@sheologian.bsky.social In your region of North Carolina, is it normal for a few motorists to lose control every time it rains? I lived in Conover for 2 years and commuted to Charlotte and back every weekday. During those big summer rains, I would always see 2-3 cars in a ditch alongside Highway 16.

Deep Space Nine Oh Two One Oh

I refuse to give that greedheaded libertarian space in my head as a hero. But the sonofabitch has been consistent on extrajudicial killings by presidents since al-Awlaki and if he keeps this up, I going to be really pissed off at whatever measure of grudging respect I'll have to supply.

It's always the last patient of the day who has a Chinese menu in his hand, looking for a place called Lee Ho Fooks

Really growing uneasy seeing all the businesses with names like "Ken's Konstruction Kompany" or "Karen's Kustom Kreations."

Look at Panda Express! I honestly had no idea it was ranked second.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

EVERYTHING is more expensive this year. "Here's how to navigate higher prices" = "If I want this thing, I guess I'll just have to pay more for it."

Why did every Microsoft product suddenly get worse about 6 months ago? Word defaults to saving every document to my last visited folder instead of each document's original folder, which it used to do. I basically have to beg Outlook to attach a file to an email.

If you say things on TV like "Raping an 8yo is worse than raping a 15yo" you should be launched into a volcano

During his campaign, Trump (& RFK) promised to rein in the use of dangerous pesticides, but the EPA has loosened oversight and is accelerating pesticide approvals. Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists

People who devote this much time and energy to doing stupid shit probably never face any real challenges in life. "I am going to make a conscious effort to not wash my hands after I pee!" Dude has way too much time on his hands, nothing productive to do.

[update] - you have received a $2,000 direct deposit in your Flexible Spending Account courtesy of President Trump [update] - you have received your Hospital - Invoice.pdf for $109,563.98 [update] - Flexible Spending Account balance is now negative $107,563.98

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

I'm starting to have some hope that the parasocial fondness a lot of people have for Trump isn't enough to overcome the dismal reality of rising prices, stagnant wages, mass layoffs, and rampant government corruption.

ozymandias, king of queens

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

One of my favorite things about music is when two musicians/groups from wildly different genres tell the same story with their unique styles. Think "Give It Away" by George Strait and "Eucalyptus" by The National.

Just completely bonkers. It also completely takes the wind out of his supporters' argument that "he doesn't even take a salary!"

I know several MAGA adherents in my age range (mid-30s) who are intelligent, educated professionals. They simply hold the view that people of certain sexual orientations and ethnic backgrounds are somehow lesser and thus undeserving of empathy.

I know a number of well-educated MAGAs. I too wish folks on the left would quit treating this as a lack of education. What they lack isn't education, or even intelligence. What they lack is empathy.

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

Meanwhile back on X, I'm seeing posts from tradwives I don't follow who regularly post pro-Hitler content.

And you may tell yourself, "Nothing bad can happen." And you may tell yourself, "It can only good happen." And you may tell yourself, "But with Tylenol, don't take it."

"Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen," I say to myself as I start each day.

@caulimovirus.bsky.social This happened right after you arrived in the country. I believe I've discovered what our illustrious HHS Secretary would call a causal relationship. www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/23/t...

Sorry I can't shut the fuck up about what RFK Jr is doing, but I just get mad when I think about having to tell my kid that there used to be safe and effective ways to prevent disease, but a man who sounds like a piece of wobbling sheet metal took them away to unburden everyone's mitochondria

Fun facts and definitions: - a BOG is a wetland that is acidic - a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline - a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees - a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees Now you know!

I miss the old brand #CDC

At this point they should rename it the Centers for Disease.

just got hired on at the white house and my job is to buy the piece of cheese that the doctors sneak trump's medications in

If mRNA-based vaccines had been marketed as "biohacking," right-wing wellness influencers would have promoted the hell out of them.

"80 million jobs were added in june, very nice very nice. 300 million jobs added in july, even better. but this month mr president, 2 billion jobs were added," I confidently declare, doing the easiest job in the world so i can own a home in a walkable neighborhood

Vish Viswanath, PhD, professor of Health Communication at Dana-Farber and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas.org). Please join us in congratulating him on this honor.

Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I will always, no matter what the circumstances, be absolutely and adamantly opposed to letting children starve.

So the current story from the president is that Those Damn Dirty Democrats created the Epstein Files, put a bunch of incriminating stuff about him in there and then … never released it?

Wait a minute, I thought fighting the opioid crisis was one of their top priorities? Surely they can't be full of shit about absolutely everything? www.npr.org/2025/07/16/n...

🎵They say I shot a man named Grey, And took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks, And when she died, they arrested me. I'm not gifted at criminal activity.🎵

Love how this administration talks about LA like it's fucking Dresden in 1945. Let me go instead, you babies. I've been craving a jalapeno egg burrito from the Tacos Por Favor on Olympic for like six months now.

Still quite furious about this. www.wilderness.org/articles/blo...

The reason life expectancy used to be low was mostly because so many children died. Equally important to note, from things we can vaccinate against now. And the declining life expectancy in the US is driven by huge increases in young people dying NOT because people are living slightly shorter lives!

I think the unified field theory of this era is just that people would rather be victims/martyrs (easy and satisfying) than put effort into improving their lives, communities, and relationships (hard, sometimes thankless). Always true but now internet fills relationship void bsky.app/profile/notg...

Trump just wants his rich friends to get tax cuts. The House and Senate have the quibble over how many people should die for those tax cuts for the rich and deliver Trump the bill to sign. They found a terrible compromise! But Musk is mad that Republicans aren't killing EVERYONE for his tax cut.

That’s a lede @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

If you think Ms. Rachel is antisemitic because she advocates for children in Gaza, you're deranged.

The first available appointment for my daughter to see an ENT is August 14. Good thing we pay so much for health insurance here so that we can avoid the long wait times of countries with universal healthcare.

it was a weapon created by the chinese and also it’s no worse than a common cold and more people died from the vaccine than the disease itself which isn’t real.