Lacuna Matata 🦁

Incisive piece for us “Different World” fans, and everyone else, by the always astute @tressiemcphd.bsky.social. “Nostalgia doesn’t easily lend itself to the truth.”

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving his construction crew to work when an ICE officer shot and killed him in Houston. He wasn’t even the person ICE was looking for. Now Texas voters are leaving their “I Voted” stickers at his memorial. #BlueWaveIn10Days

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

It was the Dunning of tymes, it was the Kruger of tymes.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

You wanna know why billionaire mega-donors are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money — and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you.

Excuse me sir do you denounce the Doobie Brotherhood?

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

A masterclass in public discourse by Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. No notes

Get control of your spending by inserting credit cards here. Do not insert neckties, ponytails, hands, or small children. Aerosol cans are okay, but not while actively spraying

Of course I’m going to eat both of them. I didn’t order “a cannolo” 🙄

Essential perspective on the Cornell frat r*pe case 💔🖤 Content warning

this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media

The live stream capture is up now. Here’s a cut you may enjoy — “Bernie’s Tune,” arranged by Paul English: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H8j...

As I’ve been saying a lot lately IRL: It Doesn’t Have To Be This Bad “These are policy choices” 💯

“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them

Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.

Our poverty is the hottest it’s ever been

ETHAN HAWKE on why you shouldn’t have a favourite Beatle…

I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.

SOLEY DEO GLORIA AMEN

I’m part of a jazz crossover ensemble of seven musicians called PICO. We’re performing in Houston at the Mucky Duck on Tue 29 Sep at 7. Hope to see you there! Details and tickets: www.mcgonigels.com/shows/pico-p...

Ronny Cammareri: “Meet me at the Met.”

DoorDash bribed Cuomo with $1M for his mayoral campaign. Mayor Mamdani rejected that cash and just made history with $131.5M settlement for DoorDash drivers screwed out of their wages — the largest worker settlement in US History. This is what leadership looks like. ❤️✊🏽

Finally, some good news for the zombie community

Just another day in Trumpistan 🤬

Take 30 seconds,read it.

“Restoring Van Gogh's Ear & Mending His Broken Heart” 🎨 #asmr #satisfying #vangogh #papercraft #stopmotion IG: @paper_pepper (페이퍼 후추)

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.

Mood

Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥

Yes this. But also... Harris county. But that's every election.🤷🏿‍♂️ Texas has the most Black voters in the USA. Harris county has the most Black voters in the state of Texas. Only Cook (IL), King's (NY), and Wayne (MI) have more Black voters in the US. So US voter suppression always targets Harris.

I’ve had a dozen friends message me about this new outrage at the Girl Scouts for offering badges to children for learning about Islam. Reject these culture wars.

The world is dimmer today, morally and intellectually. Rest in power, pretty lady.

Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”

We must address the pushout of Black women from the workforce.

The expertise and virtuosity here is jaw-dropping 🥹

When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president

Good morning. Just a friendly reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell is currently protected, enjoying pampering and puppy time while America's service members are forced to drink diseased water, eat rotten meat, and huff air infested by mold. She does yoga while they choose drowning.

If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The restitution these white supremacist creeps refuse to pay is a shameful pittance. Imagine being offered the princely sum of $11,429 to survive for a year in one of America’s worst prisons. Now imagine having no choice in the matter and having it last 42 years. It should be $480 *million*.

I don’t want my politicians to be good at sick burns. I want them to be good at dead serious system-wide moral and legal reckonings. Please and thank you.