Costco had Tim Tams yesterday, and I just had the pleasure of showing my Texas raised fellow food bank volunteers how to sit them on a coffee cup to melt the gooey center into absolute chocolate heaven. Australian perfection in cookie form!

If anyone wants my opinion, and the only choices are “private club” or Twitter-style hate speech, I vote for “private club”. I simply got tired of the awfulness spewed from the far right - and that’s why Inposy here. #FreeSpeech #Bluesky unherd.com/newsroom/blu...

Today, a 76-year old woman checked out my purchases, and I realized the grocery store is her 2nd job. She also waits tables at a BBQ place. It was a stark reminder how lucky I was to retire comfortably in my 50s. Too many Americans cannot retire. #Retirement #Inequality

“Who's feeding you fear for guidance Who gets you to buy the lies Make you cease your defiance The night has a million eyes Slowly they're getting closer Breathing down our necks And with every crack in the cornerstones The stronger and bolder they get…” #Music #Protests youtu.be/PRnJLx2HnAw?...

I did not know that orchids are the traditional gift for a 28th wedding anniversary until this arrived today. We got married on Oct. 4, 1997 at the 1st Unitarian Church in Dallas, then repeated the process on Oct. 5 at the Fort Worth Meeting of the Religious Society of friends. 🧵#anniversary

This is the best explanation Inhave read for why Trump insisted on putting all those officers in one room. I think he is planning to invoke martial law to ensure he (or his designated “heir”) wins in 2028 - if he doesn’t cancel elections altogether.

Spent the afternoon explaining to a few dozen men and women in their 80s that the monthly federal “senior boxes” they rely on for food might not be available next month due to the government shut down, and signing them up for the local food bank “just in case”. Trump disgusts me.

Congress might do its job? Not if Mike Johnson can stop it. themindshield.com/mike-johnson...

Priorities.

Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.

So Trump is defunding the police.

Ted Cruz says “Let’s stop attacking pedophiles” in a Senate rant about bipartisan agreements. His office calls it a “verbal gaffe”. As his constituent, I call it unforgivable. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

What an idiot. Wish they’d arrested him. apnews.com/article/kash...

World Cup venues switched from USA to Canada and Mexico. American tourism decimated. Our long time trading partners and allies hate us. All because of this man and his racist, idiot followers.

As US nuclear weapons return to Britain, we re-affirm the commitment to nuclear disarmament rooted in our faith. We join hundreds of groups in calling for measures to prevent nuclear war, and redirect military spending to peacekeeping, climate action, and meeting human needs.

JK Rowling is at it again. I wasn’t a millionaire at 14, but her comments about trans rights are still hateful & have nothing to do with how much money someone has. #LBGQT+ #Equality www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why, oh why, do random guys keep sending unsolicited DMs within a few minutes of (a) liking something they posted or reposted? (b) a follow or follow back? (c) a comment that appears to agree with their comment on a post? I have yet to receive an unsolicited DM from a woman. #NODMs #Etiquette

This is Han Solo, my Akita “granddog”. He will be a year old tomorrow.

I am not a CEO, but I do have an MBA. Any business leader with half a brain would agree with these truths.

Well, he’s right about part of that: it isn’t even close.

$12 million for Trump’s weekend trip to a golf tournament. www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/cost-d...

Hegseth is an incompetent political hack. These medals were given to soldiers who covered up the incompetence of an incompetent political hack. No wonder he wants them to stand. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

This friend speaks for me.

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

Any type of weapon that is and/or that can be used as a high velocity weapon (ARs, AKs, and others!) NEED to be banned Mental illness, anger issues, vengeance + collection of high velocity firearms, etc. that could take out a small city population = A recipe for disaster that's waiting to happen

These facts are vital. Every voter should have them before they vote.

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This will insure that Russian mobsters and oligarchs will get in while badly needed STEM, medical staff (nurses, technicians, graduate fellows) and educators will not. And what about actors, musicians, and skilled tradesmen?

Oh, hell. Yesterday I agreed with something Karl Rove saod and today I agree with Ted Cruz. Maybe I took too much cold medicine to deal with the cold I picked up somewhere. www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/p...

This friend speaks for me. #FirstAmendment #CharlieKirk #Epstein

Good lord. I find myself agreeing with Carl Rove. I never thought the day would come when THAT happened. #CharlieKirk #JimmyKimmel open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

I wish every elected official who kowtows to Trump could hear and understand President Obama’s words. He is right. They cannot run from their words, hide their actions. There will be an accounting. This video is 13:42 that I believe with all my heart. #Obama #Trumplies youtu.be/mc5iVfNtyRY?...

Sabaton creates amazing music based on military history. Their newest single is Crossing the Rubicon. The comments sections on every social channel are filled with comments on American politics. I do think Trump has crossed the Rubicon. How about you? youtu.be/oEtvIFNLfVE?...

My grandson and my godbrother both got the same despicable script. These ICE recruitment ads are aimed at recruiting the worst sort of “law” enforcement “talent”. Sick. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-ad...

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

One thing my electric company does that I wish more companies would do is to send an acknowledgement when a digital payment is received. The money vanishes from the bank balance immediately when I use the bill payment app, but only a few recipients send a notice when it clears.

Trump studied Hitler’s Mein Kampf and is clearly following Goebbels advice.

History may not repeat, but it echoes....LOUDLY

The Edwards Aquifer is banes after ny great-great-grandfather, who surveyed Texas for the original Anglo settlers. The extreme drought warning is due to fracking, elaborate water features & pools, and over pumping to cool bit coin operations, not a lack of rain. www.kxan.com/texas-water/...

Another disgusting example of the Trump regime’s attack on the first amendment.

Facebook earned billions selling user data without permission. The settlement checks from a class action suit started arriving today: $32.03 per plaintiff. I think my privacy is worth more than that, don’t you? #Facebook #Privacy

I have no words. It took me 35 years and 3 lawsuits to get a US passport because my adoptive parents didn’t apply for a birth cerificate until I was 3, and I wasted 20 years applying to the State Department’s “exceptions” process before suing. This law is evil. theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...

I love the creative ways Texas teachers are subtly ignoring Ken Paxton’s ridiculous law. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...