The mourning star
@ikwezi.bsky.social
Shedding a tear for the nation that could have been and that we thought was possible
"escaped containment" is doing all the work here, it never went away but they just switched for awhile to saying the Real Racism was pointing that out, now they can say it with pride
Here is the editor of Tablet agreeably reposting someone calling nonwhite NYC immigrants "worthless biotrash." It's astonishing how quickly this stuff has escaped containment
January 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"escaped containment" is doing all the work here, it never went away but they just switched for awhile to saying the Real Racism was pointing that out, now they can say it with pride
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it's good to just show up where people are doing good work and tell them to put you to work doing whatever is useful. tbh i love feeling like a cog in a machine as long as i am a fan of the machine.
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
it's good to just show up where people are doing good work and tell them to put you to work doing whatever is useful. tbh i love feeling like a cog in a machine as long as i am a fan of the machine.
Almost as if the most vehement opponents of critical race theory are its biggest believers (e.g. majority group bias is as inevitable as natural disasters, which yes but)
A perfect illustration of @larryglickman.bsky.social’s point about how reporters treat aggressive campaigns of white resentment as natural phenomena that have no agency or agenda behind them.
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Almost as if the most vehement opponents of critical race theory are its biggest believers (e.g. majority group bias is as inevitable as natural disasters, which yes but)
They're younger, for starters
Our pop stars continue to be both more accountable and more responsive to feedback than the editorial board of the New York Times
Chappell Roan shares follow-up story after deleting Brigitte Bardot tribute post:
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
They're younger, for starters
The perfect holiday gift for a similarly shell-shocked loved one
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Sign up now. I'd give it an hour.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The perfect holiday gift for a similarly shell-shocked loved one
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Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Trump’s “rhetoric is divisive, racist and wrong.” www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
Editorial | Trump’s anti-Somali rampage thrusts Minnesota into the national spotlight
The president’s racist, divisive rhetoric will do nothing to actually prevent fraud, the Editorial Board writes.
www.startribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Trump’s “rhetoric is divisive, racist and wrong.” www.startribune.com/trump-admini...
The entire “Biden crime family“ thing was a transparent attempt to whatabout the blatant Trump family corruption in his first term, and everyone went along with it. Don’t sell that to me now as some kind of boomerang
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The entire “Biden crime family“ thing was a transparent attempt to whatabout the blatant Trump family corruption in his first term, and everyone went along with it. Don’t sell that to me now as some kind of boomerang
He got an earful from Stephen Miller obv
NEW: President Trump calls for the arrest and trial of Democrats in Congress, including Rep Jason Crow of Colorado, who have called on the military to refuse “illegal orders.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
He got an earful from Stephen Miller obv
You go down this list going “yeah, ok, cool,” and then you get to number one and it’s like WHOA
For The Ringer, I wrote about the best TV coaching trees, from series that did the best job of finding and nurturing writers and/or directors who would go on to make great shows of their own:
Which TV Show Has the Best Coaching Tree?
Vince Gilligan is eternal proof of the strength of the ‘X-Files’ writers room. But frankly, that room has a ton of competition across television history.
www.theringer.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
You go down this list going “yeah, ok, cool,” and then you get to number one and it’s like WHOA
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Skies look clear tomorrow night, Colorado! Very generally speaking, we need a G4 to see an aurora borealis down here in Colorado...and there's a G4 watch for tomorrow night.
#COwx
#COwx
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Skies look clear tomorrow night, Colorado! Very generally speaking, we need a G4 to see an aurora borealis down here in Colorado...and there's a G4 watch for tomorrow night.
#COwx
#COwx
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In the veeeery early stages of creating a women in sports media starter pack 😎 Hit me up if you want to be included!
(And thanks to all you rad humans who support us!)
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(And thanks to all you rad humans who support us!)
go.bsky.app/E7EKGwy
November 18, 2024 at 12:23 AM
In the veeeery early stages of creating a women in sports media starter pack 😎 Hit me up if you want to be included!
(And thanks to all you rad humans who support us!)
go.bsky.app/E7EKGwy
(And thanks to all you rad humans who support us!)
go.bsky.app/E7EKGwy
Quite the callback to literally every lawyer’s first-year Con Law class
Katyal quotes Justice Robert Jackson, head Nuremberg lawyer as his final bow:
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Quite the callback to literally every lawyer’s first-year Con Law class
So vile
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So vile
This was also the view of the Republican President and legislators at the start of the Great Depression. As with so much else, they want to take us back to before the intervening catastrophes that convinced enough people they were wrong, have a do-over, and hope it doesn’t happen again 🫣
The USA is being run by people who think arbitrary private charitable donations are the only acceptable way to meet human needs
It's important to feed people right away but also not to reinforce the opposition narrative, instead demanding govt accountability for agreed basic living standards
It's important to feed people right away but also not to reinforce the opposition narrative, instead demanding govt accountability for agreed basic living standards
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This was also the view of the Republican President and legislators at the start of the Great Depression. As with so much else, they want to take us back to before the intervening catastrophes that convinced enough people they were wrong, have a do-over, and hope it doesn’t happen again 🫣
Much like the people defending the Nazi tattoo guy, the people making a big deal of the aunt/second cousin "distinction" are really telling on themselves (and don't even get me started on the eating-rice-with-your-hands thing 🤬)
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Much like the people defending the Nazi tattoo guy, the people making a big deal of the aunt/second cousin "distinction" are really telling on themselves (and don't even get me started on the eating-rice-with-your-hands thing 🤬)
And yet
And then all the party veterans get together and pull on their beards and write a memo that says in essence “be cautious and leave social attacks unanswered” without acknowledging that’s the play they run every time they lose.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And yet
There can be a great nationwide rejoicing at its controlled demolition, it might even be more cathartic than his inevitable anticlimactic demise by natural causes
You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
October 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There can be a great nationwide rejoicing at its controlled demolition, it might even be more cathartic than his inevitable anticlimactic demise by natural causes
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
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Government shutdowns are dumb. The way funding works is a policy choice, not inherent to the Constitution. Congress could pass a law today that automatically authorizes spending in perpetuity at the levels of the most recent appropriations bill. This is how other countries do it!
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Government shutdowns are dumb. The way funding works is a policy choice, not inherent to the Constitution. Congress could pass a law today that automatically authorizes spending in perpetuity at the levels of the most recent appropriations bill. This is how other countries do it!
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The assholes are outnumbered. Every day is a testament to this truth. I see it all of the time. Most people are decent.
September 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The assholes are outnumbered. Every day is a testament to this truth. I see it all of the time. Most people are decent.
you're just not reading the emphasis, the patch says "don't tread on ME," but him treading on you is just fine
A fully-militarized state agent directly involved in an aggressive campaign to round up people, most of whom now don't have a criminal record, and rendition some of them to places they don't come from--potentially including a dictator's gulag. And he's wearing "Don't Tread on Me" patch?
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
you're just not reading the emphasis, the patch says "don't tread on ME," but him treading on you is just fine