Decided we’re having ice cream for dinner. Thankful for lactose free ice cream, otherwise this Ashkenazi family would be in for a rough one. 🤣

I don’t use this thing a lot sadly but I don’t feel like I can put this anywhere else. I have been homesick for STL since I moved 11 years ago and it hasn’t stopped. I don’t think it will. I want to go home. I love my found family here in Iowa, but my heart hurts.

There is no plan. There is no 3D chess. The president has a toddler’s understanding of the economy and will continue to just do things (and then undo them, and then do them again).

"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

This is absolutely embarrassing. The US should be open to actual refugees, not this.

I don’t think I’ve been this optimistic about Iowa politics in the whole 11 years I’ve lived here. @robsandia.bsky.social is gonna right this ship! #RobSandForIA #IowaPolitics #IAPolitics

Elon Musk Amazed At How Much Cheaper Bribing Voters Is In Midwest

I can’t say I regret watching election coverage on Nov 5th, but I’m mad I actually sat down to watch it thinking things would go the other way. I’m mad at myself for crying and going to bed early because I knew what was happening but hoped I was wrong. I’m mad I have to coexist with these people.

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States: Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom

Man, norovirus ripped through our house and then when I came back to work, I had days of work to catch up on. Only took me all week, but I made it.

History repeats itself

Ooh reposting to remind myself to check this - my iPad is basically for sheet music and Pinterest but fuck AI.

Anti-vaxxers are cancer who should be charged with child abuse. I will die on this hill.

Opinion | The tale of my Appalachian life was ghostwritten by three women, two of them of color. Here’s why we need to end DEI.

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Iykyk

Adore all of these and recommend.

How do people still think everything is normal and everything will be ok?

My whole life is now focused on Stardew Valley. I spent a good chunk of my weekend immobilized due to a back injury, and now Stardew is the only thing I care about. Will I marry Emily or Alex or Abigail or Sebastian? Who knows, but I can’t wait to find out.

The perfect metaphor for what the Supreme Court did to this country with Citizens United v. FEC.

My happy place. #FluteSky

Second ACNH post: it’s Zucker’s birthday, and a great example of one of the ways I am an idiot.

First ACNH post of the day: Fuschia just …decided to nap outside my window? Weird, but you do you, girl.

My video game escapism is wrapping me up rn. I am daydreaming about what I want to do next on my island in ACNH. Last night I made a cute riverside bistro behind Mabel’s shop because the spot reminded me of a place I love in England.

lol me

I’ve been boycotting since they rolled back DEI and I’m not gonna stop until they fix their mistake. I don’t need Target. I’ve been boycotting Starbucks since October 7, 2023 - all you need is some willpower. White women need to step up hard on this one.

Seen in Canada…

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Any good otter content on the ol’ Skyline? I need far more otters in my feed. Sea otters and river otters both. I need them.

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:

Anyone wanna start taking bets on which country will be the first to offer refugee status to Americans? It’s gotta be coming …right?

Okay listen Everyone is TALKING about the Luigi videos - you know the ones I’m talking about No one is posting LINKS - that’s what we need, millions of leftists are literally thirsting for these videos POST EM

Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

tbh this is what it feels like

Remember why we have the 2nd Amendment - it is to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government. Remind them.

Wishin, and hopin, and dreamin…

I read Trump wants to sign an executive order to make English the official language of the United States. For all my monolingual friends, here’s a response you can just copy and paste: “Métete la orden por el culo, fascista de mierda.” You’re welcome! Have a great day.

I think it’s performative and won’t make a real difference BUT It’s what I CAN do, so I’m doing it. I can’t miss work to protest or call my congresspeople. I can refuse to give anyone my money, though.

Iowa really be shitting all over that state motto lately - our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain? But sure, lemme just strip women of bodily autonomy and remove civil rights protections from trans and nonbinary folks. What a joke.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days or so in no particular order, if I remember. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge

Iowa is attempting to ban mRNA vaccines.

Same

A comedy in 3 acts. To fuck around is human, to find out is divine.

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days or so in no particular order, if I remember. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge

WOW FRANCE IS JUST KILLING IT

It’s always so bittersweet watching other nations move forward while mine slides backward into oblivion, but I am so happy for the French.