Martha Smith is on the bloosky now

Aspiring Auntie Mame. Fat, bi, femme, she/her. Future MLB Commissioner. Spiritual AND religious, Presbyterian type. Agonies-haver and bath-taker.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Four months ago, Lauren Boebert called for a boycott of North Face because the outdoor apparel company featured a drag queen in a harmless, non-sexual advertisement because she believes drag queens are a public sexual nuisance (they are not). And yet…

[Stone Cold Steven Universe @Bolt_451]

I love that cat Twitter spelling sometimes reads like Chaucer spelling "I'm havee washed mine bolls before thee man choppes them off" "Myy sistere iss a butt for she bitedd me"
(@TheCatSenate )

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

The Republican debate stands out for how unsurprising it was that a stage full of people acted like a bunch of kids trying to get admitted to some fascist costume party. Kill people at the border! Prohibit women from any agency over their bodies! Side with Putin! Etc. Etc.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

During my 20 years in politics, two destructive trends stand out: the steady radicalization of the Republican Party and the trivialization of politics, particularly the way it is covered by US media and how politicians respond to that dynamic.

[Louis Virtel @louisvirtel]

I cannot believe Bob Barker lived as close to 100 as possible without going over.

[Oakland 68s @Oakland68s]

Didn’t get a Southside SELL shirt, but wanted one? You’re in luck; we will be hosting ROUND 2 tonight. We hope you will stand with us in solidarity against greedy owners. #Athletics📷 fans and #Whitesox📷 fans unite! #FisherOut #ReinsdorfOut #ManfredOut #SummerOfSell

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

Listen, fellow fatties, we are in uncertain times. If you’re wearing a cute outfit, I NEED you to tag where you got it. Idc if you’re in a vid talking about your ex or showing off you picking up meds at the pharmacy—we are 3 weeks away from getting cold shoulder sweaters back.

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Note Yglesias uses same-sex marriage as his chief example rather than, say, abortion, where Democrats took the "pragmatic" approach of "safe, legal, and rare" while Republicans passed trigger laws, captured the courts, and put abortion out of reach for millions even before Dobbs

[Leigh Beadon @leighbeadon]

Here are some reviews of the professor who is complaining about DEI forcing politics into his chemistry class.

[Goatstein @MandelaFace]

elon musk, the richest man ever, pulled the old carny scam of planting a ringer who convinces the marks that they can win big too

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

this is what you see when you enter the gates of hell

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

Amazing how many men think they have a god-given right to any woman’s attention