Brian Hough

The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)

he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

CNN's panel sounds so, so, so out of touch tonight responding to Mamdani's //excellent// victory speech tonight.

Scott Jennings vs my last remaining brain cell

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

LIVE Election Results are now on the site! We are tracking 183 different contests around the country with real-time data 🧵

ballotline.com/elections

The new Affinity Studio 3.0 is here. The good: all the core functionality from Affinity 2.0 is now free! (yay!)

The bad: it all now requires a Canva account, and there are new subscription based generative AI features. (boo!)

macOS and Windows for now, iPad "coming soon"

www.affinity.studio

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

#NoKings in Haverhill, MA - or anywhere in America.

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued her first statement in the aftermath of being indicted by President Trump’s DOJ.

Has anyone else noticed that spoken content—podcasts, movies, TV—sounds worse on AirPods Pro 3 than the 1st gen?

Speech feels muffled and less clear to me, wondering if its the bass or audio balance change.

Anyone else feel this way, or just me?

THE PATRIOTSSSSSS #gopats

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops. I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation. The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Any chance you’re able to share the love? 😅 I’ve been looking for one!

Happy new Taylor Swift music day to all who celebrate! I just finished my first listen and I get big “Lover” vibes, like this is the album she would have released after that if COVID hadn’t happened.

As a Folklore/Evermore/Anthology type of guy, this just mostly isn’t my cup of tea, but it is fun!

Does anybody have a Sora invite code they’d be willing to part with? Looking to explore the slop for work purposes 👀

A photo of a van with a BluSky logo driving on the highway

BlueSky is my emergency response platform for sure

Fuck this disgusting administration and all who do its bidding.

LOOOOOOOL

welcome to the resistance, tylenol

Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

Still not resubscribing to Disney+/Hulu. The lesson won't stick if they don't feel the consequences of their actions.

Benjamin Button Reviews macOS

rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-but...

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization.

It’s all out in the open.

It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it

Inside ABC's Shock Kimmel Decision At Disney, emergency meetings were convened after the FCC chair’s Jimmy Kimmel threat, with the late-night host ready to respond on-air—but Disney brass ultimately decided to bench the marquee talent ...

I'm told that Kimmel wanted to address the controversy on air, and had even prepared a script. Disney brass, however, wasn't comfortable with. That and much more detail in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jimmy-kimm...

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

Screenshot of headline reading: ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Indefinitely After Host’s Charlie Kirk Comments

This is censorship in action. The FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Kimmel’s comments. Hours later, he’s off air. It’s dangerous and unconstitutional.

The message to every media company is clear: Adopt the MAGA line or the Federal Censorship Commission will come after you.