I would totally volunteer since that's my neck of the woods but my Dad's visiting that weekend
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I would totally volunteer since that's my neck of the woods but my Dad's visiting that weekend
Highly recommended.
GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
Yeah, that's what I think too. None of the other goblins have the weird charisma that enthralls Trump's diehard fans but if we're far enough down the path when he dies (and I think we already are) that won't matter.
When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.
Barrel Oak.
Ah, I had one in mind farther north that I thought it might be. We liked that one a lot when it first opened but thought the quality went down over the years. I haven't been there in years now but from what I remember their decor kind of had that vibe.
According to the paperwork we got when we adopted her, today is Penelope's first birthday!
Well now I'm terribly curious about where you are 😂 Glad the other place was good at least!
This guy gets it. This is the way.
And the fact that I didn't double check that skeet and left out a word is really just perfect 🤣
As a paralegal, I would wither and die if my boss filed something like that. But also a client once emailed me some documents and I meant to reply "Got it!" but what I actually replied was "Go tit!" so yeah I guess failure to proof comes for all of us once in a while.
That was one of the first indications he was a keeper. Combine it with telling my mother he preferred my hair the way it was when she was critical of my new haircut and I knew I was never letting that man get away. 😍
This is so true. When my husband & I were first dating, he referred to a prominent woman in power as a "girl". I said she's a woman, not a girl & explained why that mattered. He acknowledged that he'd never considered that & in the 19 yrs I've known him he’s NEVER done it again.
I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
Not just you. USBC for EDVA just implemented MFA for PACER (or was that system wide?) and I assumed they messed something else up when they were doing that.
Can we talk about Clownfish? If the breeding female dies, the breeding male becomes a female and takes her place. What's that mean for your theory of immutable sex?
Meanwhile the sitting vice president talks about “Cultural Marxism” and “the Cathedral” and uses esoteric White Power jargon all the time but his language is not a liability
In our house the magic words are "scooch pooch" but it only works like 80% of the time because sometimes she's just too comfy to be bothered and I have to pretzel around her
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
If you have friends & family in DC, check in on them. When the military + local police presence + curfew hit its zenith in DTLA, I got so down.. Familiar spaces & walks were not the same, & at times it felt like my home was not my own. Community, both near & far, is really important right now.
W/alt
The syrup in this Moscow Mule recipe is my favorite bakerbynature.com/the-best-mos...
Going on TV to announce that you’re an enormous baby who is scared to go out in public has become a core tenet of the Republican Party.
Yes! I call it Kindergarten Teacher Voice when an actual human does this. Like, maybe little Timmy needs you to throw a party because he's 5 and he tied his own shoe and that's awesome but it's just condescending to talk to adults like that.
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
I'm so proud of her! Especially for only being 11 months old. That’s prime butthead adolescent age. 😂
Penelope is the best girl. We went hiking at Great Falls today and it was very crowded. She was so excited to see all the people and dogs (and smell ALL the things) but all our work on impulse control is really paying off and she was so good!
This is why we should protect and expand the right to vote. It's why workers deserve more power at work. It's why women should have the right to choose. It's why we should root out racism from our justice system. It's why people shouldn't die or go bankrupt because they can't afford healthcare.
Some of the bottles of rice and formula and flour Egyptians threw into the sea have actually made it to Gaza - now people in Cyprus and Lebanon are joining the effort, with scientists from all over the world virtually assisting them in figuring the time and location to do so based on the currents. 💚
Okay, but the joy this gave me! May watching animals bounce in an outdoor trampoline bring you joy as well. 📌
I wouldn't be sad if the world eliminated ticks, mosquitoes, and billionaires.
I think it's the level of danger involved. My 100 lb dog could seriously maim or kill someone versus most cat scratches which hurt but rarely require medical attn or do lasting damage. It's the same reason so many little dogs are allowed to be bitey jerks and people think it's funny.
Still, being "hard to catch" is hardly a good metric for "exotic". I imagine every horse owner in the US has experienced their or their friend's perfectly domesticated horses getting loose & being difficult to catch. It's the worst. But leading us on a not-so-merry chase doesn't make them exotic.
Is it? I got a popup about my ad blocker but it let me close that & read the article without disabling it. Agree on llamas although the way the one in this story was being transported was clearly inadequate and unsafe, thus it's escape.
Anybody I see espousing the "FAFO" sentiment about those poor kids drowning is going on my block list. No exceptions. I don't associate with shitty people who take grisly delight in the notion that there's any justice in children dying because of how some of the adults in their region voted.
Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Penelope making sure Daddy doesn't forget her tater tots at the drive thru
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Oh, that's my husband's hand and VA state flag in the bottom left corner!
We're going to see quite a split screen today: Millions protesting peacefully in defense of democracy, and a would-be dictator ordering tanks to tear up DC streets to make him feel powerful. It's obvious what the right side is. Be on it.
If you are arrested today protesting the Trump administration in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
If you attend a No Kings protest tomorrow in Texas, Washington, or New York, and you are arrested, please call or text 432.279.0411 with your name, location, and the phrase 1A911.
Today's the day. Get your body in the street if you are able. Let's ruin the shit out of Trump's birthday.
