There are like three leftists in the whole country who didn’t vote in the last presidential election. People who are passionate about politics vote. The people who didn’t vote are the apathetic, low-info sometimes-voters who will on occasion get swept up by the excitement of a movement.
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM
There are like three leftists in the whole country who didn’t vote in the last presidential election. People who are passionate about politics vote. The people who didn’t vote are the apathetic, low-info sometimes-voters who will on occasion get swept up by the excitement of a movement.
over on x the everything app some Chicago high school kid named Danny Spud tried to disrupt his school's anti-ICE protest by yelling about how much he loves ICE and then filmed himself getting walloped by a fellow student lmao
the quote tweet making fun of him has 3x the likes
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Every authority figure in existence doesn't want you to know this, but this is how you treat all bullies.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
I know there are more nuanced takes and authoritative studies to reference, but the entirety of my argument for UBI is that we need 1000000% more people working on goofy lil' toys and weirdo puppets.
Never in my fucken life would I have imagined I’d be sending a strongly worded email at 1:00am to a group of dumbass corporate managers voicing my concerns regarding “time expenditure considerations” for my kitchen team
I’m just supposed to be making goofy lil’ toys and weirdo puppets
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
I know there are more nuanced takes and authoritative studies to reference, but the entirety of my argument for UBI is that we need 1000000% more people working on goofy lil' toys and weirdo puppets.
France’s former Culture Minister Jack Lang has resigned as head of a Paris cultural center over alleged past financial links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that prompted a tax investigation.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
If I were a billionaire yes I would occasionally swim in my money, but I would also spend most of my time going on adventures with my grandnephews and my below-average IQ pilot
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
If I were a billionaire yes I would occasionally swim in my money, but I would also spend most of my time going on adventures with my grandnephews and my below-average IQ pilot
I really really want these athletes to have a great experience, be competitive and perhaps win a gold medal, but, honestly, the thought of hearing "USA!USA!USA!" during their games kinda makes me cringe. If we were any other country the IOC would ask us to march under the olympic flag.
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It's an "in between haircuts" year for national pride, to say the very least.