The Scorpio King 🏳️‍🌈

It’s really weird that the Pod Save bros, who are on X, are on the same side as Ryan Grim, who is on X. Seems like X is the common factor here, but why would being on X affect how you regard someone with a Nazi tattoo?

I have this weird association with those where I always remember the metal clip being bent. And I don’t like it. But you’re not wrong…

Most takes I've seen on this site say "we don't know if he's a nazi and he might not be—but damn, what bad judgment at least!" and here comes Grim to tell us we're all "100% certain" he is and *we're* in an epistemic chamber. Somebody's not doing enough thought exercises, that's for sure.

Is there an argument *in favor* of Platner other than "we swear he's not a Nazi"? Cause that's a pretty low bar! And if it's what I saw the other day—he says Dems need to be the party of the working class again—every mainstream Dem has said that my entire lifetime. Schumer whispers it in his sleep.

I, too, think tens of thousands of people should go to prison because sometimes I smell something I don't like

5, blue ink, .7 mm fine point.

I vividly recall just how comparatively awful and hard-right Cornyn was compared to the rest of the GOP caucus when he was first elected in the Bush era. The fact that he now seems *relatively* reasonable, even if still totally vile, is such a sad comment on our trajectory.

NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) says Tina Peters "should get no special treatment" from Governor Jared Polis (D), calling Polis' statement hinting at clemency for Peters "shocking and worrisome." Griswold statement below.

People have refuted the idea that a humanities education would help stop some of the techbros’ worst impulses. So maybe instead of reading philosophers they just need to pay a *little* more attention to POP FUCKING CULTURE.

People are comparing DoD’s AI drone plan to Skynet from Terminator but it’s more like Robot Santa Claus from Futurama. He goes rogue after being released to hunt the “naughty,” which his programming (rightly) concludes is everyone…

Robot Santa Claus from Futurama shooting a large, high capacity weapon from his sleigh guided by two robot reindeer. (In the show, he is programmed to kill the “naughty” which ultimately includes everyone.)

Yeah if Dan Goldman loses the primary (🤞) he will immediately turn around and disavow his abolish ICE stance and blame the extreme left for making him do it. But it’s still a positive development!

the point he lands on here is “self-determination is not trustworthy”, which is not not fascism adjacent

Does it explain why he looks like that? Can anything? Usually when you lose a stunt bet like that, there’s a time limit or implied expiration.

Full page "ad" in The Onion for "60 Minutes": "Is NBC Hiring? Lesley Stahl investigates."

The New York Times clearly just saying Crockett is a progressive and Talarico is a moderate because Crockett is black and Talarico is white

Maybe think a bit more about how you would respond, come up with an answer, and *then* write the piece. Only don't publish it this time.

Returning to this well, on top of everything else, what a poorly worded subhead. "I don't know how I would have responded" is so vague and uninformative. We know where it's going b/c the writer and publication are transphobes. But otherwise, "I don't know..." is not an ideal opinion piece lead-in.

Republicans are still reaching back to the black-and-white TV era to dunk on Democrats over Robert Byrd's history with the Klan. If this guy is elected, most of us (given Bluesky user demograhics) will be hearing this for the rest of our lives.

Tweet by Igor Bobic "Fetterman responds to Graham Platner saying he should lose his seat: “Oh, really? The guy with the Nazi tattoo? Yeah, I'm devastated by that.” "

this is what awaits us if we fail to crush Platner in the primary, "oh the party of Nazi Tattoos has something to say?" every time forever

Benjamin Netanyahu’s long career was built on conflict avoidance—then, October 7 transformed and radicalized him, @Yair_Rosenberg argues:

OMFG they think we are the dumbest people who ever lived.

These steps toward caution are wise, but an underlying problem remains: Society still has an irrational fear of effeminate boys, who should be free to live their life without altering anything about themselves. Gender-nonconforming children continue to get the strong impression from censorious peers and well-meaning adults alike that they’d be better off if they became something other than what they are.

My childhood experiences make me skeptical about pediatric gender medicine today. In many kids who grow up to be gay, gender nonconformity manifests long before overt same-sex attraction does. Yet from peers, from social media, and even from some school districts’ teaching material, kids learn simplistic lessons that equate gender nonconformity with gender dysphoria—in essence, If you act and dress like a girl, you are one. In recent years, many doctors and hospitals have been willing to provide puberty blockers and gender-related hormone treatments to minors after only the briefest evaluation of each patient’s circumstances, and LGBTQ activists have cheered the lack of gatekeeping.

Where? How? These people have been pooping this stupid myth back and forth for so long that they don't even bother to provide basic evidence anymore.

It's the *premise* of the article, how did an editor not ask for specific numbers and peer-reviewed studies on this alleged phenomenon?

what kind of asshole would write something like th—ah, ok, i see

Well it’s not easy creating brand new recipes from scratch!

Kind of strange that in 1993, the president was someone who was born in 1946. And in 2026, the president is someone who was born in 1946.

It cannot be stressed enough how these Republicans don’t see government jobs as jobs at all. They see them as titles, no-show gigs where they can do whatever they want. That’s why they hated the people in those jobs before, they thought it was a scam because they don’t believe in doing the work.

Incredible gotcha Ben, you had to go back all the way to 2018. So 8 years instead of 10. It still proves my point you obsessive freak. They were all published before the Singal article and since then nothing. You can't find any.

Beef and rice? TOGETHER?