You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes. Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

In lighter news, LARPs without heavy mechanics continue not to suck. Even if I did just spend several hours fake waltzing my way towards lichtor-hood, I never felt unsafe or overwhelmed. It was amazing.

I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago and I have to tell you, I am so full of rage for my home. I went to college in the city itself and I never, ever felt afraid, even on isolated railway platforms late at night.

On the mornings I can sleep in, I sometimes marvel at the existence of my cats. There are tiny being with really big personalities in my house.

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you." ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

2020 Beth: decides to pay a few extra bucks a month for an extended warranty on the car she’s not sure she wants 2025 Beth: ugh why is this car having issues when I have nine payments left? Oh wait, 2020 Beth planned for this better take it in.

My sister is in Venice and I’m working with the kindergarteners of the middle school. Sigh.

I made the mistake of wearing my not fully broken in doc martens to work today. Guess they’ll be more broken in by going home time. :/ Or I’ll be broken.

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

“Ok but what if instead of leaving kitty to go do arts and crafts, you just came back to bed?”

I never seem to learn my lesson about caffeine after noon. C’mon body, I got places to go tomorrow and I wanna sleep first.

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

I gotta pack them in the Halloween bags and then I’ll be ready. Sometimes I think, man, that’s a lot of plastic I’m sending out to my trick or treaters but honestly it’s a rough world and everyone should be able to roll some dice and escape it. #halloween2025 #tealpumpkin #mathrocks

Important! Do not eat fatty foods and then take your bile acid malabsorption medicine. You will not enjoy the next day.

My version of the Sunday scaries is: brain will not settle on doing anything so I will accomplish Nothing.

always reshare.

This new McDonalds feels very dystopian. #loveland

How to come out as trans if you're a superhero:

Parent teacher conferences are so 1998.

Correlation 👏 is 👏 not 👏 causation. 👏

We still don’t have trains.

Me: goes to two grocery stores to get all the things. Also me: still forgets to buy celery. #esh’s #cooking #soup

we should have never normalized filming strangers in public and posting them as content

Want to donate *directly* to Democratic candidates WITHOUT running afoul of Scam PACs? Consider Blue26.org. Not a PAC, just a collection of links to let you donate DIRECTLY to Dem campaigns w/out a dime going to "consultants" etc. 96% to the campaigns; 4% to processing fees; 0% to me.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

So I have the 1958 BH&G Salad Book and here is are two pages. How did BH&G make money selling these? Did people actually eat this? My mom says not at her house but that’s too small a sample size. #vintagerecipe #recipe

i know i have to kill the conspiracy theorist in my head, but goddamnit

All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all. Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery. I salute you, sir! 🫡

REPORT: The Haddonfield Police Department has confirmed that any residents who speak ill of Michael Myers on social media will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

MAGA RULES: - MAGA can say and do any horrible thing it wants, against anyone, at any time. - The majority has to bend the knee and take it, or else. - If the majority refuses, then the majority gets crushed Another word for this is fascism. We've seen it throughout history.

You are not Making a Difference there. You are not Fighting the Good Fight. You are not even Maintaining a Community you couldn't easily replicate elsewhere. You are propping up a right-wing site and, worse, you are being warped by your constant exposure to it and you don't even realize it. Leave.

"I can abhor the violence that took your life but I don't have to celebrate how you chose to live"

Yeah. Just… yeah.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

JEDI: These attacks on our Republic are mysterious. We fear someone with a Jedi's knowledge of the Force may be-- ME: (pointing at the hooded Jedi with the red lightsaber and haunted expression) yeah it's him. that's obviously the guy

The automatic assumption that everything that happens to you is 100% your fault is a bitch of a thing to get saddled with in life.

I think it is corrosive on a spiritual level to live in a world where we are so unused to justice that a political assassination feels like cause for celebration. We get to feel conflicted about this, we have been deprived every "appropriate" route to justice And also, this is not justice

I think I’m going back to grad school for my principal’s license.

Tfw your students love the same mobile game you do.

Sometimes grey rock is really fucking difficult.

I am also curious.

This is definitely not how I expected today to go.

This truth bears repeating, again and again. theintercept.com/2025/09/03/t...

If you have a heavy teaching load but want to write, combining one 2-hour session per week with 15-minutes a day can reduce the frustration of either of those on their own. Structured coworking sessions can help you protect that longer session. Try it!

she made me feel blissful, like a notification for a cancelled meeting

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...