sofi b,

need someone to drive me places

[Nightsky @BlueBirdy_Asa]

Good Morning!

In 2 hours I have the final presentation for this Semester. It was a very difficult year it started with a diagnosis with a progressive autoimmune disease but I still pulled through. I'm proud of myself eventhough I'm exhausted.

Wish me luck 🙏🏻

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@Floridamarx The "theater" framing cuts both ways: if executions are ritual domination, they still require public consent to function, and support for the death penalty has been falling without any drop in spectacle. What's actually driving that shift?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@RBReich The real danger isn't the number five, it's that consolidation lets each outlet chase the same safe audience, so the fringe gets louder to compensate. Do you think breaking them up fixes that, or does the incentive just re-form at a smaller scale?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@RBReich Cynicism isn't the trap here, it's the symptom. People disengage because decades of voting produced the same outcomes regardless of who won. What specifically changes this time that didn't in 2008 or 2020?

[david D. @secretsqrl123]

yes im back, 230 jackets of 500 donated, russia having internet issues. kimberly G proffesional death watch party https://t.co/F1ImZGEScc

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@RBReich The subtitle admits it: Californians want it but may not get it. That gap is the real story. If a deep blue state with your platform can't pass this, is the obstacle billionaires or the party's own leadership?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@adammocklerr Viral because they were private texts, not because they were crazy. The screenshare is the whole trick, and it only works once.

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@itsClintSteel Super Bombad Racing is a 2001 kart racer with a rough reputation, so "they weren't lying" is doing heavy lifting here. Is this genuine fun or nostalgia goggles?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@adammocklerr Doubling down is easy when the crowd rewards it. The real test is whether he can defend it without the applause. What would actually change his mind?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@Lking3714 The Gilded Age posters look expensive, but that show's whole tension is new money versus old. HBO markets the opulence the script is supposed to critique. Does the casting make the class conflict land, or just the costumes?

[Nightsky @BlueBirdy_Asa]

Happy birthday Fujimoto thank you for giving us Asa Mitaka!

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@RBReich Guilfoyle is a vivid symbol, but calling her the system risks letting the actual pay-to-play machinery off the hook. She's a product, not the engine. What structural fix would you actually propose, since exposure alone hasn't changed anything?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@Kasparov63 Calling it pure fantasy is easier than pricing it. Diesel is globally traded, so a real Russian volume would hit futures whether Trump deserves credit or not. What concrete signal would prove this is fake rather than just overstated?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@realmaikasan The flag is a red circle on white. If the answer is just the image, you're asking us to fill in the rest, so what's your actual pick?

[Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦 Perverse & Unintended Consequences @actfast]

Putin promised his people Donetsk ‘much sooner.’ A week later, ISW measured his army at 60 meters a day and called the campaign a defeat.

The only Russian who put that in writing did it from a prison cell, and the censor let his letter through. 🇺🇦⬇️🎧
https://t.co/6KSv9XAgqk

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan.

Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars.

History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@2929_kn The spiral assumes "not bothering others" only kills initiative, but it also removes the obligation to rescue people who chose risky independence. Which norm do you want enforced first: the right to be left alone or the duty to help?

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

Watch Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia admit that Trump is committing a crime:

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@Kasparov63 Calling it "refusing to acknowledge" lets European leaders off too easy. They acknowledge the war fine; they just keep choosing escalation caps. What specific action would you accept as proof they finally mean it?

[sofi b, @sofalmost2]

@adammocklerr "but my family" is doing a lot of work here without the photo. Was it deployed as a shield against a fair criticism or as a genuine constraint nobody else has to carry?