Ta Da! The old cat tower was disintegrating, and since we often have four cats, we upgraded to the seven foot version, with three "council chamber seats" at the top! We were quite entertained with the various shenanigans. One tactical error: I can't reach them at the highest level. Oops!

I am not kidding when I blame Long Covid for people being a little nuttier and less reliable than heretofore.

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

I wish sentencing would require the publication somewhere where they must cop to the humiliating details.

And what do we get in return???? NADA!!

Trump is gonna invade progressively smaller and smaller cities until it finally works and he becomes the god-king of New Amsterdam, Indiana, population 12.

Because MAGA is a political movement of men who like to hit women and call it "masculinity."

That is correct, sirrah!

Good tip!

Thank you all for the good ideas, I may try one more time to get the stains out! Once more into the breach!

this is the housing market but at least we're investigating what happened to amelia earhart

I don't like waste, but I'm also not into hoarding.

OH MY GOD

Some critical context about Trump's troops to "war-ravaged Portland" that most folks don't know: Any conflicts there between protesters and ICE agents are happening because ICE agents ARE PROVOKING THEM (From that "radical left-wing group," the Portland Police Department) bsky.app/profile/mock...

Question for the hive mind: I have two shirts which have small indelible stains on them. Should I donate or trash? I was going to trash, but if they could do someone some good? What are your thoughts?

Revisited this spectacular Kaleb Horton paragraph about crows this morning. "I have met crows that should be in jail" is one of those sentences that's so good you're initially furious you didn't write it yourself before circling back around to just being glad you got to read it.

Just FYI: Portland as a war zone is horseshit, and deploying federal troops is horseshit.

This final post from Kaleb Horton is very beautiful and hits hard. This is just so sad. RIP.

Back in the box

Small grey cat in small box

If you can fire* 70% of the professoriate at will, whither academic freedom? *Not that we were exactly "hired" to begin with. I received health insurance precisely once, from one CSU for one whole entire semester!

Oh dear, what a shame. I don't think any of these fin/tech bros realize how OPTIONAL much of the economy is!

All of these people are like the kid in my class who, when I said, "Good thing we no longer burn witches," said from the back, "Good for the WITCHES."

Ugh last night I had a couple of shots of maple-bacon moonshine and I swear the sugar was the worst part for me. Not doing that again. (There was also cherry-limeade and sour blue raspberry but I had sense enough to stay away from those).

TIL there are Columbia University....defenders

we have so much more collective power than people think we do

Of everything I have ever read about the man, this is the most reasonable.

“We needed to flood the zone with rule-of-law shock and awe” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

Scampi loves a cinnamon chip muffin wrapper fresh from the trash!

It was all an illusion in the first place or there would be no adjuncts. We warned you! The EXISTENCE of adjuncts = no academic freedom to speak of. Oh, you thought your TT position made you immune? Sorry!

Hmmm

Oh good, we were running low, last I heard

Welcome to tRump’s America

Posting to read later

Here’s a photo of my cat trying to catch a bubble. You’re welcome.

Not The Onion

Well six of them do, at any rate.

Wow

The biggest family feud evar!

Ok lol. They just helped Chuck Schumer.

He means "harm anyone we please and we will label those people left wing for cover."

I had completely forgotten about Jeremy Piven. This is quite prophetic for 2015. A harbinger, if you will.

Pioneering new realms in horsefuckery

Check his crawlspace

Toilet paper rolls, cut out eyes, insert glow sticks, put in bushes, you are welcome!

Public School Superintendent of a fairly large city in ICE custody despite being an American, wtf

A nice fall ham needs, on occasion, a nice fall sauce. @joyofcooking.bsky.social from 1975 offers a cider or beer with raisin sauce for your consideration. With cinnamon, cloves, and brown sugar, I already have that cozy fall feeling. What do you think? 🍽️ 🍜 #FoodSky #Cooking #Recipes #RecipeOfTheDay

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