Tuesday, July 15, 2025
I believe abortion should be legal everywhere. I believe in free speech. I am conflicted on capital punishment. I am conflicted on affirmative action. I think guns should be fully outlawed and D.C. v. Heller (2008) is a shameful decision. I support open borders. I support higher taxes. I support a universal basic income. I believe the minimum wage is tremendously out-of-date, to the suffering of many. I favor more regulation overall.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Hey, it’s Pete. I know a lot of us were frustrated and disappointed to see Congress pass the so-called beautiful bill and Donald Trump sign it, giving himself and his fellow billionaires a tax cut, paying for it by cutting health care off for millions of Americans and blowing up the deficit while they did it. This bill is full of destructive measures that will make life in America worse. It will make America sicker, literally, with thousands of people expected to die sooner because of the loss of health care.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
“I think we’re living in a dystopic riff on the main timeline, like a nightmare that someone in the main plot is having. “That’s where we exist, because I was just watching the news and they had a talking hat on. He was talking about the situation in the Middle East and he was like, I wish we had a Bush presidency right now. “And my first thought was, oh man, that would be great.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Come over. The doors are open, my flat’s a mess and so is my heart but the doors are always open. Come over. I will make soup, probably from frozen but the important thing is we will both eat. You don’t have to be dying, but if you are, or you feel like you are, or if living’s been hard, call me, and I will show up. It doesn’t have to be that bad, it doesn’t have to be bad at all, but if it is, please call.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Nick Cave: Okay, so the question someone has written in called Valerio from Stockholm has written in saying: “Following the last few years, I’m feeling empty and more cynical than ever. I’m losing faith in other people and I’m scared to pass these feelings on to my little son. Do you still believe in us human beings?” So this is the letter that I wrote. Dear Valerio, Much of my early life was spent holding the world and the people in it in contempt.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
A: Hey man, you parked on my foot! What’s your problem? B: I don’t think he has a problem with you. A: Then why else would he park on my foot and ignore me? B: I think he’s deaf. A: Hey, you’re on my foot! B: He must be blind too. A :Then why is he driving? B: Ask him? A: Dude, not the time! It’s locked! I hate this guy!
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/tW… Whitney Cummings: Who do you think did 9/11? Soldier in Audience: Us. WC: So why did America do it? S: To finish Bush 1’s job. WC: Where’d you read this? S: I served 11 years. WC: Where in the military were you? S: Syria. WC: Yeah, I want the full conspiracy. Let’s go. S: I was at the V.A. a year and a half after an operation that we went to.
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Fighting fascism is an ideological war of attrition against you. You win by not relenting this instant, tomorrow, and every day thereafter. Listen to us! MAGA Fascism You aren’t crazy: MAGA under Trump is turning fascist. Even researchers begin to realize this. For all historical differences, there are modern definitions of fascism perfectly applicable to MAGA: “It wants to silence and even murder its opponents rather than arguing with them; it prefers an authoritarian state over democracy; it pits an aggressively exclusionary idea of the nation against a pluralism that values and prioritizes difference.
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Fascism is here. It’s not wearing jackboots. It’s wearing a flag. Holding a Bible. Funded by billionaires. And led by a felon in a suit shouting: “Law and order.” “Patriots only.” “America First.” What does it look like? Schools punished for teaching history. Teachers criminalized for using a kid’s pronouns. Universities defunded unless they obey. Law firms threatened for defending the law. Judges smeared and silenced, Immigrants blamed. Minorities targeted. The press attacked.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
imgur.com/gallery/r… ORANGE: World War 3!? Is that good? Whose idea was that? Israel bombed Iran first and now the USA is bombing Iranian nuclear sites, the world is up in arms and maybe even ending! What is going on!? I’m frightened! BEIGE: It’s all for a good cause. You should know that Israel was forced to bomb Iran in preemptive self-defence in order to achieve peace through strength. ORANGE: Israel bombed Iran first?
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Man: Hiya. Ticket Agent: Hi. Man: This is a bit of a strange question, but can you tell me how to get there? Ticket Agent: Where is it? Where was the photo taken? Oh, I know, that’s Millport. Right, what you would do is, get the train to Largs, from there you get the ferry, the train takes roughly… Man: No, sorry, I know how to get to Millport, but can you tell me how to get to there [points to photo]?
