There used to be sidewalk kiosks called “newsstands” where people could buy the “newspaper,” a daily publication with news about recent events. Bigger news was put on the front page, and at a newsstand you could see the front page for free.

Because this is talking about the Soviet Union, the man is almost certainly looking for a headline announcing that Josef Stalin has died.

The first message I got I asked if I knew them and got zero response.

Hold them in contempt. Put them in jail for a few days, then declare a mistrial due to incompetent counsel. For repeat offenders, file a formal complaint to the state bar.

Who said anything about guns, or even violence?

“Jihad” means “struggle.” Mohammed once said the most difficult jihad was the one against ourselves, e.g. the struggle to be better people.

So a jihad for polar bears could mean throwing yourself into activism for the environment.

Rare bread, like a really special sourdough that is more likely to spread diseases.

You should tell Jamie Loftus, she just did an episode of her podcast about the backrooms.

Well now I’m glad I’ve never bought a kindle book.

I’m curious what kind of human contact you’ve “tried” that didn’t work. There’s a world of difference between contact that is mediated through the context of work or planned leisure activities with relative strangers and organic meaningful interaction. Humans need to be social and feel useful to those around them. If that is lacking in your life, I suggest volunteering somewhere. Your local humane society almost certainly needs volunteers who can wash dogs and cats, or help visitors interact with the animals. Or there are likely a number of places you can volunteer to help people who are hungry or unhoused.

That doesn’t seem that complicated. Just functional polyamory.

Maybe 30% of ICE personnel would understand that being the gestapo represents a “branding problem,” maybe 1% are ethical enough to feel bad about it but not enough to quit.

That seems overly complicated and counterproductive. How can ICE watch you fuck its mother if it’s sucking your balls? They should do that after you fuck its mother.

Leon Czolgosz was an anarchist (ergo, leftist) who assassinated McKinley.

It’s worth considering that the left is weak because the US has spent more resources crushing it than any other ideology, both at home and abroad. It’s not just a recent phenomenon that right wing mass killers get apprehended alive and anyone maybe a bit left gets the shit kicked out of them at best.

No, McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz. You may be thinking of president Garfield who was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, who believed he had been promised the ambassadorship to France.

“I’m literally asking for anyone to attempt to impress a pretty and talented young woman. Chappell Roan. Sabrina Carpenter. Billie Eilish. Charli XCX. For the love of god, please plan something drastic to get their attention.”

I can’t either, looks like this is just for reading.

I haven’t read that yet, but I read the two Danielle Cain novellas in a day each.

Loved hearing that story. Margaret Killjoy is a treasure, and as it turns out so is Chumbawamba.

This isn’t new. They’ve been doing that since Agents of SHIELD was on the air. They would start with “this is not included in the no ads plan.”

Sam Altman is a hack and a fraud. He’s on the wrong side of everything.

“A ‘tragedy’ struck today as the Boeing-Tesla Air Force One and Air Force Two simultaneously rerouted to crash into the headquarters of Boeing and Tesla. The planes were running on Tesla ‘full self flying’ and staffed entirely with Tesla robots piloted remotely by human operators on the ground, so when they exploded only the president, vice president, and their advisors and guests (including Tesla CEO Elon Musk) were killed.”