Fundamentally this is a desire for a return to the exclusionary grand bargain from before the Civil Rights era. Democrats abandoned that grand bargain in the 1960s, and a lot of white men have never gotten over the idea that they need to share political power with anyone who doesn’t look like them.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · yesterday

I agree with Edsall: Dems should try to win without the support of women, minorities, LGBTQ people, leftists, or people who need/support social services and/or are concerned about gun violence. Surely there's enough rich white straight male reactionary centrist columnists for an electoral majority!

This is a man who probably thinks he could win a game of tennis against one of the Williams sisters.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d ago

If Clay Travis agrees to never again speak into a microphone on camera when he inevitably loses, they should definitely take him up on this offer.

Eugenics. RFK thinks that the healthy will survive, no need for vaccines and precautions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?

Unpack the Court. One Justice for every Circuit would be a reasonable start.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 4d ago

We can’t end gerrymandering until we expand the Supreme Court.

It's Wednesday, July 29th, 2026, and the U.S. remains governed by blood-thirsty racists.

American Carnage - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Trump administration has almost certainly already killed more than a 100,000 civilians; reputable estimates suggest that number exceeds 500,000. The inaptly-named Department of Government Efficien...

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Wilson is allowed to have opinions about the movie. Others might even be interested in her opinions, particularly in how it adapts the source material. It is not the only review you can or should read. “Shut up and be grateful” is super offensive. Would you say that to a man?

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · last wk.

Hmmm. I read the Emily Wilson review of Nolan's The Odyssey and not sure what the hubbub is about. Are negative reviews not allowed anymore? Some nuance of her points seems flattened in the criticisms of the review, too.

What’s the saying? “Every regulation is written in blood”?

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

Note that the public guesses add up to 169%...

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last wk.

this is more that people are really, really bad at numbers than that they actually think a quarter of Americans are Jewish. test-groups like 'redheaded' and 'left-handed' are useful to have here; people routinely wildly overestimate the size of small groups becuase they can't actually think.

@1eyecaveguy: WHO HAS DONE THIS? WHO HAS POSTED CRINGE? @dadneedsamap: nobody @1eyecaveguy: NOBODY HAS POSTED CRINGE IN MY THREAD @circe: i'm happy for you, bro @circe: i got 30-50 feral ithacans on my lawn though, lol

wanted to contribute to Odyssey discourse but unfortunately nothing I could say is better commentary than bsky's post settings

Four NG standing in a circle on the platform at Metro Center. Three of them are engrossed in their phones. The fourth is watching them scroll, facing the blank side of the stairwell. They are very bored. Our tax dollars at work.

The consequences are sufficiently diffuse that they don’t count, right?

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

This is not supposed to be a literal description of US politics but 🤷🏻‍♀️

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo...

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

TERFS CAN'T CLIMB STAIRS

Dr Florence H R Scott@florencehrscott.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thinking about this again

I’m really glad that I’m able to spend the money for local farm eggs, but everyone should be able to get safe eggs.

Stone Cold Jane Austen@abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 2w ago

New contamination just dropped

My standard advice for young conservative men frustrated that they can’t find a woman who wants to date them: Have you tried not being an asshole? (This is a good read.)

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 2w ago

"This isn’t ‘liberal intolerance,’ but a sensible, practical, and defensible line for women to draw. Modern conservatism of the sort that attracts young men is premised on being bitterly angry at women" www.liberalcurrents.com/swiping-left...

It seems clear from context, particularly in a Germanic language where they like to mash adjectives onto the noun itself…my first thought was not bodily fluids but Adana kebab, which is essentially spicy hamburger cooked on a spit.

Charlie's Juice@clementinedanger.bsky.social · 2w ago

I know the word only has one definition in Dutch but look here, everyone speaks English, tourists everywhere, rethink this.

I'm really excited to see Elon fix all the historical revisionism introduced by that ahistorical fool Homer, and get back to an accurate depiction of Mycenaean Greece, without all this Hellenic anachronism.

I’d vote for him.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

Ossoff: "On day 14 of this conflict...you stated that Iran's military had been 'destroyed' and made 'combat ineffective.' Was that an accurate statement?" Hegseth: "Iran's ability to challenge the U.S. at the level we're capable of-" Ossoff: "That's not what I asked."

The entire *purpose* of (good) government is to provide goods and services that would not be supplied by the market in socially optimal quantities. “Running it like a business” is nonsense-speak from people who have no mental model of what government actually does.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w ago

<taps mic> <all together now> <John Facenda voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCHM... >

The platforms in some of the downtown Red Line stations can get dangerously full, particularly when there are rush hour delays. It’s terrifying to think about someone getting accidentally pushed off the platform. This should have been done a long time ago.

Tom Roussey@tomroussey.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: Metro just released renderings of platform doors they want to put in Red Line stations as part of a huge modernization project. They hope to install the automated doors as early as a couple years from now - they say they'll be safer & prevent falls onto the tracks. #wmata

Let it go.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

you will save yourself a lot of trouble and grief on any text based social media site by simply remembering that a lot of people can't read.

If you create a secret police with the power to disappear “undesirables”, people will denounce others solely to settle personal scores.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2w ago

'So demeaning.' United employee threatens to call ICE on California passenger in viral video

Airbus is migrating 70 critical applications from AWS to Scaleway, a French cloud provider, to increase digital sovereignty and ensure data remains under European control.

Airbus migrating 70 critical apps from AWS to France's Scaleway amid digital sovereignty push

Total of 900 applications including ERP, CRM, and manufacturing systems going to be kept 'under European control'

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Leftist slopulism is destructive to the welfare state. The tax cut dogma in American political discourse prevents meaningful change. The safety net isn’t built out of thin air. Voters think they can get something for nothing because politicians continually say they can.

open all borders. stop having them be closed 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@dov.bsky.social · 2w ago

i do think that whoever came up with the idea that cutting taxes on the poor without a 1-to-1 corresponding rise in income from elsewhere is somehow a socialist or progressive idea should be shot

Saw some incredibly cool 12th c. frescoes at the church of Saint-Martin in Lignieres-de-Touraine today.

that's not how any of this works dot gif

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 3w ago

wait.

I guarantee you that EVERY SINGLE PARENT shopping with a small child in tow would *prefer* to be doing their shopping solo. This is not always possible. Because life doesn’t guarantee constant availability of a second adult caregiver and dedicated time solely for visiting a grocery store.

NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m sorry but the only person who should be denied access to the grocery store is this person.