Hill Giant Everyday Praxis

"And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump, it's how we stop the next one." ~Zohran Mamdani, 11/4/25

DSA-endorsed candidates won all over the country last night, from the far north to the deeeeeeep south, coast to coast, and in the supposedly conservative heartland states. All over the damn place.

‘Kids want to read harder stuff’ — Harvard Gazette "Leveled Reading" author explains why outdated teaching methods may be to blame for declining U.S. literacy rates.

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New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...

If you can't handle me at my "Revolutions are the locomotives of history," you don't deserve me at my "Theory becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses."

Coastal Oregon rules because we have Surf Squatch culture, and I will not attempt to explain this.

And printer cartridges!

Busted.

How's your Saturday night? I just went to the store to buy cat food and file folders. I used to be dangerous.

Kids didn't used to get sick? Wow, I totally mandela effected that big time.

Hope that turned out okay.

Some of you have put a lot of emotional (& sometimes material) stock in human irredeemability. Now people (including those you think you're smarter than) are out there fighting for good & I can see how you're struggling. Let the insecurity go. It's okay to see people as good & worth your solidarity.

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Unpopular take, but Billups' arrest gives the Trailblazers an opportunity to get a more fresh, edgy head coach with the audacity to get this team into the playoffs again.

Graham Platner (has Nazi tattoo, downplayed sexual assault in the military, scrambling through multiple apologies and damage control) ain't it. His backers fucked up, Bernie fucked up and they all need to take the mulligan and learn from it. Try vetting.

Marco Rubio is doing some extremely illegal shit and I don't think he has immunity.

Always thought Ace Frehley, musicians' kid & roadie for Jimi Hendrix, was the most talented & musically interesting member of Kiss. "New York Groove" became a minor NYC anthem & outshone the other band members' mediocre solo work. I saw Kiss & Cheap Trick when I was 10. Safe landings Spaceman.

Wonder if Bolton still thinks Chelsea Manning deserved execution

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

'No Kings' protests to be held in 69 Minnesota cities this weekend An estimated 2,500 rallies will take place nationwide on Saturday.

Minnesota nice

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I double pinky promise you that the deeper you peer into the "Gaza Deal" the more clearly you'll see it really isn't anything. It's a made-up deal and none of the supposed stakeholders take it seriously.

This Is Not a Drill: Bravery as Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy | Common Dreams In recent memory, the prospect of a president preventing congressional elections from taking effect has been unimaginable. But today, it is not at all hard to imagine that this could happen.

Great new essay by @benmanski.bsky.social

This Is Not a Drill: Bravery as Strategy in the Face of American Tragedy

www.commondreams.org/opinion/this...

The new Jack in the Box ending to Falling Down:

"Here's your breakfast sir, we serve those items all day."

"Awesome! My spree of violent rage is over!"

CREDITS ROLL UP SCREEN

Is anyone talking about how to fight back or stand up for others under attack?

Just to be clear:

Trans people are the working class. Black people are the working class. Immigrants are the working class. Pregnant people are the working class. Brown people are the working class. Asian people are the working class. Disabled people are the working class.

I agree with both of those positions, so I guess we're slumming it together.

When someone named Fred is born, the gods flip a coin and the world holds its breath

Me just scrolling down and liking every single post by @resistrebelrevolt.net

All people deserve health care. All people deserve health care free at the point of service. Including immigrants. Including undocumented people. Our society could afford it without a scratch if we prioritized it.

Short stories that metaphorically illustrate the folly of imperialism:

"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell

"The Skateboard" feat. Pete Hegseth