Velvet Hammer bringing receipts.
Educator, writer, geek and nerd. Georgetown B.A. , University of Edinburgh Ph.D. Unapologetically Midwestern, feminist. Mom, Ally, and Advocate.
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Velvet Hammer bringing receipts.
Shocked, I am. Utter disbelief.
And a hearty fuck him on this issue too.
Dunblane. And when Sandy Hook happened, I naively thought my country would do the same.
How on earth you are continuing to share the stupid and not editorialize is a credit to your professionalism. Please take care of yourself.
Thank you. We are hurting.
Thank you. Mayor Frey nailed it today: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts any prayers right now. They were literally praying.” Hug your kids, Kyle.
Thank you.
Some days. Y’all, it’s not worth chewing through the restraints.
Officially tired of being told by old white guys that their way was best/right, when their way is what fucked things up in the first place.
“Cause we’re gonna destroy the earth and we need a backup plan..et”
We are so screwed.
Being a woman in the U.S. in 2025 is being a second-class citizen with no bodily autonomy and no pay equity and spending 10 years writing an essay about how casually men destroy women’s lives and not one day later, some fucker publishes a piece about how men not getting laid is a crisis
Why yes, I did just call someone a numpty. Apparently, Scots is often the only language that works.
I mean…. Accurate, but it’s a blow to the sense of self.
I’d rather not.
I know you’re new to Congress, Mr. Fine, but we don’t call our colleagues terrorists here. It just makes you look idiotic. At a time when MN Democrats have been targeted for assassination by a right-wing extremist, your rhetoric is seriously dangerous. Apologize now.
Oh joy, it’s autistic hell night, where everyone feels the need for fireworks, and my teen gets more agitated and hogs my bed.
Can’t be arsed to commemorate the signing of a document we just fucking destroyed… so I’m washing windows so I have a clear view of the dumpster fires.
I have run out of fucks for this degree of stupid.
Or… and hear me out… we actually diagnose it correctly now. God, these people wear on my soul.
In the last week, my dad ended up in hospital (he’s better), my kid’s “only place I feel safe” announced their closure, my last uncle died…. And it’s all eclipsed because those fuckers in the Senate think that people like my kid are bilking the system. Fuck all y’all. #biguglybill
That feeling when “we are f—cked” is about all you’ve got left.
#caturday A much needed timeline cleanse.
Melissa Hortman is no longer with us “All because someone decided her voice was too powerful” “Female members regardless of party affiliation are the #1 target for violence, threats, & hate campaigns” For all women watching “We see you We’re going to Keep Showing Up, Louder, Stronger, Together”
Mike Lee sucks. The fact that the dude pointing this out doesn’t get Hope Hoffman’s age right and infantilizes an adult with a disability isn’t a good look either.
That bastard.
Yep. Thank you for saying it.
There are 9 circles. The last is Treachery. It is a frozen wasteland because it is farthest from the light of God. #EnglishTeacherProblems
Kermit. Always
Happy #Caturday. Meowskers paws at my legs like the dog and has a disturbing tendency to achieve the pets and ear scratches she’s after.
Fair. But Alan Cumming was epically camp.
This season is significantly better, fwiw.
The hell they won’t.
A block off the runway, please
Last year I took cuttings from the #monstera my parents received as a housewarming gift in 1971. (The parent plant and my parents are still going strong.) This gives me hope in the midst of a pretty hopeless time. #plantsky
Holy Mrs Flood!!
I’ll make sure my autistic kiddo knows that she’ll lose her Medicaid since she’s able bodied. The fact that she can’t work a 40 hour/week job is clearly irrelevant. Idiots, the lot of them.
AOC, talking Medicaid cuts — after Rep. Weber chides her for addressing the camera: “.. There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. .. They deserve. To see. What is happening. Here.” @aoc.bsky.social
Best snark season ever!!
No shit. Now grow a pair, cause this is on you, Mr Chief Justice.
Pro life my ass. (Also, eugenics, anyone?)
Happy Mother’s Day y’all.
Have you listened to Georgia’s takeover of his podcast? When thought I couldn’t love him more…
Some of my favorite years.
Jesuit educated Lutheran here, and I was (for once) incapable of words.
Eggplants over easy!
3/3 (I lied) and since I’ve given this particular franchisee multiple chances, I’m glad. It makes it so much easier to never have to go there again.
2/3increasingly bad situation. Responding when the customer drives to the store and points at the phone “that’s my house on the other end of that line, and has been for ten minutes” with “do you see any of us standing around” is NOT HOW ITS DONE. I’m sure after my piss poor behavior, I’m banned.
