Pete Schult

A thing I don’t enjoy in stories? Characters being mind controlled to act against their interests through magic or hypnosis or whatever. It’s so lazy. Especially since it’s clear from the world around us that people can delude themselves into believing evil shit all on their own.

Don't praise these 2, not even to contrast them with Cheeto Mussolini

seen a lot of confusion about this, so: when you don't drive a car, you have to go to the store more often. hope this helps

Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."

Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.

Rested and Ready

Apropos of the raven(?) in your avatar, we're living in a Poe's Law timeline

Is it ok if I share a bookish thought that may end up being stupid without y’all jumping me? (Kidding, do what you gotta. But I bite back).

Here’s the thing… is the only real difference between folklore and fantasy that white people can pretend they invented one of them? 🤣🤣🤣

"Aren't you the country where people hang plastic testicles on their cars?" Ok wise guy, and where do people in your country hang them?

Map of lower U.S. centered on Gulf of Mexico with this text over Gulf of Mexico. "Gulf of Meaningless Distraction While The Rich Who Pay No Taxes Loot the Treasury & Burn the Constitution"

Congress out onions The Onion

Since we're renaming things [map with canada and mexico but US is renamed Karen]

You do not give one inch to a fascist, period.

Nope, it's a small test to see who will go along.

I still call the DC airport National Airport. Just National Airport.

Disingenuous argument. Denali was Denali before it was McKinley. Gulf of Mexico was *never* Gulf of America. The author would have us accept Trump renaming the Atlantic Ocean to the Great MAGA Sea. It's just nonsensical. We have to fight stupid, because accepting stupid just invites stupider.

Spoiler: For libs at The Atlantic, every fight is going to be the wrong one to pick

Map of Mexico in 1794 showing Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.

It was called Gulf of Mexico for a reason.

Mexico En 1794.
#HistoryMatters

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Omar El Akkad & Mohammed El-Kurd: Liberalism in a Time of Genocide What two new books from Omar El Akkad and Mohammed El-Kurd tell us about the war on the Palestinian people.

Even when well-intentioned, the rhetoric of humanization desensitizes us to the violence it describes.

HOWLING

Going to see a movie?

Or just tweak its nickname: Goldland

Why annexing Canada would destroy the United States Americans have already been defeated by insurgents all over the world. Invading Canada would be no exception.

A sad and interesting take. A military annexation of Canada would destroy both the US and Canada.

theconversation.com/why-annexing...

Opinion: Farewell to my American friends. It's over. Pete McMartin: Where there was once admiration, there is now a firm and angry resolve. Read more.

“Where there was once admiration, there is now a firm and angry resolve. Schoolyard bullies don’t want to be buddies. They want your lunch.”
vancouversun.com/news/opinion...

Danish petition to buy California attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures | CNN A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more than 200,000 signatures.

Danish petition to buy California attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures

www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/e...