He can prove it by locking himself in a room with only CO2. I suggest he give it a try.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
He can prove it by locking himself in a room with only CO2. I suggest he give it a try.
@schakowsky.house.gov as someone who has never stood up to ICE, you should be an expert, but I can't believe I had to fix this quote for you. What has Bliss done other than capitalize on the misery of his town being targeted? @katmabu.bsky.social did far more sitting down.
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
@schakowsky.house.gov as someone who has never stood up to ICE, you should be an expert, but I can't believe I had to fix this quote for you. What has Bliss done other than capitalize on the misery of his town being targeted? @katmabu.bsky.social did far more sitting down.
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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It just feels like erecting a golden statue of yourself is starting a countdown timer
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It just feels like erecting a golden statue of yourself is starting a countdown timer
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No one wants to work anymore
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
No one wants to work anymore
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In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 AM
In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.
To end up in the Epstein files for an essay about not being the type of person who ends up in the Epstein files is a wild turn.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT I AM IN THE FUCKING EPSTEIN FILES
Specifically, my essay "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting" is referenced in a 2013 Rachel Sklar article about Muriel Siebert. Why is it in the Epstein files at all? You got me.
What a wild fucking discovery. I am literally agog.
Specifically, my essay "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting" is referenced in a 2013 Rachel Sklar article about Muriel Siebert. Why is it in the Epstein files at all? You got me.
What a wild fucking discovery. I am literally agog.
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
To end up in the Epstein files for an essay about not being the type of person who ends up in the Epstein files is a wild turn.
When you meet a republican ask them which zone they believe is best for America.
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
When you meet a republican ask them which zone they believe is best for America.
Pitter patter, get at it! Get out there and organize. I have been using a cheap heat sticker printer to slap up QR codes with info all over my neighborhood to organize; what's stopping you from doing something similar?
www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats
Key privacy settings and best practices.
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Pitter patter, get at it! Get out there and organize. I have been using a cheap heat sticker printer to slap up QR codes with info all over my neighborhood to organize; what's stopping you from doing something similar?
www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
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Been up all night with friends going through the unpleasantly long lists of infosec people in the Epstein Files. Yikes, guys. I knew some of them were pieces of shit, already - but too many other people fell for a transparent bid to illegitimatize elections, and I said so then. 🤷🏻♀️😞
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Been up all night with friends going through the unpleasantly long lists of infosec people in the Epstein Files. Yikes, guys. I knew some of them were pieces of shit, already - but too many other people fell for a transparent bid to illegitimatize elections, and I said so then. 🤷🏻♀️😞
This is how you do an ad. Heater at the end had me pointing at the screen like Leo.
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is how you do an ad. Heater at the end had me pointing at the screen like Leo.
They just deboed that door.
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
They just deboed that door.
Canada, never change!
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Canada, never change!
For the last decade "unprecedented" shit has been happening nonstop; at this point, expect anything.
NASHVILLE: “Some could be without power until next week.”
Asked if NES was “prepared” to handle this, mayor O’connell says “It’s very very difficult to be fully prepared for things that are unprecedented”
He says the city hasn’t seen ice like this in decades
Asked if NES was “prepared” to handle this, mayor O’connell says “It’s very very difficult to be fully prepared for things that are unprecedented”
He says the city hasn’t seen ice like this in decades
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
For the last decade "unprecedented" shit has been happening nonstop; at this point, expect anything.
I know yesterday was #ThresholdDay but I spotted the kids at the museum today.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I know yesterday was #ThresholdDay but I spotted the kids at the museum today.
This bear got into the edibles
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This bear got into the edibles
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“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
This is just the highlight reel
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is just the highlight reel
Just your average day in the USA.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Just your average day in the USA.
This makes it clear Obama is never going to save us. Maybe people will stop pretending and stand up for themselves. This is weak as hell.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This makes it clear Obama is never going to save us. Maybe people will stop pretending and stand up for themselves. This is weak as hell.
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For some reason today, seeing Alex Pretti beaten, disarmed, then executed, I remembered how calmly cops took Dylann Roof and then went out and got him Burger King.
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
For some reason today, seeing Alex Pretti beaten, disarmed, then executed, I remembered how calmly cops took Dylann Roof and then went out and got him Burger King.
📹 Albania’s PM Rama was caught on a hot mic mocking US President Trump’s repeated mix-up of Armenia and Albania—joking about a “peace deal” with Azerbaijan, which made Azerbaijan's President Aliyev laugh and French President Macron playfully apologize. Alâhed English....
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
No one’s ready for this
The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.
www.theverge.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
I can't believe I'm reposting Charlie Kirk.
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I can't believe I'm reposting Charlie Kirk.