I used to want him to live long enough to go to prison. Now I'm too tired. I just want him gone.
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I used to want him to live long enough to go to prison. Now I'm too tired. I just want him gone.
And for the folks who think "oh, there won't be a midterm" or it won't be fair - you know who thinks there will be a fair midterm? Senate and House Republicans. Because they're panic-retiring or heading for state-level elections to avoid the blow-out they think is coming.
DC residents are more afraid of the occupying forces than of the "crime" they are supposedly eliminating
The Democratic response should be —It is very clear Putin knows what is in the Epstein files and can tell Trump to do whatever he wants. Why else would Trump be actively undermining our economy and national security?
Trickle down economics: "Pissing on people and telling them it's rain." -- Penelope Ehrhardt of the Woke Lesbo Symposium thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-...
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years. So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
Huh. Well, that explains a lot.
Your grandmother sounds a lot like my wonderful mother-in-law. We lost her to Alzheimer's long before she died. I feel for you. May she live long in your stories and memories.
BREAKING: The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering". It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists. You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE! #MAGAKidnappers
Every accusation a confession.
Tip I learned years ago from a longtime organizer who is also an attorney: If you are not sure if a person approaching you is a cop, and you do not feel safe, drive to the nearest *fire department* and call 911 and tell them (don't ask) that you're stopping for the cop at a FD. Here's why.
it's like what the image says. they think they're kings — they think they rule us — and they want us to obey youtu.be/ULdUsHB-7VE
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
Remember when you protest: you're not trying to persuade the Trump regime to stop their actions, they're not open to persuasion. You're trying to persuade the public that the Trump regime is acting unconstitutionally. The public isn't persuaded by violence. Peaceful, joyful protest tactics will win.
kinda funny that while everyone seems to be mashing up "woke marxist pope" with "pink pony club", I'm here all by my lonesome inexplicably singing: "His name is Leo and he dances on the sand..." 🎶
I assume he has dual citizenship. You have to take active steps to renounce U.S. citizenship, and I don't see anything suggesting he's done that.
My husband handed me a jewellery box containing a picture of a ring cut out from a magazine ad. He said it was a mockup he needed customer input on.
Thread of the day
The savvy will scoff, but I am completely serious about this. Congressional Dems should introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the pardon power and force votes on it whenever they can. Dem presidential wannabes should endorse the idea. Blue states should signal support.
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." - FDR
Oh also, THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE (last year's sort of secret novella?? because the publisher did not tell anyone they published it, except in their newsletter?!) is $5.99 on Kobo! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
There's a clarity to that I like, because the question of what impact the CDC is hard to explain, but the fact that we collectively own this thing which is the envy of the world and someone is stealing it from us is simple and immediate.
That's it. Not "the CDC is important". But rather -- the CDC is fucking OURS. We own it. We built it. We turned it into a powerhouse. You don't get to take it or blow it up because it gets in your way of making a buck. It's ours.
I misread that as Andrew Tate's dogshit world, and that seemed fitting, too.
I'll also be real: I don't care if these dem senators showing up are just cynically trying to score points. It has been WORRYING THE SHIT OUT OF ME that not one single dem seemed like they wanted to cash in on our desperation and pander to us. Pander harder, y'all.
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
Your periodic reminder that everyone in the United States has a constitutional right to due process, regardless of their immigration status. openyls.law.yale.edu/handle/20.50...
I support liberty abroad for my own country's sake and so for my own sake.
This is not a question of 'cosmopolitan globalism' or some-such, but a recognition that freedom grows stronger when shared - that liberty is easier to protect alongside friends who are also free.
Just as Putin, Orban and Trump all seem to recognize that tyrants have shared interests, so too we need to recognize that those who would be rid of tyrants too have shared interests that cross national borders.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
What a different world we could have.
Thread on farming economics.
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I believe Trump blames his 2019 impeachment on Zelensky not taking the bribe and there was not enough groveling in the world to stop Trump and Vance from doing what they did. Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know Trump.
Oh hey, Google Play has the pre-order up for the audiobook of WEARING THE LION! Get a himbo hero and his favorite goddess (who can't stand him) delivered right to your phone. play.google.com/store/audiob...
"Ukraine offers NATO the greatest deal ever presented in military history: It is singlehandedly destroying the alliance’s greatest rival at the cost of no NATO lives." @garrykasparov.bsky.social from the archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ne...
As Trump repeats lies re UKR, reminder from Marc Theissen's Nov '23 piece: "Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but are being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
Strong, resilient systems are not efficient systems, and vice versa.
Yep, that pretty much describes my writing process.
Important read for anyone in the UK, concerning to see Peter Thiel being treated like some kind of US diplomat in order to maintain cloak of silence here. www.ft.com/content/b7ed...
Pedal to the metal, kittens. We can do this.
My daughter and husband just came running to see what I was screaming about. I have 45+ years experience in IT. This is how you kill people.
Today is the feast of St Brigid. According to legend, Brigid met a nun in 7th century Ireland who had broken her vow of chastity and become pregnant. St Brigid performed a miracle when she laid hands on the woman, prayed, and induced an abortion.
i think also the primacy of national politics in political discourse has maybe led people to forget that governance is very decentralized and the federal government does not control the states and has limited enforcement power over them
OK, and thank you. I do appreciate the clarification. My beef isn't with you.
This clarification--that only *official* pages must be purged--is still damning. *At this time* isn't reassuring either.
Just did the same.
Called the Ga Tech president and left a message, and sent email to the alumni association.
