his doing that (and subsequent reinstatement) led me to drop twitter altogether. I’d already replaced the app with bsky, but that made me delete all my old tweets.

I love my little neighborhood where the kids all playing together this weekend were English, Lebanese, Venezuelan, South African and my kids who qualify for DAR/SAR from both parents.

a white man’s hand holding a 1”x2” metal rectangle with an eagle etched on it with the word “THANKS”

a white man’s hand holding a 1”x2” metal rectangle with an a military person in full kit including a rifle with a suppressor etched on it with the words “OPPRESSORS BEWARE”

My restaurant hosted some kind of meeting with 20 or so people and involved government security people (not USSS) during Trump I. They gave me a challenge coin. Still don’t know what department or official.

The details in here are horrifying but needed to be made public. Please take care while reading.

This is why the humanities are also important

God: I created the Graven Image as a cautionary tale.

Tech company: At long last we have created the Graven Image from the classic biblical commandment "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image."

"Luddites" is a good term for those who oppose AI because the Luddites weren't against *all* technology, just forms of technology that they knew would pay workers less and turn out a shittier product

#MVPitt tonight: doing some cowboy shit

I never tire of pointing out that multiple shows did "Oh, my old friend is trans? That's interesting!" episodes in the '70s and '80s, and while none of these hold up by modern representation standards, they're all quite good and accepting in a way you might not expect.

loved being called a Communist (derogatory) in high school for opposing the Iraq War and supporting John Kerry.

IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.

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.

One thing that comes up a lot – in fact, it's going to come up in Friday's column – in the whole "male loneliness epidemic is how "the manosphere/far-right are the only people offering answers to the problem", and that's not even vaguely true.
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Bravo to Pope Leo, for denouncing Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ We need those with moral authority to speak out against our president’s abuses of power.

the nice thing about working in politics is that Election Day is the deadline no one can change

what in the Woman’s Day is going on here?

Tim Ryan tried this and it gave us Senator JD Vance.

I’m not sure foreign policy—even in relation to domestic policy in terms of competition—is the right move for electioneering.

Only a master deal maker could achieve the status quo of 5 weeks ago in exchange for accomplishing nothing of value and turning his country into a global pariah. Thank you sir

I am so grateful to be represented by Congressman Don Beyer - we need leadership that cares about humanity and human rights.

This is a threat of genocide by the United States, absolutely unreal and unimaginable in any other timeline. Congress needs to do its job.

dudes rock.

especially the trans dudes in this thread

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

Trump just threatened to wipe out an entire civilization.

We cannot let war make us lose sight of our humanity.
We cannot forget that Iranian children are children of God too.
We cannot allow war crimes to be committed in our name.

Congress must act now.

lot's of "firebombing a Walmart" people in the replies who don't know what organizing is or how long it takes

Congratulations to our union family at New York University on ratifying a historic first contract by 98%!

The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military.

The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him.

Words aren't enough - it's time for action.

Trump truth social post: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached. 

When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?

and only if he gets to sit at the absurdly tall bench that Scarecrow uses in Dark Knight Rises

all I'm getting from this is that we all can finally edit @jcsalterego.bsky.social's posts.