I need the youngest possible pilot. I need him not even to be born yet and he’s flying the mom
1) it’s great the times painstakingly attempted to document how much this had grown 2) and also how do you do the article about HOW this is happening without addressing WHY? What CAUSED this uptick? Did you try to figure that out?
Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · yesterdayA massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
I had a cop send me death threats, under his full name. He lived 90 mins from me. Reported to his dept, sent screen shots etc. Nothing happened. I got death threats from white supremacists with histories of real violence. Nothing to be done. “We’re scared,” scream lawmakers. Okay? And?
Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · yesterdayI wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded
I wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded
Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · yesterdayA massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
Kent Ford endorsed Mitch Green for reelection. Mr. Ford has been fighting for his community for more than 60 years in Portland, establishing survival programs for basic needs like food and health care, and challenging racist government and state sanctioned violence from local police and feds.
I wonder where the Harper's signatories are now. Are they still alive or no?
Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 22h ago“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
Can we be honest that so called 'wokeness' meant Black people demanding full social personhood and refusing to be silent about getting murdered/harmed by the state? So yes, that is more threatening to many in this country than is fascism. I think that's been clear.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h agoIf you only read the opinion journalism in elite media over the last decade, you would have been convinced that wokeness, not fascism, was the greatest threats to American society. Now some of those authors are retconning by trying to relabel fascism as "the woke right." bsky.app/profile/donm...
considering the slight but tangible chance of Texas’s state government flipping blue and contemplating the specter of people trying to do a mini January 6th to Texas and Elon Musk Yukio Mishima-ing himself on the state capitol lawn downtown
BREAKING: In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the Trump-praising DHS propaganda ads, DOJ tonight does not defend the ads on the merits — instead arguing that the ads are set to end on Sunday, so there will be no irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Plaintiffs' motion should be denied because the alleged improper final agency action of which they are complaining "run[ning] partisan political ads, funded by U.S. taxpayers," Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Section 705 Stay (Pls. Br.") (ECF No. 26) at 1-will not continue past tomorrow, the date on which briefing on their motion for a TRO will close. As such, Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate that a TRO is necessary to prevent imminent irreparable harm to them from Defendants' future conduct.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihqvmiha7aq2jy6p5ea6kq4chrwvyc3wy3crzc5vg4glimjj2pmdm)
However much you loathe Gavin Newsom it's not nearly enough.
CalMatters@calmatters.org · yesterdayGavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Ryan retracted the statement that his husband traded in Ryan’s phone. If Ryan is so worried about his constituents seeing his text messages about city business, maybe he should go ahead and resign now
Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 3d agoA Multnomah County judge ordered Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone until an ongoing public records lawsuit is resolved. “This is not a game of cat and mouse," Judge David Rees said. "There are some indications that those games are being played, and it has to stop today."
I have been off work for a while for (see previous post) — but want to elevate this deeply odd story. A lot of interesting choices being made here.
Portland Mercury@portlandmercury.com · 3d agoA Multnomah County judge ordered Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone until an ongoing public records lawsuit is resolved. “This is not a game of cat and mouse," Judge David Rees said. "There are some indications that those games are being played, and it has to stop today."
they should've made the sequel to the blair witch project about going in there with the army to kill her
"Construction workers in #SanDiego stood up to ICE agents who tried to kidnap their co-workers on the job site...workers stopped their job, helped their co-workers get away and demanded that ICE leave." Source Stop ICE: www.instagram.com/p/DeQGKxtv4Pq/
We need a president named Mr. Message and he goes around dressed up like a big inkwell with a quill coming out of the top
goddamn dude i just assumed he was getting custom suits made of fine silks and shit. embarrassing stuff.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d agoTrump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
Guy who has to be friends with Dracula because their wives are friends: Stacey says you can turn into a bat, how’s that working out?
‘Years of dog pee’ blamed for fallen street light in San Diego’s Little Italy
'Years of dog pee' blamed for fallen street light in Little Italy
Transportation workers said the base of the streetlight was corroded from 'years of dog pee."
timesofsandiego.com
This Jane Fonda quote about Tom Cruise in Digger sounds like she's talking about a 5 year old
I’m old enough to remember when MAGA was pretending “free speech” was their mcguffin and a lot of credulous journalists had just never considered the concept of Bad Faith — and they wouldn’t for several years at least
Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.
