Oh, Missouri lol.

A true loss. Rest in power, Jesse. Also, Michelle Obama could use a break, universe. Just because she's the goat doesn't mean she needs to be continually tested.

It's February 16! Time for Books To Make White People Cry 16. The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty

It's February 15! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 15. A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and @kalinicolegross.bsky.social

@rogueresistknitter.bsky.social I went a little extra and made a needle wall. Look at all of those empty spaces. I obviously need more.

I'm glad I bought that $85 giant dog bed for her.

TIL the right believed there weren't LGBTQ+ people in the military prior to Clinton's admin.

Ordered the biggest dog bed I could find for downstairs because I got tired of moving their other one. SUCCESS. The Big Black Bear is nearly 100 pounds.

Okay but sometimes I'm for real funny.

It's February 14 and it only feels appropriate to recommend this book on this day. 14. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (an autobiography) I have to be honest; this is the only one on my list I haven't read. I have read Frederick Douglass by David W Blight though and also recommend.

The drama of a rainy day.

I took over one of these calls at my agency last night because after years in EMS, I tend to handle them better than most. A local SSA friend shared their new policy with me. Absolutely revolting.

Few days ago, @roguevha-mkii.altgov.info mentioned something that made them feel old and pissy. My turn! People who let their kids go outside to scream bloody murder. If you don't want to hear it, why do you think the entire neighborhood does? Now get off my lawn.

It's February 13! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! I debated on including this because it seems obvious, but it also feels wrong to leave it off. 13. The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.

It's still February 12 because I'm behind! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 12. Eloquent Rage by @profcrunk.bsky.social

Look at the fun site I found! My #AltGov, #AltFam, and #AltCitizen families will enjoy it equally!

I just received a list of no fewer than 25 separate items my union has taken to arbitration. And that's just my union. Multiply that by how many federal unions there are and get a VAGUE idea how how lawless this admin is. These are just laws they've broken toward employees! IT'S INSANE.

It's still February 11 because I'm behind! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 11. Driving the Green Book by Alvin Hall I'm going to bet that most of my fellow mayosapiens have not heard of the Green Book. I hadn't.

And this doesn't even include the murderers!

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

It's February 10 because I'm behind! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! (I needed a mental health break for plants.) 10. The Light We Carry by the GOAT, Michelle Obama. In it, she wished that Marian Robinson would write a book, and big same. #11 will come tonight so I can catch up.

It's February 9! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 9. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by @rebeccaskloot.bsky.social Every time I am in a lab with slides or a public health class, Henrietta gets my loud and public gratitude.

It's not #FlowerFriday, but it is #HolyShitIAlreadyHaveFlowersInFebruary!

Going through my memes. One of the benefit of having thousands is you find gems like this that you forgot you had.

It's February 8! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 8. Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup Then look up who he is and what he did after. It's a fun story to think about after a very enraging story.

Fun fact: millions of young brains are damaged every year so that adults can hemorrhage money for their entertainment that culminates in today's event. I lived and died Michigan football until I learned ALL solid hits do some amount of brain damage and a concussion isn't required to develop CTE.

Have you ever thought about how weird it is that plants have mitochondria so they can eat their friends but we have them so we don't have to?

I think she's happy to go for a ride. The camera didn't catch the first two spins.

You know what's fun to do in this situation? Me either. But if you find out, let me know.

I am barely two chapters in, but it is impossible to not make this recommendation. It's February 7! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 7. The Black Angels by @mariasmilios.bsky.social

AHHHHHH I ordered some sock yarn from Ukraine on Etsy and was nervous... BUT OMG I LOVE IT!

It's February 6! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! Since it's also Federal Fuckery Friday, there's only one appropriate choice, with a shout-out to my siblings at @altlofc.altgov.info. 6. The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Sometimes having shitty parents has its benefits. Interlochen invited me to their summer camp two or three times in the late 90s. Since I'm still the size of a 12 year old at age 42, circa 1998 me with my dirty blond hair and blue eyes may have been coaxed into things that are currently in the news.

I want you to know I've been told I'm a genius my entire life. Soooo...On today's episode of how stupid I am... I thought this wasn't working because the light turned off so fast. 🤦🏼‍♀️

🧵 I'm only going to say this once. Pay your fucking taxes. On time. In full. Here's what can and will happen if you choose not to and claim exempt when you would normally have a tax liability. 1. The IRS can and will file a return for you. It will be straight up income and withholding. No 1/

The PedoFuhrer can't save him from state charges. Also, I assumed his vest was armored, but after googling, learned it's just a fucking purse for ultra insecure dudes.

OMG, I missed this. She was a BRILLIANT woman and it's incredibly shitty that our news cycle is such a waking nightmare that this barely blipped onto the radar. Rest in power, Queen.

Welcome to day 936 of this week. It's finally Friday.

I hope all of the white women who voted for this regime because they thought they would be safer realize that every victim of Epstein's was a white girl... And they're trying to to cover it up because we are that unsafe under this regime.

It's February 5! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! I have thrown a lot of heavy books at you, because that's the point. Today's suggestion is funny in an enraging way, though. 5. The World Record Book of Racist Stories by @amberruffin.bsky.social and @laceylamar.bsky.social

I'm not sure I've ever decided to advertise my poor decisions in such a manner. This is on their FRONT windshield. You might recognize that makes it illegal. Irony.

It's February 4 (ish, sorry I'm a bit late)! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 4. Let the Lord Sort Them by @mauricechammah.bsky.social While not officially a book about black history, the death penalty vastly disproportionately affects black men.

Just thinking about some of the national security implications of the U.S. government undermining confidence in vaccines and public health. An illegal biological lab was just busted in Vegas. The owner is being investigated having samples of stuff like HIV, tuberculosis, and Ebola in another…

It's February 3! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Just got my SF-50 for my official annual raise. I don't want to make anyone too jelly, but I can't wait to flaunt my extra $13.17/wk before taxes.

It's February 2! Time for Books To Make White People Cry! 2. Black AF History by @michaelharriot.bsky.social

What's it like to have ADHD, asked no one? My son told me Galveston isn't nice and my brain said GEESE CAN BE TROUBLESOME. Anyway, been out of my meds since Thursday lol.

Since our NatSec is a joke anyway, I think we should declassify everything in the history of ever and start new. The things that should be protected (like our TINs) aren't and the things that shouldn't be (like pedophiles and embezzlers) are, so fuck it.

I was going to leave others to make this joke, but I haven't seen it yet, so I have to do it... Does this not feel like Yosef Eichelberg and Shlomo Goldenstein joining the SS? (Not real people, I googled traditional Jewish names to create our fictional paradoxical humans.)

You will not like to hear this, and may not even believe me, but... We can't boycott our way out of this. The only way is legislation and enforcement of that legislation. That is why they are desperate to make sure we have legislators who don't listen.