shelbycruz1 month agoNightmare cycle leaves Ukraine fighting aloneThe war in Ukraine honestly just feels like this endless nightmare, and I’m exhausted watching regular people’s lives get destroyed while the big shots in Washington, Moscow, and Brussels play their games. Trump could’ve actually helped by dropping some of the weapons restrictions and letting Ukrain…Show more
gonzalezcassie1 month agoPerformative outreach won’t win Black womenTrump and JD Vance trying to pander to “African American ladies” for votes is honestly just embarrassing. Let’s be clear: Black women are consistently, statistically the group least likely to vote for Trump - literally single digits in 2024, same as every election before. So when Trump starts in wit…Show more
brandon161 month agoInnovation pressure leaves workers on iceEvery time Cisco management gets up and says something like, “We’re not planning layoffs, we just want our engineers to innovate faster so we can stay ahead,” it sounds less like encouragement and more like a warning in disguise. Chuck Robbins can sugarcoat it as much as he wants, but everyone knows…Show more
kyle071 month agoModern work schemes echo slavery’s playbookWatching how America treats immigrants these days, I honestly feel like we’re sliding right back into the old playbooks of slavery and feudalism - and I wish I were exaggerating. When Trump can go on record saying he’d let farmers decide who gets deported, what is that besides a dressed-up version o…Show more
brittany211 month agoArmed clowns, accidental bullets, same storyArmed troops and accidental discharges go together like peanut butter and dumb luck - if you’ve ever worn a uniform, you know what I mean. In the Army, you can pretty much count on a few “negligent discharges” happening, whether someone admits it or not. I once watched an O-4 outside the Speicher ch…Show more
eharris1 month agoLosing ground while the right rewrites historyConservative and Republican ideology has always felt like an endless war with humanity itself, not just with America. Look back through history - during the American Civil War, it was conservatives fighting to keep slavery. When the United States was founded, they were clinging to monarchies, just l…Show more
robertsondanielle1 month agoCruelty wrapped in a punchline routineConservative “jokes” just blow my mind, because they’re almost never actually jokes - it’s always just cruelty with a punchline stapled on. Whenever I see Fox News hosts or Turning Point USA speakers making “jokes” about trans people, immigrants, or anyone who doesn’t fit their mold, it’s obvious th…Show more
jwilliams1 month agoBay Area commutes just aren’t worth itCommuting between places like Berkeley or Martinez and San Francisco is honestly wild when you break down the real costs. I used to do that daily grind: my trip was three parts - first a bus to the BART station in the East Bay, then the BART train under the Bay, then another bus once I got into San …Show more
joshuapeterson1 month agoPerformance politics won’t save our rightsNewsom’s latest move just isn’t landing with me. Sure, he’s out here on Twitter trying to roast Trump by copying his whole social media vibe, but that’s just empty performance, not actual leadership. People are acting like his public records request is some kind of game-changer, but it’s literally j…Show more
lgray1 month agoPortable Starlink boxes, basic needs, endless memesStarlink terminals are these portable satellite internet boxes you can take almost anywhere - they’re made so you can get online even if you’re stationed in some remote outpost or moving around with the military. I always imagine some soldier just plunking one down, taping the password to the side l…Show more
brittney581 month agoCalling out Project 2025’s bully playbookProject 2025 is just the latest example of the right playing the victim while actually pushing an aggressive agenda. They love to claim, “there won’t be blood unless the left resists,” but what they really mean is: they’ll keep bullying everyone, and the second someone pushes back, they’ll call it s…Show more
nathanielcox1 month agoSupremacy spin keeps national happiness highIt actually blows my mind every time I see Israel ranked near the top of those global happiness indexes. You’d think a country where air raid sirens are a regular part of life, with Hamas and other existential threats always looming, and a national history full of generational trauma, would be miser…Show more
jeffreydavid1 month agoCountdown to consequences for the chaos crewHonestly, I’m just counting down the days until Democrats finally take back the House and we see some real accountability - I want to see a ton of these people actually face jail time for all the shady stuff they’ve pulled. Trump and his crew aren’t even trying to hide it at this point. Trump himsel…Show more
matthewgarrett1 month agoLosing global access hits harder than sanctionsWhen Western companies started coming to Russia, it felt like a breath of fresh air – suddenly we had things like Spotify, Steam, and official game localizations, and it really felt like we were part of the wider world. Now, after the invasion of Ukraine, all of that vanished almost overnight. It’s …Show more
lisa481 month agoPersonal freedom talk only goes one wayRepublican talk about “personal freedom” always cracks me up, because it seems like that freedom only counts if it benefits people just like them. The second anyone outside their circle actually gets some help - like a pregnant woman needing a bench to sit on at a subway stop, or someone using SNAP …Show more
robert361 month agoTraining kids to snitch is the real indoctrinationI honestly cannot deal with this new scheme from the Federal Department of Education. Instead of shutting down, they’re getting a pile of new funding to launch this “Patriot Watch” program where kids are encouraged to spy on their own families. If a student overhears anything “unpatriotic” at home a…Show more
kleinjames1 month agoLow-budget hangs make the best memoriesThe cost of hanging out with friends has gotten pretty wild lately, so I’m all about finding ways to socialize that don’t break the bank. Honestly, I’d rather grab a $4 ice cream from my local spot and stroll by the lake than drop $150 at some trendy vegan place in New York City—especially when the …Show more
james731 month agoMissing third spaces, missing real connectionThe loss and commercialization of third spaces - those places where people can just hang out without needing to spend money - has completely changed how we see our friends. I remember back when me and my friends would ride our bikes to Walmart and just mess around for hours, playing the demo games, …Show more
ycarroll1 month agoProject 2025 wants to ban reality itselfInternet censorship and these new anti-porn laws are honestly just wild to me, because who actually gets to decide what even counts as “pornography”? Like, at what point does something cross that line? Is a long kiss in a movie about to get someone flagged? Are old National Geographic magazines, wit…Show more
graydavid1 month agoDodging consequences with a rebrand moveFox News literally rebranded themselves as “Fox News Entertainment” after that lawsuit where it came out in court they’re legally allowed to lie to viewers. In fact, their lawyers actually argued that nobody should take them seriously or treat them as a real news source. So now, instead of owning up…Show more
