The Best of All Possible Oaves

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Brazil's environmental policy affects the whole world. U.S. economic policy affects the whole world. If the justification for democracy is "people deserve a vote on political decisions that affect them" then borders are directly in tension with that at this point

Not only was Koenig hired bc he kinda looked like Davy Jones, who is also rad as hell, but the decision—at the height of the Cold War—to include a Russian character on the bridge of the Enterprise was forward-thinking and speaks to the progressive values of Star Trek. RIP Walter Koenig

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Omg no, he was so young. Damn. He was such a talented voice actor. It’s on the mind because I literally just watched it yesterday, but he got asked to do the taken monologue as porky pig and its a masterpiece

disney im gonna need you to get off your ass and pull the trigger already

Hi. I, a trans woman, am the Executive Producer of this show. I wrote the question. He called trans girls men. He has now said it in three different places in the past week.

your first big assignment

I've seen considerably longer texts richer than this, but not by much.

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Fun Fact: The white in the transgender pride flag represents intersex people. Intersex rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️💚

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

The mobilization itself was already not something I ever expected to see, but to actually win? Hell, to double the winning margin from the 2022 runoff? Genuinely surreal. Maybe child raping billionaires *don't* have to run the world with a shit-eating grin. Maybe that can stop.

I spent all day writing the thread in my head about how Bolsonaro's win was the culmination of a 20-year project to end Brazilian democracy, with the participation of both domestic elites and foreign actors like the US state department and Meta. This is all true, of course, except he didn't win.

seems like "on the orders of a nazi every major news outlet on the planet hounded an innocent man to death because he's black" should be one of the biggest stories of the year

wrt to the MattY Zeteo clip: the only people I've heard tell Democrats to shut up about whatever they believed or stood for so as not to offend Republicans were not people who wanted to see Democrats win anything.

Maybe it makes me a credentialist, but I hate how we constantly elevate guys like Yglesias — who have no relevant education or work experience. In politics, he's never run for office, worked on a campaign or served as an appointee. On policy, he has a BA and has never worked in government.

Again, the scandalous thing about Elon Musk spending $276 million on the 2026 midterms is NOT how *much* money it is. The scandal is how *little* money this is *to him.* Compared to his net worth, this is roughly equal to the median American my age spending $40.

Dropping this opinion the same week the Mississippi AG said there'd be no charges against the cop that killed toddler Kohen Wiley is a choice.

is being conservative the new “punk rock”? of course not you fuckin dip shit

So wild how many people insist that big government is the problem but who also want the state to step in and take their side in *every* personal dispute. Like, you want to put your adult child in jail bc you can't see your grandkid? "Grandparents' rights"? The actual fuck is wrong with these people?

I don’t know at what point taking bribes from foreign powers while acting in your official capacity as someone who has sworn an oath to the Constitution becomes a hanging offense but it’s significantly below $700m

This is the ninth (9th) major profile of Emanuel since December 2024 that failed to mention Laquan McDonald.

Open enrollment! More confusing options than last year. Also M got a new gig but my enrollment ends on about the same day her company's opens, so we won't really be able to figure out which plan will save us money! That anyone votes for this over single payer will never not cause me psychic damage!

Running for office is so demoralizing. You have to get up on a stage and say shit like "I'm proud to be an American" and "I'm proud of America" 🤮

I think people often forget that, while burning fossil fuels is responsible for most climate change, deforestation is way up there too, seeing as forests remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The UN estimates that about 1/3 of climate changing greenhouse gases are the result of deforestation.

Technically I'm Gen X, but I've long been caucusing with Millennials.

Ro Laren sketch #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

When democrats had a senate majority I said they should conduct hearings to reexamine all his contracts. The party punted. If they do it again they deserve extinction.

"I will find out who is really pulling the strings!"—the world's biggest string puller

Not to mention “look forward, not backward.” But we looked forward after Watergate, and about 15 years later (next Republican president) we were in Iran-Contra. We looked forward again, and about 15 years later (next Republican president) we were torturing prisoners. And we looked forward again.

Another green peafowl. Ink on Fabriano Medioevalis, 132 × 85 mm, 2022.

Once again recalling an anonymous source in the white house press corps explaining that they gave Biden such negative coverage because Karine Jean-Pierre treated them unprofessionally

if Zohran Mamdani used the word "Shylock" the ADL would have called in a nuclear strike on New York City by now