One of the arguments people in the 1970s used against passing the Equal Rights Amendment was that it would result in men using women's restrooms (from Mansbridge's "Why We Lost The ERA")
We all need to pause and realize the King is a fucking madman who literally called up a tech CEO and asked him about renaming an ocean after himself
Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 3h agoyou're just going about your day and you now get to read stuff like "Trump says Sundar Pichai talked him out of renaming the Atlantic Ocean" and you just have to nod and move on with your day. “Oceans are different, sir.” lmao www.theverge.com/policy/10167...
Of course, the fact that Soros is Jewish has played a big part in the GOP obsession with him-- remember the ads that included other prominent Jews like Janet Yellin. Playing on the most vile stereotypes.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h agoRepublicans have long made a major issue that George Soros has been a donor to Democrats, spinning insane lies about him to make that a bad thing Elon Musk is a *much* bigger donor to Republicans and there's no need to invent lies about him. Just tell the truth about the evil shit he says and does
feels like this calls for more of a "correction" or perhaps a "retraction" than an "update" per se
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 22h agoUpdate: A day after Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s Senate campaign said she wasn’t a member of Phi Beta Kappa, her aides said Wednesday that the Democrat had been inducted into the national honor society. A representative of Phi Beta Kappa said the same. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Baron Cohen joins Larry David on the "Oligarchs Mock DSA" circuit
The main story of the GOP over the past decade is the takeover of the party establishment by people who actually believe the nonsense they formerly deployed to rile up the rubes without actually buying into it themselves.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · yesterdayJust been such a revolution in my worldview to realise that people like Musk actually believe this, this isn't just the nonsense they feed the rubes so they can do coldly rational mercantile calculations in smokey rooms among themselves. No. It's rubes all the way down, they're that stupid.
We. Have. Seen. This. Before. Accountability for Bush/Cheney became “just Democratic tit-for-tat for Clinton.”
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 7mo agoOne thing Trump has successfully done is cowed a lot of people into thinking they can't call for meaningful accountability for him and his cronies because it would be "revenge" or "political" and therefore illegitimate. Absolutely essential to reject that
So, another thing that more people will be learning about Brad Lander, is that he is very aware of people, circumstances, and dynamics, beyond himself. This means that “fixing something for him” is never the point. He will always direct attention to someone else’s needs and hopes.
Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · yesterdayI’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.
I wonder if there’s any group other than Muslims you could write this about and keep your column at @theatlantic.com
the GOP midterm post-mortem is going to be a Viveksection
Maybe better than a public poll? Party spending. Republicans Are Spending To Protect Tom Cotton
Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social · 2d agoIf Mississippi & Texas Senate are close, & Texas & Oklahoma Governor are close, then I really want a quality poll of Arkansas Senate. Dear God would it be sweet to be rid of ghoulish Tom Cotton.
If Zohran Mamdani or Abdul El-Sayed had used the word “Shylock” as an insult, the ADL would be attacking them by name relentlessly. But Donald Trump used it, so we get a generic condemnation of the word without any specific reference to who actually used it, and with no assumption of intent.
It's an amazing juxtaposition to go from telling people Somali people are low IQ to demanding everyone applaud bc you figure out a Giraffe is not a Lion.
A last stand in Waco by a suspected pedophile with access to automatic weapons????
Walter Hickey@walthickey.bsky.social · 3d agoPAXTON: hey we're catching a lot of shit for holding our final rally at the alamo, the site of an infamous Texas doomed last stand TRUMP:
Vance draws a blank when asked about his political strengths Q: What are you good at in politics? Not what you like. What are you good at? Vance: I don't know, man. I have a firm handshake.
they're building the map that perfectly covers the territory, from the borges story "wouldn't it be fucked up if there was a map that perfectly covered the territory"
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d agoNVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST PEOPLE IN GERMANY WILL MOSTLY WORK INSIDE A DIGITAL TWIN OF THEIR COMPANY, BUILDING DIGITAL CARS WITH DIGITAL BRAINS, WITH AI ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTIC CARS INSIDE ROBOTIC FACTORIES
“He who does not know how to write thinks it is not work: three fingers write; the whole body labors." ✍️ Veritas.
Ennius@enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d agoThe scribe Eadberct's complaint: "Qui nescit scribere putat hoc esse nullum laborem: tres digiti scribant, totum corpus laborat." St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 243; Collectio canonum hibernensis; 1st half of the 9th century; St. Gall; p.254 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/
