auntie ames

misspelling a name in haste and leaving it, the social media proxy for pissin’ on a grave

I have a friend who is a social worker doing the same work as this social worker. She has also told me stories of women like Amy Acton's mother.

we have to think so much less about finding the right candidates and so much more about building political power that makes individual candidates simple stewards of the will of the bases they are accountable to

This is not an unfortunate byproduct of MAGA politics. This is the entire goal.

M. Gessen on the hell that Kansas is inflicting on trans people is really hard to read, but so necessary. It also shows why the hysteria over trans athletes is so dangerous. Because it creates buy-in from liberals and centrists to demonize trans people, www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...

Thinking about Yiddish curses and remembering what they used to say about the Austrian: "The day you die will be a Jewish holiday." "Which Jewish holiday?" "Whatever day you die will be a Jewish holiday."

Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

You stupid motherfuckers

It is literally my job to speak ill of the dead May his life be a lesson

i am just saying twenty minutes on the phone with a coworker sounds excruciating lol

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i can all but guarantee you there are other women out there who have been sick to their stomachs for 24 straight hours praying that this will be enough. hoping like hell they won't have to rustle up their own traumas for an angry, hateful audience

Meta Glasses are like, a Cybertruck for your face.

when someone shows you their nazi tattoo, believe them

Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them

For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

Ed Perkins, poppies

Every baby is precious. Every life is precious. That’s why we need to ban abortion. But also this doesn’t apply to low wage foreigners. Or anyone else I don’t like. Basically when i say all life is precious I mean mine

The real problem with the Democratic Party is that the Republican Party is openly running government at every level on a campaign of “purge the undesirables and enslave the survivors” and the only message Dems have is: “We promise not to do anything that makes GOP voters unhappy”

This is a pretty clear cut principle:

Sorry I was absent from my job as the Baby Healthcare Slasher. I had depression for reasons that I’m sure are entirely unrelated to that. Anyways back to my job giving everyone infectious diseases and driving teenagers to suicide.

the law follows culture. always. it isn’t holy edict or an inescapable force of nature like gravity. the law is a socially-constructed mirror that bends and morphs under power and pressure. beware of those who use the law for their own moral & social absolution.

expand the court. no more half measures. this is intolerable.

the core of white evangelical american ideology is: my [goodness] is predicated on your [badness]. swap good/badness for: - legitimacy/illegitimacy - worth/unworth - salvation/damnation - comfort/unsafety it’s an ethos of exclusivity built & maintained on degradation of the Other

supreme court: here is some gruel while we grind your genitals into dust democrats: despite all the pressure against them the supreme court has once again reaffirmed the right to meals

people got mad at me yesterday when i said the dems were not ready to take court reform seriously. 5-4 for non-racial citizenship is not a win, it's a reprieve bsky.app/profile/schu...

For them, it does. They cannot conceive of a world in which someone they think should belong to a suboordinate class has the same rights as them. That's also why they hate the Reconstruction amendments. bsky.app/profile/gabr...

a county with 37 data centers just told employees they were going to have to tighten their belts as electricity prices shoot up 25%

I am once again begging people to watch “the lady and the dale” (hbo) legacy media transvestigations laid the cultural groundwork for SCOTUS’ denial of equal protection for trans people www.imdb.com/title/tt1283...

Yeah. The Birthright Citizenship win *is* a win, but the fact that it wasn't 9-0 should worry you and the fact that it was a split decision should TERRIFY AND MOTIVATE YOU.

With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.

“what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”