In the context of a shortage of child care and underfunded subsidy system, a home care stipend to parents will force married women to leave the workforce rather than pay for care they cannot afford, while simultaneously denying the choice to single mothers for whom it would be insufficient.

Love this for whores across the globe, let's make it a great one!

the point is that together we can find a way. the point is that. together.

Frustration. I remain frustrated with the Democratic Party and bewildered by Republican voters. Frustrated we’re going through this when we have the capacity to do so much better.

Cautiously optimistic. I’ve seen this economy before, it’s going to get worse. I’ve never seen this level of fascism, I hope it gets better. The only thing I can do is fight were I can and try to shield me and mine from the worst of it.

I’m not someone who has bad/good years. I think it’s just the way my brain works but I’m able to balance the good with the bad and usually arrive at a 5/10

One of my 2025 goals was less political online bullshit more creativity. I took up pottery and ran an underground market in my front yard selling my creative and baked goods.

Hahahaha… received the vax every year it’s been available. Never had COVID, still alive fuckers!

Baron Trump is worth millions for doing what? Being the fastest sperm to the egg? Baron, Jr, Eric and the two vapid bitches aren’t picking asparagus. Why are they so much better than your kid? Better than the immigrants willing to do the actual work that makes this economy possible?

I don’t make resolutions I make goals. Trying to decide if I want to drunkenly make my goals tonight or sleep it off and tackle my year end lists and goals tomorrow 😂

Weathers not gonna be terrible, tomorrow would be a great day for a hike.

We have a year at home we don't need a new one

They want to watch your children at daycare, they want to check your kids genitals. The Republican party is a bunch of sick fucks and weirdos.

Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting

Absolutely fucking wild a ebook is $14.99 and a paperback new is $13.99. Wild. Library has a 89 person long wait list for the book. I love my library and I don't mind buying books (it's a line item in my disposable income that I get great enjoyment from) but good lord these prices.

Now that I've had my last cry of the year, I can go on about my day.

New Years is my favorite holiday of the year (funny because I don't go out, I'm usually asleep by 10). But this Calvin & Hobbes panel perfectly encapsulates what I love about it. There's just something magical about a fresh start on a clean sheet of paper with endless possibility ahead.

A bunch of weirdos with a documented party history of pedophilia who are in the middle of covering for Epstein want to hang out at child care centers. Fucking freaks. And we should say so.

If one of your resolutions is to tune out of politics and engage in more soft restorative media, you really cannot go wrong with the new All Creatures Great and Small series. Stateside it's on PBS, you won't be disappointed!

Oh SHIT MY ROSE PARADE FLOAT IS DUE TOMORROW

Dick Van Dyke turned 100 this year and PBS is running an American Masters episode on his work. My god, the talent of this man.

Anyone saying/thinking that Israel isn’t still actively pursuing the complete eradication of the Palestinian/Gazan culture hasn’t been paying attention, are ignorant or they are actually agreeing & supporting the ongoing abuse and genocidal acts against the Palestinian people by Israel.

The future is sad

the single biggest disconnect in American politics is between who Republicans think Trump is and who he actually is

The best thing we can do post Trump is to implement the regulations on capitalism that have been missing for the last 4 decades. Then take those regulations two steps farther.

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

The biggest gift my parents gave us is freedom from religion. They took a hard "religion is a personal journey that you take on your own if you chose to do so" approach to raising us. The same approach my brother is taking with his girls. This gift has touched so many faucets of our lives.

my demands are simple, mr. bond

I don't know what's going on with my reading this week but I've had 3 DNF and one surprise cliffhanger (I don't fuck with cliffhangers especially when the author doesn't disclose it's a cliffhanger). Hoping 2026 brings better reading my way.

“Be proudly, loudly, without reservations, anti-AI. It’s not enough, these pollsters, consultants and elected officials say, to caution, minimally regulate and signal a friendly stance toward tech companies building AI.”

much of fitness culture in the US was developed by people who literally entered sports and physical education instead of going to therapy and the attitudes around intensity and effort kinda reflect that. the smiling Jazzercise folks were right and your football coach / PE teacher was wrong

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.

Started and DNF’ed a book today at 12%. Author never pre-disclosed the plot is based on an alternative timeline. Spent a considerable amount of time googling British history wondering if I’m dumb or if the author is dumb before deciding the book was dumb and DNF’ing it. Grrrr. 😠

Everybody hates it and any claims that “this happens with any disruptive tech” are obvious and pathetic cope. Shut down your AI depts and take the L large corporations. This is not it

“They shouldn’t have voted for this” ignores decades of tiny cuts to these programs by Republicans (often rubber stamped by Democrats) with the goal of making programs so dysfunctional that voters will buy the lie that the worse thing you can hear is “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

End of the year hitting me hard today. Already took a bagful of things to the trash, cleared out the craft/office room, currently washing all dog toys and bedding and cleaning the floors. Tomorrow I’m gonna go ham on the bedroom. Done with 2025 and sick of holding on to unnecessary things.

Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people who (correctly) ardently support universal healthcare then turn around and oppose universal right to free counsel. IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME PRINCIPLE.

My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.

Facts have a liberal bias.

We stopped believing we can do big things after the Roosevelt era. And the Regan era told us if the rich were given all of the fruits of our labor they would do great things with it.

Seasons greetings.

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

Fry sauce, if you know you know. No ketchup or frysauce I'll go with tartar sauce if I have to.

Every jaw in the room dropped. He had done the unthinkable. He had not only told them his beliefs, but he had done it with the equal degree of certainty that they had employed in telling him theirs. And there's this unspoken rule in America: Only Christians are allowed to do this.

Christians are allowed to say in any environment what they believe with certainty, whereas anyone else can state their beliefs, but in a qualified "this is what I believe" or "As a [blank], I believe."

We need more posts about reading books, holding hands, and worshipping the dark lord.

Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.

Jesus Christ. Still have a few more hours of listening to my Aunt baby talk to her dog. "Piper, you know Mommy said no! Piper do you remember little widdle baby Lily? Yes yous played with Lilly yes you did."