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Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
I am not exaggerating when I say that we are deeply, deeply cooked. I just don't believe democracy, or even the Enlightenment itself, survives without literacy.
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
theatlantic.com
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.
Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV declares the Iran War is “unjust” and “is not resolving anything.” After suggesting Trump is committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure, he called on Americans to contact Congress to help end the war.
@jdickerson.bsky.social, did you mention dendrochronology??! Check out my birthday card designs on that very subject:
I'm one of the likeminded humans! GET IT:
Paper Airplane magazine@paperairplane.pub · 6mo agoI wanted to make a grown-up version of the magazines I loved as a kid—like Highlights, but for adults. Then I found a bunch of likeminded humans who actually made it happen. Everlasting thanks to all the writers and artists who've contributed to Paper Airplane Vol. 2 and beyond.
I was honored and delighted to have been asked to design the back cover for @paperairplane.pub's upcoming second issue—its debut in print!—and enthusiastically cosign Kory's endorsement. Color! Art! Fun facts! Puzzles! Games! Diversions! Fabulousness! Go get it all and feel good!
Kory Stamper@korystamper.bsky.social · 7mo agoPocket friends, things feel really bleak and hard right now, but we all need some joy to keep us going. Here is some joy: Paper Airplane magazine, aka Highlights for adults, is launching for-reals! paperairplane.pub#subscribe
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 7mo agoVOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
I was honored and delighted to have been asked to design the back cover for @paperairplane.pub's upcoming second issue—its debut in print!—and enthusiastically cosign Kory's endorsement. Color! Art! Fun facts! Puzzles! Games! Diversions! Fabulousness! Go get it all and feel good!
Kory Stamper@korystamper.bsky.social · 7mo agoPocket friends, things feel really bleak and hard right now, but we all need some joy to keep us going. Here is some joy: Paper Airplane magazine, aka Highlights for adults, is launching for-reals! paperairplane.pub#subscribe
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
A new report on civic freedoms concludes that "the US is no longer a functional democracy." Congrats everyone. And a *special* congrats to the Harpers letter signatories, free-speech warriors, and "anti-woke" crusaders. You saved us from woke! Great work.
🇺🇸 America Just Got Downgraded: “The United States Is No Longer a Functional Democracy” — And Trump’s America Deserves Every Inch of It
When the world stops seeing you as a democracy, maybe stop acting like a dictatorship.
deanblundell.substack.com
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
This 2017 HuffPo piece contains more wisdom & insight on current politics than 1000000 consultant polling reports.
I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People
Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society.
huffpost.com
Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo agoTrump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
One of my many, many questions about America in 2025 is how long it will take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history
My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)
My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...
meditationsinanemergency.com
RFK Jr. spits out a mouthful of asbestos and takes a swig from his sewage bottle. "I can already see children getting healthier," he gurgles, a bone from a roadkill bat lodged in his larynx. "The spike in measles deaths is a sign their mitochondrial vitality is spiking." His left ear drops off.
funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
Jessica Price@delafina777.bsky.social · 12mo ago“men can’t express their feelings because they get taught as boys to toughen up if they cry” *stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*