Clint Popetz

The high school system my company worked with lost a multimillion dollar grant because the word “diversity” appeared in it, and I had to lay off a quarter of my staff, some of whom had worked with me for over a decade.

That scene gutted me as a kid.

I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.

Biden was the most economically progressive president since LBJ at least, he pursued a full-employment economy at huge political risk, it worked spectacularly.

And what happened is that the entire progressive universe decided that he must not have done any of it, or else he would have been popular

The difference between them and us is our capacity to feel joy, to connect, to build. They can’t win because they only have resentment, and that’s not enough.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Can still remember hearing that at a party for the first time. That’s the stuff.

The image features a gradient background transitioning from pink to blue. Text reads "Introducing the Trans Bill of Rights" with an icon of a paper and pen.

A colorful infographic titled "What is the Trans Bill of Rights?" outlines four points with icons: protections from employment and housing discrimination, equal access to medical treatment without discrimination, legal recognition of gender identity, and the right to use restrooms aligning with a person's gender identity.

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills.

To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

I mean, touching your own rock upon release is pretty common... oh, err, it's a sports thing, ok, nm.

100% this. I can't fathom what is appealing about a house-by-yourself-in-the-middle-of-nowhere. Soul killing. But to each their own, I guess. I grew up in the country outside a town of 10k. I don't think I'll ever live in a city with less than 2 million people again, if I can help it.

I’m pretty sure it was a martini shaker but I support diversification along these lines.

And that's what my experience with hunger brought home to me, in a way I've never forgotten: if you're hungry, it's so so much harder to think, to plan, to save, simply to exercise self-control & self-discipline. It weakens all those systems. It makes everything harder -- *everything*.

His novels dropped in quality so precipitously and never recovered after Owen Meany. The three that preceded it were great (Garp, Hotel NH, Cider house) and Owen Meany was brilliant, and just a series of cynical garbage since. I literally threw Twisted River at a wall. No idea what happened to him.

Also, did no one with an eye for choreography look at the plan that resulted in “random athletes haphazardly walk by him with no regard to where he was in a phrase” thing that was happening on stage? Or was that meant to reinforce the overall theme of mediocrity?

You all started it and we fucking finished it.

Yeah, I had to switch to thicker socks (smartwool) to make them feel more snug.

It's the first subway built here since the 60s. I'm cutting them some slack.

(Also my partner works in transportation planning/modeling and I'm not allowed to underestimate the difficulty of trying to build/operate transit in this city. ;)

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

YouTube video by rejectedburrito Ira and Barry in "City Slickers" (1991) - The Challenge

“Scoop of chocolate, scoop of vanilla, don’t waste my time.”

youtu.be/4pbVxyL-OeM?...

Troublemaker is my middle name.

OMG that is to cute and so very much you!

Lincoln’s fascination with colonization is some of the cringiest reading, but also deeply humanizing. He was just a guy and wasn’t sure what to do!

Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”

probably still positive with nonfucking white men though

I’m sure they’ll learn from *this* mistake!

It’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement.

It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement.

It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

There’s also a touch of Chernenko I think. And trump is about the same period of time into his term ;)