Exonerated for an exploding sandwich.

“The eerie is constituted by a failure of absence or by a failure of presence. The sensation of the eerie occurs either when there is something present where there should be nothing, or where there is nothing present when there should be something' - Mark Fisher The Weird & The Eerie (2016)

This one is scarier than the rustling cockroaches, probably because bed is my safe place. (Today’s vintage cover.)

Saw this many years ago and it was a fascinating story of an almost history: a promising president, a strange assassination, and a shockingly unfortunate death. So I was excited to see Michael Shannon play Garfield in the star studded series “Death By Lightning.” www.pbs.org/video/americ...

Like he’s been photoshopped into a chaotic scene…but it’s more than dementia. He’s never had leadership, empathy or responsiveness. He knows enough to be perturbed at not being the center of attention.

Yesterday I learned that the DNC run subreddit /r/democrats has a rule against posting about any democratic socialist candidate and if you do it's an automatic ban and this, my friends, is why I'm not a straight Democrat and haven't been in years.

Gotta do a book binge before burnout gets me. Time to power down and re-up on ideas & inspo. ⛽️ Got this on the rec of @stormywriter.bsky.social.

“Trump built the ballroom with his own money” is the new “Trump donates his salary.”

I love the creative approaches to resistance - and there’s been so much to admire.

First I get kisses. Then Fox’s turn - head to toe, very thorough. Once she settles her head onto him like a pillow, I know that both her and Fox are ready for their blanket. She has other foxes, smaller, that she treats like toys, but no one is allowed to play with big fox. 🦊 She will take it away.

So nifty: start laughing at how stupid they are and then segue into crying because they are so stupid. Why should we have to deal with this level of stupidity?

Today’s vintage cover….

there should be a setting that once a skeet gets four reposts and twenty likes it is retired to bluesky valhalla and nobody is allowed to interact with it or see it ever again

(Evan Mathew Cohen)

I was worried that they were gonna steal the Mandani win. They were pouring racism, money & anti leftism into the project, but he beat out filthy rich NYC which is the very energy that gave us Trump. It’s not about this one man. It’s about the kind of candidates that can win next time and next.

Help! I can’t stop hopescrolling!

They aren't on strike yet, but if you are still a Sbux drinker you should be prepared to support the strike, starting next week

I have a short story I am burning to write. Every now and then, a story will tell the writer its name before a word is written because the story already knows itself fully and the writer is just along for the ride. These are special stories. Can I just have some time and energy to write my story?

I saw The New Orleans Ballet doing Dracula one Halloween, because obviously (Renfield! Bravo!) but I rarely feel the urge. I would love to go to Wonderland tho. 🤩 (National Ballet of Canada)

Definitely true as I see my sex-worker-self get ignored and shadowbanned from "dem" groups

Apologies for grumping. I’m happy & hopeful, just stayed up late and woke multiple times to gaze lovingly at election results. I was not alone in that manic thrill - there were so many notifications! I still have my hermit soul so I mishandle the volume when posts travel beyond my cozy bubble. 😆

“The reality is that they don't like the answer to that question.”

In case y’all missed my perfect girl & her stuffed fox. 🦊 As a pup, she was pushed out of a moving pick-up into my yard. It took her a long time to feel safe. She didn’t allow herself to be cornered or covered, even hugged, so seeing her become this dog that has a blankie & a stuffy is so dreamy.

If they were receiving SNAP, they were living lean, now they are going hungry, and most SNAP recipients are the working poor, so there’s neither time nor resources for a trip to DC. If they were to be injured while protesting, they are likely uninsured or underinsured. Please march on their behalf.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 [PA] 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗼, 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿 www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...

The tide is turning on that F’er! Maybe slowly but it’s turning! Abusing, kidnapping, and disappearing people and starving the less fortunate isn’t as popular as he and his naziettes think it is.

Goodnight 🌙 And it really was a good one. (The artist is Julie Curtiss.)

Pretty cool night to be on bsky, amirite?

VA voter here. Just wanted to step back from my socialist self and lib out for a moment and say how proud I am of my state tonight ❤️ also, apparently EVERY county in my state shifted blue. Kinda incredible

Struck home for how it captured the feeling of being a wilding kid in northern New Mexico (which is where it was filmed. ABQ, Santa Fe, Espanola.) Well written & well done. With that NM light! ✨ —— (Animal death, no animal abuse.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUgw...

Detroit’s first woman mayor. Damn! About time! And she’s a dem. Go Detroit!

Rural hospitals just got robbed by Washington—$155 BILLION taken in Medicaid cuts, only a fraction replaced. Our communities deserve better than shutdowns and empty promises. #SaveRuralHospitals

Just starting The Smashing Machine, knowing nothing about Kerr, and I’ve got questions, “What’s happening? What is this? Why is it shot like that? It’s like a horror film. The nostalgia is wild. It’s like The Substance.” And then….along comes the substance.

He’s a predator with a cold predatory heart so his response to resistance will be extreme. We know he won’t follow precedent, or even the law, and he will surely take pleasure from it. Not saying we shouldn’t resist, just pointing out that even tho he’s dumb and senile, he’s still a creepy sadist.

He can’t withhold SNAP benefits, but he’s set on it. He’d rather break the law than feed the poor. Throw a snit, blame Dems, cause suffering which gives him power and pleasure - “they’re just gonna be dead.” Be hungry while he builds gilded ballrooms. He loves it.

My dog is rapt like me before the TV, watching the Caturday kittens frolic in the tall grasses.

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Both Caturday twins were spotted today. I was relieved. I guess they are just like the Verne’s and one just lets the other do most of the talking. ♊️

Sweeeeeeeeet. ⏳ Super excited for this mom-time idea. (Horrifying Children: Hauntology & The Legacy of Children’s Television.) —- Alt text provided. ——

“The Green Man” by Joanna Husband. 🪾🍃🍂 (The crusty face really makes it.)

Hmm. I wonder what would happen if that bottom tier just threw the whole thing over like a monopoly board that’s full of red hotels purchased by a cheating banker? (In PZR, the undead ask and answer that question.)

When I found a rock that looked like a slice of our mom’s baked cheesecake, even a bit golden brown on top with sugar crystals in the graham cracker crust, I gave it to my lil sister who loved miniatures. She kept it in a pouch around her neck until the rainbow crochet eventually disintegrated.