Brains and Eggs: Ignorance isn't bliss

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Reporthttps://t.co/0pZU74nDZz
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation pic.twitter.com/I72RZK9fl4
— Green Party Elections Data Base Reports & Analysis (@gpelections) December 30, 2024

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

Dean Charles Martinez and a Legacy of Equity, Belonging, and Impact - *Friends:* *I share a sad and disappointing message this morning from University of Texas College of Education Dean Charles Martinez. Dean Martinez’s dec...
Mediagazer

YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals and the Shopping program, including letting them swap out brand sponsorships in longform videos (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) - Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: *YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals and the Shopping program, including letting them swap out brand...
Grist

‘Green’ diesel producer’s supplier linked to Amazon deforestation - A U.S. renewable diesel refiner purchased tallow from slaughterhouses supplied by ranches fined for illegal clearing of Brazilian forests.
Al Jazeera English

UN: Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide - UN inquiry Chairwoman Navi Pillay explains why Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
Mediaite

Elie Honig on His New Book, Trump’s Second Term, And Kash Patel’s ‘Humiliating’ Failures at FBI - Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin sits down with Elie Honig, former federal prosecutor and CNN senior legal analyst, on this week's episode of Press Club....
Popular Resistance

Charlie Kirk’s Racist/Xenophobic Rants Are Not Protected Speech - Political flamethrower Charlie Kirk was shot dead on September 10, 2025, while speaking at a political event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Aut...
Raw Story

'Our girls are still dead': Camp Mystic parents celebrate heartbreaking victory - Matthew Childress arrived at Matt’s El Rancho, an Austin restaurant, on Sept. 4 with mixed feelings of anticipation and grief. He greeted the other paren...
Courthouse News

Scrambling to stay competitive, Europe finds money but not consensus - Europe is mobilizing unprecedented funds to keep pace with the U.S. and China. But a year after a landmark warning, institutional paralysis leaves the cont...
Dissident Voice

Three Precepts Muslims Should Remember - Priyantha Kumara was a Sri Lankan export manager in a factory in Sialkot, Pakistan who was falsely accused of insulting Islam. He was beaten to death and...
WhoWhatWhy

The Words We Use to Talk About Nature Are Disappearing. Here’s Why That Matters. - [image: woman, reading, park] We’ll need to do more than “touch grass” to revive them. The Words We Use to Talk About Nature Are Disappearing. Here’s Why T...
CultureMap Houston

Houston taqueria's 2 new locations will serve cocktails by Anvil owner - A staple Houston taqueria will open two new locations before the end of the year. *Tacos A Go Go* is moving its Heights location and adding a new outpost i...
The Hill

It’s time to lower the rhetoric, starting at the top - After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a wave of political violence, Republicans and Democrats failed to come together to denounce the cycle of violence ...
Daily Dot

“My son understood”: Concerned mother cuts off the internet after Charlie Kirk shooting hits too close home - [image: mom shuts off internet groypers charlie kirk] A mom on TikTok unintentionally stirred up online discourse after admitting that she shut the inter...
El Paso Matters

Opinion: Project Jupiter can deliver jobs, clean water and hope for Southern New Mexico - New Mexico lawmakers say Project Jupiter, a proposed Santa Teresa data center, could deliver jobs, water investment and oversight to strengthen families...
The NM Political Report

Zuni Pueblo leaders back Haaland’s bid for governor - [image: Deb Haaland] [image: Deb Haaland] Leaders of the Zuni Pueblo have declared their support for former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s bid for the...
memeorandum

New York judge tosses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, lets murder count stand (Michael R. Sisak/Associated Press) - Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press: *New York judge tosses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, lets murder count stand* — A judge on Tuesday dis...
San Antonio Current

Roughly 180 complaints filed against Texas teachers for alleged comments on killing of Charlie Kirk - [image: Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, seen in Austin on Sept. 9, 2025, said in a statement that he would recommend a state board suspend...
Election Law Blog

Today: Free Webinar from Safeguarding Democracy Project: “The Risk of Federal Interference in the 2026 Midterm Elections” - Tuesday, September 16, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT, Webinar Register here. Ben Haiman, UVA Center for Public Safety and Justice, Liz Howard, NYU Law Brennan Cente...
The Verge

The China-US deal for TikTok could take another month to work out - TikTok might not finalize its deal to sell its US operations for at least another month. Sources tell CNBC’s David Faber that the US and China might close ...
Mother Jones

