barefootwriter

yeah, I want a party that is as ruthlessly good as MAGA is ruthlessly evil. please keep fixing this shit with a smile on your face and love in your heart.

Young ‘uns: this stuff happened once a week during Obama’s presidency. Dijon mustard. Moving a bust of Churchill. Inviting a rapper to the White House. Putting his feet up on his desk. They’d scream and cry for days about how effete and snobby and Black he was and how misinderstood they were.

"El Sayed dug up the buried implication of Tommy's question, held it up for all to examine, and then, one shovelful after another, question by question, buried Tommy in the hole left behind." www.the-reframe.com/taking-our-c...

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

RFK talks about autistic and Arabic people the exact same way. He assumes they are not capable of ordinary or extraordinary achievements because of who they are. He considers them sub-human because they are not like him. This makes it plain that his is a white supremacist eugenicist project.

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

thinking about stealing fire from the gods. a hot take

maybe try not calling a vote when people aren't excited to show up and vote for you?

"Even if everybody who voted Green had heeded Eby’s warnings on the campaign trail about vote-splitting and voted NDP instead, the Conservatives would still have won a majority government with a nine-seat margin." @macleodandrew.bsky.social writes. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

I am not sure they even know about other faith leaders? except maybe the Archbishop of Canterbury, but she's a woman, so. . .

maybe leave some money for the kids and they will start having babies earlier but right now many of them think being 28 and having four roommates and three jobs is not the best time to give you a baseball prodigy

It reminds me of Elon Musk trying constantly to get the attention of Stephen King specifically. (Instead, he gets Joyce Carol Oates, which I suppose can be taken as proof that god exists and has a sense of humor)

perfect, no notes

disability is not real to them. its just an uno reverse card

The House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a report containing testimony from 11 women regarding allegations of sexual assault, including a new rape allegation, against President Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein that the lawmakers say has been deliberately covered up by the DOJ.

I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

it is possible to do all of the ceremonial "Christian" things confess the faith have heteronormative life be married have children go to "building" once a week ... and completely miss the "Christ" in Christian

Adding to Chanda’s point here: this level of action and optimism can likely be attributed to the fact that Lula and the Workers’ Party are leftist and they believe that better things are possible.

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

The Bolsonarists didn't change their minds, they didn't suddenly stop believing that their man could do no wrong and that Lula was an existential threat to Brazil. They were simply outvoted by those who refused to risk a return to fascism, and decided not to sit this election out.

Bolsonaro had corrupt media on his side, Meta interference on his side, US propaganda operations, and his party's officials actively sabotaging public transport in Lula strongholds to prevent turnout. Yet he was still beaten by the power of voter turnout.

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Lula Goes HARD

Real consequences for bad behavior rarely follow so immediately for right-wingers. I hope it’s the sign of a shift.

fed is best, no matter your age!

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

we used to live in the towers above the downtown Vancouver Costco. sometimes I'd go just for a gallon of milk. it *was* amazing, actually.

My cousin just lamented that he turned 40 and now has to be a “daily pill taker”. It’s one. One pill a day. His first prescription. Meanwhile, I have been taking an entire pharmacy’s worth since my 20s. He’s joking about pill organizers. For his one pill. I can’t even.

Remember when you talk about Black Lightning's creator in the future to cite Jenny Blake properly