Balderdash
@poppycock.bsky.social
We live in the dumbest timeline.
Anonymous for a reason.
#Michigan.
Anonymous for a reason.
#Michigan.
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someday i will figure out why HHS officials have secret meetings in close proximity to where i am sitting in ninja turtle pajama pants
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
someday i will figure out why HHS officials have secret meetings in close proximity to where i am sitting in ninja turtle pajama pants
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“More than 40% of the wealth generated since the start of the century has gone to the wealthiest 1%, while the bottom half of the world’s population received just 1%.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
How the G20 Can Lead the Fight Against Global Inequality
Jayati Ghosh argues that addressing the increasing concentration of wealth requires understanding exactly what's driving it.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“More than 40% of the wealth generated since the start of the century has gone to the wealthiest 1%, while the bottom half of the world’s population received just 1%.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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Cool story I happened to write a month ago @politico.com! But also it isn't just liberals.
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cool story I happened to write a month ago @politico.com! But also it isn't just liberals.
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I mean, if Dönitz could reject Hitler's order to kill Allied survivors in the water, that pretty much removes any excuse a US Navy admiral could offer.
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I mean, if Dönitz could reject Hitler's order to kill Allied survivors in the water, that pretty much removes any excuse a US Navy admiral could offer.
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We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤️
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤️
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Five foreign policy thoughts/questions after reading the WSJ story about Russia and Witkoff. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Five Questions About American Foreign Policy
A few thoughts inspired by the WSJ exclusive regarding Steve Wtikoff
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Five foreign policy thoughts/questions after reading the WSJ story about Russia and Witkoff. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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🧵: Given all the reporting about what Trump & his team are or may be doing regarding Venezuela, I want to take a few moments & explain the point of planning & operations. I'm going to try to stay lite on the process & just deal with the point. 1/
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🧵: Given all the reporting about what Trump & his team are or may be doing regarding Venezuela, I want to take a few moments & explain the point of planning & operations. I'm going to try to stay lite on the process & just deal with the point. 1/
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US citizens reclassify the current government as a broken porta potty
(L to R: supreme court, congress, white house & the east wing)
(L to R: supreme court, congress, white house & the east wing)
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
US citizens reclassify the current government as a broken porta potty
(L to R: supreme court, congress, white house & the east wing)
(L to R: supreme court, congress, white house & the east wing)
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‘If it’s a jet set, it’s a carbon-offset-private-jet set. After all, flying commercial won’t get you from your Davos breakfast on empowering African girls with credit cards to your crypto-for-good dinner in Aspen.’
archive.is/gxKcG
archive.is/gxKcG
archive.is
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
‘If it’s a jet set, it’s a carbon-offset-private-jet set. After all, flying commercial won’t get you from your Davos breakfast on empowering African girls with credit cards to your crypto-for-good dinner in Aspen.’
archive.is/gxKcG
archive.is/gxKcG
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“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
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Fuck this (realpage settlement, not s.e. smith’s correct opinion).
And look: RealPage is essentially the Voltron of landlords. It’s software that allows them to get together and form UberParasite so that every landlord in your city can extract every dollar possible.
And look: RealPage is essentially the Voltron of landlords. It’s software that allows them to get together and form UberParasite so that every landlord in your city can extract every dollar possible.
The landlord class is fundamentally parasitic. The very idea of owning land is ludicrous let alone treating is as a purely extractive source of 'passive income' rooted in the exploitation of people who just need a fucking place to live.
The Wrist-Slappers Strike Again - The American Prospect
A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents.
prospect.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fuck this (realpage settlement, not s.e. smith’s correct opinion).
And look: RealPage is essentially the Voltron of landlords. It’s software that allows them to get together and form UberParasite so that every landlord in your city can extract every dollar possible.
And look: RealPage is essentially the Voltron of landlords. It’s software that allows them to get together and form UberParasite so that every landlord in your city can extract every dollar possible.
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Where’s the assistant loudly whispering into Miller’s ears that he’s talking about his own ancestors
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Where’s the assistant loudly whispering into Miller’s ears that he’s talking about his own ancestors
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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November is National Adoption Month.
Joining Taylor on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Justice Kimberly Tomace, the Court’s Child Welfare Liaison.
Joining Taylor on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Justice Kimberly Tomace, the Court’s Child Welfare Liaison.
Mid-Michigan Matters: Celebrating National Adoption Month
Joining Taylor on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Justice Kimberly Tomace, the Court’s Child Welfare Liaison.
www.wilx.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
November is National Adoption Month.
Joining Taylor on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Justice Kimberly Tomace, the Court’s Child Welfare Liaison.
Joining Taylor on this Mid-Michigan Matters is Justice Kimberly Tomace, the Court’s Child Welfare Liaison.
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Sunday evening reading: I wrote about the state of the fever swamp.
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era:
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp
steady.page
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sunday evening reading: I wrote about the state of the fever swamp.
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era:
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It’s not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
President Trump says he will terminate the Temporary Protected Status program for Somalis in Minnesota
On Friday night, President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he would be terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status program for Somalis in Minnesota.
kstp.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It’s not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread).
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread).
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
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Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
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Today's newsletter is an essay on what drove me to create the Giving Guide, and how it helped me transmute spite into community support!
As a reminder, creating.care is free.99 - if you want to keep up with what I'm doing across the art/activism/organizing realms, please subscribe & share!
As a reminder, creating.care is free.99 - if you want to keep up with what I'm doing across the art/activism/organizing realms, please subscribe & share!
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today's newsletter is an essay on what drove me to create the Giving Guide, and how it helped me transmute spite into community support!
As a reminder, creating.care is free.99 - if you want to keep up with what I'm doing across the art/activism/organizing realms, please subscribe & share!
As a reminder, creating.care is free.99 - if you want to keep up with what I'm doing across the art/activism/organizing realms, please subscribe & share!
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Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
Unpopular opinion: the Purple Medley is one of the best things Prince ever did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJE...
Prince - The Purple Medley (Fan Music Video)
YouTube video by VDJ Vivacity
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November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Y’all wanna hear a wild story? Charlie is right — this medley Prince made 30 years ago, blending many of his greatest hits & fan favorites into an extended mashup, is one of the most fun “only Prince could do this” things he made in the 90s. BUT: he told us he was gonna do it. In an AOL chat room…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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