Counterpoint: no it doesn't need to be filled. It would be morally repugnant to fill it, actually.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15h ago

I know it sucks, but Dems have got to be prepared to inherit a munitions-and-readiness hole that is going to be expensive to fill, but which will need to be filled. Hardly the only such hole, but it will be a big one.

"Pronouns used to be a funny joke, Hank. Until the government tried to tell me I couldn't use them anymore. So now I'm adamant about making sure trans people are gendered right. Not for their sake. But because I'll be damned if the US government is going to tell me what words I can and can't use."

This is what conservatives in America want when they say they're "protecting women." It's a lie. A lie they craft to trick the jaded morons who blindly vote for these monsters who then pass laws to legalize lynch mobs against women for existing. They want women to die. Any and all.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 13h ago

A trans couple has been brutalized by a mob, and then the trans woman ended up being arrested afterwards, at a public bathroom in Louisiana. EITM writer S Baum investigates this horrible act of violence in our latest piece. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

(NASA has crashed, either deliberately or otherwise, numerous artificial constructions into the Moon over the past 5 decades.) (They study impacts on the Moon in extreme detail. Impact science is incredibly insightful.)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

Imagine thinking so little of yourself that you just let this half sentient rotten potato talk to you like this. I don't care if he's president, have some self respect.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

It'll be even funnier when the next tyrant comes from the Blue Tent and everyone is legitimately shocked like we couldn't see it coming a mile away. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 2d ago

You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant

Thinking a lot this morning about why high-ranking cops may be feeling like they don't have enough protection.

CPD leaders knew cop proposed hiring hitman to kill fellow detective, new federal lawsuit alleges

The lawsuit alleges an officer faced years of violent abuse and threats at the hands of another detective while top brass and city officials have refused to investigate or discipline him.

unraveledpress.com

WBEZ@wbez.org · 2d ago

A group of high-ranking Chicago police officials are pushing to form their own union, setting up a possible fight with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.

In case you were wondering what someone with literally nothing else to lose decides to do with that freedom

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

I’ll share it, because I think this rampant anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry is not only accepted by a dying wing of our party but being used to win primaries (see Abdul). It’s on us to see it, shun it, and protect our coalition.

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 4w ago

What Rachel Bitecofer is doing to Georgia Rep. Ruwa Romman on X is Islamophobic, racist, and disgusting. I will not share it here to spare your day, but no serious candidate should retain her services moving forward

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

He calls our support for Ukraine part of a “righteous struggle to protect a sovereign nation from being invaded by their neighbor.” If that’s not enough for you, you are, at best, calling him a liar. Which fine, that’s your right.

Leon English@leonenglish.bsky.social · 4d ago

And here he is staring pretty unequivocally that he sees aid to Ukraine as different from aid to Israel (or Egypt), so please update your priors or fuck off with claims to the contrary.

just normal things that a minister of environmental protection in a totally normal country would normally say to allow for a totally normal practice.

Maya Media@mayamedia.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ben Gvir's crocodiles are the latest weapon in Israel's animal warfare on Palestinians www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

*bookmarks this* Imagine blaming voters for wanting to nominate a doctor fighting for health care for everyone vs. someone obviously bought and paid for by AIPAC and other corporations. Maybe a little introspection is in order?

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4d ago

Looks like Democrats are about to blow another winnable Senate race and keep the Senate in Republican hands. Great job, guys.

🚨"You could beat Hayley Stevens and not actually achieve the things you want to achieve." Abdul El-Sayed (@abdulelsayed.bsky.social) tells Status Coup's JT Cestkowski (@jtcestkowski.bsky.social) during a march in Detroit to raise awareness for his Senate run. LIVESTREAM⬇️

an immigration lawyer working on some of these Haitian cases today says an ICE officer told them, re: the ankle monitors: “We’re following our orders.” Direct quote Hm

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4d ago

Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that

this guy gets it

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 6d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Fuck off, Sophie. Nothing, not a single *fucking* thing obligates society to tolerate intolerance. The most inclusive thing that can be done in this scenario is tell you and your aryan chud simps to go fuck yourselves.

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 5d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration

The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

theatlantic.com

Altman and other VCs want techno feudalism where we are the serfs indentured to their corporate fiefdoms. Burn it all down.

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 5d ago

The tech AI mission is to literally complete the transformation of people into economic subjects. Nothing except flesh connectors serving to move capital from space to space. And that’s only as long as there isn’t a substitute for bodies.

And people wonder why cops don't tell the truth about what other cops do. This is why. Cops eat their own.

Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 5d ago

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping

If you support "AI" in any way, this is what you support. You should feel bad and I and others will absolutely ridicule you for it.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

Wanna counteract this bigotry? @protecttranskids.university www.preownedairboats.com

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 7d ago

the proliferation of people wearing this XX shit in public is so fuckin revolting, man

It's my number one Ride or Die issue. America isn't a nation until it belongs to *everyone*, including all the beautiful trans folks I've had the honor to meet in my life. If you don't unconditionally support trans rights, unfollow me. I do not want your attention, now or ever.

ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · last wk.

trans rights frankly is a top 5, potentially top 3 issue for me despite not being trans and not having any trans family being bigoted against trans folks not only hurts my trans friends and every trans person but is so predictive of further bigotry

I spoke to a Yemeni queer man held in ICE detention for 3 years under BIDEN. Denied care while he was having seizures. ICE wasn't invented Jan 2017 or 2025. Trump is awful. AWFUL. But this continues if you DON'T STOP TREATING HUMAN LIFE like a fucking football game between blue and red shirts.

If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this:@airbagmoments.bsky.social · last wk.

If you didn't vote for Harris, you helped this happen. Live with that and make better choices in the future.

ICE literally went into a national forest and arrested people who were swimming, etc. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...

ICE agents target NC’s Pisgah National Forest and make multiple arrests, feds say

Immigration and Customs Enforcement extends its reach to western North Carolina’s wilderness areas and makes 13 arrests in Pisgah National Forest, feds say.

charlotteobserver.com

Austin police murdered Anthoneil Williams II, 17 years old. He called 911 on himself from a playground at 3:51am. 34 minutes later, officers gave him 5 seconds to comply, then opened fire. The "weapon" was a water bottle. Let's Address Texas State Director Saadia Mirza shares the full story.

Austin Police Murdered a 17 Year Old Black Child Over a Water Bottle.

They continued shooting Anthoneil after his motionless body was already on the floor.

letsaddresstexas.substack.com

I wish everyone approached the Nolan Wells story with the care Duvalier Malone does. Care for truth. Care for the grieving family. Care for the grieving friends. Care for the history of mistreatment that informs Black Mississippians distrust of the system. It's all the above.

Opinion | Nolan Wells’ Family Deserves Answers

Duvalier Malone writes about Nolan Wells’ death and why Black Americans may be skeptical of the ongoing investigation.

mississippifreepress.org

"Remigration" is the polite term for forced deportations of unwanted minorities and ethnic cleansing. The punishment for being a "traitor" is execution. But yeah, you've got to stay on Twitter for baseball highlights or some shit. I get it.

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · last wk.

the restore 'remigration' plan musk has endorsed would see 10 million brits forcibly expelled