Just played a CD.. All the songs were mixed to the same volume and, get this, no adverts at all. I'm telling you, this is the future.

I have more schadenfreude than you could possibly imagine.

Springfield right now. Tired: your car being destroyed by the most devastating hail storm in the history of the state. Wired: not paying these gas prices.

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

I think what actually makes me mad about this is that Democrats haven't ever meaningfully messages to rural folks in generations. They've written them off All Trump said is "I'll be the most pro-farmer president" and that was enough. No real policy. Imagine if Dems tried to reach people like this.

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

I remember one call when working at a call center for a bank that needed a translator. He wanted me to do something I couldn't (probably waive a late fee). He was so mad at me that he told the translator to stop and, in English, called me everything but a white woman. Honestly? Respect brother.

There was a time when I barely even knew who the president was. I didn't even know the majority of Biden's cabinet. I miss not knowing things.

Gilly

There are still just an insane amount of Epstein files that haven't been released.

LMAO I literally saw a headline yesterday saying that she's a fighter. I know everyone on this platform hates Platner, but sometimes we forget the established dishonesty of the establishment DNC. apnews.com/article/jane...

Woke up and am still fucking livid at the Alex Jones shit. Yes, we all know the rich and powerful have their own rules, but usually it’s with a veneer of our shared reality. This is just pulling legal proceedings out of thin air. All so *Alex Jones* never has to face a consequence.

We do not all live in the same reality

Remember how tepid Harris and Biden were at the notion of saying "expand the courts" on the campaign trail? Again, the Democrat party as it stands today is dead and new leadership is needed.

An actual conversation taking my 7 y/o son to school. Me: did you just fart? 7y/o: no, that's just the government's bullet. Me: what does that mean? Who told you that? 7y/o: the government. Me: where did you learn that? 7y/o: right there. Me: what? 7y/o: the garbage man.

Midwest having a normal one with Climate Change. Springfield, MO got hit hard.

Finally watching Heated Rivalry.

Republicans talking about the ballroom is my Joker moment.

Republicans who say that it's unacceptable that Virgina was able to gerrymander their state with 50% +1 vote by a popular vote of the people will tell you that Trump winning the national popular vote by 49.8% was a mandate. That's not even a majority. It's only a plurality.

Putting on my tinfoil hat. You know it was staged because the third time's a charm.

Given the pundit takes from major news orgs to pundits to online lefties, this is a real tinfoil hat moment. It's definitely being used to bump the polls, change the news cycle, and talk about anything else.

Like, hundreds of reporters were in that room and the story could not be more opaque. Even I am ready to wear a tinfoil hat.

83% drop. That's an 83% drop $600-$100=$500 is the $ amount drop Then you take the drop amount divided by the original amount. ($500/$600)=0.83 Multiply by 100 to convert to a % 0.83*100=83% I'm mad that I'm arguing math. Not even calculus. This barely qualifies as algebra.

Has anyone ever asked Trump what a high or low IQ score is? Has anyone asked him what the IQ scores are of the people he accuses of having a low IQ actually is and how he procured it? The people want to know.

ACAB includes websites that don’t let you copy and paste 2FA codes and make you type them out

Internet is working overtime to try and get me to watch Attack on Titan.

This is who I am running against folks. A history major and career politician who believes MO was a democratic state for 100 years rather than the bellwether state that it most definitely was from 1904 to 2004. MO predicted all but one presidential election during that time.

"Well, this puts me in an awkward position." -me, climbing into your luggage

This is why I'm mad that Emanuel Cleaver is running again. Elected Dems especially will not let go of power until they've cost everyone everything, but they're dead so it doesn't matter. apnews.com/article/cong...

This is how We The People passed guaranteed paid sick leave last year and then our legislature undid it. Which is a hell of a lot less democratic.

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1. As Jared Kushner heads to Pakistan to represent the United States in critical talks with Iran, the media is ignoring a historic corruption scandal. Kushner is serving in this role while on the payroll of the Saudi government. Let's look at the data. 🧵

Whew. Cory. Get therapy bud.

We don't have to live this way apnews.com/article/shre...

I went to India back in Feb for work with my boss. She and I went literally everywhere together, no matter how mundane. We did not have to communicate why we did this. Women know what travelling alone can be like.

So it turns out the Strait isn't open but a lot of people did a lot of trading right before the announcement that it would be and the markets shot up. Cool.

Recording the footage like a proper Midwesterner. 🫡

Still day seventeen of National #Poetry Month for just a few more minutes. I would've posted this sooner but I've been watching rugby all day.

This part of the Rape Academy story sticks with me the most. I love my husband. He makes me whole and he heals me. He talked to his granny about the right to an abortion and is right there with me when I say "all men." This cup of tea made me feel an insecurity that I've never felt before.

The joy of a general anxiety disorder is that there's always something new to be anxious about. Tired: winning the midterms and taking both chambers. Wired: The last time Trump was in a lame duck period we got January 6th.

I know it's going bad for Trump when I've got my mom agreeing that his alienation of our allies and telling them to figure it out without the US has resulted in a huge loss in intelligence and soft power, opening up room for China and other nations. Like, that was a nuanced topic and she agreed.

Me, a fully formed adult: Lefty loosey, righty tighty.

I don't get to be this stupid. This is so unfair.

I'm reasonably confident that bears have not built an education infrastructure on rape and so yes I do choose the bear.

It's actually critically important that everyone read this.

Don't forget, April 16th is National Librarian Day in the U.S. If I were still working, I would appreciate gifts of chocolate. Maybe other librarians would too.

Wait. Has Rudy Giuliani died yet?

Every time I read something about Clavicular, I feel like I'm reading some curse that will summon an internet demon.

Trump officials have been peddling the same lies to survive the daily news cycle for the past 6 weeks, and people keep buying what they’re selling. ‘We won the war. Tomorrow you’ll see. Prices are coming down. Tomorrow you’ll see. We’ll kill them. Tomorrow you’ll see.’

Every single day I think to myself "I deserve to be stupider and more successful at the same time." I'm not sure if that sentence is grammatically correct and I think I've made my point.