The Bittersweetheart

With people power showing how protests can make a difference around the world, it's worth reviewing what we know about the effectiveness of protests and what the '3.5% rule' actually says... Check out the whole conversation on the Climate Curious Pod: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWV6...

i'm tempted to say that vance has some kind of charisma — it is why he is so talented at attracting elite supporters — but then i remember that video of him trying to order donuts

yeah, one of the imho clear lessons of the obama/trump back-to-back is that political charisma can come from anywhere and that you dismiss politicians that connect with people at your peril www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Perhaps There is a Lesson Here

one of those columns of mine you can tell was written in a research library dedicated to the early republic

I'm offended by Barack Hussein Obama's remarks. My daddy worked long hard hours at the Cheesecake Factory; he'd come home his hands bloody and his face covered in soot. It took a toll on daddy but it was honest, Union work. Democrats used to win these kinds of voters.

The thing that keeps happening has happened again. (wasn't expecting to use this one twice in one day)

The thing that keeps happening has happened again (again).

Can someone remind why the ucp want to get rid of the RCMP?

For several days I have been hearing rumors of an ICE detainee death that ICE was not reporting. I've just learned a local journalist has confirmed it and will publish soon. Now I read this and see there are actually TWO deaths ICE is not reporting. www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee...

"Nothing of this scale has been seen in the United States, experts say, since the federal government’s counterinsurgency against the New Left and the anti-war movement in the 1960s and 1970s." Incredible reporting here from @awinston.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

And everybody will say "it cannot happen here" or "our city isn't like that", but it has happened elswhere too -- this is not a one-off:

FWIW at my university the crisis here is almost entirely on the Engineering, B-School side of campus. Faculty use it to creat materials, then students use it to create answers, TAs use it to grade. An ouroborous of shit (Plus every lazy senior administrator)

Rowling and her sycophantic followers have zero interest in anything but spreading hatred and discrimination. Protecting women? Rowling never speaks out against rape culture and never takes on the actual threat to women: predatory men🧵

This one doesn't just wander into my head. It's lodged there as chapter one of my inner monologue on how to be a parent. Do the thing. Live in the moment. You only get finite chances and they run out quicker than you'd ever imagine.

We must end all government contracts with Musk owned businesses.

Workers tell WIRED that NOA—or “No Ordinary Assistant”—was unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is ruining their relationships with Big Five publishers.

New details about another rape allegation against Trump, this time from a former Miss Switzerland.

OBAMA INSULTED THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY — a totally fake and made-up story that means nothing — is their closing argument, given blanket coverage in conservative media and polite attention in the mainstream media. Meanwhile, revelation yesterday that the President committed a violent rape is ignored.

Trump on solar panels: "They kill all the animals. The animals jump on them and they fry."

ai IS the cyber vulnerability you dense motherfucker

I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.

Astro photography has become incredibly difficult unless you're in the mood for spending hours in post process deleting hundreds of starlink streaks.

I’ve been writing about ancient calendars and star maps. Then last night I walked the dog at dusk and as I got home, looked up to see a myriad satellites dashing across the dome of stars. So many of them! We’ve changed our view of the heavens so much. Are we now culturally trapped by technology?

This release of Meta documents is a deeply shocking look at how tech tries to steer & control science. It's normal for crisis comms teams to ask how to counter scientists who criticize their employers. But here's what's especially shocking in these docs: cailinoconnor.substack.com/p/its-now-of...

I enjoy writing these Seussian ones

28 October 1893 | A Pole, Karol Kumuniecki, was born in Żywiec. A Polish Army officer. In #Auschwitz from 7 January 1941. No. 8961 He was shot in the camp on 25 January 1943. --- Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

Not a single news outlet has reviewed its coverage of Jason Arday, for accuracy or proportionality. Zero attempt to conduct any inquiry into the media’s role in his death. Instead, the industry has moved into self-congratulatory mode. This isn’t just tone deaf, it betrays a systemic failure

So obviously this is super cool. But if you just read the headline, we're doing MULTIPLE THINGS! We have a feature film by the director of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon A streaming show show run by one of the developers and writers for The Boys A lower budget vertical serial #iHunt

Esquivel! is so funny to listen to because you are really flipping a coin every track on it being one of the most interesting musical arrangements ever or the absolute goofiest shit you ever heard, and sometimes the coin will flip mid-song.

At this point, no-one really believes these cases will go anywhere (thank God). This makes it all the more galling that taxpayer resources are being used to baselessly harass the President's enemies. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

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Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein 'Argued Over Who Would Take 13-Year-Old Girl's Virginity,' Per Explosive House Report radaronline.com/p/donald-tru...