People lost their mind when Michelle Obama suggested eating a vegetable every now and again
The family group chat is lit up with pictures tonight as everyone makes their signs for tomorrow and it's bringing me so much joy right now
Who wants to buy new books for a library? Queer Liberation Library is fundraising this month and they're letting fundraising teams suggest a new title per $300 raised. This team just needs $50 more! givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu/times...
on January 6th, while attempting to overthrow an election, multiple rioters wore Nazi paraphernalia. they declared their intent to murder elected officials. the right stood steadfastly behind them and are now more powerful than ever. you can stand behind someone waving a Mexican flag.
WE WILL NEVER SHUT UP "Fuck you, make me" forever.
This shit cracks me up. White folks are obsessed with being Scottish or Irish or whatever. Won't fucking shut up about it when in reality they're 5+ generations in the US. But Mexican Americans being proud of their heritage is a PROBLEM. Gimme a break.
The Latino protesters waving the Mexican flag in protests in LA are more justified – and frankly more American – than those who carried confederate traitor flags into Congress on Jan 6th.
If you are arrested during a protest or action against ICE or CPD in Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. (This is an offer for criminal defense; I unfortunately don't do immigration law.)
Please PLEASE don't try to figure out who the skateboard kid is PLEASE if you're gonna make them a meme please leave the actualperson the fuck alone cops murdered visible protestors from Ferguson and 'fun' internet sleuthing is policing
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
You may not be in a position to fight the American Gestapo but you can take video of them, wave your middle finger at them, and show that Americans will not meekly surrender to them.
Tell me your pet's name in a gif:
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
If you say or re-tweet "you're doing exactly what they want/playing into their hands" when people fight back to free their neighbors from the Gestapo? That's an insta-block. That sows doubt, paranoia and incapacity, based on an exactly backwards understanding of historical agents provacateur
Today was a great little preview for the enormous public celebrations that will take place when It Finally Happens.
i'll tell you what i'm NOT gonna do: give money to the democrats because these two idiots are fighting. nice try, but you still gotta do something, you absolute fucking dipshits. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
Same. I don't understand why we can't even get frozen? My cousin came to visit last week and brought several bags but we’ve already eaten them all. 😕
We’re multitasking this year
I know this argument has been made a 100000000000x already but this is literally justifying everyone doing crime. You say it is okay for me to steal stuff because it would financially or actually kill me otherwise. Is that really how we want to play from now on? I mean.. okay.
Hate cucumbers, love tzatziki
I went to school the next town over and my mom taught at Robert Kerr (altho she retired more than a decade ago). This is VERY on brand for Durand.
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Going to keep using the em dashes, going to keep not using ChatGPT.
Seriously? Fuck these people. This is important information for me as a consumer. Even if I didn't care about the planet, which I do, I'm gonna care about the size of my power bill. This move helps nobody.
Tfw you make a strawberry rhubarb pie and it isn't runny
Just got an unexpectedly amazing result for a client who really needed a break and man does it feel good
I have indoor only cats. They are murderers, as any bug and mouse (and once a snake!) that has ventured into our home would attest if they were still alive, which they aren't because my cats murdered them. So yeah, I find it deeply weird that you assumed his murder cat must be outdoors.
Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.
This part
Are you prepared to offer every married woman a free passport?? Otherwise we have to PAY IN ORDER TO VOTE!! That’s a Jim Crow poll tax! Shame on you!
BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
If you see this post a beach photo from your phone.
Someone could be a cannibalistic serial killer and they still deserve due process and not to be sent to a torture camp and I need people to understand that and quickly because they are going to try convince us (citizens) that there is a right way or right person to do this to and there is not
I could see it!
You know you've fucked up when someone makes a QUILT about it
Incredibly moving. 1000s of Lithuanians lined the streets of the capital Vilnius yesterday to honor the four US soldiers killed on their soil. As their bodies are repatriated to the US, their President will be nowhere to be seen, except on a Florida golf course. (📸 Gedinimas Varvuolis)
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Hey, I just wanna say thank you. Helpful stuff like this routinely shows up in my feed because of you and I appreciate that.
Daffodils mean spring
N but I'm gonna need gravy
Fentanyl is very much like a weapon of mass destruction in the sense that Republicans like to lie about finding it and then use that lie as a justification to do ruinous, destructive things
I love that you admit they're probably totally willing to plant evidence, we're just supposed to accept they didn't this one time because it's important to your hypothetical.
I'm a little stunned you think these are credible reasons not to get a warrant and apparently can't see how dangerous to all of this would be.
No, sorry, I don't accept #2 unless you can give me a credible reason WHY they didn't get a warrant. From where I'm sitting, the only reason not to get a warrant is because they are up to no good. Why should I assume otherwise without evidence?
Sorry but those are the rules. If we have to follow them, so do they. I bet the guy didn't even do it. In fact, I bet the cops planted the supposed infallible proof.
Why couldn't they get a warrant first?
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
If anyone on here works at Politics & Prose or other bookstores that are scheduled to host Chuck Schumer, I have a proposal—if you cancel his event, I would pledge to buy a book of equal value or make a donation to make sure you didn’t lose revenue—and I bet a lot of others would too.
We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE
I frequently ask myself the same question except it's yarn instead of fabric.