Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Marjane Satrapi, autora de "Persépolis"

The kid who died was in the car with his best friend... Who himself died in a car crash last month before being able to give testimony? Fuuuck that's awful. These two young men had so much ahead of them.

Also yeah, the fuck did Mom think she was voting for? But it's easy to attack her. Abolish ICE

Oof $100? What's the chance it's AI slop as opposed to human made slop?

If war is hell, we ought not make more hell on earth.

The fuck kind of answer is this

Noem busy designing the logo for this nonsense to go with custom vehicles and outfits. It will be a whole new thing we have to pay for.

Your statement is true, but we've got a few generations now of home/private school kids that were explicitly taught that's a lie. Laws are only as effective as the people who enforce them.

It's a lot faster to say god did it than it is to acknowledge all the human efforts and freak accidents that got us here. It's the stupidest tldr/tlwr.

More of this, hold her accountable!

Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

I fully believe that. It's been a long time since I cast a ballot in Texas, but mostly I remember a machine a small booth with no descriptors or information about any of the issues. I felt so blind, like I should just guess. Texas doesn't seem to want voters.

Again, reminding everyone that we didn't see the coffins of service members come home from Iraq & Afghanistan the way we did during Vietnam. We should not erase our dead service members, especially for some TV flunkies' approval.

Most locales have a variety of safe drop boxes you can directly place your ballot in, cuz yeah, you're not wrong. And yes, being able to verify vote count online is a must.

Mail in voting=being able to research your ballot at your own convenience. It's a glorious thing. All Americans should want mail in voting.

Christian Nationalist Logic:

"We're gotta waste millions of dollars killing folks in a useless war because Jesus is powerless to just come back himself and start Armageddon if we don't. He needs our help, y'all! Glory!"

Of course. No one wanted this war. They wanted food and health care and energy prices to go down. Now all those things will cost more.

It's a war of folly by a doddering old man who likes when things blow up and needs to distract us from the child sex ring he's connected to.

'David Duke wants to do race relations the right way' 🤮

Our contempt stands in contrast with their great love and acceptance for all their neighbors regardless of race, religion, Sunday morning hang out spots... Right? For fucks sake, red hats got the election they wanted, still hate us, and it's never enough.

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

🚨"My family in Iran doesn't like the regime but what Iranians distrust more than their own government is America. Most Americans forget: We ended the Iranian experimented democracy in 1953." -One antiwar protester in Chicago told Status Coup's @jtcestkowski.bsky.social ⬇️

@dccartoonist.bsky.social

Iran Says Dozens Killed in Strike on School

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran as Trump Calls for Overthrow of Government

They say they hate the Islamic regime, then they hit a girl's school, on what is essentially Monday in the country. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Persepolis book by Marjane Satrapi Buy a cheap copy of Persepolis book by Marjane Satrapi. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran durin...

As we're bombing Iran, wanted to make a book rec for a thoroughly non-American, but still critical, viewpoint:
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi www.thriftbooks.com/w/persepolis...

This aged well. Note the author.