A fun byproduct of unitary executive theory—if the president controls everyone under him, he can demand they transfer hundreds of millions in tax dollars into his bank account

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

There's always someone dying at the club and no one ever gaf

I so want to be at No Kings today! But having a five-year-old and nobody to watch him. 🙃 We took our oldest to all the marches before E was born, but she was like 10-12 years old, totally different at that age. Everybody shout loud for me! NO KINGS! SAVE THE CONSTITUTION! SAVE AMERICA! 🇺🇸

Great to see the strength & numbers of the No Kings movement across the US. America fought a War of Independence & had a revolution not to be governed by an Emperor. #NoKings #NoKingsDayOct18th

No Kings, Naples, Florida. At least 3,000 here easily. Some great protest signs here, but no signs of any domestic terrorists and no one I spoke with hates America. To the contrary, we are all here because we love America and want to preserve our democracy from Trump’s escalating fascism. #NoKings🇺🇸

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

i'm sorry but they had no right making this event so emotional??? 🥺😭

Thrym is very familiar with the Sylvan Glade. It is a nexus to other worlds as well as a source of natural magic. #Sims4 I keep trying to capture the beauty of this place and this is my favorite scene, with three different GS presets used. Which of the 3 is your favorite?

Shenandoah National Park, VA. The colors were only just starting. It was such a short weekend, but this day was perfect weather. Dry and just slightly warm. Oh, how some reds and oranges would have absolutely popped in this sunshine! Best we got was bright yellow. Lucky folks who go next weekend.

Great. 😩

Dragging this guy around the house everywhere we go like it's not creepy at all. For real though, this is kind of so realistic. My 5 year-old drags his favorite stuffed owl around the house from room to room, and yes, it sits next to his bed while he sleeps. Kids, lol! #sims4

Taking some photos in the flashback save to bring back to the main save for their walls. 📸 #sims4 #showusyoursims

Sound Up 🔊 ( ht: @stanrezaee.bsky.social )

Eventually, night fell, and the final farewell came to an end. #TheSims4

Sims news is depressing, but the rest of the world's news is even more depressing. So I think I'm just gonna finish sorting my broken mods and work on my story a little today.

How about a little bedtime story? A homecoming that's met with mixed emotions on all sides. Sometimes you accept it, even if you don't like it, but doesn't mean you have to play nice. B&S #5.6: fuck you, thank you. (And book 5 is complete!) postcardsfromsierranova.blogspot.com/2025/09/boxe...

Got a campsite in Shenandoah in mid-October! 🤩 OMG, my finger was hovering over the "add to cart" button when the sites released at 10am. Like, it's a real battle, you guys. I checked 5 minutes later to see how fast they went, and they were all gone. But these trees put on a show, and I'm excited!

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Freedom takes courage. October 18 will be the largest peaceful protest in US history. Find your local event: www.nokings.org/?SQF...

here's one of my favorite passages from today's post, about Day Three of Donny's whiny tantrum over an escalator that turned into stairs. you can read it in all its glory here: bit.ly/4pC3clD

I’m annoyed you can’t play events unless you update your game. I'd love to play the event with young Maria & Lou. My game is setup perfect for it! But I’ve heard about the broken updates trashing everybody’s games. I don’t need more problems in my life right now. Especially not from my hobbies. 😒

Working on 20-years-ago Maria and Lou this week, for a little flashback in the next chapter. Now I kind of want to play through their whole missed childhood. (I'm not going to do that, because that's a black hole I don't need to fall into, but I bet they had a sweet childhood.)

I have been having so much fun playing with this couple🥰The Linds are so adorable!

This is Carl. He lives in my yard, and I love him! 😍 I have to go find his dumb ass every time before I mow the lawn because for sure he’s hiding somewhere under some weeds, lol!

Jimmy Kimmel returns tomorrow. This is an important victory for free speech. Remember that it was YOU all using your power TOGETHER that got a gigantic corporation to reverse itself. Bless everyone who participated in telling Mickey Mouse to fuck off.

