⿻ Eileen Noonan

"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.“
— Ursula K. LeGuin

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

This is the whole absurdity about these laws and policies! I was lots of things as a baby that I am not now, because there have been 41 years (oy) of intervening time between then and now!

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

My Condoleezonances to all the zoomers about to learn this name

ngl I do not deal well with fog of war

Turns out that was load-bearing pussy

A graphic comparing two quotes. Donald Rumsfeld on Iraq (2003): "It could last six days, six weeks. I double six months." Donald Trump on Iran (2026): "It'll take four weeks, or less."

Americans have seen this playbook before.

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

“One way to look at the rise of Donald Trump is as part of a decades-long backlash among the American leadership class to the idea of accountability,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues:

Reporter: I asked Trump about rising gas prices. He said, 'That's alright. It'll go way down very quickly.' I said, 'Well, they're pretty high now.' And he said, 'No they're not.'

In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.

He's putting up record job losses, driving the country into a war he can't even explain, and was credibly accused of raping a teenager in the Epstein files released yesterday - so of course it's time to try and ruin more trans people's lives

Ok gmail I *really* need you to stop trying to rewrite my sentences

My way of writing expresses who I am and it genuinely feels like gmail is trying to turn me into someone I'm not

Someone tell Pete Hegseth this is not a movie and real people are dying

Inspiring leadership Sir thank you Sir

These are war crimes, violations of the Geneva Conventions.

Increasingly I think we should turn the whole Trump cabinet over to the ICC to be tried at The Hague.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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A lot of people had a good laugh about this back in 1991. "Oh dear, there goes Harold again."

If it’s true that the United States bombed an elementary school and killed scores of children it is an unfathomable crime. I have never been more disgusted to be an American.

2 years from now, 5 years from now, 10 years from now, and 20 years from now, Americans are going to be subject to attacks here and all over the world because of what Trump is doing right now.

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

Russia is helping Iran attack America, and Ukraine is helping America defend itself from Russia and Iran.

It is time to renew our support for Ukraine and Europe, and stop Trump's ongoing appeasement of Putin. Congress must now revive the Russia sanctions bill, get serious here.

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All of the big protests over Israel stopped as soon as Trump got in office and never started again even after he bombed Iran twice in cooperation with them.

This is plainly visible to anyone with fucking eyes but you'll still get yelled at for saying it.

I bet Markwayne Mullin was named for his grandpas who were both also named Markwayne

"Markwayne"

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My new book is finally out: On Mindful Democracy! It’s published by Thich Nhat Hanh’s Parallax Press.

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Screenshot of an X post by Headquarters claiming Donald Trump reacted angrily to James Talarico in a new post and calling for Republicans to focus on defeating him. The image includes a photo of Talarico smiling at an event and a screenshot of a message attributed to Trump.

Oh he's *worried* worried.

For me there is just incredible irony in the fact that Trump has been so vocal in his opposition to support for Ukraine

If Trump had been president at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russia probably would have won, and Ukraine would not be able to help us now in this war Trump started

are you fucking kidding me oh my god