Molly

@mollymoves.bsky.social

Mom, political manager, PITA to the powers that be // WBNG local 32035 // In case of apocalypse can grow coffee

Maybe we don’t let the WSJ be the arbiter of culture. You like midcentury? Rock on. You like shag carpet? Do your thing. Don’t take style advice from a newspaper that would put commodity prices on the front page if an asteroid hit the earth.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w ago

Midcentury Modern design has met the fate of pumpkin spice lattes, cocktails in Mason jars, no-show socks, leggings and other aspects of millennial culture: It has become cringey. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4y09K0g

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

FYI: In 2024 the Kentucky legislature changed the law and stripped the governor of appointment power. No matter when McConnell dies, republicans get to pick three candidates for a special to fill the seat for the remainder of his term (Jan 2027) and the Nov senate election happens as scheduled.

Two categories of analysts who might take a step back, away from the microphone or keyboard, this weekend: —Those who assured us that Trump was the real anti-war candidate. —Those who assured us that invading Iraq was necessary and would work out great.

My doubt has a shadow the size of a total solar eclipse. Trump is already withholding disaster relief from dem states and Johnson talks about child hunger as a political pressure tactic, so gtfo with this “baby I would if I could” ish.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo ago

Mike Johnson: "President Trump has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that if there is any way to fund these programs that are drying up, he will do it. If there was any way to fund SNAP during the Democratic shutdown, you can be assured that your commander in chief would do it."

Jimmy Fallon says he’ll avoid politics on The Tonight Show. Let’s be clear: Cowardice isn’t funny. Silence in the face of Trump’s authoritarianism isn’t neutrality — it’s complicity. Urge Fallon and his producers not to be entertainers who keep their heads down: act.indivisible.org/sign/cowardi...

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

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The president of the American Soybean Association is constantly on TV these days asking for a bailout and to answer two questions on your mind (1) yes, he's on record as voting for Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (2) yes his family has owned that Kentucky farm since before the Civil War. 🧐