The whole point of calling this agency the Office of "Remigration" is to deliberately signal to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US policy. Some thoughts on this whole worldview below. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2157...

Someday I hope to read one of these Sensible Pragmatic Democrat takes where the phrase "You have to win" is not immediately followed by the name of someone who is famous for not winning

LOGGING ON

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · last wk.

'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

The foot in the door

Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning.

No Democrat candidate can ever be anti-trans enough to convince a conservative bigot to vote for them. But they can be anti-trans enough to convince trans people and their allies not to. Why have Democrats not learned this simple truth? Because they want to lose and have a scapegoat.

You can see it in the way cis "allies" have almost fully adopted the framework in the comment threads at this point. I've been trying to say it all along that this is where we would head if we did not hold firm on our values. We must hold firm still moving forward.

In honor of Uber shutting down in Nigeria this week, here’s my favorite story about Uber in Nigeria.

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

theverge.com

That’s the thing about you and me. We both have a thing for tater tots.

I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Ed Feldman and Joe L’Eraro taught me most of what I know about furniture repair and finish. The Furniture Guys hasn’t aired in decades, and I still track down episodes to reference, like today, when I wanted a refresher on French polishing.

I designed a new shirt to try to explain the fundamental nature of the human condition roryblank.bigcartel.com

BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.

I don’t do a lot of TikTok but quite honestly, hats off. A masterpiece

lol Turok is back.

just know that if you engage with harry potter in any form i'm judging you

Anti-vaxxers should be treated with the same respect as flat earthers, phrenologists, sovcits, and adults who believe in Santa Claus. They should be mocked and shunned.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last mo.

The media relentlessly promotes the narrative that progressives are too mean to anti-vaxxers and we must bring them around with compassion. This isn't true and isn't helping. The more public sympathy you show them, the more empowered they are in their beliefs. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/s...

“There’s the accusation that anyone who expresses urgency is a “doomer.” www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...

The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate

Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...

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