Mikayla

yeah i'm MtF (Military to Full-stack developer)

If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”

--Megyn R. Kelly

“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”

--Also Megyn R. Kelly

Well this explains the hot mess of dialogue in Other M

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

Washington Post headline reads: "Trump repeals tariffs on some foods as Americans face high grocery prices The president is rolling back import levies on a host of agricultural goods after administration officials signaled coming changes aimed at addressing consumer complaints about high food costs."

if we take it to be true that the tariffs are aimed at getting americans to buy US-made products, then what's the point of rolling them back when they become painful? the entire point is to cause financial pain to change consumer behavior. what's the strategy here?

So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.

But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.

Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

Ok: everyone should try transitioning, as a right of passage.

Nothing irreversible, try out some pronouns, navigate the world as a different gender for a bit, maybe do HRT for a few weeks to see how it feels.

If they find out it’s not for them, that’s cool, still learned something useful.

"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.

people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up

okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:

1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.

Even more true today: Democrats are ripe for a base revolt like the GOP in 2015 when Trump went down the escalator.

The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.

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this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof

(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)

a thread

one other very notable thing that's happened is that Republicans in the Senate have responded to his repeated exhortations to nuke the filibuster by totally ignoring him

unlike some other things we've seen, this is absolutely not the behavior of people who think Dems will never hold power again

New York Times header: Opinion Interesting times Did women ruin the workplace?

Amended header: Did liberal feminism ruing the workplace? And if so, can conservative feminism fix it? November 6, 2025 Hosted by Ross Douhat, producted by Victoria Chamberlin

Hey, women, are you still doing the NYT's wordle? or reading their cooking stuff? their book stuff? their political essays or advice columns? Listen to their fucking podcasts?

Part of your subscription fees are paying for THIS.

Consider shunning the NYT for life.

one thing that's nice about canceling your New York Times sub is every week you get at least one or two stories shared on here that make you say, "yeah, it rocks that I did that, I only wish I could do it again." highly recommend you cancel yours if you haven't already

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The Supreme Court’s Tariffs Arguments Were a Bloodbath for Trump Going into Supreme Court arguments over President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, it was genuinely difficult to guess how the justices would rule.

“Perhaps we should’ve guessed [the Roberts Court’s] extraordinary deference to this president could be outweighed only by its hatred of taxes.”

Yes. What today at SCOTUS shows is Roberts has never been about backing Donald Trump _the man_.

Roberts is there to protect the Republican Party. 1/

The Best Election Night Posts - A Compilation I asked my BlueSky followers to send me the funniest election night posts and boy howdy did they deliver. Enjoy! The Post having a normal one — Kate Burns (@katerqburns.bsky.social) 2025-11-05T03:50...

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I’ve been there. It takes time, you just underwent a massive medical procedure with a significant recovery. I promise you’ll get there.

Any discussion of the filibuster has to be understood first in the fact that it exists inside a body - the Senate - which was designed by our founders NOT to represent the will of the American people. The filibuster makes the Senate even less representative. (1/x)

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

Agree. Mamdani is a powerful example of this. He did not make his support for Palestine central to his campaign, but his insistence on sticking to his core beliefs when asked to repudiate them, but also reassuring those who were fearful, actually helped demonstrate his sincerity and values.

Trump wants Republicans to kill the filibuster. Great! In the long run, it would be good for Democrats and democracy.

New in PN: Trump wants Republicans to kill the filibuster. Great!

"The problem for Democrats is they simply want to do more things than Republicans do, so a status quo of near-total gridlock hurts them more than it hurts the GOP, for whom a govt unable to solve problems is a feature, not a bug."