Charlie Kirk’s Murder Fuels New Attacks on Higher Education - In the days following the murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, his friends and allies have called for revenge against all kinds of groups, including tra...
Eschaton

Sure Why Not - One could spend all day with Ben Shapiro clips - I believe quoting him accurately is still legal since he is not dead - but the first notable one I not...
SCOTUSblog

When the court clings to half-measures - Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the vi...
Common Dreams

Over 100 Organizations Tell EPA to Ditch Dangerous Proposal to Gut Vehicle Emission Standards - Today, 112 organizations submitted a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency’s proposal to gut federal greenhouse...
The Guardian (U.S. news)

Judge dismisses two top charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting - Man accused in killing of Brian Thompson will not face state charges of first- and second-degree murder but will still face other charges Luigi Mangione ...
MintPress News

Infiltration: A Cardinal Function of the Zionist Movement - Zionism is not just an ideology — it is a system of infiltration designed to embed Israel’s interests into every corner of Western life. The post Infiltr...
Second Nexus

Trump Swiftly Fact-Checked After Making Bonkers Claim About How Many Americans Died From Drugs Last Year - President Donald Trump was criticized after attempting to justify the bombing of a suspected Venezuelan drug boat by asserting that 300 million people di...
Krebs on Security

Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages - At least 187 code packages made available through the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with a self-replicating worm that steals credentials fro...
OpEd News

Britain's Arctic Push: A Threat to Its Fragile Ecosystem - This article explores the United Kingdom's growing involvement in the Arctic, portraying it as a destabilizing force. Though not an Arctic nation, Britain ...
Texas Observer

‘I Am Not Your Enemy’ - The following is excerpted from I Am Not Your Enemy: A Memoir, out September 16 from Spiegel & Grau. It is reprinted with permission of the publisher, © ...
naked capitalism

Trump to Give CEOs Even More Power Versus Investors Via Ending Quarterly Reporting, Other Anti-Transparency Measures - Trump is again weakening America's position to the benefit of the privileged few, here public company CEOs
Daily Howler

PRETENDERS: The murder tracks back to Obama, she said! - *TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025* *She seemed to be fully sincere:* Friend, how about it? Did you have the nerve to take yesterday morning's Daily Howler Cha...
Daily Cartoonist

Hey Kids! Comics! Autumn Albums - Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though o...
Bonddad

August industrial production: overall neutral trend continues - - *by New Deal democrat* So much is imported that industrial production is much less central to the US economic picture than it was before the “Chin...
Houston Public Media

Faculty, advocacy groups fear Texas A&M firing threatens academic freedom - The firing happened over two years after Texas A&M stressed its support for academic freedom and amid a changing higher education landscape.
Salon.com

Weeknight fries, fully loaded - Crispy, cheesy, saucy — and endlessly customizable — loaded fries turn weeknight dinners into indulgent joy
Rallblog

TMI Show Ep 223: “Are You On the Blacklist?” - LIVE 10 AM Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Welcome to the new McCarthyism. Are you on the blacklist? Trump and his far-right allies cynically exploit th...
Political Wire

The Tip of the Spear in Democrats’ Generational War - “California is fast becoming the front line in the Democrats’ generational, intraparty war,” Politico reports. “Long a haven for aging politicians, the sta...
Glasstire

Light Birds in a Stone Room: “Audubon’s Birds of America” at the Houston Museum of Natural Science - To enter the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s (HMNS) exhibition Audubon’s Birds of America means stepping into a room already thick with memory. The s...
First Draft

A Heads-Up For Your GOP Friends About January 19 - In which we double-dog dare your Kirk-loving acquaintances to distinguish between whitewashing and coming clean.
Rewire

Infant Mortality Rises in States With Restrictive Abortion Laws—New Research - Analysis: States that enacted abortion bans post-*Dobbs* saw a 7.2 percent increase in infant deaths. The post Infant Mortality Rises in States With Rest...
Crooked Media

Survival of the Schooling w/ Dr. John B. King, Jr. - The post Survival of the Schooling w/ Dr. John B. King, Jr. appeared first on Crooked Media.
The Week

Fit for a king: must-visit palaces around the UK - Our pick of the nation’s most magnificent residences for nobles and royals
Democracy Now!

