This Sums It Up Perfectly… 💥💥💥

The few clips I've now seen of Kirk "performing" are all just like this...

Putin came to power on New Year's night (1999-2000). Who does he go after first? Comedians. A puppet show (Kukly) had a Putin character with a big rubbery nose & stern KGB eyes. He hated it. Suddenly that shut down. And then the Network was shut down. And then, and then, and then... - David Remnick

. Hey America, after the excerpts I saw from the inappropriate event to honor Charlie Kirk, I can only say that Sinclair Lewis was right . . . 💠 😔 💠

You know, playing with porcelain dolls is one of the few hobbies creepy enough to suit Stephen Miller. I could see it.

For Americans, when the official gaslighting makes us question our own eyes, it can be helpful to get takes from outside the US. And yeah, what we hear from the right really is blatantly contrary to reality. And every day the right's making it harder to hear the people on the left.

One of my very favorite podcast duos on the fallout from Charlie Kirk shooter's identity being known.

Epstein's birthday book came out yesterday. Today MAGA's talking about Charlie Kirk. The book isn't getting much play at all. I find that timing suspicious.

Good breakdown about how South Korea is interpreting that STUPID raid in Georgia, and the massive harm this is doing to the US's international relationships and reputation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EvV...

LOLOL Love to see it!

There's so much to mock here. Seriously, men, we get it. You can't win when you compete with women on a level playing field and you're too childish to lose gracefully. You have to either be better, be an adult, or prohibit women from competing in the first place. Guess option 3's your choice.

MORE OF THIS! This is what we want to see. What a huge win for working families!

Absolutely wonderful talk from earlier this year. He starts out by explaining the concept of enshittification, lays out how it impacts us, then wraps that around to how the EU can fight it AND win big in a trade war against the US. Educational, entertaining, and highly relevant. Recommended.

Edging ever-so-slowly into using Steam. As far as I'm concerned "Unpacking" is the best game ever made. I'm looking forward to finding other games that hit the same vibe for me, and it seems they're all indies. And since Steam is the home for indies... #steam #cozygames #unpacking #indie

Just spoke with my CDC sources. They said RFK Jr. has ordered officials to hide tuberculosis cases, even as three active TB cases were just reported in Maine. He’s also suppressing bird flu reports. Pandemics don’t start with viruses they start with secrecy. RFK Jr. must resign now!

HIM: #pedofuhrer #epstein vt.tiktok.com/ZSAcPM2oj/

Don't live in one of these states but want your children to not die of preventable diseases? Pressure your local gov't to either work with these states or consider moving. RFK's batshit insanity is going to kill an awful lot of vulnerable people. Protect yourself and your family.

Wishing Mitch nothing but the absolute worst, all day, every day.

It was bad enough when I thought she was just spineless and easily led. Now she's taking BRIBES to do things that hurt her constituents? *shakes head* Maine deserves better. I hope they elect Oyster Farmer Guy instead.

WA, OR, and CA are forming a "health alliance" because the CDC can no longer be trusted. FL is removing all vaccine mandates from public schools. The difference between blue states and red states is STARK. *shakes head* It's sad that basic science is now a partisan issue. Those poor FL kids.

I was there (well, Baton Rouge, but still). And Katrina was more horrific than the news was able to convey. I don't understand how people WEREN'T radicalized. Ignorance is a helluva drug. www.teenvogue.com/story/hurric...

Thou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. says.

I'm getting very tired of saying "we saw this coming," but every single person who was paying any attention at all SAW THIS COMING. And everyone who confirmed RFK is guilty of the deaths that occur as a result of his confirmation.

We knew this was coming. Hell, he's already been working on it. He's just being way more blatant about it now on the off-chance that he'll live that long.

CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo

At this point Susan Collins being alarmed is the political version of shocked Pikachu face. Sure it's THERE, but her alarm doesn't actually DO anything. Utterly useless.

Our food safety standards were already lax. And now this? Aces. It's getting to where I don't want to eat anything but what I grow in my own backyard. This is NUTS.

You can very easily make a case for yourself as being someone who qualifies for Covid vax on this list. Physical inactivity, former/current smoker, depression, ETC - these are extremely broad and wide ranging categories. *You can also just lie* and say you’re depressed. Do what you need to do!!!

It costs about $530 per member per day to rake leaves

Cue "thoughts and prayers" instead of taking actual action. Maddening.

When people feel so unsafe living in your state they have to FLEE, and you're not trying to make things safer, you need to reexamine your goddamn priorities. As a disabled polytheist I feel unsafe here too. They're going after EVERYONE that doesn't neatly fit into their very narrow framework.

Dude. If Swift decides to have kids it's because as a billionaire she can AFFORD it. The GOP would see more babies if they'd mandate paid leave, pay parents enough to support a family by raising wages, provide universal healthcare, etc. You know, DEM priorities. Or is that too logical for them?

Being able to change font and line height makes combining Calibre with Kobo absolutely worth it. I'm picky about my reading experiences and this lets me tweak them to perfection. For the curious, my fave combo is Literata Light at a 1.5em line height. #booksky #calibre #kobo #typography

Pearl-clutching "we are better than that" standards of behavior are a privilege and a luxury we can't afford right now. Trump is actively killing and endangering people. Trying to rules-lawyer our way around an admin that ignore rules won't fix it, and claiming otherwise is naive at best.

Not the nicest of people then…

The ethos behind Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement blames individual people for their chronic diseases—particularly by associating health conditions with choices like vaccination—and links Medicaid users’ value to their economic productivity.

If they follow the rules they get deported to a hellhole. If they don't follow the rules they're run down like animals and then they get deported to a hellhole. Either way the gov't denies having to follow any rules at all. This precedent should worry everyone. And it worries me that it's not.

When they say "Children" they mean poor, brown children. They want slavery back. Sweatshops. These people are cruel and deserve zero mercy from us when this is all over. And over it will be. Eventually, reality will set in on most Americans who think they're not affected by this stuff.

"Tiny Bookshop" is my perfect speed as a game but it sets up WILDLY unrealistic expectations. The owner (me, in this case) is supposedly supporting themselves by selling used books out of a trailer hitched to their car. With pets! In this economy? I call bullshit. #nintendoswitch #tinybookshop #game

Oooh. Something potentially heart-warming and happy to wake up to! Makes me feel all fuzzy this morning. :) www.youtube.com/shorts/9SK1Y...

Right? I love how teeth are considered optional bones here. People sometimes commit suicide because tooth pain can be so bad. But medical insurance won't touch it, and dental insurance is so anemic that even WITH it you can't always get the problem fixed. I have Opinions.

It's kinda hard to go into space if you don't know ABOUT space, isn't it? At least for any length of time. More and more I'm starting to think that one of the defining characteristics of this administration - and honestly the GOP in general - is how ruinously SHORT-SIGHTED they are.

TIL that docs in ALL disciplines can become "Certified Eating Disorder Specialists". Those who have it have "CEDS" after the "MD". Looking for that cert helps folks with EDs - esp those in bigger bodies - get medical advice that helps instead of harms. Because otherwise... yikes. #medsky #EDs #CEDS

I for one am concerned.

BREAKING: Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was literally forced off a PRESS CALL by cops — mid-sentence. Police told her it’s a felony to speak while on the House floor or even in the damn bathroom. That’s not procedure. That’s authoritarian muscle, in real time.

HUZZAH. A WIN. We gotta celebrate those where we find them. Esp since the gerrymandering looks like it's going to go through.

Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez calling it like he sees it in Austin tonight. #FreeNicole