gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

They've decided the problem is "the groups." (This, again, is a warmed-over diatribe that we've been hearing from centrist pundits for almost a year.)

Dem donors, staffers, and interest groups are all too well-educated and liberal. They focus on "identity and cultural issues" and climate. Waaaa!

I think maybe we undersell fiction and storytelling as tools to get us out of some of the jams we’re in.

Gotta start calling people by their actual titles "Hey Moms First Boyfriend from Middle School Her Parents Never Let Go and Still Love and Now I Call Uncle Pat because He's A Family Friend, pass the butter?"

Ellis "It may be that what I am seeing is the result if one of three things:"
1. Perhaps the order is unclear
2. No one read the order
3. "Folks actively chose to ignore it"

Ellis said it could not be No. 3, because that would violate Bovino's oath

Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem

Great day for this special issue on critical aunty studies.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.