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Headline: Everything Batman Fans Need to Remember About Hush Before H2SH ArrivesMe: Well, it kinda sucked, for starters...Bonus me: Calling...

Headline: Everything Batman Fans Need to Remember About Hush Before H2SH Arrives

Me: Well, it kinda sucked, for starters...

Bonus me: Calling it H2SH (as opposed to just Hush 2, for example) is '00s-kid-trying-too-hard-to-be-edgy level of weak

"There is no assurance we will not be co-opted into immigration enforcement because there is no limiting language, no guardrails in...

"There is no assurance we will not be co-opted into immigration enforcement because there is no limiting language, no guardrails in place."

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/alarm-big-island-police-pacts-ice/

cc: Gavin Newsom

cc: Gavin Newsom

Q. Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights in areas like sports, which affect very few people.A. You...

Q. Some Democratic voices say it’s time to move beyond the issue of trans rights in areas like sports, which affect very few people.

A. You could say that about the Jews, Black people or Haitians, or any very vulnerable minority. Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-12-15/judith-butler-philosopher-if-you-sacrifice-a-minority-like-trans-people-you-are-operating-within-a-fascist-logic.html

10 a.m. and only now am I having my second cup of coffee. It's criminal, I tell you.

10 a.m. and only now am I having my second cup of coffee. It's criminal, I tell you.

"Our country will be woke no longer" is the only honest thing he's said so far tonight.

"Our country will be woke no longer" is the only honest thing he's said so far tonight.

"The push for English-only policies has never been about communication; it has always been about control, about who gets to be seen as...

"The push for English-only policies has never been about communication; it has always been about control, about who gets to be seen as fully American and who does not."

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-english-official-language-rcna194229

Why do people act like Carville is still relevant and has something to say?This is not a strategy; this is not daring. It's cowardly,...

Why do people act like Carville is still relevant and has something to say?

This is not a strategy; this is not daring. It's cowardly, it's laziness, it's capitulation at the risk of actual human lives.

"[I]t's time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead. Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/democrats-trump-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.zuMr.XXmat_Qp4nvx

I was the guy posting about his racism and fascist leanings (oh, to have them be only "leanings" again) before it was cool. Now...

I was the guy posting about his racism and fascist leanings (oh, to have them be only "leanings" again) before it was cool. Now I'm the "I fucking told you so," guy and it really brings me no joy.

Option 1: Just keep it as Gulf of Mexico.Option 2: If we have to change its name*, then call it Gulf of the Americas – a win for everybody...

Option 1: Just keep it as Gulf of Mexico.

Option 2: If we have to change its name*, then call it Gulf of the Americas – a win for everybody except the MAGA crowd who would never accept anything that places the acknowledgement of brownness on equal footing as their regressive and repressive ideal.

*we don't have to change its name

“So we took over the Kennedy Center. We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things,” Trump told reporters in the Oval...

“So we took over the Kennedy Center. We didn’t like what they were showing and various other things,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday evening. “But we have, I guess, a whole new group of people going in. … I’m going to be chairman of it, and we’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”

https://wapo.st/3CCgjzD

REMINDER (for myself mostly): Do not engage online with anyone who uses "woke nonsense" or its variants in a sentence. No good...

REMINDER (for myself mostly): Do not engage online with anyone who uses "woke nonsense" or its variants in a sentence. No good will come of this.

“A sane government would never do this."NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective...

“A sane government would never do this."

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

https://wapo.st/3Q9DrIH

https://pixelfed.social/p/richardmelendez/793493384653147517

https://pixelfed.social/p/richardmelendez/793493384653147517

Elizabeth Warren sounds the alarm on the threat Elon Musk poses to government payment systems:"The system that makes sure your granddad...

Elizabeth Warren sounds the alarm on the threat Elon Musk poses to government payment systems:

"The system that makes sure your granddad gets his Social Security check, the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets Medicare payment to cover her medical appointment, and the system that makes sure that you get the tax refund that you're owed, has been taken over by Elon Musk."

https://youtu.be/RIHNlUygxlI

I feel like I'm overdue for some good. Do we need some good today? Yeah, yeah, we do.https://youtu.be/AzMo-FgRp64?si=HoB45iRJbU_0xMKV

I feel like I'm overdue for some good. Do we need some good today? Yeah, yeah, we do.

https://youtu.be/AzMo-FgRp64?si=HoB45iRJbU_0xMKV

"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He...

"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.

The flurry of activity is meant to suggest the existence of a plan. The Trump team wants it known that they’re ready this time. They will control events rather than be controlled by them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t04.887s.r9KAQst789Vq

POV: When you can't tell reality from satire. (This is real, by the way)"The NTSB did not say why it was choosing to post...

POV: When you can't tell reality from satire. (This is real, by the way)

"The NTSB did not say why it was choosing to post information about public safety matters exclusively on X, a private social media platform owned by technology mogul Elon Musk, who has curried favor with President Donald Trump in recent weeks."

This country is broken and we are fucked.

https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/

#skyrim is calling

#skyrim is calling

I just woke up from a much needed nap and my first thought was, "I should really get up and play some video games."

I just woke up from a much needed nap and my first thought was, "I should really get up and play some video games."