I’d like to have AOC read Virginia Giuffre’s book on the senate floor as a filibuster.

How many times a day do you drop your phone because you fall asleep?

Darkness settles. It's classic Counting Crows season.

My kid volunteers for an English as a second language program. Part of his job is locking the church doors, keeping an eye out for ICE agents, and alerting an adult if they storm the church. Not exactly the life I thought he’d live.

Our county is one of six that the Justice Department has chosen to send monitors to for the next election. So comforting. The Justice Department has been so interested in free and fair elections, I'm sure there's no evil intent.

Ever just not go to bed because you're too depressed?

Are all the people suddenly complaining about doomerism just bots? It's suddenly everywhere, using a lot of the same language. Or is it toxic positivity peeps who can finally smell the smoke from real disaster?

I think the Democratic shutdown reasoning doesn't justify the damage it's about to do. We all know it's gamesmanship. Duh. But my wife is a 67 year old disabled non-ambulatory, non verbal, woman. We rely on SNAP for food. Starving out disabled old women isn't a winning Democratic position.

Colbert's interview with Michael J. Fox was very good. It was about him as a person. The last 30 seconds was him as a Parkinson's patient and he used it to lift up families like ours. My wife's condition is a bit beyond his. She can't speak, walk, move etc, but like him, she's still here #parkinsons

Can we call it the Let Them Eat Cake Ballroom?

Nothing left in our SNAP account, and now it won't be replenished next month, but we can go eat in the new Ballroom, right? Right?

In all the warnings about growing old nobody ever mentions itching. Itching will be a problem when you grow old. Add it to the lexicon.

Conversation with my brother today. We grew up in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and have spent a many days there in our lifetimes. Me: Did you make it up to the mountains this year? Him: They were on fire. Me: Oh yeah, I forgot.

One of the most hellish aspects of mental illness is having to defend yourself to friends who seem to believe you are either faking it, or that your mental illness means you are not competent enough to listen to or trust. You get dehumanized either way.

So. We're disabled and SNAP dependent. Don't know what to do with the idea of having no food next month.

Bluesky: all stage, no audience.

I broke up with a friend of 40 years last month. He became an odd kind of asshole. Anyway, he's a huge Mariners fan, so I'm bathing in petty schadenfreude tonight. Now if something could happen to the Denver Broncos I'll have my other ex-friend covered too.

Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.

Saw a report that says global social media use has plummeted since 2022. I think there's a simple euphemism that explains it: AHEM "You keep shitting in the pool, people stop swimming."

On a personal note, on some days it just doesn't feel worth it.

I'm first year GenX. I was there the night video killed the radio star. None of the youngs will probably ever understand how much that station meant to us, but I -still- want my MTV.(translation: MTV was our TikTok) #MTV #IWANTMYMTV

The Magna Carta was written in 1215. 810 years since that king was made subject to the rule of law. Too late to go back, and one revolution between us and that ousted kingdom. Happy No Kings day you beautiful rebellious American motherfuckers. #nokings

We grew this monster, it's of our own making. The real danger is to the mythical 'american way of life.' But the mythical American way of life is where it rooted and rose. I don't know what that means, but I think we're going to have to dig pretty deep into our own comfortability to get rid of it.

The horrible things people are saying about old people tonight is really depressing. Such hateful little bigots calling themselves progressives.

Some days just come down to "I really don't feel very good"

I'm disgusted that Mitch McConnell falling jokes are trending. #Ageism is going to drive me off Bluesky.

Don't make fun of disabled old people falling. If you're passing yourself off as an empathetic progressive this sort of blows your disguise.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

I chatted with an old friend today. It was bearable. But I hated it. Go figure.

It's World Mental Health Day. In the midst of caring for my wife 24/7, dealing with my own physical illnesses, I also deal with major depression & anxiety disorders. Every day is like climbing a cliff with boulders tied to my legs. Everyone talks about being supportive, but few actually are. Change.

24/7 caregiving has been a five year prison sentence where I also have to run the prison #caregiving #caregivers

I missed National Hand Job day yesterday. Happy belated to those who celebrate.

They're going to wish ANTIFA into existence.

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits Caregivers are nearly impossible to find If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

"Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." - Sen. Dick Durbin to Pam Bondi

I have to believe we win, but this time if we get back in power, we do not fuck around. We put them where they belong.

I'm mad at everyone right now except for that one person you know who you are 🤣❤️

Nobody likes a mirror when somebody else is holding it up to them.

My socialist brain seems to have risen from the past. Probably the fever. But listen, all my fellow liberals. When you say "eat the rich" remember to take stock of yourself - you might be "the rich" to a lot of us. And if you can't comprehend that, you might be on the table instead of at the table.

It's amazing how many people and groups just don't want your solidarity.

Joanne Lumley just describes Yaks as very hairy, very soft, but cross all the time. My dog looked at me like "are you a Yak?"

Sometimes I don't feel as old as I am but sometimes wow. Sick tonight, fever, even though I haven't left the house in more than a month, so can't be the usual viral suspects. We've had lots of mosquitos here, several West Nile cases, and a few deaths. So that's where my mind is at 🤣 🦟🦟🦟 🦟 😱

Tell me you don't understand real poverty without telling me you don't understand real poverty.

I have to trim a branch in the backyard because when the wind blows it casts a moving shadow against the back window and it scares me. Who have I become?

John Wain on loneliness and solitude The Bad Thing Sometimes just being alone seems the bad thing. Solitude can swell until it blocks the sun.

Two photos of me about 40 years apart. So much promise in the first, so little actualisation in the last 😭

I hate days that seem wasted. Living in isolation and hunting for any contact with the world can be exhausting.

My god, am I going to have to download all the Showgirl lyrics and block each and every word? We *know* you love her, just please leave me out of it. 🙉

This? This right here? This isn't real.

I support all the people I know and members of my family who are autistic. I can't support this blatant stupid scattershot ageist crap. You just want to hate someone and you picked older people. Lots of stereotypes and bigotry in this post. #ageism #agebigot