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Like Kim Il Sung before him, he is the reason the sun rises in the morning

NEW: "Long the envy of the world…the CDC finds itself no longer able to advocate for what its scientists believe the best available research shows….The agency has since January shed literally centuries' worth of collective experience through a combination of firings, retirements, and resignations."

After losing an appeal against CNN, Alan Dershowitz plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that protects journalists and others from weaponized lawsuits. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/b...

Non-disabled people specifically were not listening to autistic people who RFK Jr has gone after the hardest, in my opinion, because they're fine with quietly villainizing autism too.

I'm sure everything about this will turn out to be extremely normal

i could play mad libs for like a year and never come up with half the headlines i see in any random week www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

The pardoned Jan 6 rioters want to be PAID FOR THEIR PROSECUTIONS www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Cw assisted suicide I've been chatting to people recently on how Switzerland's assisted suicide, including w/ medical tourism, is much lower than Canada's bc it's a country that seems to get it's people's needs met, and that includes housing.

Every time I hear somebody from abroad ask how it’s possible Americans don’t see what’s happening, the first thing I say is that any attempted answer to that question that doesn’t include millions of people being lobotomized by right wing media ever since dead Rush Limbaugh got famous …

NEW: NEW: The Trump administration is barring Palestinian passport holders from getting visitors' visas for now. They can't enter the US for medical treatment, family visits and education. State Dept. ordered it in a global cable on Aug. 18. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

Little musical interlude for @erinbiba.bsky.social

This story doesn't include "Trump" in the headline and doesn't mention his name until eight paragraphs in (and only once more after that.) There's not a single comment from unions or workers impacted by this downturn. And the story pushes hard on the idea that it'll all change in the winter.

I'm glad someone's saying it

There are actually 2 RW groups sending mailers. This one, from Right Path, is a Kevin McCarthy joint, with his longtime aide Jessica Millan Patterson (fmr CA GOP chair) running the show. There's a second group, Protect Voters First, funded by Republican megadonor Charles Munger Jr.

I don't think this deserves a Nobel Peace Prize

Every day of obscene federal overreach I wonder when our armed populace and disorganized militias are going to haul out the old Amendments and remember what their guns are for

if i were his media advisors i would have told him he needed to attack the premise of the questions here and reframe the conversation. he kind of does that but he doesn’t want to be adversarial so he doesn’t do it forcefully. but i don’t think that’s gonna work. you gotta be ok being adversarial.

Rank and file Democrats desperate for an end to inequality with tax hikes for the rich, single-payer health care, student loan forgiveness, etc., policies that will win elections... are without candidates, because the DNC is opposed to these policies

Public health professionals: for a (very potential, as in I need approval) piece, if you'd like to weigh in on this, please email me at [email protected]

'Rendered assistance' is doing a lot of heavy lying in this sus ass statement

It's true just look at Portland and Minneapolis, both burned entirely to the ground in recent years, not a building or person remains

Maybe Trump is just having mitochondrial challenges.

I feel like we don't need to use terms like 'MAHA' uncritically in headlines about how extremists are driving dangerous, unscientific policy. 'MAHA' is not a neutral term!

Afternoon reading buddy

I hate living in a country where this story exists. It would not need to in a country with actual gun laws. www.startribune.com/he-couldnt-r...

Man I dunked on one person for mutilating a vintage bathroom and now I’m in home improvement ragebait hell.

“with all due respect, martha, i think the premise of your question here - the basic framing here - is part of why we find ourselves in this situation. this president is destroying the rule of law and trying to govern like a king. well he’s not a king. not in DC and not in maryland.” etc

was teaching her at the piano how procul harum's "whiter shade of pale" is based on bach and she was not impressed

Imagining the Vance version of the LBJ Air Force 1 photo and just giggling

The NYT doing some A+ sloganeering for the Mamdani campaign #keepthehamptonsintherapy

When we talk about AI and the future of work, I think a LOT about entry-level jobs and people new to the workforce.

Violence on the job disproportionately affects low-wage workers and members of the gig economy, and is an essential component of any fight to protect workers.

Mass-market white bread is available in every single chain, including Waitrose. Not 'extinct'. She can eat her bread and others can have other kinds but no, that is not the right-wing way, they want to make sure that everyone is forced to eat their gross paste-bread

close enough, welcome back burning man attendee

Has he ever signed any of these in this way?

Your Prestige Press, ladies and gentlemen

According to conservatives, American cities burn down on the regular. The level of delusion among their dupes is amazing.

Hmmm I wonder why California lawmakers might decide to soften their stance on algorithmic decision makers and other use of "AI."

got a good Labor Day scoop for you tomorrow at @prospect.org

I struggled to understand why he’s doing this now after being more normal on this front in the first term. Answer from my reporting is that ever since COVID, Mar-a-Lago has been a mecca for the dumbest people alive, and these people egging him on to destroy everything about traditional medicine.

please, what is the connection between Giuliani's alleged rescue of the alleged lady, and being rear-ended afterwards? in his car? like what's this even supposed to mean (?)

So many older viewers tuning into see Archie Bunker speaking up for Dems must have been totally confused.

It's the Sunday night before Labor Day. Let's go to YouTube, where the Jerry Lewis MDA Marathon from 1983 is streaming "live" exactly as it was 42 years ago this hour. Hit it, Ed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQN2...

there is not a single band today doing anything half as ambitious as what townshend was trying to do on Quadrophenia. i don’t mean that just as a way of saying “the who were better” because there are bands right now who have made better albums than Q. but no one is approaching his ambition.

