If I ever become a Lawyer with as loose morals as Cornyn, please shoot me and tell the CT Bar I wish to be disbarred.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Cornyn justifies his support for Blanche: "That's one of those things that can't be remedied by a 'no' vote"

Because Donald Trump is a narcissist, and reality does not depend on such trivial things as facts, but himself. He literally believes he is the final arbiter of truth. And people still support this malignant tumor of a human.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

Serial Killing. Crime generally. The percentage of kids with a healthy relationship with their Fathers. In many ways (Despite challenges) schooling. Vehicle and appliance energy efficiency. Cancer survival. Diet Soda.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Your regular reminder that having a man convicted of 34 felonies, twice impeached, found liable for rape, and credibly accused of pedophilia is not normal. It is not okay. Permitting America to return to the status quo would be a high injustice. There is no going back. We must change.

He said the thing. He said the thing people. Pragmatic progressive leadership is exactly what is needed.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d ago

We can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.

Dreaming of the day that measles party are replaced as the vogue thing among the... How do I put this kindly... Rationality challenged with logic 101 parties

Bad Medical Takes@badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 3d ago

OMFG. I glossed over the detail about 'historic districts'. Historic districts meant to protect against...a trash bin? I'm sorry I can't. This has to be satire against NIMBY's. This writer cannot be serious.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 4d ago

I avoid the term “gentrification” when talking about housing affordability because it mostly describes *how people feel* about neighborhood change, not the change itself. For example, this author talks about how containerized trash pickup will “gentrify” NYC’s streets by replacing parked cars:

Were I a dictator I would require all Op-eds have a comment section because it's always shit like this that doesn't. The author knows what they are saying is unhinged and no one is there to say it on their site.

◥◤Kriston Capps 250@kristoncapps.bsky.social · 5d ago

Finally, someone willing to speak up for throwing your garbage onto nasty streets: "The bins will contribute to the sense of New York becoming more 'sanitized' each day, where it is gentrified and perhaps physically cleaner but losing its character and history." www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litt...

I don't think I talk enough about one of my other weird obsessions which is Birds. If you hate Owls, ravens, eagles, kestrels, VULTURES or song birds please get the hell off my page

NPR@npr.org · 4d ago

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

I'm halfway of the opinion if you manage to marry someone from that country and have a kid, that alone should be enough. Don't give a bs about bride shopping. If I manage to woo a German girl with no language skills that is a skill issue for German men.

Veronica R.A. Le'Peltér Esq.🌹₊˚🪻@sigmanerd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I love when countries refuse to count time spent in school. Like yeah, clearly I learn nothing about the culture, language, or history in school Deutschland.

Okay now this is curious: It's quasi-public. City owns property and rents it to vendors at below-market rates to lower prices.

Veronica R.A. Le'Peltér Esq.🌹₊˚🪻@sigmanerd.bsky.social · last wk.

So apparently NYC already has public groceries from the La Guardia era back during the depression? I don't know these would diverge from Mamdani's idea if at all but I'd like to know how they perform. IDK. A lot of left-wing solutions assume 'the problem is just the big business sucking'

"Shit why are you all acting this way? Oh right. Religion." Live reaction from a now secular Catholic:

H*ck No (Sweaty Speedrunner) screaming Yes multiple times

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Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last wk.

Hot take: A certain kind of American leftism is deeply culturally Protestant, even if it disbelieves in God, because of its preeminent focus on having the right inner mindset and intention and feeling properly guilty about one's moral failings to live up to a certain standard.

Hot take: We should do the thing that feeds people healthy, nutritious meals. I don't care what that is. The left is too worried about activism and not enough about leading. Mamdani is a successful politician because he has thus far rebuked perpetual activism.

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)@danlehner.bsky.social · last wk.

if there’s anything I would want to drill into the public consciousness it’s that there are almost always like a dozen ways to approach any given problem and some of them will be more effective than others and we have to stop acting like the questions around it are against fixing the issue

As a woman and all that, I've really wanted to be open-minded about Kat because IDK 'female empowerment'. But honestly I've never seen her actually accomplish anything just a lot of yelling. Kat Abu is the left's MTG. Why do we care what you say?

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · last wk.

Policy tradeoffs are real and trying to maximize social benefits while minimizing costs and bad second-order effects is often complicated and difficult. Engaging with these facts in public does not make someone a neoliberal sellout.

I swear to God we need a reset. If Trump thinks he can run 28, run fucking President Obama. www.newsweek.com/barack-obama...

Barack Obama defeats Trump by double-digit margin in new hypothetical poll

Obama holds favor over Trump, though the current president is viewed in a better light than ex-President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.

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If you're a trans woman (Or any woman tbh) I cannot recommend working out enough. I went from flat as a board to having a giant ass. Lots of benefits to lifting for women, even if you're not interested in bulking up. Like damn, the transverse abdominis is a natural corset? Dope.

Someone just told me that I was insanely coping cuz I didn't believe someone was unironically advertising themselves as a pedophile with a pedophile MAP flag and instead was just a conservative trying to stir up s***. This is your thirteenth reason why to stop going on reddit

This is probably the best answer they'd get in a difficult situation. Problem is converting enthusiasm for platner to another candidate who didn't win in the primary. Hopefully he can do it.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

Breaking News: Democrats are hoping to move past Graham Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Susan Collins. In Jackson, they chose a nominee with a similar economic populist message as Platner.

Behold: Libertarianism in essence.

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

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

This is what happens when you spend your whole life thinking about responsibility in terms of civil or criminal liability rather than ethics or morality. Not only is it incorrect to accept responsibility when you haven't been obliged to, it's incorrect to even validate the idea of doing so

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

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

Conservatives in 2016: TRIGGERED LIB???? Conservatives in 2026: We are installing trigger warnings in the Smithsonian

I do wonder how much asthma rates going up is tied to this versus the fact we (I assume) probably test for it more. But given air pollution and increased use of gas in houses, it's hard to not see the link. Being an environmentalist isn't just about the climate itself. It's ultimately about humans.

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

I don't really care what the answer is at this point, I just want to know if Mitch is alive or not. Please just end the wait.

So is the reason Lettuce keeps having listeria outbreaks because of lettuce itself, or Taylor Farms? Because right now I'm questioning my assumption outbreaks are sort of random.

Ineffectual government corrupted by the moneyed class is a graver threat to freedom than the hoi polloi. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk on 'basic political science the constitution is too old to reflect'

Veronica R.A. Le'Peltér Esq.🌹₊˚🪻@sigmanerd.bsky.social · 2w ago

The US Senate does not promote individual or 'minority rights' in any meaningful sense. I do not care about small state interests and neither should you.

The US Senate does not promote individual or 'minority rights' in any meaningful sense. I do not care about small state interests and neither should you.

Americans of a certain age, I need you to know something: Look you were cool as a kid. You really were. The society you lived in, in multiple respects, was significantly worse than the current one. Crime is one such aspect.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 3w ago

This, to me, sounds like something to avoid as a society.

Do you remember when Republicans had supposed pride in the nation and believed we were the freest, greatest democracy ever? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Newsmax talking head: "I've lived in Beijing. I can say the elections in Beijing are much better than California and the United States."

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES lawsuit to compel Connecticut to provide the DOJ its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-16 in cases to gain access to state voter files. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/connec...

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Fred Rogers dying remains my 9/11. I still miss him. ...That's it. That's the post. Live everyday so that Mr. Rogers would be proud of you

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