here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9h ago

not only that, they are demanding that they not be called racist when they are observed to be signing up to support the racist

Jake Lang getting his Nazi ass beaten by Spider-Man in Minneapolis today is the ray of sunshine I needed.

i remember years of bone-tired single parenting and am so tired right now that this made my eyes well up in sympathy

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4d ago

Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? 
We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.

Natalie Harp Was the Document Author of Trump's Blow-Off of the January 6 Committee emptywheel.net/2026/08/22/n...

Natalie Harp Was the Document Author of Trump's Blow-Off of the January 6 Committee - emptywheel

The metadata of Trump's blow-off of a January 6 subpoena shows Natalie Harp was the author of the document.

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This woman Brenda Cay makes hilariously wholesome country music on TikTok and everyone in the comments tells her “This song fucks, Brenda.” I loved this whole explanation for the crowd who doesn’t get it.

Absolutely right. The memory and symbolic landscape matters (I say as a memory landscape and semiotics researcher). It does though.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · yesterday

The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.

guys wake up we're invading the bond market

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterday

Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.

Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now

“Harp has also skirted security clearance checks, a fact that suggests Trump is willing to sacrifice national security to maintain his emotional ‘security blanket.’”

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 2d ago

“In 2023, Harp twice dodged presidential security protocols and wary Trump staffers to get close to Trump—once, by securing a maid’s room at Trump’s Bedminster … and then by sneaking into an SUV trunk in Trump’s motorcade. She behaves like a rock band groupie, not a presidential adviser.”

Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d ago

Is there ever a time now when he's not trying to ignite a race war?

We are unquestionably sending people to their deaths, all because the President and his appointees are making policy based on pure racism and bigotry.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d ago

The first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration ended humanitarian protections has landed. Deportees from the U.S. are vulnerable to kidnapping, extortion and murder, said Guerline Jozef from the Haitian Bridge Alliance.

I wish it were easier to communicate that your moral opposition to GLP-1s and ADHD meds makes you indistinguishable from RFK Jr, but leftishly.

FOHF@fohf.bsky.social · 4d ago

ADHD medication falls foul of the same purity test as GLP1s. Namely that if people just “tried harder” to not be like that then they wouldn’t need the medication.

one part “my green room friends thought it was mean,” one part debilitating fear of backlash. inability to see that ossof successfully goaded the white house into *being reactive* and thus revealing that there is a story here

Salome@salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 4d ago

what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me

JUST IN: All precincts have now reported in Pennsylvania's special election, & the Democrat is ahead. Brandon Dukes (D) leads by 0.52%, in a district Trump carried by 18% in 2024. AP has not called the race (provisionals pending). It'd be a big flip: expand Dems' majority in PA House to 103-100.

This is the right-wing, coordinated defense and freakout prompted by ONE Ossoff line against Natalie Harper. Go on OFFENSE.

The only guy in ZZ Top without a beard was named Frank Beard.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5d ago

BREAKING: Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77.

"I don't agree with them on everything, but the one thing all democrats know is that Trump & the Republicans are looting the nation and getting rich while you can't afford gas and groceries." it's that easy, y'all. you can steal it for free. or pay me $250,000 idk what the going rate is

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d ago

Their best defense against the growing challenge from the left would be simply to meet the moment and act more aggressively against Trump. If they just did that, half the energy behind DSA challenges would dissipate and they'd be safe. But no, they'd rather punch left in a panic.

I’m just gonna say it. We needed this rain.

Don't think it's happening for Hong.

I resent the rise of AI for making it impossible to tell if someone is saying "AI" or "Al," as in Weird Al.

Hong just took the lead.

He has lego hair.

CNN@cnn.com · 2w ago

Michael Alfonso, the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, will win the Republican primary in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, CNN's Decision Desk projects. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4zaJLou

Wisconsin is going down to the absolute wire. Sheesh.

I can't believe there are people who live and breathe and voted for Mike Lindell. What. The. Fuck.

TMZ stays evil and unethical. The article says AOC and her ex split up YEARS ago, but they’re framing it as something that just happened to capitalize on the sexist outrage over her freezing her eggs. They know the vast majority of people won’t read the article.

Victor Davis Hanson talking about the WNBA. I’ve seen it all, now.

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 2w ago

Right-Wing Pundit Claims ‘Racist’ and ‘Gay’ WNBA Players Hates ‘Bombshell’ Sophie Cunningham

Yes and yes. And I'll add to this that overt tyranny stuff tends to be both very unpopular, and also extremely motivating to opponents. Every possibility that attempts at this would backfire badly...*because* (and only if) people will actively fight back.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you find yourself dooming, it's worth recalling that Trump has neither the legal nor (more importantly) the practical ability to effectively federalize & rig the midterms. But if you find yourself complacent, it's important to note he can cause a whole lot of chaos by illegally trying & failing.

Life is about doing things. Experiencing things fully, enjoying them from start to finish. As Deep Purple once told us, it's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase. AI weirdos don't grasp this. So no matter how many tasks they have robots complete, they'll never find the satisfaction they seek.

This CFP proposal humps anything that moves. SMH.

Ryan Nanni@celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2w ago

why does everyone reporting on the College Football Playoff committee keep saying that ESPN is “socializing” the 20 team option

“The idea wasn’t just to retroactively protect ‘the babies of slaves’; it was to prospectively forestall future efforts to deny citizenship based on whatever other non-sovereignty-based criteria might be politically popular in any given moment.” Me on why Trump’s new EO is *still* unconstitutional:

243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux

President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.

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