Friends, if you have good news about your writing or art, we need to see that. The onslaught of political posting & rallying against fascism is important, but your happiness about your creative wins is part of what people are standing for. Don't let the bastards take that away from you.

I didn't make this, but it needs a reposting.

for my whole life, i have been watching cops make the kind of statements about young black men, killed in questionable circumstances, that are now made by Noem and Trump about Renee Good and Alex Pretti. This brutality now is, in so many ways, the price for our apathy then. That apathy must end!

This is the simple, straightforward message democrats should be running with. This is the bare minimum if you want our support.

General reminder that you’re allowed to take a breath before you decide what to do- and also there are lots of resources already available that have lots of ways to plug in

policing hasn't changed, they've just stopped affording that privilege to white people. we need to see this for what it is. this shit has been happening. it's not new, now we can see the white, patriarchal system of supremacy laid bare.

fuck. friends, be careful out there. my roommate just opened her instagram and it started playing before she could even register what she was watching, and now she's upset and dysregulated.

I am blocking ANY fuckface who insists you need to watch the shooting or you're failing democracy. CPTSD is not going to make anyone functional in the face of a terrorist regime, you assholes. You need clear heads to navigate this and secondary trauma is not a helper. You look fucking ignorant rn.

seeing blue wave accounts hawking their stolen art and AI slop anti-ICE gear in reaction to yesterday is just... what the fuck are you doing. "I can move more product today" is not a human reaction to a tragedy.

huh. thought occurred to me today. the vegan animal sanctuaries, where they take in rescues and stuff... what do they do with the eggs from their ethically treated chickens? the milk from their lovingly cared for cows? just wondering. not a gotcha.

we don't need to traumatize ourselves. i am not watching the video; i have enough information. we know what they're doing. it is enough. that energy is better diverted to focusing on how we can aid our communities. 💖

If you are following these events from elsewhere, take some time this weekend to learn more about chemical weapons and how to protect yourself and your community from them. crimethinc.com/GasMasks Abolish ICE.

Now Playing: LARD, "Sylvestre Matuschka" (album: Last Temptation of Reid, 1990)

fucking gas company turned on the gas but did not restart the pilot light on the water heater and it won't fucking light. i am so fucking sick of dealing with their shit. so frustrating.

wow who woulda thought the author of a book on anxiety would laugh-react me when i'm expressing solidarity and concern to a friend who was likewise concerned about the possibility of ICE kidnapping her kid and baby daddy.

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

begging to be allowed to vote on a sternly worded letter, what the fuck?embarrasing.

oregonlive.com: no mention of minnesota on entire front page katu.com: small blurb "anti-ice protesters arrested at MN airport" koin.com: clicked thru to National news, same blurb. kptv.com: c/t to National, "MN gears up for mass anti-immigration enforcement protest" finally something. wtf pdx.

Didn’t realize it was possible for me to become even more pro-choice, but here we are

just went to news.google.com and there is absolutely no mention of minnesota on the top level. at ALL. like, damn. i knew our media was captured, but it's wild to see absolutely NOTHING.

Alt: An image of a snow covered road or bridge in Minnesota, with a city skyline in the background. Superimposed over it is an ICE agent slipping and falling backwards from a recent viral photo.

❄️ this is in fucking CELSIUS, where 0° is the temperature at which water freezes. 😳🥶❄️ holy fuck, mad respect. I STAND WITH MINNESOTA. 🖕🏻🧊

Omg she's just like me. fr fr.

I just thought everyone should see this

Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since. That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.

"well, now. back in 1999..."

hook a girl up, shiiiiit. 🍄 👯‍♀️👯‍♂️👯

Had to bring this over for "rinses his ass" 🤌

ooooh the insurrection act oooooh boogity boogity oooh boogeyman think i hear more about the insurrection act from democratic throttlebottoms looking to use it as a shield and excuse for inaction and compliance.

If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding. If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.

dear friends, i implore you to not take the Will Stancil bait this morning. self-care is ignoring the fuck out of him.

I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise. The floor is now The Hague.

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

Look, I'm going to tell you a secret. If you buy an e-book while it's on sale, you never have to read it. If you have $2 to spare & want to help that particular author, you can just chuck the book into the oubliette of your TBR. Every sale helps. The author will never know, but you gave them a gift.

opossums frieeeeeend. 💖 they're bug scavengers and they will faint* the fuck out if you scare them too much. they're also good luck. ("involuntary catatonia" as a defense against predators)

[as Dr. Manhattan] The year is 2017, and Ted Cruz is on a trip to Cancun while a massive winter storm crippled his entire state. [as Dr. Manhattan] The year is 2026, and Ted Cruz is on a trip to Laguna Beach as a massive winter storm threatens to cripple his entire state.

ever just wake up and watch your boobs jiggle?

Separately, "I thought we would get cool tech shit in cyberpunk" No, the fantasy of cyberpunk is that the rich hoard the cool tech, the poor are enslaved to renting it back and hacker wizards of the underclass are able to do quasi magical things in the technological refuse of late capitalism.

[as Dr. Manhattan] The year is 2017, and Ted Cruz is on a trip to Cancun while a massive winter storm crippled his entire state. [as Dr. Manhattan] The year is 2026, and Ted Cruz is on a trip to Laguna Beach as a massive winter storm threatens to cripple his entire state.

the more I learn about SQL, the more I realize just how much I don't know. it's low-key almost overwhelming. 🫦

gawd damnnnnnn it fuckin WIMDY just popped out for a quick smoke while my computer undergoes a forced update (thanks, IT 😄), and it's so cold my nipples are painfully hard now.

but i would fly five thousand miles and fly five thousand more just to be the man who flew ten thousand miles to show my whole ass in new york

we lost David Lynch a year ago today (and in the time since, I've seen "fix your hearts or die" on more protest signs than ever before). what I wrote at the time:

that grating feeling when you finally get your performance review, but it's been done a supervisor who wasn't hired until afterwards, relying on notes from the previous boss. nggghh. the writing, then subsequent deleting, of five irritated draft replies before finally settling on "thank you."

good morning bsky fam, how's everyone doing? i'm in a great mood, just got to work and gonna be studying for my big job interview tomorrow 😃

just showed this to my brother-in-law, who is an avid cornhole player, and told him i'm game if he is. i don't think he knows i had an orchi. unfair advantage? 😁😁😁

HRT is terrifying. before, my will to live was almost gone. now i'm thinking about putting max contributions into a 401k i barely knew I had, if I get this job i'm interviewing for. the laundry tho, that's a bridge too far. whew girl.