Is it time to stop fighting for the values you claimed to espouse and coddle the hateful because it makes life more comfortable for you? I'm a no.

Victim blaming the ill is also a lot cheaper than giving them healthcare.

Maybe some. But we were the leader in scientific research. There aren't that many jobs in other countries to absorb everyone. That could change. It remains to be seen who we will abdicate the role of "leading knowledge experts" to (along with the massive industries that come along with that)

We are only killing science. It's not being replaced by other science. It's only being replaced by shouty headlines. The goal is to eliminate experts with answers to questions.

House of sand and fog

T'aint that something?

RFK really missed the simplest lesson of LBJ’s career, try not to get any kids killed if your name rhymes with “how many kids did you kill today”

Sounds delicious. Feels stupid.

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

They aren't. We need to stop waiting for them to be better people. They suck forever.

On the day after the election, I made a promise to the people of Illinois: when it comes to threats to our freedom, health, or security, if you come for my people, you come through me.

A screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk replying to a tweet by Nayib Bukele. Musk's tweet says, "Great idea!!". Bukele’s tweet states that El Salvador has offered the U.S. the option to outsource part of its prison system, taking in convicted criminals, including U.S. citizens, into El Salvador's mega-prison. The tweet includes four images: an aerial night view of a large prison complex with bright lights, another aerial shot of the facility, a crowded room of shirtless tattooed prisoners sitting with their hands on their heads, and a group of heavily armed guards overseeing a mass of prisoners in a large hall.

Elon endorses sending US citizens to prisons in El Salvador. Elon is an existential threat to every US citizen.

The way that Republicans assure themselves they have power and control is by two measures. Can they punish and hurt other people? Can they *not* be held accountable for doing so? If you don't have those things, you don't really have power. By this logic, the worst people ARE the best people.

They don't care

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.

Smashed records.

Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

So do hold onto joy but don't expect (yourself or others) to feel joy in the face of abject horror and do continue to demand accountability but don't follow rules that the other side ignores and do refuse to engage the chaos factory but don't comply in advance?

This will be difficult.

We’re excited to release several new singles this year, starting with our first new track, “Demon Slayer,” on February 2nd. Crystal-clear jangle pop blends with distorted guitars.
Here’s a little teaser for you in advance!

Sounds great!!

You'll need a doctor's note

Men aren't victimized by women's success, but they are victimized (in Korea and elsewhere) by termination of the promise; work hard=achieve a good life.

They do see a connection. The connection is that women aren't giving them what they are owed.

@advisenotconvince.bsky.social oh, I may have forgotten to mention...you're supposed to have a cat here.

It's also a tactic. If people try to debate scientific questions, they have to debate with facts. If they can rename the scientific questions as "political" they get to debate with opinions. Problem dismissed. Easy peasy.

if we had automatic disqualifications from public office, "incited a public panic because you thought orion's belt was a bunch of iranian drones" would be such a layup

It was never about the price of eggs. He understood this. They understood this. Didn't we understand it too?

Are they though? I don't believe they are. It's a comfort to think that there will be some kind of "reckoning" but there won't be. This is who they are, and it's long past time for anyone to wait for them to be better.

Boarder

having exactly (1) day out of the year where every amateur chef in America attempts to cook a giant bird and not fuck it up is, honestly, a wonderful and hilarious tradition

Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.

If someone who is being bullied tells you "it's fine, let's just not focus on it" what they are telling you is that they can't trust *you* to have their back. There's only one way to prove them wrong.