I've been told this one is "a fun one" and "thoroughly mogged." (It's also short!)
"the precursor to Doing is Saying" is an admirably precise way of explaining why more Dems need to be Saying, loudly, even if they do not currently have the power to Do
I've been told this one is "a fun one" and "thoroughly mogged." (It's also short!)
every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat
It is the defining project of today’s Right: To vanquish the very idea that America should aspire to be a nation defined by equal citizenship in a pluralistic, multiracial society - and to fight instead for white Christian male supremacy at home and in the world.
It's really remarkable the degree to which stupids think the only "government power" that counts is *adding* regulation
my brain is at the mr burns oversized novelty germ door stage of near catastrophe every time i look at news of any kind
The catastrophic impact to local health where the air is poisoned, as well as to our global ecosystem as they literally set the planet on fire and fill the atmosphere with pollutants
No such thing at this point as a Republican who isn’t deeply damaged, anti-human, anti-life, and an active threat to society. Kind of a problem.
Fuck you.
“The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.”
This is completely correct but it doesn’t make me worry a whole lot less about 5 wingnut justices.
I just love all the trans people in my life and want them to be safe and happy!!!!!
"There was a version of patriarchy that attempted to sell people on men having a duty to protect others (. . .)Now Trump doesn’t even offer that. Because even that much duty, with all the selfish compensations of a woman of your very own to possess, is still too gay."
100% spot on insights into the ‘why’ of Trump cultists.
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If you are serious about "never again" then remember: it's not about standing up to a line of tanks when the camps are already running. It's about standing up to social & professional pressure when the whole thing is just getting started, when it's not yet cool to do so. That's bravery that matters.
I’ve come up with a fancy new name for the MAHA yoga-mom anti-vax homeschooling crafty-ass wing of MAGA: the Zone of Pinterest
Positive take (relatively) on “we have lived among such people this whole time”:
Yes, and that shows things don’t need to be like this. There will always be the sort of people who’d try to get the state to hurt kindergartners. We just need to keep them out of institutional power, and on the fringe.
I think a thing a lot of people don’t understand is that propaganda does not convince anyone of anything through argumentation. It’s about frequency, not force. You get exposed to it enough and it changes how you think.
I have been saying this for almost a year and it is long past due for Dems to adopt this framing for 2 reasons:
1) it is entirely and demonstrably true.
2) the public must be prepared for the enormity of what will be required to dismantle the criminal organization and create a better democracy.
It's kinda annoying how solar panels were hung around the neck of the left as impractical pie in the sky treehugger shit *right* up until it started outcompeting every other energy source. Then suddenly, instead of going "hey the left was correct about solar" it's no longer a "left" idea!
Which is of course conservative, consumerist, colonizer thinking, even though vote abstainers often like to convince themselves they’re the bestest leftists
I really really need Democratic politicians to keep harping on MAGA’s humiliating submissiveness to undeserving men. Just grind that stiletto heel into that collective bruise in the MAGA psyche until they break
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
Since people are talking about Western Civilization today…
cheers to @rincewind.run for asking climate people what Dire Fuckery Headline means, like, pragmatically
half these bozos’ game is wearing you down with despair
if you’re a casual, you might think all US climate action ground to a halt today because the EPA threw in the towel
not even close
Put it this way: if you are trying to predict Trump's actions, "what would a committed racist/minsogynst do?" will get you about a 95% hit rate. "What would a desperately insecure narcissist who is deeply afraid of weakness & drawn to bullying strength do?" will get you 100%.