U.S. Acts as "Judge, Jury & Executioner" in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14 - On Monday, President Trump announced the U.S. bombed a boat in international waters, killing three people. The attack was the second to target what the Tru...
Axios

Trump files $15B lawsuit against The New York Times - President Trump on Monday filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its reporters, claiming the paper is a "a full-th...
Scheerpost.com

Israel’s Netanyahu Starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children - Even more worrying, UNICEF found an increase in cases of acute malnutrition.
The Conversation

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward? - Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someon...
Techdirt.

CBS/Paramount And The Ellisons Look To Buy Time Warner In Latest Destructive Major Media Megadeal - Fresh off of kissing Trump’s ass to gain regulatory approval for Skydance’s merger with CBS and Paramount, the billionaire Ellison family is cooking up ano...
Liberation News

‘One space, one people, one destiny’: Two years of the Alliance of Sahel States - The roots of the AES were formed out of military coups that sought sovereignty as a rallying cry from the mass mobilizations taking place against French pr...
Space City Weather

The tropics are waking back up, but hurricane season is nearing its end for Texas - In brief: Today’s post discusses the state of the Atlantic tropics, which are waking up after an uncharacteristic snooze to start September. We also talk a...
Deadline Politics

Spain Becomes Fifth Country To Threaten Eurovision Boycott If Israel Competes - Spain has become the fifth country to confirm it will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest next year if Israel is permitted to compete. Spanish b...
Slate

Money Talks: The AI Arms Race - Gary Rivlin joins Elizabeth Spiers to discuss his book on Silicon Valley’s race to cash in on AI.
ArcaMax

At the Seams: Vitriol and Violence Threaten To Tear Our America Apart - Recently, the student newspaper at an elite northeastern university analyzed the list of outside speakers invited to campus in order to assess where they s...
Vox

Why free speech can be so contentious - Free speech is the foundation of democracy. It’s the lifeblood of a liberal society. Saying what you want to say, what you need to say, is the top spot in ...
San Antonio Report

Listen: Brandon Seale rediscovers lost Battle of Medina in new documentary - On the latest episode of the bigcitysmalltown podcast, Brandon Seale shares how he rediscovered a lost piece of Texas history. ----------------------------...
The Smirking Chimp

Team Trump Is Threatening to Aim the Power of the State at His Political Enemies—Yes, That Means You -
Skeptophilia

The morass of lies - It will come as no shock to regular readers of *Skeptophilia* that I *really* hate it when people make shit up and then misrepresent it as the truth. No...
The Root

Cars and Trucks That Everyone Associates With Black Folks - Cars have always been inextricably linked to Black culture. Here's a list of the whips we love. Read more...
Off The Kuff

Nirenberg’s choice - I know what I’m rooting for. Former Mayor Ron Nirenberg is mulling his political future, even as he’s adjusting to his new day job — lecturing Trinity Univ...
Ian Welsh

Euro Proposal For A No Fly Zone in the Ukraine: the Consequences - In the aftermath of several errant Russia drones crashing into Poland, said nation’s foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, invoked Article 4 of NATO, and wh...
The Daily Poster

One-Stop Real Estate Is A Trap - Behind the convenience of Zillow and Rocket Mortgage’s all-in-one homebuying services, experts warn of a debt system that deceives and squeezes consumers.
NPR's Health Shots

Is telehealth a good idea, or should I see my regular doctor? - Social media is full of their colorful ads, but are online doctors legit? Here's the lowdown on the pros and cons of online medicine.
Angry Bear

Hold onto your wallet - St. Reagan famously said that the most terrifying words in the English language were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Now that the Roberts...
American Prospect

Can Resistance Succeed? - The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.
Progressive Army

Una decisión de Trump trajo alivio a las exportaciones de Argentina - Como respuesta a la guerra de aranceles que inició el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, China rompe récord de importaciones de soja pero sin comp...
ProPublica

Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way. - by Max Blau ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around...
High Country News

Decades of public-lands planning, overturned in a day - The House voted to nullify three Bureau of Land Management plans, and critics fear many more could follow. The post Decades of public-lands planning, ov...
Earth 911

Mulch 101: Mulching Your Soil for a Healthy Garden - Mulch is any material you use to cover bare soil in a landscape. But mulching... The post Mulch 101: Mulching Your Soil for a Healthy Garden appeared fir...
Consortium News

WATCH: Germany’s Israel Obsession - Germany has become one of the world’s most repressive states in cracking down on legitimate speech in support of Palestine, empowering the far-right in the...
Counterpunch