Sunday, June 22, 2025
PANEL 1: Yellow guy, exited, smiling, blue star, green squiggly, red cone, yellow circle. Off-screen: “You’re too loud.” PANEL 2: Slightly faded yellow guy, discouraged, less bright. Tiny blue star, red triangle, yellow circle fading out. PANEL 3: Dimmer yellow guy with white speech buttons. Off-screen: “You’re being really annoying.” PANEL 4: Orange guy with speech balloon popping out. PANEL 5: Even dimmer orange guy. Speech balloon: “Haha, you’re so weird.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
A counterpart question to the question I asked ChatGPT about the Democratic Party: Q: Based solely on actions by its elected representatives in the national legislative and executive branch and not on any stated principles, please provide 250 words on what the Republican Party stands for. A: Republican officials’ record signals seven governing principles. 1. Supply-side taxation: they pursue permanent, across-the-board tax relief and creative scoring to justify it, treating lower revenue as an engine for private-sector growth and political reward.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
As a reaction to Dave’s question I thought I’d ask my own, but with a twist – asking it to base its answer solely on their actions, rather than their words. Q: Based solely on actions by its elected representatives in the national legislative and executive branch and not on any stated principles, please provide 250 words on what the Democratic Party stands for. A: The party’s record since 2021 reveals a set of operational principles that repeat across issue areas:
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Forgotten Food Bank Needs Boxed Milk Butter & Eggs Cake & Frosting Dish Detergent Ground Beef Sandwich Bread Cooking Oil Salt & Pepper Sugar & Flour Feminine Hygiene Ground Coffee Spices Eric McCool: Sharing wisdom from a food bank volunteer: Everyone donates Kraft Mac & Cheese in the box. But it needs milk & butter which is hard to get from food banks. Boxed Milk is a treasure. Kids need it for cereal, which they get a lot of.
Saturday, June 14, 2025
No more fear, no more ICE, freedom now—don’t think twice! Raise your voice, stop the raids—liberty must not be swayed! Tear down ICE, tear down fear—no more kings, the time is here! From sea to sea, our shining land—stand with migrants, make your stand! Break the silence, end the strife—ICE destroys our peaceful lives! This is home, we belong—your cruel laws are dead wrong! They come at night, they come in fear—rise up now, make it clear!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Scandal S05E20 – I imagine it is not an accident that this episode was called “Trump Card”: You want a sound bite? You want the truth? [Donald Trump] is a disgusting piece of trash. A relic. A man, like many other white men, who have had a free run at prosperity and opportunity. For whom discrimination and injustice are as foreign to them as the Muslim immigrants that they want to ban from our country.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Psychotherapy Action Network (@PsiANorg): So, according the the FTC, BetterHelp: Sold data about all LGBTQ users who looked into “Pride Counseling,’’ teens who visited “Teen Counseling,’ Christians who visited “Faithful Counseling,’ & Spanish-speaking folks who visited “Terappeuta.” (at least spell it right?) Uploaded the email address of all current and former users to Facebook to target them and their friends with BetterHelp ads Falsely used the HIPAA logo to deceive patients that they met HIPAA requirements for privacy and confidentiality
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
“Sweetheart, if they text you after 11 p.m., it’s not ethics. It’s hormones.” “I didn’t come here to get a degree. I came here to see what the youth are stressed about and bring snacks accordingly.” “He ghosted you? Oh honey. Block him and light a candle. For yourself.” “I once survived a cheating husband, a power outage, and disco. You can survive this exam.” “You don’t need closure. You need carbs and a nap.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Translated from Cat by Dora Round; revised by the editor. Originally Published in Intimate Things, 1935. This is my Man. I am not afraid of him. He is very strong, for he eats a great deal; he is an Eater of All Things. What are you eating? Give me some! He is not beautiful, for he has no fur. Not having enough saliva, he has to wash himself with water. He meows in a harsh voice and a great deal more than necessary.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Sen. Chris Murphy to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Homeland Security Director: [Y]our department is out of control. You’re spending like you don’t have a budget. You are running out of money for this fiscal year. You are illegally refusing to spend funds that have been authorized by this Congress and appropriated by this committee. You are ignoring the immigration laws of this nation, implementing a brand new immigration system that you have invented that has little relation to the statutes that you are required to follow as spelled out in your oath of office.
