A striking thing I realized touring the Jewish Museum Berlin last year: the percentage of Jewish people in the population of Germany in 1930 was almost exactly the same as the percentage of trans people in the United States in 2025

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

New in PN: We’ve blown past mere “transphobia” "Hitler used hatred of Jewish people to try to build power, and then he used that power to eliminate Jewish people. The Republican Party has a similar relationship to trans hate."

Had to take the 12yo to school cause he couldn’t really carry his backpack and I wanted to make sure my borb (black-capped chickadee) could manage stairs safely. 🐡🪶

my wife is currently dressed as tippi hedren being attacked by flock cameras with little solar panel wings

I’ve got just 1.5 days to come up w/ most of rent - I need to sell at least 10 framed pieces to have it. Lots of new work! Inktober paintings, new photography & older favorites restocked. Thank you for looking & maybe sharing! <3

Give us your pager number and we’ll send you to number to call…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

Trump: "These are telephonic rallies"

Harris county has the longest ballot in the country. Please vote the WHOLE ballot. Every position matters. FYI…We are some of the folks whose voter info wasn’t updated by the state when we moved. No problem - filled out a simple form of info & then got my ballot.

My video on lessons to take from Lula’s victory in Brazil has blown up on YouTube, and the comments are full of fantastic advice from Brazilians, like this. Take note.

NEW: Texas law requires an investigation when someone dies in jail custody. Sheriff's deputies pressed the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on a release form to then claim he was no longer in custody. They said—this means you don't need an investigation. Make time for this new reporting.

In Texas, Jailers Rush to Release Dying People to Evade Scrutiny - Bolts

Deputies in Tarrant County put the thumbprint of a man who was brain dead on his release form, highlighting how jails scramble to keep deaths from being investigated. His family, organizers, and a loc...

boltsmag.org

Good morning, my friends! My cousin Derek is going through a rough time and needs help. I humbly ask you to do whatever you can. Sharing his link is helpful as well. Thank you all in advance and it's greatly appreciated. 😊🙏🏽❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-hum...

Donate to Help a Humble Black Artist Rebuild, Create & Thrive, organized by Derek Smith

My name is Derek, and I'm the founder of AHBA (A Humble Black Artist… Derek Smith needs your support for Help a Humble Black Artist Rebuild, Create & Thrive

gofundme.com

Talarico: "We are literally going up against the richest man in the world. This election is a battle between powers that be & powers that ought to be. The powers that be have chosen their candidate. They have bought and paid for Paxton... I want to be a senator for every Texan who can't afford one"

I've been shouting for a long time about how LLMs-as-search despoils our information ecosystem, which among other things puts our democracy at risk. Here is a very direct example of that: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... >>

We asked AI chatbots to make voter guides. They invented races and misidentified candidates.

Analyzing AI-generated voter guides for addresses in every county in the U.S. showed that the chatbots often made errors.

washingtonpost.com

Not only do the Dems need to win on Tuesday, they need to run up the score. Who cares if it’s 30 seconds to go in the fourth quarter and you’re up by 28? Throw a fucking pass to the end zone and teach these assholes a lesson. We ain’t taking knees here, this ain’t peewee, there ain’t no mercy rule.

NEW: Many were confused why Gov. Greg Abbott hired an inexperienced, Christian nationalist election denier as a top advisor on election security. We obtained audio and records that show Nate Schatzline is using the job to attack Muslims - apparently with the governor's support. (Gift link).

Greg Abbott Hired an Election Denier to Protect Texas Elections. He’s Using the Job to Attack Muslims.

Nate Schatzline, a Christian pastor who left his state House seat to work in the governor’s office, told a GOP group he doesn’t use the term “radical Islam” because “all Islam is radical.”

texasmonthly.com

“[Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne] Mullin publicly alleged there were 15,903 noncitizens on the voter rolls in Nevada, then quietly dropped that number to 185. When Nevada officials chased down the 185 names, every single one belonged to a U.S. citizen.”

