A reminder to European leaders: appeasement of dictators who desire to expand their "empires" at your expense has never ended well.

When someone tries telling me I must not be a real Star Trek fan.

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Why does The Mad King's regime keep using the threat of slamming American consumers with more and more tariffs to try to extort other nations to do their bidding? Never minding the evil of trying to extort our allies and enemies, doesn't the gun work better when we're not aiming it at ourselves?

I have just come to a decision. I had not used my X account in ages, but had kept it to keep anyone from impersonating me there. I no longer consider that reason enough to keep it. I guess I also hoped someday it would return to a better version of itself. Foolish! I am deleting it now, permanently.

The reporting on the killing of Renee Nicole Good now makes one thing very clear: When a bystanding medic pleaded to help, when they were denied the opportunity, when the ICE agent loudly proclaimed he didn't care, when ICE blocked EMS personnel, Renee was ALIVE. Her murder had more than one agent.

The funny thing about María Corina Machado giving her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump as a bribe in order to try to become the puppet leader of Venezuela is that it proves that neither one of them ever deserved it in the first place.

@gpfjeff.bsky.social Jeff, I just finished reading all of GPF and I just wanted to thank you so much for all the delightful characters and crazy situations! For various reason, Ki especially resonated for me. Thank you for all of it! I’m sorry it’s over, but I can’t wait to see what you do next! 🖖🏻

“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

I support the people of Kalaallit Nunaat wholeheartedly. To the empire once known as the United States: hands off! #AmericansSupportGreenland #KalaallitNunaat

I haven't posted one of these in a while, but I have such great friends! Especially these ladies @alwayscoffee.bsky.social @sheologian.bsky.social @larkistin89.bsky.social @katmabu.bsky.social @pamkeithdc.bsky.social @panickedfoodie.bsky.social @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

I wish I didn't identify with this so thoroughly. I truly wish our athletes well, but I don't think I can put any real effort into cheering for, watching, or even caring about the results of this Olympics, at least as far as the US is concerned.

Your semi-regular reminder that Democrats are MUCH better at creating jobs than Republicans, by a factor of 2.1M per year vs 0.8M per year. Biden did the best at 4.0M per year, while The Mad King was near the bottom with 0.5M in his second term (so far) and at the bottom with -0.7M first term. #jobs

If the fact that many children are going to die because of this regime does not motivate us urgently to action, then we are over as a civilized society. ...If we ever were truly one.

I’m guessing “freedom fries” will be making their comeback next? Is that where we are? 🤦🏼‍♀️

It speaks volumes that MAGAts are terrified by the idea of trans women using the bathroom but thrilled by middle-aged men banging on the doors of day cares demanding to see children. If you worked at a daycare and a man started loudly demanding to see young kids, would you open the door?

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: I can do this in all honesty and sincerity since I am quite literally what almost killed me. Just turns out I wasn't very good at it. Thankfully.

I want to reiterate for anyone who might be tempted to judge me for still having an account on what I still call Twitter (when charitable) or Xhitter (the remaining 99.999% of the time): That account still exists to prevent someone getting it and pretending to be me. No other reason, I don't use it.

Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning and found myself alive! It was a bit of a letdown, but I think I’ll be OK anyway. 😂😂😂

This did not turn out at all like I hoped…

So this is 2026.

I’ve seen people listing their 2025 accomplishments here, so here are my top five: 1. Survived 2. Existed 3. Lived 4. Endured 5. Persisted

Now that The Mad King has named a "special envoy" to Greenland who says his job is "to make Greenland a part of the U.S.", I would now call on Denmark to seek closure of Pituffik Space Base and to permanently eject U.S. forces from the island.

Show me how your 2025 went:

If you see this, post your favorite Star Wars character Maybe an odd choice because she's never appeared in 'canon', but I said what I said, and I stand by it (and her).

I could only approve of this if it was an actual MEMORIAL to The Mad King. j/k I still wouldn’t approve, but the idea of him being in the stage of postlife to need a memorial appeals to me.

I just can't reiterate this enough. Paramount Skydance has made this process faster than I ever imagined.

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. I don't even know where to go with this, but it feels bad.

This is how this regime takes "votes" when it decides to name everything after The Mad King. Disgusting!

Honest question: Does anyone else post by writing what they really mean and then carefully cutting out all the adjectives and long words like a surgeon until it fits the allowed length? Or is that just me?

Is it really true that people are discussing why we should go back to Xhitter? Look, I still have an account there because I didn't want anyone to claim it and start pretending to be me. But I have no more desire to post or read anything there than I do to join the RNC. Fuck that.

Of all the insane things Trump has ever posted, taking these murders, twisting them into an attack on them, and making it all about himself has got to be one of the sickest examples. The only person who has a truly "raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump" is The Mad King himself.

Funny that the Times wasn’t able to find out who he is or anything about him. His name is Ahmed Al-Ahmed, he’s 43, Muslim, has two kids, runs a fruit shop, and has far better vision and courage than what’s left of the NYT.

A few things about this cover: 1) How utterly appropriate it appropriates a famous photo without permission, badly 2) Pretty sure not a one of these people did any real work on AI other than owning/operating a company 3) What a fucking embarrassment for this to be considered the legacy of 2025

Does the equation 60,000 > 3 * 4,100,000,000 seem right? What about wealth(60,000) > 3 * wealth(4,100,000,000) Does that seem OK? But it is true: fewer than 60,000 people hold more than three times the wealth of the poorest HALF of the world population. Our world IS the Mirror Universe.

You will be visited by three spirits...

@alwayscoffee.bsky.social, one of the loveliest people on Bluesky, wrote one of her wonderful #TinyPoems for me, and it touched me so much! I wanted to share it with everyone in hopes it would lift your spirits like it has mine. Thank you, Ali!!

I couldn’t possibly be more excited about this show!! Come on, 2026, let’s have some good things to help us forget 2025! And for those hating on it before even watching it, please help yourselves to a 🖕🏻

I can’t state this strongly enough, if people are having to scream that they are citizens as a (useless) defense against being roughed up, abducted, and potentially disappeared, our society has been totally fucked up by the police state. In multiple ways and for multiple reasons.

I named both my hands Pinky because they never make fists and because my Brain is far more dangerous.

"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines The main difference between people who want to ban books and me: They would feel threatened by that quote. I feel *energized* by it.

You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you. I am unsurprisingly OK with this.

Introduce yourself with four spaceships

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the sequence of events? 1) Trump via Kushner gives classified info to MBS 2) MBS uses it to persecute opponents 3) Khashoggi investigates (1) 4) MBS has Khashoggi torn apart by a bone saw and killed 5) No consequences 6) Trump fetes his dear friend MBS at WH

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

I want to thank all my wonderful peeps who make every day of my life better just by being part of it! Especially @larkistin89.bsky.social, @thesharkqueen.com, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app, @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, @sheologian.bsky.social, and @goodboyporthos.bsky.social!

My MOST woke opinion (out of MANY) is that billionaires shouldn't exist, but should be taxed at 99% & the proceeds given to people globally whose homes and lands have been stolen from them in conquest or exploitation. But my LEAST woke opinion is that I'd like to see the planet kept habitable, so 🤷‍♀️

So, if I'm following what the GQP is telling us lately correctly, 30 year old white male political operatives are "kids" or "boys". But 13-18 year old females are "women" and similarly aged black males are not only "men", but dangerous and terrifying men? Wow. Just wow.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the ultimate embodiment of the phrase "every accusation is a confession"! But no wonder he spends so much time raging against "woke" people...