PaperbackLizard

Two things can be true:

1) The President has legal authority over the D.C. police and the D.C. National Guard that he doesn't have *anywhere else* in the country; &

2) Even if this doesn't set a legal precedent, it sets an ominous *political* precedent for pretextually overriding local government.

Landlords Commit $2.5 Million to Help Cuomo's Mayoral Campaign The money, the largest example of outside spending by a single donor in the New York City mayor's race, will go toward campaign ads on Andrew M. Cuomo's behalf.

When you see Cuomo attacking Mamdani over his rent stabilized one bedroom in Queens, do recall this please:

Also if your pitch includes ideas for blackmailing and/or ruining the lives of family members of the person you want to sue. Not only is that bad for the obvious reasons, but it also shows you will not be satisfied by realistic legal resolutions. And it makes it scary to be involved with you.

Andrew Cuomo tweet: In case you forgot, I’m Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario, grandson of Andrea. Welcome to the heavyweight bout, @ZohranKMamdani This is a two man race. You look tired already. It’s just the second round.

What if there were already some sort of contest where people were able to choose between them, I wonder how that would go

Great clip of @marcmaron.bsky.social

I appreciate that dem leadership is, 10 years late, finally figuring out that they need to pursue gerrymandering themselves even if they want to maintain a platform that includes anti-gerrymandering measures. however, I do not think we can continue with a leadership that is always 10 years too late

The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral “deals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior.

Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

If you’ve read SEVENEVES, you’re absolutely terrified right now. I’m on the verge of wanting to create a support group.

Neal Stephenson established pretty convincingly that if anything—manmade or otherwise—manages to cause a breakup of the Moon, it would in fairly short order end all life on Earth.

Blackforager on IG just did a post on this and identifying nightshades! You might like it. It's her July 22 post 😊 She's a great follow either way

i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"

I don’t generally repost, unless it’s corgis, but today I mark this awful loss - a loss we’ll all feel, Democrats and Republicans, left and right. A victim of hubris and greed.

I don't understand why the administration keeps saying that other countries pay our tariffs. This is simply not true even in the most optimistic scenario (e.g., a US importer negotiates something with their foreign partner). If the policy is good, why lie about it?

Tsunami alerts issued for U.S. West Coast and Japan after 8.7-magnitude quake The strongest earthquake of the year erupted off Russia’s Kamchatka region, triggering tsunami warnings for Alaska, Guam, Japan, Russia and the U.S. West Coast.

Breaking news: A tsunami watch is in place for the entire U.S. West Coast, with warnings in Hawaii and Japan, where waves as high as 10 feet have been forecast, after magnitude-8.7 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka region.

being alive right now is completely incompatible with sanity on every level and every day i feel more and more crazy

ozzy osbourne dies
everyone: "enjoy hell (complimentary)"
hulk hogan dies
everyone: "enjoy hell (derogatory)"

I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.

THIS! I clearly remember wondering why people didn't care about the lawsuit in 2016 where someone accused him of assaulting her when she was 13! It's IN HIS WIKIPEDIA PAGE!

i believe that at 18 every american should be entered into a draft, not for military service, but for one year of mandatory retail or restaurant work

ok I decided to actually read up a bit on the Epstein case and my initial takeaway is that a great way to protect women and children from sexual predation would be to prosecute white collar crime

Happy Monday, Everyone! Looking Forward To Another Week Of Infecting Every Aspect Of Your Daily Lives!

Happy Monday, Everyone! Looking Forward To Another Week Of Infecting Every Aspect Of Your Daily Lives! theonion.com/happy-m...

This is certainly the tism talking but I find so much joy in curiosity and the process of learning that the idea of wanting to outsource thinking to a machine is unfathomable to me

That’s the fun part! Why wouldn’t you want to do that?

I've seen this talking point a few times now, and I'm unclear what point about taxation is intended by this type of fact. No single person should have enough money to run a sovereign democracy of 350 million for two weeks! Tax the hell out of it, next question.

Hot take: many women do not care if a man has abs. They care if that man is kind, considerate, communicative, career-oriented, owns a bed frame, has a solid friend group, and can quickly plan a date.

Screenshot: No room for wokeness! @Wokenessisevil Notice how no one, not a single soul, has ever complained about the female gaze in entertainment. [photos show Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) and Alan Ritchson (Reacher) with ripped muscles]

This isn’t the female gaze. This is the male gaze. It’s men who are obsessed with the physicality of other men. Women, in the main, would much rather see a man who looks like he’d make himself a stack of buttered toast and let you steal a slice

People need to go to prison for these stories.

Seriously the most rewarding co-op game playing experience I've had. Highly recommend and I can't wait to see what @hazelightgames.bsky.social does next! Each game is better than the last.