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · yesterday

October 29, 2026

Trumps Mississippi speech verbatim. Anyone else would be looking a permanent secure elder care facility. This is not how people talk, let alone anyone in charge of something

Easy call.... because he told all of us....

“Our goal is to block the unloading in practice and prevent the transport of this deadly cargo. We will not stain our hands with blood.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A global port strike could freeze $2 billion in freight

Dockworkers in 22 countries are protesting arms exports for Israel and the Iran war.

motherjones.com

I’m not sure if folks understand how conservative Abilene is: pop 130K 70% white home to 3 Christian colleges votes 70+% Republican It often ranks in the top 10 of most conservative cities in the state.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Ken Paxton walks out to scattered claps from about a dozen people in Abilene: “This is an incredible crowd”

Norway has released a PR campaign highlighting their most picturesque public restrooms as a cheeky retort to trump’s “shithouse country” comment.

Norway makes shithouses great again!

The world’s coolest toilets are located along the Norwegian Scenic Routes.

visitnorway.com

TW/CW: Miscarriage I made this comic last year. When I posted it it prompted a huge outpouring of love and empathy from friends and strangers alike. Folks told me they felt seen. As a result of that it's the single piece of work that I am most proud of in my entire 15-year comics career. (1/2)

They don't have to burn books, people don't own enough to cover the vast amounts of information being "overwritten" by this regime/administration.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3d ago

Think about how much time and resources Google had to waste to prevent its AI chatbot from accidentally saying something that injured the president's fragile ego. Corruption is truly a tax on capitalism www.mediaite.com/media/tech/g...

Elon Musk just gave Greg Abbott $5 million. Sounds like the Elon emails Abbott has been hiding must be more damning than we even knew.

Trump campaigning for Paxton has been the best thing ever for Texans.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: "So I'm studying him. And I made the mistake of saying that I started off by studying his ass. I just wantasink. And then I looked at his feet & they were massive. I made the mistake of studying his anatomy. Maybe I should do that with Ken Paxton, but I'm not sure your body is gonna qualify."

Ah yes… all those long horribly complicated names to learn to pronounce: Turkey Egypt Cypress Palestine Bahrain Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

“The Texas Comptroller’s office…made at least two purchases of a BlackRock-managed Bitcoin exchange product. The Observer also found that the Permanent school Fund paid Blackrock about $8.3 million for investment-related services in recent years, including while the firm was blacklisted.”

Justin Miller@byjustinmiller.bsky.social · 4d ago

New by @candicequestions.com: How BlackRock went from Texas' blacklisted ESG boogeyman to its corporate poster child www.texasobserver.org/blackrock-te...

706 corporations raked in $198 billion in tax breaks last year. That's on top of $263 billion in tax breaks from the corporate rate cut in 2017. Their collective tax rate for 2025 is the lowest we've ever tracked.

These fuckers literally gave up a social safety net so that Black people couldn't get anything. They ripped out public pools for everyone because of civil rights. Trump is out here literally making sure our health system collapses because he doesn't want nonwhite people in.

Vampire Therapist is coming to mobile next month! On November 24th, you can work through immortal existential crises on the subway, in bed, or on the toilet on iOS and Android. www.pocketgamer.com/vampire-ther...

Vampire Therapist lets you guide your immortal f(r)iends through eternity using psychology

Take on the challenge of guiding immortal vampires through the trials of unlife, in visual novel adventure Vampire Therapist, set to make its way to mobile!

pocketgamer.com

Yeah, wouldn't want to be seen doing that

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d ago

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

“She has no legitimate concerns to present involving real women experiencing real harms and haughtily claims the only people asking her to present any would be trans women, who she of course refers to only ever as men.”

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 4d ago

There's no pretense left. J. K. Rowling made her hate for trans women clear in a slur-filled screed slurring them a dozen times and describing them as deceitful and dangerous. So writes @evanurquhart.bsky.social this morning on Assigned Media. *WARNING: Article quotes Rowling's hateful language.*