Mike Zuffoletti

Fair proxies for the left in its entirety:
- a person who says something goofy on social media
- a person who shoots at a political figure
- a theoretical person who does something goofy or bad

Not a fair proxy for the right:
- a GOP president who commands the loyalty of millions of Americans

Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.

the most "I'd like to speak to the manager" anyone has ever I'd-like-to-speak-to-the-managered

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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Yeah, this is *bananas*. I think it’s approximately _double_ the usual monthly churn? For subscription service, that’s a sky-is-falling change in metrics. People get fired for .5% increases in churn at that scale.

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

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Research shows:
More H-1Bs → more patents
Fewer H-1Bs → more offshoring

Your choice, America.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Chart shows Detention Population, Among Those Arrested by ICE in the Interior, by Criminal Record. The chart shows three lines; Prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. From 2019 through September 2025, the largest group is people with criminal convictions, with much further down people with pending charges. But starting in January, those without criminal records spikes dramatically. In July it crossed pending charges and in the latest data it jumps above criminal convictions.

🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.

As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.

a graph of solar's share of US power generation

Solar power made up 9.4% of all US electricity generation in July, and across the last twelve months solar has made up a record 8% of US electricity!

President Nixon's principles of negotiation and statecraft. - RZ

the most interesting part of this reporting is that they didn't pull him off the air for what he had *already* said, they pulled him off the air for what he was *going* to say, which, i expect, has them in quite the pickle now, because he's unlikely to be *more* conciliatory after this

Obama on Charlie Kirk:

A complete collapse of political norms around virtue and ethics since 2016. This celebration of cruelty and violence, and the encouragement of the public to take joy in violence against others, is very unhealthy for society.

Here at the department of WAR we’re focused on LETHALITY and the WARRIOR ETHOS which is why we’re ignoring a conventional attack on a NATO member so we can drone strike boats in the Caribbean.

This entire book is a nightmare

Landlords do not keep homes empty to create artificial scarcity so their competition can make better profit margins.

Homeowners create artificial scarcity in the housing market through low density zoning that prevents the housing supply from meeting demand.

I'm not saying take everyone's guns away. I'm saying take guns away from people who send clear warning signals like posting online about living out their violent fantasies ... like this guy.

Ugh this is why I stopped going to open mics, there’s always a white boy who has a few and thinks he can rap

Listen in the silence
Listen through the noise
Listen in the tension
Holding every voice
Listen to the discord
To the harmony
Open your heart to the mystery and beauty of it all

Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person" and they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay. do-as-youre-told This is so well put l am stunned

Yup.

In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen

a graph of solar's share of US electricity, rising to 7.8%

Across the last twelve months, solar power has also made up a record 7.8% of US electricity.

It would be, if this sort of thing were applied broadly and consistently, and thus fairly.

But it's not, is it? It's applied here at there, at the president's whim and thus, one way or another, for the president's benefit. This is naked corruption. That his victims are rich doesn't change that.

This isn’t socialism. It’s a wealth tax. BAE (bernie. AOC, Elizabeth Warren, should be thanking him for creating the template and offering to suggest more.

Take or underpay for equity, and you dilute the ownership of all shareholders. Just like you took their equity with a wealth tax.

My radical gender ideology is to be respectful, empathetic, curious, flexible, hospitable, self-examining, to not be a bully, not be complicit in mobilizing bullies, not use “religion” to disguise being a bully, and to try to make the world as safe as possible for every sacred, beautiful soul.

might have to delegate that to my AI clone, my new friend Kylie wants to meet

Cartoon by @guyrichardssmit.bsky.social.

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