Andy Karlson

Also, the overlap between people on here saying, "I'll never vote for Gavin Newsom as a candidate, ever," and then turning right around and saying, "Yeah, Platner has a Nazi tattoo, but he supports M4A and opposes Israel*, and that's all that matters" is pretty noticeable.

Excellent!

tapping the "people underestimate how many of our society's elites are motivated not by self-interest, but by sadism" sign

Ha ha ha, eat shit Darrell

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

Oh sweet! Thanks much, Chase!

may i recommend this as your desktop background? it's nice to stare at, i've used just north of Minneapolis for over a decade now

Nobody has ever gotten so much unearned benefit from the non-existent attention span of mainstream journalism

It is incredibly cool!

This is Hellboy's 33rd anniversary week, so I'll likely use it as an excuse to draw everyone's favorite supernatural monster bonker!

Counterpoint: he's a fucking doofus who got lucky once.

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offender

Another headline here is “Bard faculty declines to call for Leon Botstein’s resignation over Epstein ties.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“But how serious is it?”

According to the national media and the most powerful members of his political party, any hint of plagiarism — even if it’s just a common phrasing or unclear attribution — is a fireable offense, regardless of how incidental it is

Right, but I don't think that's dispositive. Conservatism and fascism both attract the authoritarian mindset, and as the article acknowledges, ideological allegiances can be flexible.

Incredible @polphilpod.bsky.social banger today. Conclusively answers the question of whether conservatism is just fascism or not. Offers a hopeful vision for victory. Give it a read!

the full biden quote, from the iowa state fair in 2020:

conservative provocateur: how many genders are there?

biden: at least three

conservative: can you name them?

biden: don't play games with me kid

Sometimes it feels like the online crowd has (1) absorbed the truism that European left parties are definitionally more left than the Democrats, then (2) look at Labour, and (3) decide that the Dems must be Labour-but-worse because of (1).

Extremely persuasive essay from @polphilpod.bsky.social which puts some real and substantial meat on the bones of Wilhoit's Law.

I also appreciate the distinction between conservatism and fascism, and the recognition that fascism has decisively won the struggle between the two.

(it looks like we are trying to maintain the fiction that liberalism is a center-right movement, and we are doing so by summoning a distracting array of straw men)

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far According to a simple average of new high-quality surveys, 38% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of U.S. military action. When ignoring "don't know" respondents, 56% disapprove

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-us-i...

If you ignore people who say they “don’t know” how they feel about the war, disapproval of Trump’s actions is already at 56%. That is higher than the resistance to Vietnam in 1971.

Whew, big question! I always loved Kirby's KAMANDI books in particular. Specifically as a writer, I love him for his willingness just to GO THERE with big worldbuilding and epic, weird, mythic dreaminess.

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Greg, how would you characterize Jack Kirby as a writer, and what do you see as the legacy of his writing over the last half century?

This is the healing our troubled nation needs

No. Bring back Murder, She Wrote.

If you use a shitty camera during the #FP4Party you will get 1,000,000 Bonus Points.

We don't say "dirtbag left" anymore but he's basically one of those, like the Chapo Trap House dudes. Make a point out of being a piece of shit, have left-wing populist politics, be economically privileged but wear a bourgeois identity as a costume

I just want to lift up the excellent Foley work in the dancing segments.

I understand what these words mean when these words get put together but I don't understand how these words could possibly be together.

I hope so!