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🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...

Quite apart from anything else, I am obsessed with the sub-genre of marketing intended to reassure men about using toiletries. Half the moisturisers you see are called MAN CAVE or BRO SMEAR. It's all so hysterically insecure.

Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

Every single person needs to read this book ASAP.

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

To properly interpret "go Hawks!," you need to know where you are. Atlanta: Basketball Chicago: Hockey Seattle: Football Iowa: College sports (any) This also applies to any of those teams on the road, so be careful out there.

Did we change the meaning of the word muscular? Is this like when Starbucks made “tall” the smallest order?

Jon Stewart gets to the bottom of why Trump is so gung-ho about AI

1/ Your water. Your rent. Your pharmacy. Your hospital. Your flight. Your concert ticket. Your local news. Different industries. Same pattern: fewer owners, fewer choices, more leverage over you. Corporate concentration reaches deep into our daily life. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.

Any questions? Many thanks to snarkypoliticoguy (TT) for this accurate summary.

This is what I’ve been seeing and talking about. His account is massive so I hope him talking about it somehow leads to change Though I doubt it under this regime and the app owners who are all lackeys

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A gaming streamer with millions of followers is now openly calling for violence against migrants and promoting racist, anti-LGBTQ+, and authoritarian views. Asmongold’s evolution from World of Warcraft celebrity to extremist voice shows how gaming platforms can become pipelines for extremism.

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...

If you are a fisherman in the Caribbean and are even suspected of having drugs on the boat, the Trump regime claims it has the “right” to automatically kill you. However, if you run one of the biggest drug rings in the US, you get a Trump pardon and then a speech at the GOP convention.

"Away with ya now and don't bother coming back ya gobshite."

Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

November 2025:

February 2025:

The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

I stopped by NYC Parks’ family camping program at Inwood Hill Park on Friday. We made s’mores, talked about s’mores, and learned how to build a fire (for s’mores). Family camping is just one of the Urban Park Rangers’ many free outdoor programs. Check the schedule for more details: nycgovparks.org

Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton

You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

Really is amazing to look at these guys and know that they honestly believe they represent the pinnacle of human evolution

Negotiations Continue To learn more about the creative process and philosophical thinking behind my work, and to see behind-the scenese sketches and videos, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org

Republicans really do love the stupid.

Last week I had drove 4 hrs, shot 2723 shots over 7 hours with 2 cameras, hardly slept, then drove back to LA, had a dentist and doctor's appointment Worth it This is the Perseids Meteor Shower over the Milky Way in Mt Pinos with 100s of my newest friends 🌌 PDFs: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...

In America, unlike in Russia, our government cannot just jail us. In America, unlike in Tiananmen Square, our government cannot just shoot us. And yet, in some instances, that is exactly what is happening. My latest: edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/we-now-liv...

I know I’m basically just throwing up jump shots in an empty gym, but this one felt good when I left my hand bsky.app/profile/scot...

This is a lovely site which helps remind us of much of what we take for granted in material progress ordinaryabundance.com (HT @aveek18.bsky.social)

i'd like some of my erstwhile neoliberal colleagues to explain why, if in 44 states shortfalls are ultimately paid for by tax payers, life insurance should remain a private for-profit industry rather than a service administered by the state? cf @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/2026/08/03/a...

1/ Flock Safety got caught - red handed. A leaked presentation shows the surveillance company pitched turning 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams into a spy network, then told reporters it never happened. The document says otherwise. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

this is what men look like in this shoe color

I used to be a Social Security trustee. The real reason the program is in trouble has nothing to do with the postwar baby boom or increasing life expectancy. It's because of widening inequality. Watch.