Behold the 12 ft Skeleton King of Home Depot, gazing out from his throne, arms outstretched as if greeting cheering throngs of undead subjects.

My feed right now is like a battle between Rapture and Tylenol jokes.

There's going to be an entire short video sub-genre of weeping evangelicals who believed in the TikTok Rapture.

God what I would do to see the algo data on the TikTok Rapture accounts over the next 48 hours.

All of this.

Respect to the SEO grifters who managed in a few hours to take over the top search result slots for "Tylenol lawsuit" a few hours ago, with landing pages inviting people with autism or ADHD diagnoses to hire their firm to sue Tylenol.

Stopped by a local coffee shop that I hadn't been to in a while. They have a sign on the door apologizing for how expensive drinks are about to get, because of tariffs. I feel sad.

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This ridiculous heat halfway into September, and the accompanying dry spell, have dragged on so long that it feels like it will take another cataclysmic storm/cold front combo to sweep it away and force things into autumn.

Petition to Texas State University to immediately reinstate Dr. Tom Alter, who was fired for speaking at a socialism conference, as a private individual exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

Watching one of the cats get increasingly lost in the window drapes and debating whether to intervene or let Nature take its course.

It's Baby Safety Month.

Appeals court: "our Texan founding fathers — like our American founding fathers — took prior restraints on political speech out of the tool kit when they enshrined the right to free speech in our Constitution,” www.ktsm.com/news/texas-p...

Look at this joke.

It's okay to say in one breath that free speech is important, violence is bad, and using free speech to spread hateful violent rhetoric, that prioritizes gun ownership over gun-related deaths, creates a world of hate and gun violence that can affect anyone.

I am in fact starting College Number Four and Attempt Number Six.

Popped to see why Clinton was trending, and it's nearly two days of people either affirming they'd be fine with finally closing and locking the Me Too dumpster lid on Bill, or making the exact same joke about all the Trump cult-style merchandise we don't need to set on fire. 😂

Working construction while brown is now reasonable suspicion for law enforcement to stop and harass a person.

I can assure you that majority of the "Under 60 Caucus" of the Democrats will happily throw Bill Clinton and any other establishment Dems named in the files to the conspiracy theorist mob. We might throw a party if it means the DNC can't ruin events ever again by giving Clinton a speaking slot.

Billy Bragg has entered the chat. youtu.be/1axjhKB96to?...

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The amount of skepticism people need to acquire when reading ANYTHING that cites numbers without sources and is written in a bland tone is so huge. It seems like numbers shut off people's brains and they just assume it's true.

Eugenics requires tossing out large chunks of 200 years of science. Georges Cuvier, who established comparitive anatomy as a science in the 1790s, ignored his own discoveries that directly contradicted his invention of modern "race science." Race science is inherently irrational and full of woo.

Any anti-AI journalists on here working on stories about gen AI in college courses? I'm very pissed off after reading the syllabus of a class I just started and am about to drop because every single assignment requires using an AI tool.

I need a therapist who is also skilled at interpreting signs and portents.

(16/??) With all this going on - the Visa/Mastercard thing, Itchio, Steam, Stripe, I know it’s tempting to say, “but I don’t write/make [xx]!!!” But, as someone who lived through Reagan, the AIDS epidemic & the Satanic Panic, I’m here to tell you it does not matter Once one falls, we all fall

For those unclear about the "obscene" declaration. I'm curious if other innocuous items skipped from the US have designations that lead to seizure and disposal. An underhanded f-you to Trump, or just censorship?

The UK may be the problem here, but I've no doubt that some Christian Nationalist in the Trump administration is looking at this and feeling inspired.

Trump serves billionaires while working families pay the price.

I would love for this to be attempted. They've squeezed almost all the blood from this stone that they can. It is mathematically impossible to draw out more safe R districts. This past round may have accidentally created several balanced districts either side could win if they do the work.

Look everyone! Some actual good news for the world.

What people are missing here is that Newsom's sudden virality has nothing to do with him. Democrats should be hiring his entire comms team as strategy consultants, rather than this weird discussion flying around about putting a different opportunist lacking moral backbone in the White House.

Checking out for the rest of the weekend to make Halloween decorations, which should have taken up most of my time this past month.

It's been two hours and I still need to throw up. www.texastribune.org/2025/08/22/t...

Life tip: Don't try to walk down several flights of stairs while your whole body is shaking with anger so badly that keep you keep nearly missing steps and you're trying not to cry and also kind of surprised you didn't get escorted out with the two other people who screamed 'FASCIST" at Dan Patrick.

It's after midnight and the Texas Senate is still at recess. If you are awake, and in driving distance of Austin, and can leave your house, please come to the Capitol NOW. The map is one step away from from being law. #standWithCarol #CarolAlvarado #txlege #filibuster

TX Senate broadcast is now live! The Senate will reconvene at 11:30 PM CST #txlege senate.texas.gov/videoplayer....

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He's probably going to spend the time to sign off on every single font and color scheme, until he gets bored and gives it to Melania.

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I read this article about twenty minutes after the GOP-controlled Texas House passed their map. I stared at this image for several long minutes.

Now it's passed.

THE MAP ISN'T PASSED Y'ALL IT'S ENGROSSED AND ON ITS THIRD READING STOP SAYING IT'S PASSED We get like 2 hours of different fuckery before it passes in the House and goes to the Senate.

@theguardian.com This is at the moment incorrect. What happened 10 minutes ago was the vote to ENGROSS the bill. The Speaker ended the legislative day, called a new one to start 3 minutes later. The bill is now on the THIRD reading, before it goes to the Senate. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Enjoy some good news about a bad electoral map being struck down by a federal court!

They've kicked everyone off the Capitol grounds. Something about an active shooter. Troopers look bored. Collier is still in there. The #HandsOff rally has moved to the front gates. #txLege #noKings @indivisible1431.org

Texas House Democrats returned home yesterday, and were forced to choose between being locked in the chamber gor days or be escorted at all times by law enforcement. Rep. Collier is still trapped in the House chamber. #txlege www.texasprogressivecaucus.org/takeover?fbc...

this is just to say i have eaten the bones that were in the boneyard and which you were probably saving for necromancy forgive me they were delicious so ossified and so crunchy and also i am not sorry and i will do it again 🫶

... and now I have a goal for the game night I'm starting soonish as a community outreach event for the geekier local leftists.