*killed police officers

I’m really sorry. I can’t imagine the helplessness of watching that happen around you.

I’m not a fan exactly, but I often see people use her wealth to make other criticisms about her like, “She’s not an artist, she’s a product.” It’s a criticism I never hear people make about male artists, and of all wealthy pop stars, she deserves SOME credit. She pays her stage crew well and takes time at every show to recognize them. She has writing credits on all her songs. She endorses Democrats for president (yes, at the last minute, but it’s more than most celebrities do.)

I really try to avoid fatalism, but I struggle to think of how we put citizens united back in the bottle (other than, of course, violent revolution.)

I’m in a similar boat. I’ve been going to therapy for over 20 years. I’ve been with my wife for 13 years. She’s funny, creative, and widely beloved by almost everyone who meets her. At home, she’s emotionally hard to connect with. She’s never been to therapy and sees no reason to start because “nothing’s wrong with her.” She meets many of the stereotypes that we usually apply to men - can’t identify her emotions or claims she doesn’t have them, and doesn’t understand “why we have to talk about everything.” We’ve been to couples therapy a couple times and she generally hated it, saying the therapist made it seem like everything was her fault. I know I deserve a partner who will join me in processing hard stuff, but it’s been a very long road in trying to get there.

I haven’t been able to stomach it for maybe 8 years, but I used to really enjoy seeing people come up with clever solutions for annoying problems. There were plenty of people who made some little gadget in their garage and needed seed money to produce it at scale. The show sort of devolved into a tech bros who made a new app, and who didn’t actually need investors but were looking for some free exposure.

I think they’re suggesting that each of the 2000 signatories put up $50m each, totalling $100bn.

I cringe when my (well-meaning, truly) Democrat siblings mention NYT as a trusted news source. “Did Netanyahu Stumble Into a War Crime by Nuking an Orphanage?”

This movie is so great. Bureaucracy, solidarity, righteous anger, direct action. Bless Ken Loach for telling the stories of working people.

Who are you asking?

Probably because sheriffs are elected, and aren’t overseen by any government body. In between elections, they can do anything they want. The podcast In The Dark covered how a Minnesota county sheriff bungled, and then covered up, the investigation of the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling in 1989. Around the country, sheriff departments consistently have crime clearance rates below 20%. Pathetic.

To your last point, there’s a great book called Survival of the Richest by Doug Rushkoff. He describes “The Mindset” in which tech billionaires keep trying to use tech to escape the climate apocalypse that they created. They simply lose the ability to think of any solution besides further growth.

Keep in mind that a significant portion of internet comments are bots, especially on X.

The Diabolical Lies podcast had an episode recently where they explored the history of sexual orientation. Apparently it was only in the last 100 years that we started using “homosexual” to describe a person’s identity rather than a person’s behavior. Personally I support you identifying however you want, though I understand other people being less flexible.

I’m not making excuses for the dems complete lack of backbone, or their complicity in all the current horrors, but I do think this conversation should always acknowledge that many millions of (poor, undocumented, disabled) people would be utterly fucked during a total shutdown.

For dinner, anything from Alison Roman. For dessert, anything from Claire Saffitz. It’s a pretty basic take but their recipes are simple and incredibly tasty.

They have not increased their activity in Minneapolis since they announced the drawdown. They weren’t gone right away, and they’re still using the Whipple building for detention and outfitting vehicles, but most of the abductions are happening in the greater metro area and even then they’ve decreased.

You can have your opinion, but I’m surprised there’s anyone who sat and watched it and didn’t enjoy it.

Oh, I fully believe community is the most important resource. I wouldn’t be driving off somewhere to fend for myself, I would just want my car to be functional.

My last car was an EV. I loved how it drove, I loved charging at home and never having to stop at the gas station, and I told everyone around me, “If you can afford it, you have an ethical obligation to buy a hybrid or an EV.” Since Trump 2.0 I’ve been concerned about some form of collapse that would make me flee my home - natural disaster, violent military occupation, etc. I started to wonder, “What’s stopping Elon from limiting access to all these superchargers?” Public chargers are much slower than gas, and they’re easily vandalized. The whole thing just seems like a liability at this point. At least in a Mad Max scenario I could barter for a can of guzzoline.

I hate that I’m even considering any of this.