I'm seeing so many excellent memes and screencaps today missing their alt text! Please include *everyone* in your joy! Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turning on "Require alt text before posting." This way a reminder will pop up if you try to post an inaccessible image

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

This just makes me think about @wtyppod.bsky.social.

Like many in my generation I read Clan of the Cave Bear, Flowers in the Attic, & Heinlein (Cat Who Walks Through Walls) far too early. But my dad thought it was a good idea to suggest I read 1984 in 1984. I was 9.

... the countries that build public transit well, quickly, & cheaply all have something in common: most of the work is done by the government itself, using in-house expertise, rather than farming various parts out to private companies under the bullshit theory that private always = more efficient.

wishbone

Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..

Don't believe those who say that tax pros don't want positive change at the IRS. Folks who suggest that tax pros only benefit from a complex tax code and outdated/understaffed IRS don't understand the work. (1/5)

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Good. This is exactly the response I want to see. www.axios.com/2025/04/07/s...

If I was going to start a political movement against AI that glommed onto the current moment, I'd be hard pressed to find a better slogan than “ChatGPT tax.”

After nearly an hour on the phone I've booked my next cross-country trip. On my way to regaining status with Amtrak. (Also doing a quick train trip across the state tomorrow & one to the East Coast in May.)

This is why we plan to flee the city we've lived in & loved for over 25 years. www.freep.com/story/news/p...

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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵

If any assignment editors are reading -- I bet a full accounting of all the financial support Elon Musk and his companies received from the federal government would make for great reading when he inevitably tells all the poors they have to start making sacrifices.

The one true Bluesky etiquette is simply “use alt text”

I wish everyone who talked about how hard it is to make high speed rail profitable also talked about how hard it is to make interstate highways profitable.

Within 3 months, perceptions of the economy will go from bad to good, and consumer confidence will soar, despite no economic changes. Millions who said their finances are bad will say it’s good, and will even if tariffs raise prices. Pundits will still say these Americans voted based on the economy.

I'm just waiting for someone to ask Tim Walz the important question that I want answered: is he planning to buy a new EV Scout? (I still think it's a mistake that he wasn't invited to the big reveal last week, but I imagine he's pretty busy & Scout probably doesn't want to get political.)

Just signed up for training to do my regular volunteer shift at the polls next month. mobilize.us/s/gjRVQj

churches that distribute voting guides to parishoners should lose their tax exemptions

Managed to medicate both of my pets by myself before my first cup of coffee this morning!

The U.S. Department of the Treasury launched the pilot Direct File website for the Internal Revenue Service! directfile.irs.gov. Taxpayers from 12 states can now file federal taxes directly with the IRS for free this season. No flying cars yet, but Americans are getting better digital .gov services

Chilly weekend means I get two pets in my lap.

I've always loved the opening line to Anna Karenina. Like everything else Tolstoy wrote, the rest of the book drags, but that opening line is great.

if i tell you ZERO drag queens have been arrested for sexually assaulting children but 30 ministers have been... and your response is "it's sin on both sides" not only do i question your capacity to understand sin... but i question your capacity to understand harm

am reminded how early on the whole “it's better to ask forgiveness than permission” and “ move fast and break things” were somehow seen as edgy and admirable by the dot com bros when in fact it has always been a totally fucked up and shitty approach

First perfect score.

This morning's cat.

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