Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap

On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

Icelandic traffic jam ☺️🫢🐴❤️

Me: Alas and woe, I cannot sleep, I have The Anxiety Cats: What if we could help Cats: Because have you considered Cats: You could have The Anxiety AND the Severe Overheating Cats: AT THE SAME TIME :)

There's a dick. Why is there a dick?

The only people worth listening to in this decades long Epstein coverup are the survivors. They hold the truth. Let them speak. End this shameful game of protecting the pedophiles.

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So Bangkok traffic is like if Chicago traffic had a meth problem. yesterday I saw a tall skinny white boy riding his skateboard in the road. I'm guessing he did that to avoid the motorcycles on the sidewalk.

Someone needs to ask “the usual suspects” a simple question: “Based on your recent track records, why the fuck should we listen to you?”

made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow

As millions of Americans are about to lose their SNAP benefits, I am reminded of this quote by Emma Goldman: "Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread."

@tkingfisher.com LEARNED EDMUND AND THE DERVISH?!?! *flaps and makes Daffy duck noises*

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Me flirting: “Wanna watch this obscure mecha anime from 1994, pore over starship designs, go to the comic shop, paint miniatures, go buy a bunch of books to support indie bookshops and uplift new voices, and reread Ray Bradbury's entire catalog with a warm mug of something tasty?"

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin. Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed. Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!

One wall of my living room is now a sheet of glass looking onto my personal naked mole rat colony.

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

Solidarity is the only way

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

I continue to believe there are good, non-crank, non-racist as hell reasons to want anti trust enforcement beyond what we’ve had for the last 50 years. I just wish there were “public intellectuals” or whatever willing to make that case. Because Stoller and his crew…woof

2025 escapist self insert fantasy is "there is more than one person who likes me and takes an interest in what I'm doing, and also it's also when you do things, you make measurable progress to a desired result. " 😒

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

I wear this shirt on my birthday. (And most other weeks at least once.)

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Gooooooooood morning, friends! happy whatever day it is, I've lost track, so we're just gonna go. Oh wait it's Sunday, which means I get to Do Work™ on editing The Forgotten Princess.

there's a dude that's been standing in the same place across the street for six hours straight occasionally hissing like a cat, he doesn't know about the baseball game and he's freer than you and i ever will be until we're six feet under motorboating mother earth's sweet grassy bosom

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

Today’s tip: From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941, known as the Four Freedoms Speech: Freedom of speech Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear Would make a nice chant, wouldn't it? #WitchSky #WitchTips #PaganSky #OccultSky

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Michigan Avenue right now.

The media’s job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.

Reminder that everything you post can be seen by law enforcement. Be smart, especially now, and don't snitch on yourself. Posting specifics about actions or promoting violence on social media is just a bad idea. There's a reason organizers and activists use Signal. You can't resist from a cage.

I had to look that up. Thanks for that!

Gift link. Everyone who cares about the future should read Cory Dictorow. Unless we don't have a livable planet, that future will more than likely include tech. He's the one thing I miss from Twitter. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

Former FCC Chair Wheeler: An autocrat's favorite tool is a monopoly on telling the story. And if you can control the people who tell that story, then you've got an autocrat's greatest dream.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ok I mean I accept Kristen Wiig/Vera as the villain of the Gabby’s Dollhouse movie but…I’m kind of obsessed with her. Not since Edith Head have we seen such a wardrobe!

There's a guy at this event in a Valknut shirt referencing Valhalla and I extremely need a large belt buckle with a large star of David on it.

Apple did something very similar to the people of Hong Kong in 2019, removing an app that allowed protesters to track police movements via crowdsourced information: gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...