Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"

covid should have lead to revolution in clean, fresh air standards, not necessarily because it’s a singular threat, but because it led to us understanding for the first time the true nature of aerosol spread of infective pathogens. this would be true even if covid stopped existing

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Any suggestions on where folks can donate a little extra tonight towards support of Somali immigrants/refugees?

The best way to navigate this is to BUILD AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD. This kills me, and in many/most situations isn't that hard, it shifts the burden of effort where it belongs (on institutions, away from people), and THERE IS NOT CHEATING.
The world just works for more people.

We can’t fight fascism if everyone is committed to only having a memory of three years so they don’t “feel bad”

this book banning shit is *infuriating* to me, not only as a writer and a human being, but as a parent. I do not give a tiny rat’s ass what you allow or don’t allow your own kids to read. but how fucking dare you decide what MY kid gets to have access to. parent your own kids, you loser weirdos!!!

One very generous person has bought two months of my Patreon to give away as a gift, so if you would like to try it out but haven't had the opportunity, please respond to this!

"What if they want to use the money to buy junk food? Or EVEN WORSE, fancy food?!"

*taps the campaign yard sign* Y'all know what I'm going to say.

"But then how will they learn from their mistakes*?"

*mistakes may include: getting pregnant, losing a job, trusting the wrong person, driving drunk, getting divorced, reporting your boss for sexual harassment, fill in your own blanks here

Shut. Up. And. Feed. People.

I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People.

"But what if they're on drugs?"

Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People

"Or not really THAT poor?"

Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People

"What if they have a phone and nice nails?"

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE

Nature News Sept 18 Can AI chatbots trigger psychosis? What the science says Chatbots can reinforce delusional beliefs, and, in rare cases, users have experienced psychotic episodes. By Rachel Fieldhouse

By Louise Matsakis Business Oct 27, 2025 1:00 PM OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.

Regarding "far more common than reported here":

Left: the Nature News story above, Sept 18th 2025

Right: Wired directly quoting OpenAI, Oct 28, 2025

www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

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This is the reminder that SNAP makes money because ensuring people have enough to eat is a basic economic multiplier

I don’t want to talk about if we should show grace to the Nazi tattoo guy or if he should stop running & go back to his cushy job anymore I will just say that many states in the early 2000s either attempted to or passed laws where you could be fined, processed or imprisoned for sagging your pants.

It’s not about facts. This is the Republican PR spin. They want to change the subject to “work” instead of “hunger”.

For five minutes we thought maybe it was best for everyone if children didn't grow up malnourished, before we let racism and fuckery get the better of us. And yet here we are again.

And what does it tell us that they don’t?

Marjorie Taylor Green is literally the Jewish space lasers lady

She’s an anti-semite!

That’s why she opposes Israel, not because she supports human rights

Do not fucking circulate her saying “oh she’s being reasonable” jfc

I very much like the idea that the human spine is just 33 little skulls in a trench coat.

Stop overrelying on "AI" for important shit. Like, honestly, stop using it for important shit at all, but definitely stop uncritically trusting it at the level of the GODDAM FEDERAL JUDICIARY.

The witch took her hands off the patient's body.

"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."

"The doctor-"

"Said you must be either man or woman?"

"That it's black or white, no grey."

"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."

Is it too early to ask: What if Congress never meets again? What if the President just decides by himself, with the help of private donors, what he wants to spend money on or not?

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

Dear friends, if you have a job and *aren't* struggling to pay your bills, please let today be the day that you set up a monthly recurring donation to a local food bank.

If you don't know where to send that money, reach out with the name of a city and I will help you do the research.

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

I have never liked a politician so much that I would get on the internet to negotiate how much Nazi tattoo is a acceptable amount of Nazi tattoo.

It's none! None Nazi tattoo!

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.