this gets even better with the repost

I’m not tired of the Reflecting Pool Jello models everyone took to their relatives’ houses for the 4th yet. They’re so creative! Although this one I’d prob not eat. A bit too realistic.

Toxic plume from the fireworks barrage has poisoned the air around DC. Check air quality carefully this morning before going outside. Highest reading is 256 for PM2.5 #freedc #america250

I almost choked I was laughing so hard

I thought this was incredibly interesting - especially when many places are going to see more and more droughts and water shortages. And In New Orleans, water retention is still important - look at the massive projects to hold water in Central City and at Tulane.

This is a great thread, especially for Lux Interior & Poison Ivy before The Cramps, and discovering that Ronnie James Dio once looked like the handsome male lead in a 50s Roger Corman movie.

Once again, the Louisiana Supreme Court proves there is one set of rules for the well-connected and a different set of rules for the common folk. This court would never move so quickly on behalf of a non-crony of the governor.

Liberal say that Donald Trump has turned our democracy into a kleptocracy. They’re wrong— Donald Trump has turned our republic into a kleptocracy.

A gentle reminder that "Mount Rushmore" was carved by a KKK-associated white supremacist as a deliberate defacement of a sacred Lakota site, much as the same chud defaced Stone Mountain in Georgia to create a tribute to the Confederacy and white supremacy www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020... 1/x

Me to wife working on rerouting our AC returns upstairs: why are you wearing hi-viz vest? Her: It has pockets, and if you want to recover the body in the attic.

So I said “Bobby Lee, it sounds like you’re just feeding brigades to emplaced artillery” and then Longstreet started crying.

the cat's been in the litter box for an hour just scrolling on his phone

The Unbroken Line: The forgotten multiracial army that helped win American independence  With a remarkably diverse military force, Spanish Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Gálvez expelled Britain from West Florida demonstrating how multicultural cooperation helped shape the outcome of the American…

The thing is, they do have BBQ in England. 15 years ago I went to an event in Bristol - they had competition BBQ, live bands on stage, everything.

this video from the bbc about texas bbq is frying me

Not yet.

This is Harley. She's never rolled down a hill before, but she's super proud of her first attempt. 13/10 nailed it (TT: jesskoselke)

Night herons on an angel, St Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans

two dumb bitches telling each other “welllllll not exactly”

Pope : with mercy and love and deep regret, i must call this a schismatic act Half of bluesky with their shirts off and earrings out ready to brawl outside applebees : GET THEIR ASSES WOOOOO

Anyway, the Tuskegee Airmen faced far worse in their lives than any of us can imagine so if one of them can think this then so can you, happy 4th

Costco knows me so well

This is Cupcake. She is either living her best life or really going through it. Either way, probably best to give her a moment. 14/10 (TT: bundleofbullies)

The British Museum is celebrating its “single biggest day of ticket sales” for an exhibition in its history, bringing in more than £2.5 million from those keen to see the Bayeux Tapestry.

Well, this is one way to treat the institution of law

I'm here www.instagram.com/reel/DHF-M-r...

I especially love "sum over all small things" because it sounds like a mid-level spell from 1st edition AD&D. #DnD (6/n)

To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day. June brings us to the upside-down, both literally and figuratively, given all the wildly destabilizing news we've had in this past month.

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

This guy is just the Mayor of New York, doing Mayor of New York things (well) and the media are doing the publicity for him. Maybe other Democrats should try doing their jobs.

I love this so much, executing an exacting and daring feat to accomplish the important goal of unfurling a banner that reads "67"

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

As the trans sports (fake) debate collides with the World Cup, I just want to re-emphasize that the best footballer ever- Lionel Messi- underwent growth hormone therapy to be able to play the sport he loves. And yet no one seems to talk about how unfair, or unsporting that is. Because it isn't.

you can practically see the corruption oozing from infantino’s pores in hd

An eagle has been stealing my friends’ dog’s tennis balls in Alaska

You might want to avoid Fontainbleau and Broadway for a while. They are making a meal out of replacing a driveway.

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ

The state exhibit halls are one small room per state. The rooms are lightly air conditioned, which is nice. The Louisiana room makes Louisiana seem boring as hell. I dunno, feel like making Louisiana seem boring takes actual work.

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

Exactly. So many companies are going out and getting the cheap money in the bond market, and here we are with a state that could be borrowing and investing in itself and that really always pays off. Could be doing way more healthcare improvements, childcare improvements, and housing improvements.

So, I think people have the notion that I saw BIRTH OF A NATION was racist and that's why I want to remove it from the canon. That's not actually true. I kept hearing about how BOAN was the first this and the first that but as I started watching more silent movies, the math was not mathing.

I'm building a bot to do these announcements in family chat from some kind of meal planning calendar, but until then, I have to write them up by hand, so they will sound a lot better for a littel while longer.

He's a Republican. He won't.

Basically the Supreme Court is 5-4 on whether America is white man's country

It was 5-4 on the constitutional question and the fact you are unable to recognise this as a problem is why you are unfit for the purpose. You have to go.