Dr. Stephanie Gomez

These people are all imagining themselves as artisans handcrafting magnificent pieces of furniture or machinery, and the plan is for them to spend 10 hours a day hunched over a sewing machine making fox racing T-shirts for Walmart.

there is this constant lurid fantasy that cis men will pretend to be trans women to gain covert access to girls and women because in this scenario we're imagining predators are not the fathers or grandfathers or teachers or priests or cops who are already granted that access. come the fuck on.

the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time

Chotiner is a legitimately good journalist but it’s wild that people think he’s some sort of evil wizard because he says “what do you mean by that”

Tired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they're racist

Wired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they feel attacked by his anti-pedophile stance

Headline: elephant kills woman then returns to her funeral to attack her corpse

half time show 2025

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

*Billie Joe Armstrong voice* “not gonna call it the Gulf of America”

[power chords]

'Long Live the King': Trump Likens Himself to Royalty on Truth Social A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administrations move to kill congestion pricing in New York.

A fondness for regal themes

Trump: I AM A KING!

NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

a man wearing a schitts creek shirt smiles Alt: David Rose from Schitts Creek with a pained smile

I just love having good pattern recognition and a love of history. I’m having a great time

I continue to not care about Hunter Biden.

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

Contrary to popular belief and framing, the MeToo movement did not fundamentally shift the status quo of institutional empowerment and protection of predators. The widespread idea that it did has put victims at a further disadvantage when they come forward about institutional betrayal

Assembling a cabinet from the people in your group chat is certainly a choice.

[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber

nobody disappears in the bermuda triangle anymore. due to wokeness

The media is the problem.
They’ll never hold right wing politicians to account, because the majority are owned by right wing billionaires, & said billionaires don’t want to share the wealth.
The bias, propaganda & hypocrisy is off the charts.
The media needs to be held to account for their mess.

A black and tan small dog wearing a pink harness sits on the sand near the ocean.

I am an academic and I also have a dog! This is Estrella.

I am constantly impressed online and in life how many people think they are blocked or not invited or whatever because others can’t handle their brilliant philosophical analysis and not because they are just mean jerks who make everyone feel uncomfortable

The biggest superpower in a autocracy are saying the words "no, I won't comply."

We outnumber them. Autocrats require constant effort to maintain control. Forcing them to expend effort to enforce compliance is our asymmetrical advantage.

That’s the other thing.

The people who “won” the election are angry as hell. “Sore winners” is an understatement.

On the interpersonal level, if someone in your life is ever angry that he got what he wanted, he’s someone to run from. Quickly.

But here we are. Locked in the stadium with madmen.

How many Manosphere podcasters and YouTubers spend a lot of time in feminist or queer spaces?
Conservative white Evangelicals with Jews, Muslims, atheists, etc.?
And so on.
These “echo chamber” and “bubble” accusations mostly go one way, and often amount to “you must spend your time listening to me”

A lot of the positions people like RFK jr. take (anti-vax, anti-pasteurization etc.) get described as “controversial.”

They’re not. There is no controversy. This is long-settled science. The correct term is “stupid.”

Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.

It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!

C is for cookie is a banger ngl

Why in the world would Team Trump be “scrambling” about that when their president elect is a known rapist and their AG pick is under investigation for statutory rape? They love sexual assault!