People wrapped in privilege and assured society shelters white men from the consequences of their actions.

Any IRL equivalent to Westworld would end with everybody you killed or maimed lined up at the end of your experience all fresh and smiling to shake your hand and be like.

William Gibson has some thoughts (mostly twitter musings) on the fetishization of guns in America and how the gun changed from a tool for hunting or the farm to something insidious. He bases this on how guns have been depicted in print media over time.

Oh so that’s what happened! I though I just got older and started liking bitter things more.

Have you considered writing an opinion column at the NYT or Atlantic? You’ve got that certain something!

WTF do you think DACA was supposed to be!?

They had a year of debates, concessions, and compromises that ended with with a final “Fuck you” from the GOP when they got everything they wanted but still didn’t vote for it specifically so they could do exactly what you are doing right now.

It’s really too bad there is no other fantasy and nobody ever wrote another book after Tolkien that had swords or magic stuff in it. Damn shame.

We kinda had that ending slavery thing going on the first time. What we didn’t do was finish the reconstruction, and we continue to pay for that.

The DoEd draft budget is attempting to funnel $1B to for profit education, while cutting the office of civil rights and union protections.

Why is every job digging a ditch? What if the every window of the DMV or post office had somebody on call? Or every underserved community had as many teachers as they needed? Or the city council website was up to date? Or the library could stay open? Or every national and state park was well maintained? It would be…

Demanding Democrats to take a stand against torture is not asking for much. Wanting them to pursue strategies that actually engage the majority of voters is constructive. We should always be asking politicians to do better, to earn our votes, even if they’re from the party you normally vote for.

Policy question for Donyae. What do you think of the idea of 2X value for SNAP at farmer’s markets and CSAs? It seems like an optimal way to encourage local farms and improve nutrition, if people use it.

“The Root found that 253 people were killed by semi-automatic assault-style weapons since 1966.”

We are talking about a group of people who actively signed up for DACA. This was the only possible path towards citizenship and having a criminal record disqualifies you for the program. Your only argument is they are more likely to be poor. America was founded and built by poor people coming here seeking a better…

Then it would be harder to concentrate.

I can’t wait for the movie! I know Oliver Stone usually does these things but Eli Roth or James Wan seem like a better choice.

Carbonara with chorizo and lime butter with cilantro

How is this not some GOP/SuperPAC psyop BS?

A teenager set it up for me on my phone. Her 11 y/o brother showed her how. I assume he learned from a toddler whose brain has fused with the internet somehow. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