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Yes and also this sort of 'uniparty' nonsense feels so hollow deployed in the midst of a national stove-touching. It turns out the difference between a 'milquetoast corporate Democrat' and Trump was really big! President Harris would not be driving trans soldiers out of the military!

We know that op-ed pages and bookstores are littered with mediocrity-- now, more than ever. We *need* your voice in the world. Knowing how to get it out there strategically is a learnable skill. I'm teaching workshops on writing op-eds + book proposals, + have a book proposal guide -- More:

This will get a fraction of the attention that Hasan Piker gets: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

And Magda Goebbels made a great strudel…

all substackers are at a nazi bar sorry not sorry

I made it a merch design, I have no idea if anyone wanted it on merch but I made it anyways because I do

So is a Zacharia the new base unit, or do we use the historical measure and 5 days is a semiscaramucci?

Hipster Clean. Hr. Clean, if you will.

Three men and a baby for tax purposes

I’ve had to deal with incredibly immaterial amounts of suffering in my life. It very much DID NOT bring out the best in me. I’m a little bitch asshole when I suffer.

do not make fat jokes. yes, even if they're about the worst fat guy in the world who bullies other fat people. it only re-normalizea and entrenches popular use of those jokes against *all* fat people. it really is that simple. and it's really not that hard

Multiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money.

Thread. And remember: No matter what happens, we're going to have a TON of work to do AFTER midterms, so think about the questions here in the context of building a long-term practice, ya?

It took me 3 reads to grasp that Maple is the hippo’s name and not that the city of Maple, Canada, only had one pygmy hippo.

Plot twist: The ‘Jewish Problem’ is matzah-related constipation during Pesach.

I posted this last week without comment, but I'm going to comment now. The people who established the system of museums in the West had a very specific reason for doing so: they thought that having an appreciation for the wonders of the world was absolutely necessary for being a good citizen.

While the Republican Party claims to be the "anti-antisemitism" party when it allows them to attack student protestors and Hasan Piker, we don't talk enough about how their campaign is being funded by a guy who quite literally believes Jews have different DNA. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...

Big update at the link (www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...), but here's the tl;dr:

What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?

Trump’s superpower has always been that he radiates an anti-gravitas field, such that anything he touches becomes seen as fundamentally unserious. This has allowed Trump to pursue wars, tyranny, and corruption of immense gravity, while everyone tries to avoid looking like they care too much.

God, I love this stupid, 3 month long, carnival sideshow! #BB28

@estitties.bsky.social Puts all that shit on to get 45.7 seconds of tv #BB28

Devens: #BB28

Yes! There’s 15 minutes left to talk to the final two after the votes, bring back the pre-jury, announce the winner and announce AFP! If they had to stretch out the last week, show the roundtable and HoH pt 1 & 2 on Sunday and leave tonight for the rest. #BB28

Dee, Melody, and Angela don’t need to play poker. #BB28

No Julie, don’t hate the game is correct. #BB28

If those who benefited from the status quo had been willing to listen instead of sabotaging the #MeToo movement, we’d be in a very different place right now. Same story w/ BLM and so much more. But it’s not too late to rise in collective solidarity now to create a more possible world for everyone.

I’m a little late to the party, but this was a great episode. Comparisons to Russian dictators and they took my question!

The DA read this and (even ignoring everything before it) determined there was no crime?

Breaking news: Attention whore needs attention.

“Which was not finished on time to host the dinner” Oooh, the Financial Times is getting a little bitchy! 🐈

Everybody: Surely it’s impossible to create a likeness of Elon Musk even more ghoulish than real life. Artist: Challenge accepted.

The idea that it’s fair and safe for a 15-year-old Victor Wembanyama to play in the paint against a 117-pound 14-year-old but it isn’t fair for a trans kid the same age whose puberty is delayed by hormone blockers to get on the court and clank free throws is the most profound and disgusting cruelty.

I’m not in the position right now, but if someone wants to buy me Poseidon’s Breath, I wouldn’t complain.