NOBODY is advocating for irreversible medical interventions for children! NOBODY WANTS THAT! This is such a maddening non-talking-point, and it hurts the greater cause.

Ok... so on one hand, fuck ABC7 Virginia for the framing of this question. On the other, Abigail Spanberger is really blowing this with her refusal to state clearly her support for trans Virginians.

Ohhhh boy…I hear paintings, photos, and entire inventories are being deleted (which can also happen after traveling) after today’s update… Sigh. So tired. 😪 forums.ea.com/idea/the-sim...

OMG do you remember what it was like to have intelligence and rationality and class in the White House? I miss him! He is like a breath of calm from another time. Feels like 100 years ago! 😩

I’ve had this writing bug since forever!

Meet Lilly Hatchet and her cat Cleopatra. 🐾 Gossip girl, unflirty pls no romance - get those pesky men away from me. Nosy, orderly and enjoys a good home made meal, loves baking, crocheting and her territorial cat. Find her on my gallery: Sminsims #showusyoursims

Tella and Owen came for dinner. And nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Look at them! 😍😍😍 Justin & Steph and the kiddos and an assortment of bunnies in the snow. Steph just turned 29 in my game. I've been playing her so long I feel like she should be 40 by now, lol! #showusyoursims #sims4

“Into archery” - the lengths they’ll go to avoid the word hobby lol also this is the sort of gameplay I expected from a hobbies system? Hope there’s more like this for other activities (base game and from other packs)

Who's gonna host a Sim Survivor competition? (Not me, lol! But I'll send you a sim to participate!)

Hello fellow olds. I'm really excited to recreate Drop Dead Fred in the sims with imaginary friends.

My early thoughts on the Anthropic settlement: a) good, fucking pay us b) no, that’s not enough c) shouldn’t have stolen our shit to train your stupid mediocre plagiarism artbarf robot in the first place, you fuckers d) this isn’t something to celebrate; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best

First, the beautiful moms-to-be took pictures by themselves in that colorful scenery.

“Can we swim across that river?” “No, you can’t swim in that river.” “Yes, you can! Look, those guys are swimming in the river.” “Ew, no, definitely not. I don’t know what’s in that water.” “Dad would let us swim over there.” “And your father would certainly have you eaten by a piranha.”

Kayaking, yay! (If your sims are living in a water-accessible world, anyway, which most are not...) So they're trying hard to suggest Yellowstone for this new world, but then they put palm trees everywhere? I guess that doesn't matter to most simmers, but it annoys me, lol!

Dude just turned my “no soliciting” sign over (watched him do it) then knocked on my door to solicit. Then he’s surprised I was rude to him? 😒

I’ve been tempted by everybody’s pretty Inzoi pics lately. If I was gonna drop $40 on something, it would be that before another TS4 pack. But I’m really most excited for Paralives in December.

So, summer camp? My save is in the dead of winter and my adventurers just moved back to the suburbs. So, meh. 🫤 Can’t really imagine how this will fill out an EP, but then, the EPs lately usually aren’t worthy of an EP.

Wanna come make some bad decisions with Colette??? And meet the only person on the planet more insufferable than she is—her mother! #5.3: hindsight is a bitch, part 3/3 is now compiled on the blog for easy reading, 3700 words and 60 pictures. postcardsfromsierranova.blogspot.com/2025/08/boxe...

Send the kids to Equestrian Riding Camp this Summer! Councilors earn college credits/housing. We end the summer with a dance so bring some dancing shoes! Gallery ID: Pathesis OR DL SFS/Patreon Lot: Red Roan 64x64 #NoCC #ts4 #ShowUsYourBuilds #playtested simfil.es/5699949/

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But I don’t wanna go sit at the DMV to renew my drivers license on day 2 of my period!!! 😭😭😭 (I’m out of days left to do it, considering the holiday weekend.) Day 2 trapped in a gross public place is the absolute worst.

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

Dental hygienist today trying to talk to me about politics. Started off okay, liberal leaning, but then she said how supporting trans rights was a step too far for the Democratic Party. 🫠 Like, this woman knows basically nothing about me or my family. How are you gonna just run your mouth so freely?