one kind of striking thing about the 250 birthday fiasco is aren't there usually just regular people visiting the capital every day did this event actually repel visitors

Wavering desperately between very stoked and very anxious about forgetting things as my departure date draws near. I know I could travel with just my phone, wallet, and passport, but in my thirties, I'm willing to admit I want my stuff with me.

24. It's one thing to say "we're going to bring down the cost of groceries." It's another to say "we're going to bring down the cost of groceries and bring those responsible to justice."

I think there's a lot of nuance between "There's such a thing as dressing respectfully for a specific social situation" and "It does not matter what a person is wearing; it is never okay to harass them about it" that a lot of people just aren't ready to deal with. Which is wild, in 2026.

Finally finished Season 2 of #ThePitt and I am thoroughly in love with Mel and Langdon's (platonic) dynamic.

"Why do innocent people flee the police?" Idk, maybe the fact that they kill newborn babies and puppies might have something to do with it. Just saying.

Oh Lawd, it rainin'!

I love Langdon and Mel together, platonically. They really do bring out the best in each other. 🥹 (S2E2, don't spoil me!) #ThePitt

"What's your story? What d' your parents do? Got siblings? Boyfriend? Ever kill a man in a bar fight?" Never change, Dana Evans, never change. #thepitt

Started my period, day 3 of a heatwave, last student day. For which reason am I utterly exhausted rn? (All 3. Has to be.)

Cleaned my 86° F classroom for ~4 hours and got so sweaty and so grimy. Urgh.

crazy that you can say "the day it happens is going to be so dope" and be referring to multiple guys. baseline purpose of living should be to never become one of those guys

Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.

Do not ask for whomst it turns down. It turns down for thee.

If they ordered an LIT they are most likely a middle school teacher looking for the most socially acceptable way to drink like 90 drinks at once because those fucking kids have pushed me to my fucking limit. Also they TIP. Sorry the students were being shits, here's coke, sour, and 4 alcohols

"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.

We should not be surprised that the people who are ideologically committed to the idea that government is bad are bad at running the government.

The kinds of info dumps I come to the Internet for.

The decision fatigue is so real. I'm at home, on the couch, and the idea of even contemplating what to have for dinner is so overwhelming...

Something never discussed in the "vibecession" debate is that the country lived through a huge expansion of the welfare state and then saw all of those programs taken away. It has long been conventional wisdom that taking away social programs leads to huge backlash. Nobody applies that to COVID.

what if I was rich enough to open third spaces for the community so that we could all thrive

People who are uncomfortable with abstract, stylized or non-representational art, frequently express this discomfort in terms of injury. Those modern artists are grifters! They are scamming people into buying bad art! Why can't everyone see the clear dishonesty?

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

The way I wish this weren't satire...

It’s weird that Helen of Troy being played by a black actress is a problem, but most of the rest of the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish characters being played by incredibly fair and blond haired people of British, Irish and Scandinavian descent isn’t. And by weird, I mean entirely predictable.

*lightning bugs

Honestly idgaf if bluesky is "dying." Posting with pals is the point, getting lots if attention is for crazy people.

“The WNBA is so important” 🧡✨ - Ari Chambers

Guys, I just read a comment on a socials that said that Obama should wear the tan suit to the funeral and, guys, guys, I NEED it. I NEEEEEEEED IT.

Not the most important thing here, but if Democrats get national power in 2029, the factually accurate answer in 2030 to “why is this such a problem” will often be “because Trump badly messed it up.” That’ll be true for many years. All problems must be solved within a year is a bar you won’t clear.

Got a #migraine, took my CCP pain killers a few hours ago. Now it's bedtime and I cannot sleep. Worth? It? ?? Maybe? 🫠

Say it louder. Say it louderrrr!

Eugène Brouillard (1870 - 1950) Trees on the edge of a path I love paintings of trees. From Art Infinitus

#reheated (aka rewatched #heatedrivalry) with a friend who was watching it for the first time. There is such a specific pleasure that comes from that situation. It's so much fun.

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

surely no army in military history has ever been laid low by disease, a famously uncommon problem among people living in enforced close quarters

What if I told you government could do things to meaningfully improve your life?

Looking at Mamdani longingly from Philadelphia and knowing that our city council (and councilmanic prerogative) makes it a very different landscape for progress here.

Lord knows I love a kestrel.

Cracking up about the comment about letting the chord at the end of Day in the Life linger, as I had just been thinking to myself how nice it is that y'all don't cut it off 😂😂 @wxpnfm.bsky.social

Got HBO to reheat (rewatch #heatedrivalry) and decided now is also the time to watch #thepitt, so now I'm doing that. I never watch this much TV this quickly. 😅

Hell, I'm in my mid-thirties and I'm pretty damn stoked about seeing it myself.

Losing my mind over this. I have a machine in my lap on which I can periodically toggle over from something else I'm doing on the machine to watch a SPACESHIP return from THE MOON. Earlier I could hear the SPACESHIP'S PEOPLE as they talked to other people LOCATED ON MY PLANET BUT VERY FAR FROM ME.

Now it's about half an hour. They just detached and are on their way homeward!

Say it louder! Even today, many fathers of teenage pregnancies are in their 20s or older.

It really is just a compliment machine, made by and for guys who weren't getting compliments anymore.

if you can call, call. if you can't, email. get 3 or 4 friends to call, too. volume matters. @5calls.org already has an updated script: 5calls.org/issue/stop-i...

You know I've been swallowed by a new fandom when I've hit my time limits on two separate apps AND have spent over 3 hours in Libby today. Yes, this is about #heatedrivalry.

Iconic that NASA woke up the #Artemis II crew with Pink Pony Club