I would if i could. I hate driving, but I would get killed if i biked to work. Hell, I'd possibly die just trying to get to the nearest grocery store. I need a bike lane.

We need voting snacks. Australia has a voting hotdog as well as pastries with goofy puns (it's also a holiday, but that's not the point I'm making rn).

If we want people to vote then we need to spike their blood sugar Every Time and make a goddamned tradition out of the thing. Give me a voting hot dog, a voting knish, a voting donut. I'd look forward to it every two years.

My dad's best friend just died of 9/11-related COPD. He worked in an office building around the corner from the WTC and was told to keep coming to work. He suffered greatly for many years.

Thank goodness. I loved "Your Name" and hope for more films.

Yes, thanks to Ossoff. I've seen too many versions of this conversation where the representative lets the issue drop, as though assuming that they should back off and hope viewers got the point. This was much better done and Ossoff's clear-headedness is a breath of fresh air.

A lot of people here are condemning celebrity in US politics, and I get it... but at this point in time we might need someone who is already famous yet consistent and trustworthy. Stewart has shown himself to be a good person for decades. He's also politically informed, progressive, and whip smart.

We need a candidate who wants real change for the betterment of the working class. Somehow people thought that was Trump... I guess because he said he would be, a few times? And people were hoping hard? And not looking at his track record at all? Also racism? More importantly though: people didn't think that candidate was Harris, who got pushed through by the Democratic party and ran an uninspiring campaign. Those people didn't vote. Those people were excited about candidates like Bernie, who's track record on class issues is indefatigable. Those people could potentially be excited about Jon Stewart tearing shit down for the actually betterment of the poor, and might trust that he would try.

That's my read, anyway. A Mamdani could come along and stir up some real enthusiasm, but I think it's harder for a no-name without a proven record to win a national election. Last time that happened we ended up with Obama, and people still feel burned by his lack of progressive action.

Unpopular opinion:

I am a public school teacher and I support public schools, but there have been a lot of issues with our education system for a long time. Talk to any kid with ADHD who had to sit through 12 years, and they are indicative of a larger problem. Our idea of school now is as a place that teaches kids to behave and mostly follow rote instruction. Wouldn't it be so much better if we were teaching kids to be creative thinkers, work well in groups, problem solve, and think critically about the information they're getting? We know that's what school should be, but maybe now we will be forced to go there. Yes, there will be issues like learned helplessness and certain skills being difficult to teach, but it's kind of exciting too.

Though it's also possible that public schools will close and only the wealthy kids will be well-educated... can we not, please?

The family is seeking an independent autopsy. Do we know about how long that will take? Somehow, no matter the results, I doubt i'll continue to see much about this specific incident in national news, and I'd like to remind myself to check back in on this.

I'm actually only surprised that she got the bill after one month.

As a biker with no bike lanes I detest them both

Many people have intervened many times. Minneapolis and Charlotte come to mind as city whose entire MO for weeks was intervening.

In many situations it seems like enough to film them and they back off, like here. For Joan Sebastian, shot and killed by ICE last Monday in Maine, he was driving and there weren't many people around to intervene at 7am. Bystanders did film part of the incident after Joan had already been shot, and it's part of the evidence against the crazy fuck that shot him. I don't know how anybody could have stepped in based on what I saw.

I imagine myself witnessing situations like these so that I am ready.

Holy fuck, I am so sick of this.

My personal favorite is when Pieter cuts off a little girl's hand:

The words are less impressively compound, but the images speak for themselves. This one is good too:

Great children's literature!

Check out your local May Day protests, too. Hopefully even bigger than today! I'm ready to do this every two weeks until we are prepared for a general strike.

Curious as to why Common Dreams and others aren't using the term "Internment Camp"? I'm not trying to whitewash the present, but it does seem to me that a large number of people might feel that term "concentration camp" is a dramatization of the current situation. "Internment" is also awful but less loaded, and might get more people on board and thinking about this seriously. Thoughts?

Edit: Upon looking it up, I have a few thoughts. One, some say "internment camp" was white washing in the first place. Two, "internment camps" might specifically refer to U.S. Army run concentration camps during wartime. I'm still not really clear, though, and would love some additional insight.

Mamdani went on a visit to a kindergarten class with Ms. Rachel a few months ago. The babies on the bus are going wah-wah-wah.

Unions also call for strikes as a centralized authority, which the US populace completely lacks. When France had those huge labor strikes a few years ago it was all called for by 5 or 6 unions.

I tell everyone I know to sign a strike card at https://generalstrikeus.com/ but that platform is fully decentralized. Right now it takes several days for another 10K signatures, and the critical mass we're trying to achieve is 11 million. Yes, it's the best option I've found, and YES that rate will increase exponentially the more people who get involved, but is it efficient and timely? No, but it's the best we've got rn because the power of labor unions has been purposefully dismantled over decades.

Edit: I'm inept. Is this Sarah C Andersen comic showing up?

This is regarding the Venezuelans who were illegally extradited to El Salvador despite a court order. There are questions as to when officials received the order: those involved claim the prisoners had already been released to El Salvador by the time the order was communicated to them, others think the order would have come mid-flight and that the order was purposefully ignored.

What in holy hell is a salad spoon