absolutely no grace should be given to centrists who can't do at least this right now

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 1h ago

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

It’s true, in the past I would have had multiple editors in my inbox asking me to write about the Cunningham stuff. I haven’t gotten a single assignment request. Trans writers used to be tokenized to write about these things but now that the topic is “mainstream,” those bylines go elsewhere.

Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 18h ago

I need people to understand that for the last half decade that there’s been an ecosystem of trans folks in sports media who have worked unpaid to serve as experts for context, sources and educators on what it’s like for trans athletes, in hopes of potential bylines and contacts. That’s dried up.

i have long wondered why that one pod racer said "rollatini" right before crashing and exploding. perhaps a final sense of yearning for a favorite italian eggplant preparation never eaten?

let's lift material out of Earth's gravity well, throw it back down the Moon's gravity well, make stuff there, then lift it back out of the Moon's gravity well, to deliver back into Earth's gravity well? Or I suppose to stick around in cislunar space? Who are the customers there?

Our Ennobled and Innocent Taco Bell vs their Sinister Disease-Ridden Chipotle

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h ago

“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”

dunno why i had to stop what i was doing the other day to take a picture of this bowl of ice filled with low fat cheese sticks. i can't say what about it i find so haunting

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

A generationally great man.

RMJ@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social · 12h ago

I always think of Dr. George Tiller when Kansans protect abortion rights. 17 years later and our state is somehow still a site of refuge, even in the wake of Dobbs

it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything

Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 12h ago

Regardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.

i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten

criterion remaster of the elephant man got me thinkin... maybe that really is lynch's best

This is legitimately so funny and unhinged, especially since this comes right after in the email advertisement. No one’s doing it like Bill Penzey.

rava@rava.bsky.social · 22h ago

Penzeys no!

me when someone i dont like leaves up a post i dont like: does the knave know no shame? he makes clear his unrepentant, beastly nature! victory is mine! me when someone i dont like deletes a post i dont like: ha! the coward retreats, acknowledging his foul crime! victory is mine!

we live in a culture where not only is this something you can freely say, it's a view held by everyone at the new york times, and cetera and cetera. im realizing it's a view held by friends and colleagues. colonial boomerang fucks you right in your head, among its many other properties

If you say “God is in His Heaven, all is right with the World” your comphet is showing THE END

"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

it's interesting how many men get satisfaction out of knowing that other men can beat elite female athletes. like ok, maybe the best high school boys team in the country can beat a WNBA team, but YOU can't

Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago

What sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...

it'll save everyone some time if you just pretend i went through the list of 20 questions and put "the making of the atomic bomb by richard rhodes" down every time. for questions like 2 pretend i wrote "the making of the atomic bomb by richard rhodes" 5 times. you can extrapolate the joke from there

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h ago

“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

So I posted about the Kickstarter that Harvey Pekar's daughter huge is running to fund sorting his huge archive of papers. She put some stuff on ebay to help raise funds, too. I couldn't pass on this. Harvey's copy of Rolling Stone from June 1970, with coverage of the Kent State Massacre!

Jollibee is inspiring more Filipino restaurants to put the hot dog spaghetti on the menu. Sweet.

Is Filipino Spaghetti Cool Yet?

Jollibee is inspiring more Filipino restaurants to put the hot dog spaghetti on the menu. Sweet.

weareravenous.com

as disturbing as these terrorposts are, remember that this cosplay james bond airhead started out as a dimestore ragebait troll and is only a somebody because fascism elevates nobodies he is maga in miniature: a loser who rose through party ranks to become a mover; a mediocrity playing make believe

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · yesterday

Co-host of Charlie Kirk’s podcast whose book was blurbed by DJT, Jr and JD Vance. Don’t call them fascists though.

i cannot get over how funny the moderation tag on this is

USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · yesterday

"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l... Kang counts himself in this "subaru socialist" moniker but i don't think it should stick because we also hate cars

Why the Democratic Establishment Can’t Win Over Young Voters

A new bloc of young, college-educated voters has emerged in the U.S.’s political landscape, Jay Caspian Kang observes. They don’t have much faith in the Democratic establishment.

newyorker.com

The standards for the art you create before embarking on the Mishima Trajectory have really slipped

these guys all insisted that even the meager COVID restrictions we had in place would last forever because "government never gives up power" and instead of admitting they were wrong, they decided to just become full-time liars

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

Excellent @paulwaldman.bsky.social piece.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."

Shock: Oh no, they shipped DHL Denial: I got a USPS code so maybe it's not with DHL? Anger: DHL is gonna lose my shit again Bargaining: Does the DHL website seem better? Guilt: Buying local would have avoided DHL Depression: It's gone. It's gone. It's gone Acceptance: DHL app says Thursday now