you know what was in retrospect a huge story that the political media mostly missed? no kings. the savvy take was that the protests had no juice because so many of the protesters were old. seniors are by far the highest voting propensity age cohort.
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ME: *been calling Bluesky posts just "posts" since forever* NEWSKIE: Oh god, I hate "skeets", people should stop calling posts "skeets." ME: They're called "skeets," and I will die on this hill. It's skeetin' time!
oh shit it shows you someone's pronouns when you're replying to them so you don't have to check their bios. actually great feature
Well, I guess we’re seeing why Trump was concerned about two candidates with the same name on a ballot, even though we thought it was pretty easy to figure out.
When Mitch McConnell inevitably dies, the next senator from Kentucky could be...
Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 3w agoHe's a month away from trying to appoint a horse as a Senator.
It is pretty funny how everyone thinks Sherlock Holmes cases are all like recovering stolen treasure or government secrets or whatever when a great many of them can be neatly summarized as “someone is putting a beautiful woman through some kind of Situation, and this simply cannot stand”
Gotta say, Dan may have just dropped the most robust post-election analysis to date. Props to Dan.
"…And Stay Down!", created by artist Charles Keegan in 1998
we can never forget that they shot a mom and a nurse in the middle of the street and told us they deserved it
now is the time to reach across the aisle
Will Harris@willharrisinva.bsky.social · 3d agonow is the time to reach across the aisle
healthy, angry, eating so much chicken they put you in the news. that’s what’s up
blake edwards@bedwards314159.bsky.social · 3d agowww.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... "So other than not being able to fly, everything about that bird says that she's healthy and angry, which is just what we want."
Trying to get your teenager to tell you something, anything, about how their day at school went
We need a dedicated disaster response service with the scale & mobility of the Marine Corps. No guns. Just firefighters, medics, electricians and engineers with a whole lot of logistical support on tap 24/7 for wildfires and hurricanes. We're gonna need that. We already need it.
Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 4d agoWhat luxurious public good would you like to see if we got our cash back from these demons? 1) PBS becomes a free prestige streaming network like HBO or Apple. 2) Each state gets its own federally funded newspaper (and the government cannot control the contents). Stipend determined by population.
At the end of September, I was given one month’s notice that my consultancy contract with Chaosium would end, appropriately enough, on Saturday 31st October. So, as of now, I am officially unemployed and looking for work. If anyone needs a writer, editor, proofer, etc., get in touch. Thank you!
I kind of wish Adam Curtis still did voiceovers as there has rarely in my lifetime been such a “But this was a fantasy” moment
Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 5d ago2024-2026 will be remembered as one of the stupidest national hysterias of all time a supposedly generational "vibe shift" completely disintegrated upon contact with Actual Republican Governance
New from me: We won the midterms. What comes next? I look at some well-established extremist dynamics that point the way. medium.com/gardening-on...
When Profligacy Fails
What comes next for the GOP’s lawful extremists?
medium.com
Every once in awhile, Reddit has a really great joke. There's currently a post about how the Mississippi race is taking forever to finalize. One of the top comments is "of course it takes them a long time to count the ballots, they have to say Mississippi after each one."
Today's Classic Cover of the Day is The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin! This 1973 Avon Books edition was illustrated by Charles Moll and originally priced for 95 cents
last night american voters sent an undeniable message: give ilhan omar a gundam
"But The Incredible Hulk is just The Fugitive with Lou Ferrigno!" Right. Why mess with a good thing? Problem of the week. Hulk out. Sad music. Hit it.
By Aaron Alvarez (RIP) When we found this quote I used to say it all the time and he drew Michael Shannon saying it lol
Dave Scheidt@davescheidt.com · 6d agoMichael Shannon you will always be famous.
every two minutes my brain interrupts me with "what do you MEAN we had a clean sweep of TEXAS" I don't think we fully grasp the ramifications of that
“now is the time to reach across the aisle”
geist@prettyvulgar.bsky.social · 5d ago“now is the time to reach across the aisle” me: