Manuel Aragorn, Non Fungible Tolkien Minority

Every time you give a billionaire a microphone, they use it to tell you that there's no such thing as an ethical billionaire.

All the big Hollywood stars in super awful commercials: recession indicator.

The Bud Light commercial was giving “mayoral party in Eddington” vibes.

Gotta be wild to be a football fan who is afraid of chemtrails from the flyover.

Especially funny bit to have football legends walk out on stage while Green Day played “American Idiot.” Should have had them spell out CTE as well, but that might have been too on the nose.

I heard that TPUSA originally wanted to call their halftime show Burning Klan.

In this late capitalism, billionaire-era, it seems like the game plan is to gut every industry, leave everyone jobless, and force us all into a new era of feudalism.

Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War

I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

From now on I’m declining social invitations like I’m a foundation who is no longer gonna fund your organization: “sorry, but this event no longer lines up with my recreational priorities. Feel free to submit an invitation in the next invitation cycle.”

Instead of writing a year-end book, music, or movie list, I think we should annually share a year-end enemies list.

You all have that one friend – be honest, it’s a guy – who very confidently gives you the wrong or vague answers to most(all?) questions and inquiries because he usually doesn’t know what he’s talking about. That is what Google AI summary is like.

Apparently, who knew?

Pro-tip: this winter, use the seat warmers in your car to keep your fresh tamales warm on the drive home.

Crypts of Golgotha - Reggies Chicago 02/28/26 Empire Productions presents: Crypts of Golgotha playing death/black metal show @ Reggies Chicago with Cavernous, Audiocide, Frigid | 7PM doors | 8PM show | 21+

Chicago friends: late Feb 2026, I'll be in town with
Crypts of Golgotha at Reggie's Chicago: www.reggieslive.com/show/crypts-...

This never got off the ground last year, but starting earlier this year: Denver-based folks - Looking to snap pics of Latinx families and our holiday meal traditions(making tamales, ponche navideño, coquito, buñuelos, making cookies, etc.) hit me up if you’re interested.

Important lesson of last night's elections: progressives won across the country because they didn't water down their message and their values.

I feel bad for all the folks who were unable to flush their Wi-Fi-connected toilets because of the AWS outage.

A photo of a sign offering families help locating their relatives hanging outside of an immigrant detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Oct. 2, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention," and the DEK, "The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions."

“This is the first time I’ve seen so many pregnant people in [ICE] detention,” said Tania Wolf, the Southeast advocacy manager at the National Immigration Project. interc.pt/48WWErA

Aging gracefully into the thrift store old guy rummaging through random wires and electronics.

Traffic is bad this morning, but not in a “the rapture happened and I have to dodge cars and fight for my life” way. Bummer.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Roaming all over the socials. Not sure I've hit a rhythm with BlueSky.

Always good to see the homie, @gustavoarellano.bsky.social

...that recognizing the humanity of others was stripping them of “freedom”.

I’m afraid of what is going to happen as those same men see this as an opportunity to enact harm on those they have historically harmed for generations.

He convinced a new generation of right wing folks that they’re somehow marginalized because they’re not allowed to spew the toxicity of masculinity on the world, that immigrants were less than them and were stealing opportunities from them...

He spewed a version of Christianity that the Bible warned against, a very specific American Christian nationalism that paved the road for the current fascist policies of the Trump regime.

The way folks are lifting Charlie Kirk up like he was MLK Jr. is wild. He was a transphobe and misogynistic racist who didn’t see so many as human, as deserving of love or grace, of deserving of their rights.

Liking your own social media posts: morally gray behavior.
Liking your own LinkedIn posts: morally depraved behavior.

Writing Superman fanfic about another being from Krypton by the name of Dean Cain who doesn't have any super powers other than being the stupidest Kryptonian to survive the planet exploding and leverages that talent to become a Lex Luthor bootlicker.

DACA Isn’t Enough, We Need Stronger Protections from ICE DENVER — On July 4th, I was out picking up tortillas for a family barbecue when I saw two ICE vans pull up and take someone away. My heart stopped. I felt angry and helpless. I wanted to do something,...

The July 23 edition of @thelatinonewsletter.org features an opinion piece from Denver-based DACA recipient Nayelli Bandera

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