Henry & Steven, dialog courtesy of The Pitt

A Splendid Fairywren

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

Péter Magyar victory speech:

"We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others."

He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

This is one of my favorite things to share with people!

a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings with a very angry look on his face Alt: a close up of a gollum from the lord of the rings with a very angry look on his face

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread:

Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

famous music video with first mate schee in the corner

That’s Smee in the corner

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Photos on this post are various moments from the David Byrne performance in Portland, OR 4/7/26. Just a few quick snaps - had to spend the show present and engaged in the theater, not through a screen

A real bucket list show tonight. David Byrne & company deliver some amazing art

Thankfully, he did the mother of all TACOs and just made the US weaker instead of committing more war crimes tonight. It was the best option left for this lunatic.

In terms of fabulousness this is right up there with the 1980 tv variety special "Goldie & Liza Together!" I just learned about that this week too!

Repost @play.the.film

Enjoy this flashback to the 70's with Mama Cass, Bernadette Peters & Carol Burnett on the Carol Burnett Show. #youvegotafriend

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.”

Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I
and
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Mumm-Ra!!!!!

Why?

Nm, I don't care

Same recipe as Kristi Noem's face.
I know she's fired, but she still needs to be tried.

Looking forward to seeing him in Portland on Friday!

Love that song

So, can member tickets be arranged some other way?

Travel to moon will so insanely cool

Bigtime!

Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Golden's retiring.
I'd certainly expect primaries for the rest.
Davis & Gonzales have had their districts redrawn to favor Republicans.
Cuellar is the one Trump pardoned and expected him to switch parties, but he didn't. His district was redrawn too, but he's favored to win it anyway.

We have options yet. As dire as it looks its not to the point of anyone having to lay down their life in civil war. If it gets there, it will be a bloodbath and if that then spreads to Canada, you'll lose, but with awful casualties on all sides. So, how bout we just have our election first?

If i didn't see the Canadian flag in your handle, I'd assume a US citizen had written this. A huge number of us feel this way and we are terrified for what's to come

Well, Susan Collins can be concerned from retirement next year.

Can't wait until she's in prison.

Heartbreaking

@jankybarns.bsky.social happy birthday