There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices.

Jasmine ,'Power Play'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Hil R. - Feb 13, 2025 1:20:44 pm PST #5473 of 5712
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Just saw that a show that had been scheduled for the Kennedy Center was canceled. Finn, a musical for kids, about a shark who's told he's supposed to be mean and tough, but he wants to dance and be sparkly, and he learns to express himself and push to be seen as he wants to be seen and sparkle. As far as I can tell, there's nobody in drag, and no mentions of trans people, but even that amount of pushing back at gender roles isn't being tolerated under Trump's management.


erikaj - Feb 13, 2025 1:27:52 pm PST #5474 of 5712
Always Anti-fascist!

My whole life kind of feels like an onerous task that I'm not even good at.(But that doesn't stop me from feeling competitive with others over things I don't even really want.(Wish feeling like a thought was stupid was enough to stop me having it, but not usually.) Scola, I've yet to go, but that seems like a very NYC thing. Laura, she's like a judicial village idiot, but that's on-brand. Ugh.(Wish I felt better about my phone stuff, too)


Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2025 1:34:14 pm PST #5475 of 5712
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I’ve got tickets to see Captain America tonight, and I don’t expect the movie to be very good. I did not expect that what’s happening at the SDNY right now to be way more entertaining.


erikaj - Feb 13, 2025 1:39:59 pm PST #5476 of 5712
Always Anti-fascist!

Today has been okay, though. Galentine's apps with Mom. (But she still won't let me pay.)


Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2025 2:04:15 pm PST #5477 of 5712
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Holy FUCK, what’s going on right now is AMAZING, and it’s happening in real time.

Trump ordered the SDNY to drop all charges against Mayor Adams, and the SDNY did not take it very well.

Not only did the NYT post the acting head of SDNY’s resignation letter, they also posted the bitchy response from her boss. (The acting head of SDNY was just appointed by Trump, is a member of the Federalist Society, and clerked with Scalia).

Several other prosecutors also resigned, in both NY and DC.

Meanwhile, someone tipped off The New York Post that prosecutors were prepping additional obstruction charges against Adams.

The SDNY prosecutors must be THRILLED that their suspect lied to them, and they have to let him go.


meara - Feb 13, 2025 2:10:15 pm PST #5478 of 5712

Serge, remember when your motto was "Don't Be Evil"?

Yeah I remember when they changed that and it was like “this does not bode well” and lo and behold these years later it’s definitely giving evil vibes.


Karl - Feb 13, 2025 2:31:47 pm PST #5479 of 5712
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Three quakes in two hours and a bit on the Hayward Fault, all M3+. Nothing falling off the shelves, but we felt 'em all.

Harrumph, I say.


Hil R. - Feb 13, 2025 2:57:18 pm PST #5480 of 5712
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The National Parks website for Stonewall National Monument has removed all mentions of trans people, and changed "LGBT" and "LGBTQ" to "LGB." [link]


-t - Feb 13, 2025 2:59:16 pm PST #5481 of 5712
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fuckin' A, I didn't read the whole thing but that letter is a scorcher!


-t - Feb 13, 2025 3:00:56 pm PST #5482 of 5712
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

STONEWALL?! Good god, that is so very wrong and upsetting. Feel like heaving some bricks.