Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
Wishing him luck with the rest of his friends in the Christmas Adventures Club.
A crowd of protesters in subzero temperatures in Minneapolis, marching against ICE and CBP
Look at this crowd in Minneapolis marching against ICE, where the high was -9 F today.
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
I feel left out! A real statement about nonfiction that no one is trying to steal my pdfs.
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Gif from Mad Max Fury Road: "that's bait"
remember this, kids, anytime a new David Brooks byline drops
Congestion pricing has improved life in New York City by: reducing cars on the street, speeding traffic (especially at peak hours), speeding buses and making them more reliable, expanding transit ridership, reducing car crashes, reducing noise complaints, and increasing the number of visitors.
Fire response times fell in the NYC congestion zone, even as they increased in the rest of the city.
Car crashes with injuries fell citywide, but they fell especially dramatically in the congestion pricing zone from 2024 to 2025
Local buses have sped up dramatically in the congestion pricing zone.
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
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The first true American edition of Nan Shepherd's classic The Living Mountain is out next week, and Jenny Odell is blessing us with this beautiful new essay: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes to Me
Mother has arrived.
