Bernie Sanders: "We're not only dealing with a move toward authoritarianism, we're dealing with what is new to America -- politicians have always lied, nothing new about that. But the level that we're seeing right now. The big lie, over and over again ... "

youtube.com/watch?v=1CPL... Fun! Wish I could have been there

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

Really don’t think we can understate how much troll culture is now political culture

Sometimes when I just can’t manage I go listen to foundational music, and magically, I can

DOGE Nazis have illegally fired 600 workers from Bonneville Power Authority, a hugely important federal utility in the Northwest www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

@theredtailwitch.bsky.social Thanks, I needed this today.

reactormag.com/becoming-mol... Oh! Read this beautiful essay by Asa West. “We steal bits of time to make our art, embark on whatever quests we’re given…”

A chill wind blew through the burned-out subdivision where once lived a shining community. Decent homes, decent people- long vanished. A lone coyote, picking for scraps, cocks its head to hear a far off whisper, "But...her emails..."

This is what oligarchy looks like.

I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that

The community note 🤌😘

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

I don’t have insomnia, I have anxiety. I am very tired but then also my brain says we are being hunted

Here's a crazy but true sentence: I am running out of toner, and it is cheaper, easier and QUICKER for me to buy a new printer than it is for me to get the replacement toner.

I am so, so tired. And I know you are, too. Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.

A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens Museum in Sweden.

The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...

Aftermath

Doctor, is it normal to have a decline in sleep quality during the fall of the republic

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

the idea of "dessert books" and "nutritious books" is so offensive I want to find whoever came up with it and shove them in a locker

I’ve been having A Day but this legitimately made me guffaw

Absolutely humbled that my little passion project podcast just passed 3,000 downloads. You’re only encouraging me to keep going!

Did you hear the news? @darkhorse.com is re-releasing ElfQuest's Original Quest Books 1-4! 📚💙 If you like epic fantasy adventure, scifi or manga you'll love ElfQuest, the longest running American fantasy comic series. Books 1-3 are available for pre-order now: www.darkhorse.com/Search/elfqu...

Soooo… who in the Pacific northwest wants an inn where you can get quests, eat good bread and stew and cider and beer, buy books, and then go bash the hell out of your friends with boffer weapons? I am sick of tech and want to create a permanent small scale ren faire experience. Sound good? Share!

Saw one today and reflexively muttered “oh fuck OFF” I had to explain to my friend no no, not you, the rolling fascism dumpster

“we have random dirt bikes that have gotten around the barricade” “well now we got dirt bikes guys”

Please join me in helping our hungry neighbors. Every gift makes a difference! I just set up a recurring monthly donation to Northwest Harvest.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

I can't imagine how different the world would be if people had screamed like this when NEH and NEA were slashed, when entire humanities departments started vanishing, when we decided we didn't need to teach history or lit or culture or language. We might still have a country.

This probably isn’t the developers’ top priority (although it should be), but I’d love to see the Bluesky app have an option to switch to the Julian calendar for those of us who reject the lies of Pope Gregory XIII

Blanzifiore, Snowdrops, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1873.

Daily reminder with these chodes: Every accusation is a confession (and a concession).

My husband had never seen Hard Day’s Night so we watched it tonight. I’m not sure he enjoyed it, but eh, I think it’s a delight. Odd how taste works.

Heard Shake the Disease by DM today on the radio so please enjoy youtu.be/r_0sL_SQYvw?...

Split pea soup at 10 to 9 because it’s tasty and I was hungry. Sometimes the clock just needs to be put in its place.

The first album I bought with my own money (in 9th grade, in 1988) was Sgt. Pepper’s. The next was Songs From the Big Chair. By sophomore year I had run into The Cure, and my path was set.

What was the first Beatles song you fell in love with? I think mine was Michelle.

This weekend’s book

Why isn’t Star Trek Strange New Worlds back yet? I LOVE that show

Bison should be allowed to roam free and cattle should be restricted to private land. All abandoned barbed wire should be removed from public land. The money today being wasted on public lands grazing should go into building wildlife overpasses and installing wildlife safe guide fencing.

I was playing a dumb game and it exhorted me to build a megalopolis. The fields, cottages, and woods I already had seemed good enough to me so I uninstalled it.

I successfully wrestled my duvet into its cover! I should take up life coaching

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

During my former life, I accepted being shot at, dodging IEDs and the occasional rocket…Let me tell you, waking up to yet another Fork in the Road email knowing it originated from a 19-y/o incel at the behest of an oligarch has me enraged like never before.