unseelie court reporter

did you try a whip and also a sword?

he strikes again

it's about fucking time someone said it explicitly. bad faith.

A federal judge — appointed by Trump — has blocked a bid by Trump's Justice Department to get a complete copy of Michigan's registered voter list.

I did exactly the same thing once (more than a couple months ago)

"The sky is green, actually. We have to get the word out."

idk, everything about this feels political!

isn't this interference in the proper functioning of the criminal justice system?

"kkkalifornia olive oil"?

great, you got them going again

A hobbyhorse, originally, was a children's toy that let them pretend to be riding a real horse, but became a term of derision for specific irrelevant topics which adults become fixated upon, and that's what this is. There's no threat, it's pure fantasy. They're just playing with their favorite toy.

so there *are* investigations? Isn't that the job of the police, or the FBI? If the FBI is investigating they can be asked to share their work outside of public fora

BREAKING: The Trump EPA is about to revoke the scientific finding that underpins all climate regulation.

The agency is walking back the conclusion that greenhouse gases pose a risk to public health.

This will open the door to deregulation, a win for the fossil fuel industry.

the government tries to guilt u into not running stories like this flimsily arguing it puts people in danger, oh yea sure would hate to put people in danger constantly

the president has been up all night crying and you're making fun of him??

I'm pretty sure that's...not true

an immense and brilliant light has gone out. and if you're not familiar with his work, go have a listen; I bet you'll be glad you did.

thank you for sharing your perspective and talking with me Mallory

I might have been clumsy. I understand the political and social landscape of the US immeasurably better than I do that of the UK

that makes sense to me. freeing yourself from the analytic position of talking / thinking / caring about that and focusing on their actions is a direction we often have to consciously move in because we're always pushed to consider oppressors' feelings and motivations

that's what you want to do to chaos and destruction, smash through them and then unleash aggressive things. to restore order

"...internationally recognized lesbian vampire expert" is just such a funny and silly way to self-describe

I think it certainly happens elsewhere, too, and exposing it wherever it happens is important in part because it reveals the actual, radically narrow boundaries--what you might call topologies--of social permissibility rather than flattering people's fantasies about how free we all really are

she should've just tweeted a picture of herself in a dunce cap, it would have been more dignified

this is insultingly moronic. *Maybe* you could have plausibly claimed in like 1955 that there was just one main "track" of entertainment, but that hasn't been true about television since the 70's at least, and entertainment hasn't been primarily about television for 20 full years, easy

I think the whole of your analysis is extremely valuable and important, but this point in particular (though it's not the only such point) about transphobia seeming to easily bridge other ideological divides is especially insightful and feels sociologically significant

definitely not about Starbucks in any way

Harlan Dilldrip

such a good rise and such rich maillard-ing. it looks just marvelous

lmao