How Student Loans Became America’s Financial Catastrophe - With the student debt crisis spiraling out of control, some media outlets have called it a “national emergency.” Outpacing most other borrowings by consu...
jobsanger

Citizen-Led Ballot Measures Are Under Attack In Many States -
See You In 2020

Nepal color revolution proves Trump has only intensified imperialist warfare, & expanded big tech’s reach - Above: U.S. armed forces on top of Nepal’s embassy In the face of this anti-revolutionary Nepal coup, the message we must take away is that the enemies ...
World Socialist Web Site

Labor government announces naval hub in Western Australia aimed against China - Labor is transforming Perth, which is adjacent to the Indian Ocean, into one of US imperialism’s most important bases for aggressive naval operations as it...
Informed Comment

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13 - Stanza no. 13 of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is about the free gifts we receive from nature. XIII....
Alternet

'Something is wrong': MAGA pundits say Trump is 'lying to us' about Charlie Kirk shooting - Even though the alleged murderer of Charlie Kirk has been apprehended – and even reportedly confessed in a Discord group chat — that hasn't stopped MAGA ...
Portside

Building a Conservative Labor Movement: American Compass and the Right’s Pro-Worker Policy Agenda - Building a Conservative Labor Movement: American Compass and the Right’s Pro-Worker Policy Agenda Stephanie Mon, 09/15/2025 - 21:48
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

Engraved Ammunition - 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.6mb “Sources say…” BWAH HA HA HA HAAHHH, “authorities believe” …”sources say” …after the shooter was revealed to be...
Ballot Access News

Missouri Governor Still Hasn’t Signed Bill that Redraws U.S. House Districts - Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe still hasn’t acted on HB 1, the bill that redraws Missouri’s U.S. House districts.
Brad Blog

After Kirk Murder, First Amendment, But Not Second, Under Attack. Prove Me Wrong: 'BradCast' 9/15/2025 - Today on The BradCast: Charlie Kirk was a racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobe. He also did not deserve to be killed for any of it. Prove ...
Workers World

Hamas demands unity to end Israeli lawlessness - [image: Hamas demands unity to end Israeli lawlessness] The following statement was published by Resistance News Network on Sept. 14, 2025. Hamas sends ur...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Charlie Kirk's 'avengers' are making opportunistic fools of themselves - This post is not about Charlie Kirk. Instead, it's about those who have taken it upon themselves to avenge his death, so to speak. I'm talking about al...
Antiwar.com

So Much for the Nobel Peace Prize - The first seven months of Donald Trump’s second term as president has seen a remarkable transformation. In his inaugural address, Trump said that “My proud...
Claytoonz

Shitpocalypse - Read the blog at my Substack, and please become a subscriber. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through P...
Independent Political Report

United Independents to Host Virtual Event with Forward, Libertarian, and Independent Leaders - The United Independents will host a live virtual event titled “Reclaiming Our Hijacked Nation” on Thursday, September 18, featuring advocates and party l...
Mondoweiss

Prominent Moroccan Palestine solidarity activist Sion Assidon remains in coma after being found unconscious - [image: Sion Assidon]Activists in Morocco are demanding an investigation after well-known human rights leader, Sion Assidon, was found unconscious at his h...
Futurism

Parents Testifying Before US Senate, Saying AI Killed Their Children - Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lif...
The Grayzone

Billionaire Bill Ackman convened stormy Israel ‘intervention’ with Charlie Kirk, sources say - A month before Charlie Kirk’s killing, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman arranged an intervention in the Hamptons during which sources say he a...
Texas Standard

Texas secured billions in opioid settlement. Here’s how Bexar County is spending that money. - Narcan distribution is among the initiatives the county is utilizing the funds for.
Sludge

Democratic PR Firm to Run Bot Army for Israel - A new FARA document reveals SKDK's plan to "flood the zone" with social media bots as part of its $600,000 contract with Israel.
Progressive.org

Randi Weingarten on Why Fascists Fear Teachers - The American Federation of Teachers president discusses her new book, the attacks on public education, and what we can do about it.
Idavox

Charlie Kirk: There’s More Comin’! - Charlie Kirk does not deserve our respect or goodwill, no matter how much the mainstream... The post Charlie Kirk: There’s More Comin’! appeared first on...
Church and State

Religion Survives Because Humans Live in Vast Bubbles of Ignorance - Dismantling the vast Christian bubble of ignorance requires the faithful to summon and maintain determined curiosity and courage.
slacktivist

