That last sentence is maybe the most important realization I've come to in the last month: that lots of voters resent having to be politically engaged, and will hand the reins of the country to a wannabe autocrat if he promises to relieve them of that responsibility.

Keep thinking about how David Zaslav can't figure out a way to make money off of superheroes, Bugs Bunny, and Sesame Street

so yglesias got bariatric surgery and a lot of people are comparing it to gender affirming care and like a lot of that is a mostly fine critique but i also do want people to be aware that the surgery does have *massive* issues and is linked to high rates of depression and alcoholism.

this stuff isn't really significant for the book-burning itself in most cases — it's unlikely they're burning rare editions, or books that aren't widely printed or digitized — but because they are engaged in a performance of violence against symbols of their intended targets, who are people

going to stipulate that the entire debate over the performance of trans athletes is a red herring for the simple reason that opponents of trans inclusion want to ban prepubescent trans children from participation as well as restrict hormonal gender affirming care that would equalize performance