Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.

Muscular Christianity.

“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Pass it on.

Hit a cow
Tried to reverse
Went forward
Hit it again
Reversed back
Hit another train
Put my foot down to get the heck out of there
Took out an owl

Bring back Marcus and Monica. If you know what I’m talking about you know I’m right.

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Your mission today Jason, should you choose to accept it, is to go to Middlesbrough, find Chubbie the Magpie, and take him out of the equation.

I’m a middle class woman if a certain age. There are more than a few of us out here Gregggggg. We met your type when we were younger and the thing is, now that we are of a certain age, we’ve got much fewer fucks to go round.

I’ve been pondering the difference between optimism and hope recently. I find I can manage without optimism but I need to cling to even a sliver of hope.

I was once in a band called Homeopathy. We were like Placebo, but charged more.

Here it is. My first post. Bet you’re glad we both made the effort.