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That's a get. He's finally arrived.

This counts as a personal attack.

This is bad but the questions from Gorsuch about heightened scrutiny for trans people were actually a little encouraging. A broad ruling would have horrible implications for all US trans people and it helps my anxiety that the justices don't seem ready to make one.

It's disappointing to hear you repeating the lie that the US is running Venezuela. The act of kidnapping Maduro is insane but their VP Delcy Rodriguez is now acting president. The us is exerting pressure but no direct control and we're certainly not running the country.

The Great British Baking Show turned me off to Paul Hollywood's gender.

"It'll probably fail anyway" isn't super reassuring from them at this point.

“I wanted to punch her in the face, but I pooped on her car instead and went home,” Solometo said, according to the affidavit. “It was a clean poop,” police said Solometo later explained. “I didn’t even have to wipe.”

when the story answers the question you were afraid to ask

The AI hackathon week at work has a very strong "train your replacement" feel to it.

Hank Scorpio did nothing wrong

Wendy surrounded by synthesizer keyboards, computers, and audio gear, holding one of her siamese cats with another perched on an equipment rack

Wendy sitting in front of multiple computers with her keyboards visible to the side, holding one cat while another two cats and a parrot are on top of the monitors

a color image of Wendy sitting side-on to a computer or similar device, with all of her gear along the wall, and a cat and fluffy dog sitting on the carpet next to her looking up at her

closer in of the previous device she was sitting at that seems to have a roll printer built in, she's behind it with her hands on two synthesizer keyboards and one of her cats is on top of it batting at the fan exhaust in a series of images

For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends

The current millionaire mayor ran an attack ad against her that said she got help from her parents with childcare, and that somehow was supposed to make us like her less?

You had me for one glorious second.

@mmasnick.bsky.social have you considered starting Teen Techdirt?

it's time to organize, not panic.

headline and byline from komonews.com: 'No Kings' protests being funded by foundations run by George Soros: report by CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News Desk Fri, October 17th 2025 at 1:45 PM Updated Sat, October 18th 2025 at 7:46 AM

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The “No Kings” protests that will be taking place on Saturday are being funded by foundations belonging to billionaire philanthropist George Soros. One of the groups is the Open Society Foundations, founded by the major Democratic donor. Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 trillion grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years "to support the grantee's social welfare activities.”

nice to see that the local news is having a perfectly normal day

a screenshot from the AI slop Walmart nostalgia video. a child is standing next to a smiley rollback sign while performing a monologue about why 2002 Walmart was amazing. a shopping cart intersects him at the belly button. he seems fine.

I hope the kid was able to get a much-needed cartoctomy.

I wasn't ready. Imagine getting to write that magnificent combination of words every time you sign your name.

It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession” Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.

lots of similarities to cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-f... in this piece

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With the awful news from the last couple hours, this post from the political optimism subreddit helped to break through a bit of the despair fog. Repubs know this is political suicide, ICE's support is crumbling despite the budget increase, and there's a myriad of ways to fight back. Keep strong.

When I saw this headline I involuntarily shouted "oh my god, Beth" before even seeing who wrote the article.

Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Trans Medicaid Ban from GOP Megabill In a major win for trans healthcare rights across the country, the trans Medicaid ban provision has been removed from the GOP’s megabill after advocates pressured Democrats to invoke the Byrd rule.

THE TRANS MEDICAID BAN HAS BEEN STRUCK BY THE PARLIAMENTARIAN!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND NEVER STOP FIGHTING!!!!
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