I admit that I have no idea who gets to decide on the names of things like this, but I'm ready for the next president--even if it's not a dem--to say, "Yeah, that was stupid shit; we're changing everything back. Apparently all it takes is declaring it so."

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10h ago

The USA is so weak these days…in so many ways.

Republicans, is this shit what you voted for? ANSWER ME!!

Andrew D Thaler@drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 10h ago

The Gales of November are coming.

I didn't even say such things during W's terms, but it's time for Dems to go VERY low. The public clearly favors it, and we need to fight fire with fire.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h ago

SMH at the idea that the rather bland remark Ossoff made about Trump (it wasn't really even about Natalie) is Dems' idea of "going low."

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Even Vespucci's descendants are like, "alright, alright, that's enough..."

Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · 11h ago

What, not renaming Europe or Africa? Lame.

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It’s called parsimony, Oz, you dick!

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16h ago

“The child who died from measles was no angel”

FFS

“Today’s environment” is key here. I think it’s bc she was so kind and open, her progressive views just sounded like common-sense grace, so they didn’t ignite the right all that much. And also, probably, bc they considered her one of theirs & overlooked her actual values.

Matt Goldberg@mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 18h ago

There’s something particularly grotesque in claiming “neutrality” of Parton’s politics. If you’re standing up for LGBTQ+ people, the poor, and funding a fucking COVID vaccine, how is that “neutral” in today’s environment?

The Lord is calling home the wrong 80 year olds.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Actor Tim Curry has died at 80, TMZ reports

The more we learn about everyone's experiences with Dolly and her loving generosity, the more she sounds like the second coming. Who am I to say she wasn't?

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Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive

Very few people become fabulously wealthy without sacrificing their values — and somehow Dolly Parton was able to do it. She used her fame and wealth to make the world a better place. I wish we had more like her. What a loss.

Let’s just call it Lake Natalie so we know you’ll start protecting our Great Lakes.

Detroit Free Press@freep.com · 3d ago

BREAKING: Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

Amazing to me how many people simply don't think we have anything to gain by understanding other cultures. Even if you aren't personally interested, or you don't see "profit" from it, can you not see the ultimate value? Knowledge is, you know, "good"!

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)@thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 3d ago

This would be egregious at any university, but it's especially so at UT-Austin, which is home to an elite library/repository for Latin American history and culture (the Benson Collection). This is a real kick in the teeth, and another step in the slow suicide of a once-excellent university.

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An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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I think, with a fair amount of regularity, that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, while Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Chris Hitchens were all writing screeds one-handed about how Islam was incompatible with civilization, Gould simply got in his car and drove down to NYC and started helping.

Jacob@tullamore-jew.bsky.social · 6d ago

Strongly recommend this excellent passage from the intro to The Mismeasure of Man's second edition on the cyclical surge to popularity of interest in race science. I actually forgot what a great writer Gould was

okay this is something I noticed when I taught a sizable Evangelical population: EVANGELICALS HAVE A THING WITH INEXPLICABLE CAPS. I've thought about this a lot because I even saw it with non-practicing people who grew up that way. I think it has something to do with caps' use in the Bible. A trip!

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Jesus. Imagine being aware of everything that's happening and still thinking the republicans are the party of freedom, rule of law, the economy, justice, Christianity, or damn near anything else...

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d ago

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

Bingo!

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 7d ago

Yes, this is really bizarre and sad. But it's also fucking terrible that someone with this level of maturity and intelligence has access to basically everything she wants in terms of national security, etc. WTF is up with the random caps? Just another trump obsession symptom? Yikes!

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 7d ago

On a completely serious note, I hope Harp gets the help she clearly needs. Yes, this is weird AF, but it’s also not healthy. Photo credit: @thedailybeast.bsky.social

We just started watching Hacks. Four episodes in, & I’m not sure I’ve ever seen better acting in any show, ever, than Jean art on this show. She’s astonishingly good. Not a hot take, I know, but wow! The range…

I'm not sure the name for it, but that sounds like some seriously emotional abusive shit

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · last wk.

My mom was one of those people who weaponized her disability against us. She would defecate on herself just to make us clean it up. She would allow herself to endure pain and scream and yell and then she’d threaten me that if I called for help for her I’d be in trouble. Im 9 when this is happening.