I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not. This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

this feels like the corollary to we need Mamdani in NYC and an oyster fisherman in Maine and a midwestern dad in Minnesota. we're supposed to be the party that embraces the fact that we're a diverse and chaotic nation, stop test-polling yourself to generic national oatmeal!!!

"Is it cozy season yet?" (I think I startled her)

See? When the man in uniform demands, "Papers, please!" simply pull out your passport or birth certificate that we all must keep on our person at all times as American citizens. This is normal and fine!

I have an appointment later this week for the new vaccine. I've had long covid for nearly three years now and will raise hell if I get denied. Also fuck RFK in general

Same here.

Fascism is when you charge an elected Black Congresswoman for her 'crime' of conducting oversight of an ICE facility as her job requires—but pay $5M in reparations to the family of a white supremacist insurrectionist for getting killed while trying to violently overthrow the Govt. This is America.

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants. History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well. 🧵

Especially important to remember today, #LongCovidAwarenessDay

Did you know ~ 60 million people in the U.S. have a form of #LongCOVID, & the number keeps growing. Yet, there are no approved treatments or cures, or urgency from #policymakers. We deserve better! Share to spread #LongCOVIDAwareness2025 #PublicHealth #DisabilityRights

Well, this is depressing as fuck. Over two years now since my long COVID diagnosis and still fighting for improvement

This. Just got paid so I am picking up two more at the bookstore after my hematology appointment.

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is "taking a serious look" at running for the Michigan senate seat left open by the surprise retirement of Sen. Gary Peters, Axios has learned.

Reminder to those who need it: 1. You can mute the name of the current president and/or anyone else you don't want to constantly hear about here 2. You can mute/block/unfollow accounts that impinge on your calm 3. Social media doesn't have to be a doom scroll, curate your feed to make you happy

rip free speech

In her cinnamon roll era

Regarding statements about Neil: Disney should make a statement. Amazon should make one. Random writer #45 who had a short story in a book he helped curate shouldn't be required to bear that necessity, especially considering most writers don't have a team of lawyers on hand to craft the statement.

I see people musing that the vibe here has changed, and I would urge people to remember that there's a lot of anxiety about the change of administration in two weeks and that's going to leak into a lot of other places in one's life. Be as gracious as you can with yourself and others.

Seems like an excellent day to stay home

Y'all, I found it: The single greatest post EVER

Just over three inches so far. Haven't ventured out to the garage to see how much the plows piled in front of the door...

It begins... 🌨️

It is not too early for Christmas music.

Some random Nazi made dozens of accounts to try to harass me today when blocking malfunctioned, & *still* failed because not one single person engaged. It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out. They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.

New to this, seems right to start off with a pic of my baby, yes?