Monday, May 26, 2025
AverageSalt_Miner: “There’s something uniquely perverse about cruelty performed by people who will never experience the consequences of their own ideology. Unlike the Somali pirates or the Taliban—groups operating in extreme conditions, driven by survival, ideology, or desperation—the architects of modern American cruelty live in comfort. They do not suffer. They are not struggling for food or security. And yet, they choose cruelty, not as a necessity, but as a luxury.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
I am undergoing some really good therapy. Certain aspects of life have backed off enough that at least sometimes, the sense of threat is not as strong as it had been in prior years. What is strange for me, though, especially having been freed from the very old fashioned requirements of masculinity, and also I think biologically, compounded by the additional estrogen, is that the trauma tends to float up. What’s bizarre about that experience is that I can suffer what’s termed an emotional flashback.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Q: If you got to have a friend in Jesus so that he’ll recommend you to the Spirit in the Sky, then who is the Spirit in the Sky - in the theology of the song? A: Within the song’s own logic, Jesus functions as an intermediary: you “gotta have a friend in Jesus … so you know that when you die / He’s gonna recommend you / to the Spirit in the Sky.
Monday, May 12, 2025
A young male, orphaned protagonist. Sent to live with his aunt and uncle for safety, an ordinary life in an isolated location. He grows up completely unaware of his true heritage; his uncle refuses to tell him what really happened to his parents. He receives a special message & visitor that changes everything. Against his uncle’s wishes, he leaves home for the first time, Where he meets a mysterious, bearded stranger,
Saturday, May 10, 2025
libraford: I’m at the pediatrician office watching two 3-year olds attempt to break the language barrier. English-speaking child: baby! baby! Spanish speaking child: jesta bebe! [excited screaming from both] Spanish: [produces a toy of some kind] [excited screaming from both] Spanish: do … do you … quieres … ahhh … English: do you want to come pl- Spanish: ¿Juegas conmigo? [toy makes a sound] [excited screaming from both] 🗒
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
From ChatGPT’s Deep Research. Introduction Donald Trump’s political appeal has always spanned a spectrum of motivations – from conventional policy preferences and identity-based affinities to more divisive, conspiracy-fueled loyalties. This analysis compares the reasons voters supported Trump at two moments: during the 2024 U.S. presidential election and as of April 2025. By examining key policy areas – the economy, immigration, culture, and law enforcement/governance – we can see both the “civilized” motivations (principled, policy-based, or identity-affirming reasons) and the “uncivilized” ones (conspiracy-driven, hate-based, or authoritarian-leaning impulses).
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
force unhappy couples to stay married even if they're miserable together. make all abortions illegal - even if you're raped or might die from the pregnancy. take away your birth control pills and IUDs. give your tax dollars to billionaires while you struggle to pay bills. take more money from your paycheck if you're a regular worker. kill the organizations that fight for your fair pay and safe workplace. make you work until you're too old and sick to enjoy retirement.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Warning: IANAL but I’m lawyer-aligned. Here’s something for your stories, if you are an author: Legalese: This license is granted only on the condition that the licensee is not, and does not publicly present themselves as (in earnest or in support of those views), racist, homophobic, transphobic (including but not limited to gender-critical or so-called “TERF” ideologies), antisemitic, Islamophobic, or sexist, nor produces derivative works that depict my original characters or narratives in a way that glorifies or affirms such views.
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
@RetroAgent12: How did we get here? Donald Trump tanked the economy based on a book his son-in-law found on Amazon. He told Jared Kushner to find him an economic advisor—someone who could make him “look tough” and talk tough on China. Jared searched Amazon, saw a book called Death by China, and thought the title was “cool.” So he cold-called the author, Peter Navarro, and gave him a job. Navarro had no real economic credibility—just an obsession with tariffs and a made-up expert named “Ron Vara” whom he cited repeatedly in his books.