A buddy once said to me, there are two kinds of people - the people that tell the stories, & the people that listen to them. Fairly certain that @jtkantor.bsky.social is solidly in that first group. (The description is fascinating on its own, but the video is well worth watching too).

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

I have enormous respect for @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov but if they don't call for @schumer.senate.gov to resign they aren't meeting the moment. If you won't stand and fight, Chuckles, then sit TF down and let someone with a spine take a swing. The self-sabotage here is just...

Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Everyone will have to la la leh la leh la, la la leh la leh la whenever, wherever. Lying hips will not be permitted.

Flying to a wedding? Trying to see Grandma one last time? Sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner? Too bad - the *Republicans* cancelled air travel. Easiest messaging ever. @housedemocrats.bsky.social & @democrats.senate.gov put a billboard in every red or purple county in America. Do it now.

Fantastic news from my home state. I know there is some sense among pundits that progressive values aren't Southern values, but I assure you that there are Southern progressives who are desperate for leadership. Don't sleep on Tar Heels doing the right thing.

Refreshing to have someone making the bus free instead of throwing those people under it

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE Centrist milquetoast pandering is not the way. People want meaningful change People want their due People want to thrive @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov should pay VERY close attention to this moment, or sit the entire fuck down.

Unbelievable Unsustainable Appalling Disgusting Repulsive Rapacious Absurd I'm not sure I have enough words to describe this, but those feel like a good start. #LetThemEatCake

Nailed it.

A hipster and his tacos. Happy Halloween 👻 🎃

This is so important. I know it feels good to drop off a crate of canned pasta, and that's helpful. But the single most useful thing your local food bank needs is cash. Let them buy, in bulk, exactly what's needed. Their 5 bucks does more than your 5 bucks.

Change one letter, ruin a candy SARS Bar

Just feel the need to point out that "Eat the Rich" is both a proletariat rallying cry AND a viable meal replacement option during the Republican-led SNAP shutdown.

In case you know people (especially in Maine) who are having a hard time figuring out what's what, here's a helpful guide to Nazi skull/Not-zi skulls. (Protip for anyone getting a tattoo, ever - know what you are permanently putting on your body) Fwiw, most skulls are Not.

five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

There was a period in my life where "3 shots" was more fun and slightly less painful the next day. Flu/Covid/Pneumonia because public health is all of us. Now somebody send me some soup and a fluffy blanket so I can be all pit'ful. ❤️🤍

This is, and I am not exaggerating, possibly the greatest thing ever made.

My favorite "thought experiment" (to use the man's own words) is to ponder, 🦊How Would Fox News Explain This If Obama Did It?🦊 It's a great new game. You can also use Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton. Play along at home! Fun for the whole family... Post your "headlines" in the comments.

If you're looking for a sign you should be out at a protest, here are 4. Boston was joyful, peaceful, and PACKED. Get out there and be loud while you can. It makes a difference. #NoKings

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

My parents, two canes & a combined 160 years between them, showed up for a protest today. It's the second one they've been to, ever. They aren't getting paid. Unlike the current president, my father served in Vietnam when drafted. My mother taught public school for 30 years. Where are you today?

Show up. #NoKings

Just a friendly reminder that the more you use Meta products, the more weight they have to demand this crap from the DOJ. A platform that isn't making money doesn't have influence.

Dark and hilarious? Yes please.

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story only someone in your profession would understand. "Medicaid wants an audit."

I should be calling my best friend to celebrate her birthday. I can't, because she died in July from an entirely treatable condition. Even with "insurance" health care was out of reach. I miss her every day. 🖤 May the people that keep her & others from getting care burn in hell, today & always.

I adore everything @ellecordova.bsky.social does. We need this kind of clever and entertaining resistance to survive. 🤘💜

Please share with your racist Uncle. Thanks.

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

Excited to be part of the @stonehamcan.bsky.social and Stoneham Reads Banned Books Read In today. Now more than ever, the people banning books are on the wrong side of history. Support the Mass #FreedomToRead bill, and fight censorship. #BannedBooksWeek #I'mWithTheBanned

Happy birthday, Charlie Brown! 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤

Can someone tell the kiddos who are discovering "Idiocracy" on Netflix for the first time that it was meant to be a comedy, and not a documentary?

"Oh, why do you keep attacking the Democrats!!? It's the Republicans that are the problem! It's not faaaaaaair to the Democrats when you are mean to them instead of the Republicans!!" The Democrats:

I was saying Boooo-urns You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel. Implied, or implode? You don't win friends with salad. Mrs Pommelhorst I'd like to get down now...

Our local ER had a massive wait when we went the other night because of a private equity owned conglomerate going bankrupt and causing closures of other regional hospitals and overloading ones like ours but go on couchfucker

I got to meet Dr. Goodall many years ago, and it's no exaggeration to say that she absolutely radiated joy and compassion. This is a loss for all of us, but I am very glad she won't have to witness any more of the collapse of the world she was desperately trying to save. Rest in Peace.

Delighted to see this development. This is an LLM I can fully embrace.

Here’s my cliff notes summary of Pete Hegseth’s big military address today

No notes.

This is the landing page for a dot gov website and I cannot BEGIN to tell you how fucking bad this is. I need red state people to be on the phone to their electeds today because this is not and cannot be normalized. This is absolutely unhinged.

This is the sitting president declaring war on American citizens. I don't know how to be any clearer that we are at extraordinary risk here. If you know "good people" who voted for this, they need to be calling Senators and Reps today. Now. If they don't they're complicit.

What's the worst city you've ever been to? Amarillo TX literally stinks of death, and that's the NICEST thing I can say about it. Runner up; Myrtle Beach. Ick.

I'm going to sit down and have a nice cry about Roscoe Hamilton because I know there are a million sad things happening right now but I really need to pick one focal point and today that's it. I reserve the right to be gutted by the dying of someone else's dog. #Roscoe

The best part about gardening is when you spend hours and hours and dollars and dollars making sure that your plants have everything they could possibly need to be productive and healthy and then this mfer right here just grows out of the gotdang concrete. RESILIENCE!

#HouseofGuinness may or may not hold up as TV - solid so far in a decidedly campy way - but all the love in the world for the liberal use of Fontaines DC and Kneecap.

List three things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1. Peanuts and all things Snoopy 2. Homelessness and housing 3. Henry VIII and the history around his marriages

Boston Healthcare for the Homeless is one of the most patient focused and compassionate organizations I've ever worked with. If they are in trouble, we are all in trouble. They serve THE most vulnerable people in society. How does anyone justify this?

I know there is an alarming array of terrible things going on at the moment, but having a dog with an upset stomach on the same day that the post office loses your package... It's just.... Is it too late to ask to be raptured? I would scream in the void but it appears to be full.