i've always loved the Terry Pratchett Boots Theory of socioeconomics but it's really striking now how it's slowly becoming inaccurate bc so many companies straight up do not make good products anymore. not even rich people can buy things that aren't designed to break in 3 years bc they don't exist

I promise not to do a discourse. Have this newt instead.

Supreme Court rulings at 10am tomorrow and Friday and we’re still waiting this sleeper abortion case out of Idaho. It hasn't gotten as much attention as the abortion pill suit, but it's even more terrifying: Alliance Defending Freedom is pushing fetal personhood on behalf of a U.S. state

The Latest Abortion Case at the Supreme Court Is Under-the-Radar Terrifying

Are pregnant women who show up in emergency rooms people, or mere vessels for potential life? Stay tuned to find out!

One reason I really hate the “superhero comics are our modern myths!” line is that there are superhero comics that actually do an incredibly good job of exploring myths and folktales—The Sandman, Hellboy—and those are never the books people are talking about. It’s always some Superman thing.

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Only a tiny portion of Black Americans were granted the land they were owed after the civil war. And then, almost immediately, the government took it back. Here’s where the people, and the land, ended up. Remarkable investigative reporting from the Reveal folks here:

40 Acres and a Lie

40ACRES AND A LIE A government program gave formerly enslaved people land after the Civil War, only to take nearly all of it back a year and a half later. We used artificial intelligence to track down...

A new documentary called “The Aunties” follows a lesbian couple who are carrying on Harriet Tubman's legacy on the land where she took members of her family out of enslavement.

Meet the Black, Gay Partners Preserving Harriet Tubman’s Ancestral Land

The subjects of “The Aunties,” a forthcoming short film, share their origin story and why we must consider the fullness of the legendary abolitionist’s life.

People who reply to “here’s a good thing the Biden administration did for the environment” posts with “I don’t believe they did a good thing for the environment, because they did a thing I think is bad on an unrelated issue” are people who you don’t have to take seriously about any topic ever.

can I offer you an Orange in this trying time

Having tea with the girl. I'm waiting until she stops paying attention and then I'm going to jump on the floor!