the golden age of America"

We need neon green signs hung outside the Capitol at night that read: "Senator Pedophile Protector [NAME]" for every one of these fuckers. Make them wear it like a scarlet letter.

I'm in Orange County eating frozen yogurt. The cashier is a goth girl and everything coming through the speaker is from between 1980 and 1985. Prove to me I have not time traveled.

Was there perhaps also a tag hanging off of one toe?

Good news: I finished making this shirt that included some really challenging elements that were firsts for me, like the collar. Bad news: I tried it on and i kind of hate it on me. It just looks like a glorified Hawaiian shirt.

Can this be my official launch of a campaign for East Bay to Larkspur ferry service? This needs to happen!!

How big a serving of scrambled brains do we all have to eat before we can say we're done?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

😳 Trump just flubbed his way through his meeting with Zelenskyy, at various points referring to the "Islamic Republic of Japan," repeatedly calling Zelenskyy "President Putin," and railing against the "JCPOC" Here's the blooper reel:

As someone who has frequently relied on the information collected in the U.S. Census American Community Survey, I feel obligated to respond carefully and thoroughly now that my address has been selected to respond. But damn! These questions are a serious pain in the ass to answer!

Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth

The only thing that jumped out at me from this blather was this sentence. From his thumbs to God's ears...

We came for the World Cup. We stayed for the ability to multi-task in our car.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

UN Ambassador Matt Whitaker: "People are enjoying the United States of America because it's an awesome place. We have extraordinary things like Buc-ee's and Chick-fil-A, very convenient to eat in your car while you're having a phone call. It's an amazing country."

Guys!!

Intraparty debate over who has the best approach to domestic policy will be an excellent topic for discussion in a few years...AFTER we address the violent assault on basic civil liberties & human rights. K folks?

I am sitting her bawling my eyes out reading this story. This country is a cruel and evil tyranny and I am ashamed to be an American.

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · last mo.

An Orlando green card applicant was given permission to travel to Egypt after his father’s death. When he returned, ICE sent him to a PA concentration camp for six months. During which he suffered vision loss and lost 45 pounds. He wasn’t informed of kidney disease diagnosis for 2 months.

Democrats have already done the most effective thing they can to win this year's election: lose the last one. But the true purpose of winning elections ought to be to enact your agenda, how do they set themselves up for that? open.substack.com/pub/anatosau...

Turn Out for What?

The Midterm Question We Need to Be Asking

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It depends on if the oil and coal industries can figure out a way to control our access to the sun's energy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

WHITESIDES: The truth is the cheapest form of energy on a per unit basis is daytime solar. Is that not true? CHRIS WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No it doesn't depend! It's true. You are amazingly misleading the American public. WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No!

Humans need one party to be on their side. And if there isn’t, they’ll just assume that America belongs to those who see people—their needs, their desire to work, their creativity—as obstacles to the future.

How to overcome election rigging beyond anything you’ve imagined

What your brain wants to call normal is an obvious plan to steal Black voting power, an election, and our future. And what we must do next.

thefarce.org

I consider this a strange message from my breakfast...do they want me to think that eating this container of cold oatmeal is hard?

Never before in my life has the question "how are you?" felt so loaded.

THE hardest thing to get people to do well & consistently is check their work...I mean real, painstaking QC...the kind that catches errors you were looking for AND ones you weren't. AI slop requires even more review but even less of it will likely occur. THAT is how enshittification happens.

We're going full Russia now i guess.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is bad. Three Washington state protesters have been found guilty of federal conspiracy charges for sitting in front of a bus taking people to an immigration detention center in Tacoma, and now face 6 years. Six others took plea deals rather than going to trial. newrepublic.com/post/211138/...

Come for the fascism. Stay for the mediocrity. #America250

This is an absolutely terrifying escalation by the regime. They have now criminalized our freedom to fight the crimes they commit against us and our neighbors. These protesters acted with extraordinary courage and moral clarity.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is bad. Three Washington state protesters have been found guilty of federal conspiracy charges for sitting in front of a bus taking people to an immigration detention center in Tacoma, and now face 6 years. Six others took plea deals rather than going to trial. newrepublic.com/post/211138/...

I suspect he is getting blood transfusions. It would explain the frequent visits to Walter Reed...and the up and down of his energy levels. Which means the end is likely nigh...and actually...that's not great news, election-wise.

I have a strong hope that Ohio remembers its history as an abolitionist state that stood against the evil of racial supremacy. Remember who you are, Ohio!!

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2mo ago

I didn’t know about the earliest origin of Memorial Day until I was a grown-ass man —because some folks didn’t want us to. 2021: Memorial Day organizers cut the mic of retired Lt Col Kemter as he discussed how formerly enslaved Americans exhumed remains of soldiers to give them proper burials. 🧵