I wish I loved anything as much as giant SUV owners love unnecessarily holding up traffic in the parking garage while backing into the tightest, shittiest parking space in the garage.

last thought, and i am still thinking through this, is that not only is there nothing wrong with this, it is something to *embrace*. a project of transformation is one way to build a political party into something closer to a political movement.

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

These truly captures the energy debate. Renewables are more visible to the public eye and garner a stronger reaction from a segment of the population who don’t like to see energy infrastructure. Power plants and refineries are a far worse option but they’re out of sight and thus less of a problem.

Also, if the problem is that trust has "eroded" in the last decade & 📈 costs are the problem, then 1) we should talk about the central cause of 📈 costs at public universities, which is declining state $$; & 2) we should talk about how inflation-adjusted costs have actually <declined> since 2013.

Apparently, there was some confusion about the arrival time of my mom‘s flight. I thought it was coming in at a particular time and turns out I was wrong. Based on the attached photo, what was the correct arrival time of my mom’s flight?

Provide the social safety so that grandmothers don’t have to take multiple jobs to pay for their husbands cancer treatment

And private course receive ridiculous tax benefits and carve outs. They’re a plague.

I worked at Banana Republic in 2015 and the number of middle aged guys I had to talk into a straight or slim fit. So many were upset Classic fit was phased out. We come around again.

How I learned not to wear white after Labor Day.

historic rejection of JD Vance

Reminder that not all EVs need to be giant SUVs. I spotted this little electric runabout from now defunct Oregon manufacturer, Arcimoto. These little things look so fun. Not sure what is going on with the headrest modification there? 🤣

This is pretty wild: US federal agents who participated in the "Operation Metro Surge" immigration enforcement operation in and around Minneapolis have been given "Trump-themed challenge coins adorned with skulls".

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.

What is “Inclusionary Zoning”? The California YIMBY Explainer - California YIMBY What is “affordable housing?” When most people hear the term “affordable housing,” they think “housing that I can afford based on my income and expenses,” not “housing that is subsidized and…

Inclusionary zoning requires developers to include below-market homes — but funds them by charging market-rate tenants more.

A UCLA analysis found for every affordable home built under LA's density bonus program, 4.5 to 9 market-rate homes were not built.

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Congratulations to the UCLA Women’s basketball team on winning their first NCAA championship!

The California State Capitol will be lit tonight in blue and yellow in their honor.

Go Bruins! Fours up!

Madness. The war crimes, the deranged profanity, the casual Islamophobia. He has no idea how to solve the problem he created and he’s going to spin out about it until he nukes Tehran. He needs to removed and frankly, if he were any other world leader, we’d understand he needs to hang for his crimes

Happy Easter to all who celebrate! A reminder that, according to the canonical Gospels, it was women disciples who stayed most loyal to Jesus in his suffering, women to whom Jesus appeared first, and women who were the first messengers of the Easter news.

The decision to overfund a military to “defend” a people who are far more likely die of preventable causes because we refuse to ensure that they have healthcare is maddening

Avery Brooks as Cpt. Benjamin Sisko in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

In 1993, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" made a Black man the star of a major sci-fi franchise and his character was like the Platonic ideal of a loving father, a great cook, a man who uplifted others, who was kind and tolerant but MILITANTLY so, and who also had flaws like any other human. Hail Sisko

We’re expected to accept this guy’s lived experience of teleportation but harassment, racism, abuse, etc are all examples of imagined victimhood.

Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.

According to the Times:

The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.

The TikTok girlies (gender neutral) are hatching a plan to all buy copies of communion by hooks on Vance's release date. I will be participating.

Someone sent me this.

it is funny that this stuff is literally out of the left behind series

The Republican view is the government can only provide guns and bombs. Any other material benefit to make life better, in their eyes, is impossible

RUBIO: “Imagine if Iran spent billions on its people instead of weapons... They’d have a much different country.”🤔😕

Unreal. @marcorubio Do you even hear yourselves? Your shameless hypocrisy is killing us