Mark Hall

I've been arguing with people who advocate for boycotting the Democratic Party, withholding their votes, for a long time. Getting tired of it. I finally wrote up a long screed that I think really captures my side of the debate. So I'm posting and pinning it to save retyping in the future.

that just sounds like a coup with extra steps

"a distinctively British approach to artificial intelligence

From talking to door-knockers around the word, this is the average voter. This is the majority of all voters. From the alcoholic auto-mechanic to the famous brain surgeon, they all think like this about politics. A mix of incoherent strong opinions wrapped up in a refusal to research anything.

This! This is what people dissatisfied with Democratic leadership need to be doing. Finding, supporting, and promoting voices that actually have something to say. And doing so in the sure knowledge that they will face Democratic opposition. Know it. Prepare for it. Defeat it.

🧵 Matt Yglesias is one of the biggest reasons the Democratic Party leadership is so feckless, cowardly, and lazy. I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...

we cannot afford to have another Obama or Biden trying to do a "just move forward". The Trump admin are thieves and traitors and they need to be thrown in prison and the money they stole needs to be clawed back. This is not optional.

Democrats should really feature these creeps their extensive ties to this administration.

This post could have been made on Nov. 4th, with a call to action to push Democrats to step up their game and go after the Trump admin on every possible level. Instead, it was posted now - in the middle of early voting, in the heat of GOTV efforts. Hard to see that as accidental.

If you HAVE connected them, the rage is probably just an ongoing part of your life now. As it should be.

The insanity of this is that Constitution is a legal document and was conceived of as such. Substituting the imagined interpretation of the 18th century “man on the street” is charlatanism, essentially jurisprudence by channeling or divination. You might as well consult a ouija board.

The easiest way to get a big scoop in journalism is to straight-up steal it from @marisakabas.bsky.social, as we've seen over and over from "respectable" outlets.

Share a movie that is ridiculously dopey but you absolutely love it 🖤

please support the NYT in its quest for continued access to power by not saying rude things about power

It's that simple. 👇

Paxton is bought and paid for

Reminder: You absolutely do not gotta hand it to marjorie taylor greene.

Furry community here in WA, we cannot allow I-638 to pass. This bill is the disgusting forced "genital exam" legislation. Say no to hate, NO to I-628. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Wa...

"People sometimes get involved in elections because they are skeptical of how they work. Then they discover that the problems they expected to find are not there..." www.votebeat.org/national/202...

Even so often, I think about Steve Schives' video where he mentions the fact that Trek fans don't need to be reminded about how good Star Trek is And while I agree to disagree about his opinion on Lower Decks 99% of the time, he's deadass wrong on that one bc yes TF we did need that reminder🧵

"Mike, there's Nazis in your family and staff." "Well, uh, a podcaster my opponent has never met said some bad things too!"

[Pentagon just announced that the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed]

Ossoff: "The question was about the stewardship of tax dollars. And as we stand here today Rep. Collins is under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. For illegally funneling public money to his violent staffers girlfriend."

Limited choices in my small town compared to the author's, but Cosmic Crisp is almost always available and consistently delicious. Honeycrisp is great around November but often "meh" in other seasons. And Envy, Fuji, or Gala are good enough when the others fail me.

“JK Rowling hasn’t killed anyone so she can’t be supporting genocide.” You want to bet money on that one? This is like claiming that anti-abortion activists haven’t killed anyone. The policies JK Rowling has been responsible for pushing through have ABSOLUTELY killed trans people.

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

Build the housing, run the buses, metaphorically and literally make room to welcome red state refugees into big blue cities

The obvious giveaways I noticed were: -puppies look like clones, too perfectly positioned -weird half-formed 4th puppy in between mom and the closest puppy, has a little paw sticking out but no head. -kitten’s movement feels off; tail stiff, no bobbing up and down, awkwardly slow … (1/3)

Triumph over an imposter!

I know this station all too well.

Congratulations to @moonsheen.bsky.social who has joined the ranks of Sturgeon Award winners with the remarkable "We, the Fleet!" clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/ Congrats also to runner up Rich Larsen and third place honoree Alaya Dawn Johnson!

This needs to be far bigger news than it is This has been happening here in Reno (and I assume Vegas too) and probably other swing states too alabamaledger.com/voters-shoul...