Ally (in Blueskyland)

And probably more of the developed countries too tbh! Germany is just the one I knew off the top of my head 😂

A screenshot of an article from The Times, with the headline "Killed by Russian drones, two bodies lie in the snow, testament to love's endurance"

A Ukrainian civilian couple trying to flee Russian-occupied Hrabovske were deliberately hunted and killed by russian FPV drones, despite being clearly non-combatants and despite an active 🇺🇦 rescue effort.

A week later, their bodies remain in the snow.

The details of their ordeal are unbearable.

I see the “president” is doing and saying (more) unconstitutional stuff today concerning our voting processes.

Some people are a mix of the two and need to thrash around a bit before they get their shit together or find the right people to connect and build with. That was me when I was young, and if you remember my very early 20s, no, you don't, and let that be the law between us.

It's also not unique to this moment for people who are brand new to believe they have it all figured out, or for onlookers to believe the same. That part of the equation rhymes with a whole lot of history, and people who stick around long enough learn that they don't know what they don't know.

I'm very fortunate that when I was young and knew everything, social media didn't exist the way it does now, so a lot of my blustering and bad ideas floated off into the ether. Eternally grateful for that.

I think about this specifically a LOT. Who I am at 37 is not who I was at 27 and even less so at 17. I am so grateful I got to do most of my formative growing, learning, fucking up, and discussing stupid, not fully formed ideas offline.

I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

It’s a shame, ProWritingAid used to be a great tool for grammar and double checking formatting rules for various writing styles (APA, MLA, etc) I used to use it as a backup checker when I’d switch btwn styles until the slide into AI tools started to happen ☹️ we can’t have anything nice.

Doing the best you can with the tools available!

Yes, and this is why I feel so passionately about adequately and equally funding our public education system - some of our problems can’t be fixed until we fix the root of them. I’m glad you all had the ability to provide individually bc some kids aren’t that lucky.

Why Homeschooling Is Illegal In Germany, What Happens If You Try, And The “Deported” Story Americans Keep Getting Wrong Before we go deep, a quick correction to a headline that keeps bouncing around expat chats. When people mention a “deported American family,” they are usually

Information about it for anyone interested: www.gamintraveler.com/2025/11/23/w...

There’s a reason Germany doesn’t allow it, btw. Germany requires school attendance in a state-recognized school and enforces it. It’s called Allgemeine Schulpflicht, they will fine you and straight up take custody of your child if you don’t send them to school.

Yeah, and in my experience this is the problem with moderation in general - it either borders censorship because it’s so broad, sweeping and lacking nuance or it’s essentially nonexistent. I’ve had the most banal comments removed on TikTok and can only assume it’ll be worse under US control.

And the current admin is leaving a STRING of evidence, loud, wrong and in writing most of the time, too.

I said this then and I’ll repeat it now: Darwin would say let evolution do its thing, I think.

An ESQUIRE cartoon. An angry woman in what may be fancy nightclothes, holding a recently fired gun, stands over what we see as the legs of a fallen man (the rest is cut off by the edge of the door). She's saying: "And another thing..." The clock reads 4, so maybe he came home late once too often.

Magazine cartoons are good.

You all know my feelings on this, but virtually everything described as "free speech" or "open debate" for the last few decades has really been about the idea of a closed salon, where everybody has to follow the rules and be respectful to the host and nothing actually matters that much.

8. I would be remiss if I did not mention that the Epstein files shows the extent to which old political alliances are compromised. It’s depraved. It is also unfortunately capitalism. Tech elite has the money to shape public opinion and intervene in state law because of that cabal of exploitation.

Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database

“You need only know this: Whatever is happening with your data, it is important enough to the most egregiously lawless administration in American history that it be collected and consolidated.” Always read @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)

Was literally just thinking: what are the chances the only two involved were apparently Hispanic. And one of them named Jesus, at that.

Why would you need all these facilities for immigration detention. If they're going to send ppl back to where they were before they came to the U.S., there should be no need to have so many huge facilities. Unless other people, e.g. the regime's perceived enemies, are going to be sent there too.

Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.

There are a ton of risks that come with being highly visible, especially in these times — and this is doubly true for people living in the margins. Anyone who tells you otherwise is clueless and actively endangering people with misinformation.

death to the advertising industry.

Look I can offer you awkward silence or awkward conversation the choice is yours

These mother fuckers are building ballrooms and tearing down cultural institutions for unplanned “renovations” and then fix their mouths to go on national television and tell us to work harder. Go fuck yourselves.

Internationally the logic behind it is equivalent to that behind not styling military planes like civilian aircraft (which our govt also did) and TL:DR the reason is bc a lot of innocent people might die.

Should be banned for the same reasons it is abroad—who knows what they’re actually using on us

This is a mystery I am just going to have to leave to the universe for past me, but good info for future me to have 💯

They say every lie is an accusation and I think the root of it is absolutely that they do these things (including lying) all the time so they just assume everyone else is.