Thank heaven my children already have asthma!

Make them.

Sending military troops to police civilians undermines public trust, puts soldiers in legal and ethical jeopardy, and puts all of us at risk. If you’ve ever served in the military, join us and @commondefense.bsky.social to send a message to the Defense Department: No troops in our communities.

Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

The best part of having friends who were raised in Christian cults is they don't already know a ton of stuff about dinosaurs and you get to tell them stuff about dinosaurs and then you have adult friends who are just as excited about dinosaurs as you are

MORE OPINIONS: if you're a concierge practice maintaining a 75yo man with recent history of SUD and detox on Valium+Ambien for sleep and oxycodone for arthritis, you're worse than a street dealer. At least the dealer doesn't charge a $500 maintenance fee every few months.

LIFE TIP: do not leave a gun where your elderly family member whose "memory is starting to go" and who "sometimes gets a little upset" can access it. Unless you really want it waved in your face. I don't know what you do for fun. PROBABLY NOT THAT

hot take: the only acceptable phone call to make in a public restroom is to 911 and includes the phrase "having a heart attack"

listen I went to a lot of trouble to convert to a religion and now I have to become a practicing satanist?

It went fine back then, should be fine now

I literally ell oh elled. 10/10, no notes

Thoughts and prayers don’t stop mass shootings, and they don’t stop climate disasters either. This is a tragedy Gov. Greg Abbott did nothing to prevent. He still denies that climate change is real. He won’t act, and he won’t regulate.

Dismantling these departments that warn us about the weather is in Project 2025, and the core reason is they say these departments (RIGHTLY) drive “climate chang alarmism”, which “is harmful to future prosperity” (aka BIG OIL PROFITS)

I'm impressed by how much dystopian literature got right

Uggghhhhh Andy Ogles is the legislative equivalent of a tiny little poop nugget rolling out of a pants leg

I now have a playlist called "Yelling" for when the one called "Thanks, Bastards!" isn't yelly enough.

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

This is not normal

Went to take a picture of this insane bigfoot sex sign in front of someone's house and only after opening my camera did i notice the numerous little chickens chilling in the dirt. life is good again

@wilderness.org doing good work with this map. Really puts the Senate’s public lands fire sale in perspective. Western conservationists must call their Senators. #OurPublicLands #ForestService

There’s always a tweet.

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Imagine becoming the asterisk for “everyone loves a parade”

Rachel gotta tell you something amazing. Wichita, KS protest was huge. Police on site were estimating 6000 to 8000 people!! It was beautiful. Every age, race, nationality, people coming from 200+ miles away. It was completely peaceful, and the cops were quite awesome about it all.

Imagine spending your whole life cos-playing and fantasizing about fighting the federal government sending troops in against its own citizens only to root for the government when the moment finally arrives

I just gonna go ahead and say that putting active duty United States Marines on the streets of an American city is, in fact, heavy handed.

I think it’s notable that ICE isn’t conducting raids in red states, but is instead targeting deep blue states with big migrant communities that will fight back. They want violence to justify more violence. This is fascism 101. We should laugh at them and treat them like the cowards they are.

I myself am a seasoned cast iron pansexual

as queer Southerners we are not leaning nearly hard enough on the identity of "cast iron pansexual"* *TIL this is an album by Adeem the Artist, thank you for your contribution

There is a single energetic gnat in this room and it is ruining my life

This tacky piece of shit looks like they found a design team from 1979 and paid them in cocaine.

I miss getting excited when I thought I recognized myself in the newspaper's daily horoscope. This present-day version of ~omg it me!~ is...much less exciting.

politics and birds, that's all I got

Today in "You Did This to Yourself:" Was feeling virtuous when I signed up here so my feed is US, Canadian, and British politics and...birds.

it me

me: at work w severe abd pain, pale, sweating attending: why don't you go to the ER? me: middle-aged woman with abdominal pain? what do you think is gonna happen? attending: (considers; nods) No stones; normal imaging. It was hyperkinetic gallbladder, a functional GI d/o common w/hEDS.

Yep. I do those things in part to manage my dynamic invisible disabilities. Doesn't make them go away though. They'll always require some management.

NASHVILLE Rep. Jason Powell (D) on the ICE/@tnhighwaypatrol raids in his district last night: “Our community is under attack. We’re scared. We want answers… this is a reality in my community now, and it can be in yours too. We must fight back.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DJQKvT_...

The face I'm making right now

In three separate convos with friends this past week we could each identify a precipitous decline after COVID infection (or 2 or 3). All high-functioning health care pros, athletic, full lives. Now fitness measures tanked, episodic fatigue, migraines, depression, brain fog, all manner of weird shit.

Stayed up late watching one more X-Files. By chance we keep getting meta-eps where Duchovny plays Mulder playing Mulder &c and the layers of self-aware fuckboïeté are goddamn majestic. Sheer artistry. A delight to behold in these trying times.

This this this. Stop with the gross AI images.

Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

The Real Problem With Government: Too Many Chodes

Wow. Naval Academy prof to their 3-star Admiral in his letter of resignation: "your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Mein Kampf"

Could y'all please make me a Costco shopping list for the coming disaster? I already got Fruit by the Foot and five pounds of brown sugar last time so cross those off.