@dominos-pizza.bsky.social Team Honeybadger needs lessons in what quality check means and how to handle an angry customer. Cause putting the phone on a counter for over 10 minutes and not indicating to the customer that they’re slammed and can’t process a refund, is the first step in an 1/2
So. An autism registry. Does anyone else ever wonder if Bobby Jr has a vested interest, perhaps through one of his aunts, in viewing autistic people as bad? Also. Fuck that. My kid isn’t diseased. And you’re coming through me.
He reminds me of a certain Celestial Chime. A man of deep faith, careful thought and caritas. As a Lutheran, I wished he’d done more. As a Hoya, I knew when he was elected that the world was going to get a lesson in just what “Jesuitical” meant. AMDG
Who the hell is Mrs. Flood? #DoctorWho
4. She is more kind and accepting than this eugenicist will ever be. 5. I guarantee you that she's changing an industry through her demonstration of what autistic people can do when they're given support, acceptance, and inclusion. So Bobby, you and your brain worm can kiss my mama bear ass. 2/2
I have so many things to say that would get me on listsforever. So. 1. My child's autism is genetic. 2. She wasn't diagnosed formally till she was 10. 3. She most assuredly hasn't destroyed my family. 1/
I’d say fuck him and the horse he rode in on, but my autistic daughter told me that was animal abuse. And then she put on her helmet and boots and went to compete.
Same, only I may have used a fuck or two in my response.
My kid, who competes against neurotypical ADULT equestrians on the national stage would have a fucking word.
What a good boy.
Oh the hell they are.
Having taught one of the dogs, I am unsurprised.
You really feel the need to take a lighthearted post and poop all over the humor and joy it brought folks in a fraught time. Let it go, Elsa.
Clearly, you’re a cat person.
Spoken like a true Hoya. (C’ 91 here)
#Edusky my former colleague and ride or die co-teacher is working on her dissertation. If you or someone you know is a secondary ELA or social studies teacher who has experienced censorship in the past five years, she wants to interview you. Your identity will be kept confidential.
Been saying this to friends. Don’t come.
Piran has the right idea. Sleeping instead of doomscrolling. #schnauzer
Fuck that.
No notes.
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov.
Time to cleanse…. Because not only is the world going to hell, but also it’s freaking snowing on March 30!
Does he own a suit?
Are you practicing your lines?
Thank you.
Not enough..
Timeline cleanse… sort of. Douglas is Cancelled is killing me. Yet again “Moffat, you bastard” is coming out of my mouth.
I can’t wait. It’s been a while since APUSH (39 years!?) but I vaguely remember this as “bad”.
Would someone with balls please explain to Chuck Schumer that he has none! @amyklobuchar.com you need to rise to the occasion.
At this point? Liquid lunch is acceptable.
He is a fucking moron. Sincerely, Minnesotans
Happy and willing to pay more in Minnesota, because Canada has the testicular fortitude Congress lacks.
Ooohh. I loved this. But know what? I’m a white teacher reading about the white world created by the white guy. I used it as part of a banned books senior elective, so the irony was easy to riff on for a week or so.
She has never been other than herself, and this Minnesotan is grateful.
Saw this this morning. Should not swear that much before coffee. Ever. Flipped it over so my autistic teen didn’t see it.
As requested by a third grader in a letter to my office: Happy Third Graders Day, Minnesota!
THIS is how you write a headline. @startribune.com #standwithukraine
If you think that vaccines are bad, you have two tasks: 1. Talk to people who are older than 80. Especially retired health care workers. 2. Tromp through graveyards. Look at the headstones. Count the pre 1950 child deaths.
And for the love, don’t forget adults and children with disabilities who rely on Medicaid to cover their insurance.
What does Putin have on him?!
Was that a rhetorical question?
More birb posts. So glad she doesn’t have what Newbie did.
Yes. Call him. Fucking call him.
Winter pet placement timeline cleanse. Since I took this, the cat has crept behind the sofa and all that is now visible is the tip of her tail
Because he can. We are so screwed.
Hey #autistic folks…. Looking at adding some tech to my Apple using home to help my #AuDHD almost adult gain independence and compensate for executive function issues. Should we hire Siri or Alexa as our helper?
TFW your kid tells you she’ll shut her door so you can yell at the game…
I needed this so much.
I mean, they're not even trying to be subtle about it
And then open the airlock
