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in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority

I think it's pretty pathetic when people use ChatGPT to write an email, because who can't write an email? But then I saw all these Epstein emails. These guys can't write emails.

I’m increasingly seeing “different opinions” & similar language used by immoral people to trivialize their indecency, as though supporting fascism were a matter of personal taste, or equivalent to disagreeing about tax rates & charter schools.

[Exit King.]

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

Magic the Gathering Card J. Jonah Jameson (2)(R), 2/2 Legendary Human Citizen with "When J. Jonah Jameson enters, suspect up to one target creature. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.) Whenever a creature you control with menace attacks, create a Treasure token."

Not generally that interested in this set, but this is the most ingenious design I've seen from a flavor perspective in a long time. Jonah declares someone a "menace," then makes money when they attack.

Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.

Trump declares war on Americans: "Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies foreign and domestic. That's what the oath says -- foreign and domestic. Well we also have domestic."

jesus christ

It's not deportation if a person is not from there.

Involuntarily moving someone to another country is human trafficking and every bureaucrat involved should be prosecuted.

He's literally become Don Quixote.

This is just absolute gibberish. We’ve been doing all those things for decades. DC feels less safe now, not more.

America tips into fascism (GUEST POST) "Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.

I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.

If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:

They are local. Not wearing full face coverings seems like a courtesy— these masked men screaming orders is psychic damage.

Opinion | What Trump Is Really Up to in Washington

"You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard."

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

A National Guard Tactical Vehicle T-Boned a Civilian Car in D.C. Emergency workers sent a civilian to the hospital after an Afghanistan War era military vehicle smashed into their car.

this is what a military machine does when it meets a civilian SUV

one guy even tried to give us a sandwich

D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took off for Martha's Vineyard amid President D... www.rollingstone.com Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social • 3h I know it's only for a day, but she had better hope nothing happens tonight. ••• Colleen @colleenckc1.bsky.social Mom-shaming? She's a single mom. Her child will benefit from her mother being there for her. What happens tonight will happen whether the Mayor is physically in the city or not. Being a parent is a commitment. Being a single mom doesn't earn shame for being a good mom.

Meet the Squonk, Pennsylvania’s depressed, pig-like creature “It’s gone from ‘what’s a Squonk’ to ‘Hey, that’s a Squonk’ to ‘see you at Squonkapalooza.’”

Look I don't like John Fetterman either but he has a name

A dog in midair leaping at the camera giving the picture a fish eyed look, the dog is a black lab and while mid air is spiking the camera, with another white lab looking on in wonder

I would listen to this album all day

If they hadn’t genetically modified GRASS then you couldn’t eat TORTILLA CHIPS, you sorry excuse for a primate

ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.

So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?

The answer is: you.

You’re so fired

Orwell's Happy Ending Nineteen Eighty-Four has an optimistic hidden epilogue most readers miss

This is the longest thing I've written in a while: In honor of George Orwell's birthday, I explain the secret, happy epilogue of Nineteen-Eighty Four, in which the Party falls & freedom is restored. It's there in your copy, & you probably never noticed it. juliansanchez.substack.com/p/orwells-ha...

On a related note, I’m about to celebrate a whole year without a fistfight! It’s not til August, but I’m so proud.

I feel that posture. Leaning back slightly to give my face more room, but keeping my feet firmly planted.

headline: Doctor Who Supplied Matthew Perry With Ketamine Faces 40 Years Behind Bars For ‘Friends’ Star’s Death

was there no other way to phrase this