The sky probably is falling, actually, but it is doing so more slowly than the worst case scenario had it.

Truly I have no sense at this point which pieces are breaking, it just seems very clear that the entire thing is structurally unsound.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social was curious; so he asked Ben Smith — co-founder of Semafor, and former media columnist at the New York Times — if Smith thought democracy is under threat in the U.S.

Good question.

the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.

(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)

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Also, Magneto was Xorn and Ernst was Cassandra Nova, I literally do not care what was in some Chuck Austen comics

Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.

Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.

Speaking as someone who used to spend time in their chats, SO much of US contemporary fascism is a function of men assuming that the way adulthood worked was, you got a job and in exchange you got a woman to be your mom plus your sex toy.

They are ENRAGED that they have a job but no sex mommy.

all American schools should ban phone use during class hours, but we CAN compromise by bringing back Internet-connected computer labs where the nerd kids can retreat to look at fanfic during lunch

thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago