Wisconsin fought and clawed to get out from under the thumb of the Kochs and Uihleins who had bought and paid for gerrymandered Republican dominance for years. And then another rich motherfucker showed up and the whole state said not today.
Wisconsin fought and clawed to get out from under the thumb of the Kochs and Uihleins who had bought and paid for gerrymandered Republican dominance for years. And then another rich motherfucker showed up and the whole state said not today.
Take the wins when they happen. Have some hope.
I fucking love Wisconsin
Ok doing an extended remembrance of John Lewis as he approaches 7:19 is… remarkable.
My nine-year-old is fully invested in Booker’s speech. Just got home from school and is completely amazed that he’s still going. Knows he’s witnessing something real.
YOOOOOOOOOOO Rebel Spirit has been nominated for a Webby. Please go vote!! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVot…
Ok, you’re holding the Senate Floor and have run through your speech. What’s a topic you could speak about for hours without notes?
Me: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Mr McMahon
Literally has never been a worse bet.
I didn’t really need more reasons to hate Manchester City, but they have some kind DaFont Simpsons knockoff on their jersey today.
The Residence was excellent from start to finish. The writing was tight and smart, Uzo Aduba was fucking incredible, and Giancarlo Esposito continues to be one of the very best to do the thing.
Hey take a minute to pause from doomscrolling and read about Year 11 of Punk Planet, a year where it’s legitimately impossible for me to believe how much we did. Issues! Books! A whole new magazine! So. Many. Things. dansinker.com/posts/202…
Genuine house-rattling Midwestern thunderstorm in full effect
It’s genuinely insane to me how much MORE relevant Rebel Spirit has become since Season One ended. You a story about the repercussions of erasing history and about what it takes to try and get people to face the truth about the past? And also Gritty? We’ve got you: rebelspiritpodcast.com
Disappearing people on the flimsiest of legal arguments for exercising protected speech is 100% going to lead down a very dark path that many of us stand on.
Took a break from the hellscape to hang out with the Thorne Room Miniatures
“We are currently clean on OPSEC”
Publishing screenshots of the entire groupchat all the way to including the entire chat membership list is the journalistic equivalent of “Fuck me? Fuck YOU.”
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” is definitely the LOL line in the published groupchat.
The funniest thing about all this to me is I’ve WRITTEN for the Atlantic and nobody looped the EIC into our chats, inadvertently or otherwise.
The thing about groupchats, even on Signal, is they are only as secure as your weakest link member.
Oh no, I’m watching the first ten minutes of Up.
My day job is to help run a search for a fellowship program that has always brought in some of the most amazing, creative, and righteous people I have ever known. And this year the search is being completely overrun with near-identical madlib answers generated with ChatGPT. It’s so disheartening.
Me telling myself that next week will be calmer than this week and believing it is my own personal Lucy-with-the-football.
Ok The Residence is very good.
Giancarlo Esposito is the fucking best.