Something I think about often is how the reward for promptly responding to emails is receiving more emails.
Because he's one of the only people standing next to a Republican going, "this person is a piece of shit, I don't respect him, neither should you, he's fucking evil and he needs to go, and I don't care if it makes me sound rude saying it" LIKE EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE DOING??? MAYBE???
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · 2d agoFiguring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
Call me Ishmael one more fucking time, I dare you
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
wapo.st
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
they want to live forever for some reason but they want to outsource everything from parenting to fantasy football. what is they want to DO with their lives???
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 3d agoSo many men appear to be wholly uninterested in being people.
So many men appear to be wholly uninterested in being people.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoIt's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
Ryan Stauffer@ryanswx.bsky.social · 5d agoHaha, this fucking sucks.
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 5d agoI spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
Forum boards are the best form of internet, full stop, and the internet began to suck more and more as we strayed from that light
Bill Mudron@mudron.bsky.social · 5d ago
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
forbes.com
i would not say michael douglas is a person i think about at all, and i want to read this memoir!
Vulture@vulture.com · 6d agoMichael Douglas is currently promoting his memoir, ‘One Helluva Ride,’ and he’s doing a great job. So far, he’s shared harrowing details about his famous father, talked about his current marriage, and revealed an old affair.
Show creator Sherwood Schwartz commented in his memoir that there is always a subset of people who will believe everything they see. I think about that a lot.
Andrew D Thaler@drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 7d agoNo matter how bleak things may seem, just remember that in the 1960s the US Coast Guard received reems of earnest letters begging them to save those poor castaways on Gilligan's Island.
I sexually identify as a windswept moor, under a leaden sky, on a November day
*at the bottom of the ocean This is nice.
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
We live in an increasingly ableist society with an increasingly population of disabled people, and that we cannot even do THIS is maddening.
Malice Walker@humblecore.bsky.social · last wk.I am not a crackpot BUT I believe accessible tickets to events should be made available whenever tickets to said events go on sale, including as part of a presale. Why should people who need specific accommodations not be given early access along with everyone also already paying for that privilege?
Rod Serling was a king. WWII paratrooper in “The Death Squad,” TV pioneer, LOUD critic of McCarthyism who knew his status as a war hero put him in a privileged position to call shit out. Wrote critiques of racism into his scripts, created The Twilight Zone to escape the censorship that brought on.
Francesco Francavilla@ffrancavilla.bsky.social · last wk.THE TWILIGHT ZONE debuted OTD in 1959. One of my absolute favorite shows ever. Been blessed to not only have provided several covers to the comics series over the years but to also co-write w @francazilla.bsky.social & draw our own episode, “SILENT WARNING” currently in stores by @idwpublishing.com
🎶Your own Personal Cheeses Something to eat with pears Not cheese to share🎶
So former NFL kicker Jay Feely is running for Congress as a MAGA guy and his opponent just put out an ad with a bunch of his missed kicks lol
thank god. i was wearing an unofficial def leppard bracelet this whole time