No, Donny, these men are nihilists - Walter Sobchak was right to find nihilists deplorable, but he was wrong to think they're not dangerous.
Reform Austin

“Operation Lone Star 2.0”: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation - Texas Department of Public Safety officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants across the state this year, according to public rec...
Undernews

Health - Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations
Project Censored

Palestine, Censorship, and the Responsibility to Reflect - This week we’re talking about getting comfortable with uncomfortable ideas. First up, Thea Abu al-Haj joins the program to discuss the unprecedented cens...
The AltWorld

Do White Ethnicities Understand that they and their values are under attack? - Recently I was enjoying a draft beer with a friend. Charlie Kirk’s assassination became a topic of discussion. […] The post Do White Ethnicities Unders...
Capital & Main

New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans - A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how. The post New Mexico’s Billion-Do...
Wolf Street

The Biggest Single-Family Rental Landlords and Multifamily Landlords in the US: Big Shifts Underway - Single-family giants are selling houses they bought amid the Housing Bust and shifted to new construction of build-to-rent developments. Multifamily caught...
The Greanville Post

Geo. Galloway Dispatches: Charlie Kirk, the troublesome priest - GEO. GALLOWAY—The video presents a highly charged narrative surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a prominent American conservative influencer. Ge...
Discourse

These Dead Palestinian Kids Missed the Memo on the U.S. Hating Political Violence - Does someone want to tell their families?
Dorf on Law

Play in the Joints - Earlier this year, I was honored to deliver the Dyson Distinguished Lecture at Pace University. My invitation arrived before the second Trump administrat...
Progressives Chat

Flashback 1995: The Murder of American Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair - On September 29, 1995, renowned atheist *Madalyn Murray O’Hair*, born April 13, 1919 (in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania) was murdered along with her son, Jon, ...
Infidel753

Truths and inspirations for 15 September 2025 - If something's hard to see or read, click to enlarge. [For the link round-up, click here.] Dog vs home intruder. The right-wing activist-fr...
Crooked Timber

The Peter Principle, and the unintended consequences of financial work motivation - You’ve probably heard of the “Peter principle”: that employees get promoted until they reach a job they are no longer good at. And in political philosophy,...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Bourbon Talk Political Q&A: September 14, 2025 - The first Bourbon Talk Political Q&A since November 2024.
The Texas Signal

Checking In With Houston’s Viral Anti-Trump Sign Guy - The viral social media star known as "FunSignGuy" on TikTok has thousands of followers thanks to the signs he protests with in Northwest Houston
Trivial Knot

Computer difficulties - Story time. So the other day, my computer crashed and then it wouldn’t restart. I’m not much of a hardware person, but my brothers are, so I spent a long...
Socialist Alternative

Indonesia: Mass Protests Shake ‘Strongman’ Prabowo - Since the end of August, Indonesia has been shaken by the largest protest movement since the fall of Suharto’s 32-year dictatorship in 1998. So far, the pr...
The Militant

Laborers union strikes Pace Industries over wage, health care - DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Honks and waves from drivers passing by show the widespread solidarity with striking workers picketing at the Pace Industries manufac...
Bracing Views

The End Game for Gaza - Using Old Tools of War BILL ASTORE SEP 12, 2025 I’ve taught military history “from Plato to Nato,” as we used to joke, but my expertise focused on technolo...
TalkLeft

Bad Bunny and Open Thread - Bad Bunny, who is finishing up a two month residency in Puerto Rico where he sold out 30 shows, is about to embark on a world tour of Latin America, Eur...
The Progressive Wing

9/12-9/18 News Roundup & Open Thread - Weather is kind where I live at the moment. I think I’ll open the bar early for happy hour. News, views, and music…after the jump.
Dissent Magazine

Know Your Enemy: The Case for Democracy - Matt and Sam talk to Osita Nwanevu about his new book, *The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding*.
NORML

California: Lawmakers Advance Legislation to Governor’s Desk Halting Tax Hike on Commercially Available Cannabis Products - [image: marijuana money][image: marijuana money]"California NORML is proud to have taken a leadership role sponsoring this bill. Cannabis is already heav...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: WHAT'D I MISS EDITION. - *Saw *Velvet Goldmine * recently; it was a whole vibe,and this tune certainly didn't hurt.* Been a few weeks! Yes, even workhorses such as myself have to ...
Debunking Christianity

