take pity on the TSA screeners who aren’t getting paid, have nothing to give them hope, are required to forfeit vacation sanctioned a yr ago or be classified furloughed if they take it, no paid Columbus Day, hear snide comments from some passengers & they’ll have to hear her voice on a loop for hrs

Big law gets caught filing appellate brief with made-up cases. Opponent catches them. Big law asks for permission to file a "do over" brief. Opponent scorches them. Tony Ortega recounts the painful battle here: tonyortega.substack.com/p/scientolog....

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Thanks Jack.

He led the best seder I ever attended. It was totally improvised and included Beatles. I was probably 7. That’s why he was my favorite uncle.

wild time to be writing (very briefly) about the great strike of 1877 and the president sending federal troops to cities to break it

Now with a Two Minutes Hate!

It’s up:

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Going to chat with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about this ridiculousness in a few minutes - tune in!

Joseph Ladapo was once a successful normie: A Harvard Medical School grad w/ faculty positions at NYU & UCLA

Then his wife & an ex-Navy SEAL-turned-guru came along 👀

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social & I on the pair of mystics who seem to lack any Western medical training yet have inspired FL's top doc:

Guy in private plane doesn’t like that he has to hire more security to address his personal concerns about crime so he is happy to have the president push guardsmen into the city at taxpayer expense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this

Was planning on going next Monday for needs. Condolences, Jo.

May their coffee be cold
May their bagel be burnt
May their lox be dry
May their shopping bag fall in the slush

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

Abolish ICE, pack the court and DC statehood have to be the bare minimum any Dem candidate runs on.

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

Sure glad I didn’t go and get that X passport, but also this is fucked.

What about intersex people?

Like the episode where the Itchy and Scratchy creators made a cartoon to Marge Simpson's specifications.

They were just starting to establish a campus presence in various institutions when I was finishing my PhD, and let us say that it was quite clear they were not a benign presence.

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Joy Division ~ Love Will Tear Us Apart
(Factory 45, 1980 - Official Music Video)
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Happy Friday🌟

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Johnson Grindr is shore nuff skeerd.