I'm a Ga Tech alumna. This pisses me off.
Striking argument from California AG Rob Bonta: If local law enforcement complied with Trump's demand that they carry out his immigration agenda, it would actually make CA residents *less* safe. On the pod, Bonta spells this out: newrepublic.com/article/1906...
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There are modern parallels: a book I read did a statistical comparison of the Warsaw Pact countries that had major rebellions and those that did not, and it very much refuted the "just keep your head down and don't make them angry" strategy, what worked best was the opposite.
Florentines didn't know which republic was the last republic, not in 1430, 1478, 1494, 1512, or 1530, but they did know *all* resistance held the line and preserved liberties. Partial victory is powerful. We must remember that. (To read more “Inventing the Renaissance” comes out in a few weeks) 25/?
blocking anyone I see do this
A rebuttal to misinformation on renewable energy. Focused on the UK, but we're all in the same boat. (Sorry it's on LinkedIn.) www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...
Stop using these apps entirely, people. Get a notebook and a pen and go analog. I'm serious
This is why I keep a reading log. Which is fine until I can't find the logbook.
Repost with your 5 favorite reads of this year (in no particular order): Mammoths at the Gate (Nghi Vo) Beasts of New York (Jon Evans) Witch King (Martha Wells) Nettle & Bone (T Kingfisher) A Restless Truth (Freya Marske) #booksky
...What (she said under her breath) THE ABSOLUTE F*** IS THIS. ("recipe") (soi-disant) www.allrecipes.com/fluffy-popco...
A word Americans should know now more than ever: Kakistocracy- a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. Yes, there’s a word for it.
This one is wild because "institutional racism" is the most individually exonerating way to talk about it! It's literally "you're not racist, the systems are racist" — and Fox et al still recast it as a personal attack. You cannot stop bad faith attacks with better terms. bsky.app/profile/robw...
After he lost the 1996 Presidential election, Bob Dole said, "I slept like a baby. I woke up every three hours and cried." I'm feeling that today.
Orangeburg, South Carolina www.wistv.com/2024/10/31/a...
How small must this man be, to be so greedy for such crumbs?
WTF? Impeach the bastard
This is an excellent video on climatic tipping points. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pL...
For a glimpse into the lives of Lipan Apache in the 1970s (before we were state-recognized), I wrote Sheine Lende, a fantasy novel about a Lipan teen who searches for her mother & grapples with the question: are my ppl living ghosts? Based on my family history. birchbarkbooks.com/products/she...
I dunno. Seems like Trump's plans to crash the economy ought to have *some* impact on them.
"But doing what Trump wants in advance only makes it more likely that Trump will have power, and only teaches him that you are easy to intimidate. ... The irony is that the rest of us will have to save the billionaires from their own cowardice." snyder.substack.com/p/obeying-in...
I thought then it was an admission. I had been waiting to hear what the substance behind it was. Now we know.
"I know there's rat shit in the food and the owner comes and pisses in all the beverages every Saturday afternoon but how dare you not order from that kitchen??? why do you hate workers??" -me, a Very Clever Person
A stunning Washington Post editorial cartoon tonight, by Ann Telnaes, titled "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
In NYC, we just won the first U.S. pension fund policy ending oil & gas infrastructure investments in private equity. Super polluting stuff like LNG terminals and fracked gas pipelines will no longer be financed by NYC’s massive pension funds. Protecting the planet and our pensions. 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏿💪🏽💪🏾 for 🌏🌍🌎
I asked him how he had learned it all. He said in the lab. Looking things up. Eventually he knew it ... because he needed it. "Well, there you go," I said. Reduce the exams, increase time working on stuff, let students see what they need.
Need more like my instructor from a decade or so ago. College level class, she said you're never going to remember all this stuff, but you do need to know how to *find* the info you need. Every test was open-book. I used those post-it tabs in my book at one point and she loved the idea.
The alt text on this is terrific. Thanks.
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I'm currently writing a contemporary-fantasy sapphic-romance trilogy set around a yarn shop and home renovation. I'm in the early stages of planning a train related novel. This is probably the public space I'm most active at the moment, but you can find all my links at: linktr.ee/andiwrites
Yep. Anyone voting Republican now is voting for President Vance.
I saw someone on tiktok say: "if you say you don't fuck with politics, what I hear is that you don't have anyone that politics fucks with."
This is an excellent poem.
lol yes please
Yes, I finished it the day before I posted this.
Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to stop arms sales to Israel. Get on those phones.
Whenever a big company, or their Playdoh incel front man, says something like “Small content creators don’t matter when it comes to AI training” (see Facebook, Duolingo, D&D, etc) all I hear is: I don’t care about the people who cannot afford to sue me.
Mine is New Jersey, which doesn't need the help either, but I had the same feeling. At least we're adding to the overall popular vote.
Our ballots are already in the mail.
Wtf? I did not know this.
Giving some people benefits they don’t need is cheaper than making people prove they need it.
If you vote legally, he's going to jail.
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Hello new followers! I write fungal fantasy about messy people doing their best in dark worlds. thespinoff.co.nz/books/14-06-...
And she is going to spend her spare time in her retirement with her feet up reading all the mystery novels she never had time to read while she was working, so that when/if her idiot husband retires she'll be prepared. And she will enjoy her retirement very much, thank you. /fin
But at least her husband is planning to keep working because he has no hobbies and away from the job is as boring as hell, and if he were to follow her around all day demanding that she pay more attention to him she would commit murder. /4