So, the new leader of Iran is the *son* of the guy the US just killed? That ought to work out well for us. And for the Iranian people we're supposedly "freeing". But hey, who coulda anticipated that?

I'm thinking the best use of my art is to be mean to evil people. But holy hell, there are a lot of topics to address.

Everyone else feel like we're all living on two planes simultaneously? So anyway, on the personal plane, I finished a 4-portrait commission. Pastel on toned-tan. And yes, my commissions are again open. #art

So, countries are allowed now to kill other countries' leaders if they're "bad"? Just wanting to make sure we're all super clear.

Its there a US company that manufacturers guillotines? Because I'm thinking I'm looking to invest.

Say it: "I am somebody"

I'm honestly surprised I'm not seeing more here about YouTube being down (except kinda sorta on some browsers). The day after CBS capitulates to trump's FCC and cancels a Colbert interview with a Dem candidate and Colbert goes ahead and just releases the interview on YouTube... YouTube is down. WTF?

YouTube is down? YouTube?!?

I confess, I don't have more than maybe a couple dozen words of Spanish - but the visuals did plenty of communicating. Those power poles alone said *plenty*.

Perfect synergy for the moment

if you are telling people to "call schumer now". you are telling them to call the wrong person. tell them to "call thune now".

Like many others, I have felt at times powerless. But I see my niche now. We need creative, weird people to bring their craziest ideas for peaceful protest and resistance. Confirmed or not, actions like sending in hundreds of folks to buy then return salt at Target is brilliant. Sand their gears!

🚨General Strike THIS Friday: 🚨No school, No work, No spending 🚨THIS Friday we are going to SHUT it DOWN and take it to the STREETS! No pretty picture here. Just a message and an ask that you boost or make your own post. ~ We are all Minnesota ✊🏼

Just a liiiitle bit lower and he'll finally get the country to his sweet spot -- and try to declare the US bankrupt.

This right here is literally the key thing those who've studied and/or successfully fought fascism emphasize: When you don't know what you can do, when you feel powerless, you get involved in your community, your neighborhood. You forge and reinforce connections with others. That makes networks.

"When people ask 'What are the Democrats in the House doing?' I kind of sit there and think, that's like asking what the passengers on the F Train are doing about how fast the train is going." -- Lawrence O'Donnell (a man who understands how much power the minority party in the House wields)

Pay people sub-livable wages, tank the economy so the jobs dry up, remove pathways to higher education, price people out of places to live . . . then wave a $50k signing bonus at desperate people - and all they have to do is sign up to be street thugs. The Nazis knew this formula.

Every time I learn of yet another animal that scientists have discovered uses tools... youtube.com/shorts/1GGsE...

I almost hate to interrupt all the panic and vitriol, but Bestie found a photo of herself at 25, so I dug around until I found one of myself at that age (pre-digital photography, it's a challenge).

There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open

The last of my kids moved out a little over a week ago, and Bestie moved in. Suddenly, my actual life looks like the "Golden Girls" - but like, if they were poor and it was set in a totalitarian society.

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"Yeah, but, I don't know . . . there's just something . . . unlikeable about them . . ."

On the other hand, we did have 50 years of people insisting to the dimwitted and losers among us that Nazis were good, actually.

We turned our front room into a sort of apartment for Bestie while she recupes from knee surgery. There's an old, but reasonably large TV in there that we basically never watch, so we left it. Bestie is having the time of her life - being waited on and watching football. I'm delighted for her 😂

Really heavy ones

Cf.: Jasmine Crockett's "unelectability".

Been working on this:

My high school co-workers - Improper use of the price gun 😂😂

We're all living a strange, schizoid existence where everything around us is shit, but or own little lives carry on. Like, I don't even know anymore how to answer a friendly "how are you?". Anyway, Mom's in the hospital and Bestie finally got her knee replacement and is moving in to recoup.

Despite how fucking insane the past week or so has been, Senate Democrats got a war powers resolution through from the minority & House Democrats got a 7th discharge petition through & are about to pass extending the ACA subsidies with a sizable chunk of Republicans despite being in the minority.

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It is really useful right now to understand the history of Greenland, from settlement to its role internationally. Highly recommended. youtu.be/mmhg6Eunl2Q?...

Wouldn't it be awful if millions of Americans took the MoCA and shared their results on social media? You know - the test trump *keeps* bragging about passing? For no particular reason, this is a link to a PDF download . . . championsforhealth.org/wp-content/u...

I got some texts today from 2 of the high school guys I work with. One shared his playlist with a few indy bands he thought I might like. The other let me know he found some of the Yergachef coffee I'd raved about and he was eager to try it - and wanted to give me some of it. The kids are alright.

When my then 9-yo son had a comprehensive neuropsych eval, the Dr. explained what he would be up against - that very few people possess his intelligence. Just so, our country is facing a crisis: how the hell we're going to deal with rampant and willful stupidity. Schopenhauer studied this.

I love it!

I can't get through a paragraph - hell, a sentence even - without one.

Who prosecutes the prosecutors? Who enforces the law against the law enforcers? The brand slogan for this administration should just be "Nyah nyah, make me."

For example: when I was 20-something, my friends, my family, my community - most of them my age - were dying all around me. And almost no one even wanted to acknowledge it. Those who did? Celebrated it.

I have other things I should be working on, but I had to get this out of my system.

This is quite literally the only way I can bear to hear him. Because he's always been an idiot - but now he's a demented idiot.

My wife lost her job and did what you're supposed to -- filed for unemployment. It's been over a month and she hasn't received a single check. They can't tell her when she can expect to get any money because "they have a tremendous number of cases". Government out here working for Americans.

Just got back from the "opening the gifts" part of my girl's bday. Her friends insist on this ritual -- because she unfailingly receives each gift with such sparkling enthusiasm, and adores every single one. It's super nice to give a gift when the recipient will make you feel so damn good about it.

The Kidnappings Must Stop!

This has ALWAYS been about endng the civil war era amendments. The white nationalists firmly believe that's when America turned the wrong way. And that's what they mean when they say "make America great again" - make this a country only for white Christian men while all others "know their place".

I would adopt her in a heartbeat - but my own housing is a big precarious right now.