MAHA & MAGA see the entire public-health establishment as the enemy. Still furious over COVID restrictions, they feel purging anybody who had anything to do with the pandemic response is as essential as purging anybody who prosecuted Jan 6th rioters or investigated Trump's relationship with Russia.

let me be clear: i would be 40% less bullish about Pritzker’s chances if he were not overweight. losing some weight, sure, good. his struggles with his weight should be part of how he’s sold to the oprah bloc. but if he becomes genuinely skinny? then may god have mercy on the republic we hold dear.

NEW: Anti-vax extremism. Cuts to Medicaid. Rising costs of health care. Some Democrats believe Republicans have stuck a big ol' "Kick Me" sign to their own backs. www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...

Maybe outsourcing your thinking to a tech company isn't a great idea?

It’s July 1974. @dicknixon.bsky.social is weeks away from stepping down. Democrats, mindful of the midterm elections, are on the air with another telethon designed to get voters riled up to defend democracy, with help from stars like Henry Fonda. Lessons for today? youtu.be/OqcPDNQ83Y8?...

People arguing against "eugenics is everywhere" takes IMO either 1) are fine with some types of eugenics (like saneism) or 2) don't truly get what it means.

Wingnut welfare, Johnson's funding stream for years, is the model Trump has followed: Give a home and sinecures to people no honest company would hire, and they will be slavishly devoted to you.

has anyone heard of this band called the who before? listening now and they seem quite good so far.

there’s no explicit rule in the NBA that says players can’t be dogs

Apropos of nothing it’s always important to get syphilis treated quickly before it turns your brain to Swiss cheese

striking contrast with the moore clip i commented on earlier this morning.

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Douchebag. www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-offi...

they should put this motherfucker in the tower slate.com/culture/2025...

Thought of @yrfatfriend.bsky.social and the latest Maintenance Phase with this article on the pursuit of the perfect morning routine.

A delightful listen (or read, there's a transcript) on an intriguing modern art installation: A room full of dirt.

I hope everyone has been enjoying the nicest week of the year to live in San Francisco.

Well, Kanopy, I would call my library about why I can't log in but it's a Sunday on a three-day weekend.

Quantum of Solace is pretty good, actually

If you were alive in the mid-70s, these next two guests need no introduction.

It's been a while since I wrote something about mental health that will make a lot of people very mad!

This telethon just had a very moving look at Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 campaign and his speech after MLK was murdered. Zero doubt he’d be disgusted by what became of the son named after him. Opposites in every way.

Literary fiction is just RPF about that student you wanted to fuck // that professor you wanted to fuck, depending on how far along you are in your MFA

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Julius Katchen's stunning recording of the first (Adagio) movement of Brahms's last composition for solo piano. See you around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKK...

Every outline I've ever written ends with "germane conclusion," but I decline to comment on how many times I've sent an outline over to an editor and forgotten to remove that placeholder text, let alone actually indicated I have a coherent plan in mind by stating what that conclusion is.

One of the great professional thrills of my career was covering Linsanity up close, and writing about Jeremy through the rest of his career. Throwback to my first piece on him, two months before Linsanity began, arguing he can help the Knicks. www.politico.com/states/new-y...

One of the great professional thrills of my career was covering Linsanity up close, and writing about Jeremy through the rest of his career. Throwback to my first piece on him, two months before Linsanity began, arguing he can help the Knicks. www.politico.com/states/new-y...

This from @davidjroth.bsky.social is very good but for some reason it is "at some point, Roy grew a moderately distressing goatee" that I keep giggling at [🎁]

The YouTube captions censored it, but when a player couldn’t get to “Joan Collins,” Edie finally just said, “The b—tch on Dynasty.” It worked!

They’ve got the Fifth Dimension literally singing the words to the Declaration of Independence. Corny? Oh, yes. But inspirational to (older) 1974 voters? Maybe!

Of course this is autocracy. And most US media are failing, or just ignoring, this moment dramatically. And, worse, the lead-up to it. Too busy trying to “beat,” “scoop” and destroy the competition and pander to power and whatnot.

Why are they propping the door open for it?

Thinking of dedicating this one to Brian Thompson

In DHS news today, Kristi Noem pretends not to understand how journalism works and is upset that CBS didn’t help her further slander and defame Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

inarguably one of the 10 most import songs in the history of pop music. probably top 5.

Perfect: The Dems got Jim Backus and his real wife to appear as the Howells speaking on behalf of “a minority group—the filthy rich.” They’re totally bashing the GOP and the rich. Amazing.

it’s pretty rare for a non-New Year’s Day federal holiday to be on the first of the month, right?

ICYMI, and are looking for a Sunday longer read.

note to self: no more sharing viral IG posts from C tier celebrities because we both know you don’t care enough to actually check the info first so just don’t.

Don’t ask me how I ended up seeing this, but I did and now you have, too. I’m sorry.

Great tenderness here from @kimkelly.bsky.social on @flaminghydra.com, a lovely thing to read today flaminghydra.com/issue-376/#w...

Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in September

Stumbled upon a live feed from a Willie T’s, a music bar in Key West which faces a major street, and people on the street are having a parade to celebrate Jimmy Buffet (who passed two beers ago tomorrow). Pretty cool to see his memory live on.

got a dope hat in humboldt

This might be the pinacle of Canadian journalism

apnews.com/article/npr-..., NPR stations struggle with Trump-fueled government funding cuts

Menudo just made their US TV premiere on the telethon. The crowd definitely went wild....

i hear mp's offices phones are blowing up... their doors being knocked down... over this

I see the Hurricanes’ new defense is getting thrown into the fire in Week 1.

Also, love this local San Diego TV news report from 1976, which was on set as AIRPORT ‘77 filmed some scenes there. youtu.be/QuJVnGCMdyg?...

Ridiculous and embarrassing, yes, but also realize that the escalating absurdity is telltale, a sign of weakness

slight difficulty, no decent person will ever vacation on the War Crimes Riviera