Belated #caturday - our youngest cat is obsessed with shoes, so the incredibly rare occurrence of my barn boots' presence upstairs is a complete gift, as far as she's concerned. (They started upright and neat, btw)

"But some animals are more equal than others." -George Orwell, Animal Farm

Sunset at 5:30 is bullshit. Just a month and change before the days start getting longer! More daylight to ride in!

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When I was 15ish, a friend and I were Very Cool and walking around the CA town she lived in, shopping and Being Cool. We went a Round Table Pizza for lunch, and as we sat waiting, a very drunk adult guy sloshed into the seat across from us. "Heyyyyy ... how ya doing?" We were both speechless. 🧵

SBUX is convenient and consistent, and the stores near me aren't unionizing, but ... I will stand with the union anyway. ✊️ My own coffee is better, anyway, and I can get local coffee if I want a latte.

Exactly. Any relief and pride I had last week has been subsumed by disgust, anger, and frustration. Dems were just starting to really get momentum on the reasons for the shutdown - important valid ones. And lily-livered Schumer got scared. Fuck that guy and everyone who went along with him.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Mamdani is going to impose shillelagh law. Everyone must carry a stout stick and start down the rocky road to Dublin.

I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?

Some modicum of relief tonight watching the polls. And a grain of pride, too. Itsy bitsy bits of each, because things are still terrible at the top and affecting the people least able to soak a single blow, much less the barrage we've had. Still: VA, PA, NYC, GA? Wins.

WWJD about SNAP John 6:10-12 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, He said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”

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This is the tenth anniversary of A Very Good Decision Indeed. We accidentally got married on the eighth anniversary of our getting together, too, so doubly auspicious. ❤️ Nothing of note to most, but at least a happy thought. 😊

I'd love to see this competition televised live, no playback delay, no commercials.

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

I've been making monthly donations to my local food bank since earlier this year - part of my What Can I Do Locally plan - and I'm going to increase that donation as much as I can starting this month.

Not sure who was in the whote sweaters last night against the Islanders, but it sure wasn't a pro hockey team. #hockeysky #lgrw

I never have sound on, but I can just hear this guy's voice even so. Sounds like truth to me ... in a familiar accent, with a real flair for alliteration.

More than this, the media should be covering that video in plain terms BECAUSE it's so objectionable. I'll repeat a refrain: can you imagine if Obama did that, or Biden? Or even either of the Bushes, or Reagan? The media's howling would be heard from space.

Proximity permitted. #caturday

@antimattr359.bsky.social AltAirForce also calls it!

I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT RICH GUY THINKS. I have a whole-ass rant. TL;DR: * doesn't know what military is/is for * doesn't understand drug crisis even though is addict * doesn't understand US law * fuck that guy I could go on.

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This entire thread is worth reading, but this in particular is a special kind of bullshit. Of all the people in the US, I would put "Democrats" close to the bottom of the Most Likely To Fire Sniper Rifles At Buildings List. Who the absolute fuck comes up with this, and who TF believes it?!

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

I want to say Leonard Cohen, but alas for the world, he's no longer living. In the absence of Cohen: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon. I'd put Shane MacGowan uo there too, but again: alas. TS is probably the most prolific living lyricist?

This sort of thing is part of the reason why Portland is on my short list of Places To Move To When Possible. I also ❤️ Portland.

A really good point: resist, protest, be aware and loud, but don't think it's even close to over.

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

Stolarz is standing on his head for the Leafs tonight. #hockeysky

What exactly constitutes "extremism"? Accepting the fact that gender and sex are vastly more complex than binary? Understanding that performative Christo-American nationalism is dangerous and antipatriotic? Believing in serving the public instead of billionaires? Probably. 🤷‍♀️

We visited war-ravaged Portland a few weeks ago. We were fortunate to escape with our lives.

So far, everything in Project 2025 has been a blueprint, not a wishlist. I have no reason to think this isn't a target list as RebelFema suggests.

I hope we can all achieve at least a moment or two of this kind of peace, security, and freedom from anxiety this weekend. Just a moment or two, that's enough to start. #caturday

This is 100% correct. If you don’t have documents proving legal status, we don’t issue an SSN. No SSN, no benefits. And we don’t just assume the documents are valid. Every applicant’s status is verified with immigration. Every. Single. Time. Period. Don’t believe their lies. Tell your friends.

I have so missed hockey! It's nicer than I have words for to have something other than the relentless fusillade of right-wing bullshit and my injured horse to think about. LGRW! Wings win! #hockeysky

Maybe not quite in the wild, but - my work whiteboard:

Saying this as an adult who really loved Disney World when I went and spent a good amount of money there - I'd been thinking about going back, but now? Never again.

4/5 of the designers on this season of Project Runway don't observe Shut The Fuck Up Friday. They really ought to convert, with a quickness.

📺 OMG 🤣 Colbert has nothing to lose so is having a ball... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGD...

Matthew 26:52: "Put your sword back in its place", Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword". Live by the sword, die by the sword. Hosea 8:7: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The allegedly Xtian man didn't read his Bible that closely. Who's surprised? Not i.

Bipartisan ... you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

The policy of the current administration and its hangers-on can be summed up quite neatly: Rights for me and not for thee.

Having a Fraction/Aja Clint Barton kind of morning. As I was walking across the parking lot, carrying my little French press by the handle, the plunger slipped out and fell, along with a tablespoon or two of fresh-ground coffee. There was enough left to go on with, but still. Aw, coffee, no.