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Never in the history of the phrase "get a hobby" have a group of people needed so much to get a hobby

Exactly. Ppl are far more likely to act when they believe it has a tangible impact for a specific person or family, even if the intervention's efficacy comes from its widespread impact. I joke that Stalin and fundraisers agree: the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic

Just as an aside, this is sort of the foundational logic of writing good fundraising appeal letters for charities.

Wow weird how a war started on a narcissistic whim is turning out to be a shitshow

First they came for the lettuce and I said nothing www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...

yes, and unfailingly predictive of absolute cowardice. If someone waffles on trans rights, they're wrong and gross, but also, you know they're just spineless losers who don't care about anything. nope, bye, next.

I’m glad they at least let the election winners have sex in there

The William and Mary Quarterly forum on the recently discovered John Dickinson documents, revealing his previously unknown secret attempt to prevent the American Revolution, is now available online! The WMQ has generously made the issue open access for the next month. muse.jhu.edu/issue/57168

Of all the features of contemporary American life I'm ready to see the end of, the valorization of "people who aren't afraid to piss everyone off" is high on the list.

This is an outrageously false statement that ought to disqualify this wingnut from holding public office. By the way, 40 percent of the covid deaths in US could have been prevented with better management of the pandemic by Trump, according to a Lancet commission. abcnews.com/Health/lance...

America is weird because we have a free press but also an authoritarian government and so we learn in pretty close to real time the shit that is not revealed in other authoritarian settings until decades later.

CENTAURS HAVE HUMAN HEADS

WIFE: (MFA from RISD) I thought a lot of her points were astute, even if her obvious bias for classics made a poor replacement for film criticism specifically, you know? ME: (just found out only yesterday that flies aren't food) I don't feel good. I can still feel some of them moving inside of me.

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Today brought the heartbreaking news that the Irish musician Glen Hansard died in an accident. He and Markéta Irglová won an Oscar for Best Original Song for this duet from their indie movie 'Once.' R.I.P. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=agf4...

Rest In Peace Glen Hansard @glenhansard.bsky.social

Here’s another great baseball name, and older brother of Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, it’s Butts, the third baseman of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms

The thing was I wanted to see a plane made of money

Hurling F-bombs at an 85-year-old scientist who won’t fight back doesn’t make you tough. Staying silent after your own daughter accused Rep. Max Miller of holding a gun to her head, pushing her against a wall, and fracturing your granddaughter’s collarbone makes you a coward.