A Comment On Charlie Kirk - With regard to the killing of Charlie Kirk, bad ideas that are communicated respectfully still cause harm and must be opposed even though the person who ...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025 - Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 09/12/2025 - 02:54 Black Agenda Radio · Black Age...
Duck of Minerva

How do we think about 9/11 in 2025? - I used to feel compelled to write something on 9/11. Some of this was just to participate in the discourse, some out of fear that failure to do so would me...
FrontBurner – D Magazine

Ken Paxton’s office won’t answer this - On September 1, a law requiring that every public school classroom in Texas display the Ten Commandments went into effect. Only, if you walk into some cl...
Environment Texas

Solar driving American energy growth - With renewables on track to meet more than a quarter of America’s electricity in 2026, solar energy drives the growth. The post Solar driving American en...
Democracy Chronicles

A Presidency That Cost Us Respect - Trump’s presidency, in my view, has weakened institutions, and left America's global standing diminished.
Ecosophia

A Vision: Anima Mundi - As we move from the first to the second half of Yeats’s programmatic essay “Per Amica Silentia Lunae,” we leave the territory of poetry and the arts and pl...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

State Supreme Courts: Retention Elections in PA, an Open Seat in WI, and Much More - Key state supreme court races to watch later this year in Pennsylvania and then across the country in 2026 The post State Supreme Courts: Retention Elect...
Earthworks

Three Years Later, Survivors of Jagersfontein Disaster Still Seeking Justice - This week marks the three-year anniversary of the deadly collapse of the tailings dam in Jagersfontein, South Africa. The post Three Years Later, Survivo...
Texas Freedom Network

TFN Explains: Senate Bill 2 - Learn more about Senate Bill 2, the school voucher bill, passed during the 2025 Regular Legislative Session. [...] Read More... The post TFN Explains: S...
Lowering the Bar

Can You Get a DUI in a Barbie Jeep? Again, Yes - This may be the only thing that Texas and Canada have in common.
Alas, a Blog

The Cities Are Full Of, uh, “Crime” - This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. From an article by Sara Libby in the San Francisco Chronicle: Trump and other members of his administration, while...
The Rag Blog

ALICE EMBREE/ DOCUMENTARY FILM / The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane - By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2025 Cross-posted from Alice Embree’s Substack. The documentary portrait of folk and protest singer Barbara D...
Field Negro

Dictatorship Versus Democracy. - I'm baaack. It's been a minute field hands, but I have been so overwhelmed with the fall of our democracy that I honestly didn't know where to start wr...
Greg Palast

Bobby, why are you threatening my life? - Bobby Bobby, Bobby Kennedy, my dear dear friend of so many years, my co-author at Rolling Stone, Bobby, why are you threatening my life? Why are you threat...
Screwston Antifascist Committee

Missouri City GDL Neo-Nazi Identified as Douglas Earl Landrum - Summary Douglas Earl Landrum has been responsible for distributing numerous white supremacist flyers and banners in the Houston area in 2022 and 2023 on be...
DeSmogBlog

Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change? - After skipping Parliament’s return from recess this week, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has flown back from Washington DC to kick off his party’s annual ...
Seeing the Forest

Chemtrails - Atrios makes a great point about right-wingers. You can’t appease them because they’re nuts. They’ll always want more. Florida passed a law banning airplan...
Unlimited Hangout

The Peter McCormack Show - The Peter McCormack Show.
Consent Factory, Inc.

Back in the U.S.S.A. - OK, I’m not back in the U.S.S.A. quite yet, but I’ll be there Sunday night, assuming (a) the German officials allow me to leave, and (b) the Guardians of A...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Walmart Crime Report August 2025 - Walmart had at least eleven more shootings in August of 2025, with two of them fatal, both by self-inflicted gunshot wounds, at least one which was suic...
LareDOS

Unleash your voice: the power of public speaking - Toastmasters International is here to help!
Edinburg Politics

A vision realized: Dr. Leonel Vela retires, leaving behind a legacy in Valley medical education - The son of farmworker parents who labored in the crop fields that sustain Rio Grande Valley families, Dr. Leonel Vela grew up with limited resources but de...
Reading the Pictures

The Machinery of American Cruelty: A Visual Testament - How photographers are documenting the Trump administration's campaign of terror against immigrant communities. The post The Machinery of American Cruelty...
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Brains and Eggs

Friday, June 18, 2010

Ignorance isn't bliss

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