Donald Trump is very unpopular and being seen as opposing Donald Trump in clear moral terms is an almost instant path to political and cultural relevance.

Outstanding

Is Spike wearing a Pope Leo jersey?!

Same

"particularly" is a funny way to spell "exclusively"

If you insist on reading shit on Substack, at the very least install Jason’s browser extension and starve them of the attention. For the record, I trust Jason completely.

That’s the one.

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This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

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the substack platform sent maybe 10 subscribers my way (only after i stopped posting there), but the only thing that ever significantly grew my audience was pivoting to Ghost and linking to it on Bluesky

ICE is still kidnapping people in Minneapolis.

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new toon!
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I appreciate that some of you want to have nuanced conversations about companies that are actively murdering children and seeking out Armageddon.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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this book is absolutely wonderful

I got my copy! And Seven digs it too. Get yours!

Turns out you can fix things when you care about fixing things.

I think they got slowly phased out in the early 90s.

Between the "male loneliness" beat and the "passport bro" beat, there sure is a lot of ink being spent on pieces of shit who can't find friends or dates because they're sentient piles of hot wet trash

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If you’ve already bought my book you should convince your friends to read it because they’ll also enjoy it. More importantly, you’ll be able to remind them you read it months ago, and you can lord that shit over them forever. That’s hive queen shit.

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This is Like a Prayer erasure and I won’t have it.

Rory Gilmore to Paris Gellar: God! You're like a pop-up book from hell.

my reaction any time i encounter ai slop in the wild

So the whole thing comes down to the pope denying that Jesus was pro-war? Is this why I keep seeing reports that Leo and Trump are "feuding"? Yes, but that framing, which is all over the media, is totally wrong. Leo and Trump aren't "feuding," and Trump did not "hit back," "strike back," or "return fire" against the pope. Trump has repeatedly launched unprovoked military actions that he and his lieutenants have attempted to cloak in the language of Christian righteousness. The pope has said that Christian righteousness is incompatible with unprovoked war. Trump has publicly mocked, derided, and attacked the pope; the pope hasn't attacked Trump at all. A feud requires the participation of two people. If you say, "We should respect the sovereignty of each individual, for we are all children of God," and I say, "Fuck you, you dirty hippie," what we have is not a feud. What we have is a principled person trying to have a conversation with an asshole.

Happy Saturday, once you’re done with your Saturday morning cartoons why not read about pizza!