you've met me at a very "sea lion instagram reels" time of my life

the fact is these democratic governors do not have actual control over their own state police forces, and that’s a seriously scary problem that no elected wants to talk about or deal with

Today a man acted like he couldn't hear me in a perfectly quiet office because of my mask, so I just shouted at him for the rest of the interaction. He didn't seem to appreciate it??

This rules lmao

Hey if you're having a really stressful morning at work, a good way to build team morale is to walk up behind someone, grab their shoulders, shake them, and yell "WHAT A MORNING!" Guaranteed to make spirits soar

Me to me, ten minutes after forcing myself into the shower at gunpoint: I'm so glad I did this

where i create from

It's built on stolen work, it ruins your water and jacks up your energy bill, and it's wrong more often than a D-student. But also? It's designed to take your job. This is right. AI slop doesn't have an image problem. It has an intention problem.

In my experience, the people who insist EVERYONE is doing the thing they're doing are self-conscious losers who need to feel like they're "in"

Kids like to learn things! When they see a thing they don't know, they like to find out what that is! Trust your readers, even the young ones!!!!!!!

Ben Sisko trying to explain linear time to the wormhole aliens:

I don't post this every time I see this shit but I post it almost every time I see this shit

It’s a straight line

when a bunch of people feel this way, even those who appear to be doing well on paper, you probably do in fact have a problem.

The Haunted Bookshop folks are great people who love books on a molecular level. Go buy up their stock so whatever shenaniganry is happening here doesn’t happen to their collection!

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

Kenny Loggins has brought me more real, tangible joy than Jesus Christ ever did and anyone who's ever been within a 40 foot radius of me while Footloose is playing can testify to that

Every day I am incredibly excited to see my wife and my cats. It makes life pretty good

i cant believe tom steyer is the first dem politician (that ive seen) to proudly and forcefully make this correct and obvious counter argument to the bigotry but im glad he did

Strawberry economics

The (very Christian!) Internet obsession with moral purity has managed to convince a large swath of people that doing nothing when evil is happening in front of you is, in fact, more virtuous than acting without a pure heart. Anyway, spend more time offline with pragmatists.

It's the weekend, baby

Do you know who else made people uncomfortable? The suffragettes

If you're refilling a paper towel dispenser, PLEASE make sure to fill it so full that it's literally impossible to retrieve even one single paper towel from it without ripping it to shreds, this is vitally important

so-called "free thinkers" when there is a tiny bird outside

*high-fiving each plate on the back of a stegosaurus as I pass by him* good game good game good game

"thought crimes aren't real" was a huge breakthrough in my deconstruction, tbh

(enters wearing knickbockers, suspenders, and a flat cap so you know it's a flashback to my boyhood on the streets at time when dreamers still dreamed and tomorrow was always possible)

If Odysseus is hot in the Nolan film, I will NOT be watching

being a fox party at the mossy wood at 10 dont be late

Trans people: *Exist* Government: "Terrorists. Extremists. Enemies of the state." White nationalists: *Violently seize control of the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn an election.* Government: "My babies. My precious children. Money. More money for my beautiful babies."

If you're a Democrat and you confirm someone who refuses to unequivocally say "Joe Biden won the 2020 election," you should lose your job.

boiling the oceans so i can find which email has the link to the zoom i don't want to join

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

Trump Requests $1.2 Trillion To Have https://bit.ly/3RjdlH1

lol any way 💅

a lot of us learned the hard way that BLUESKY DOES NOT REMOVE YOU FROM THEIR FOLLOWERS IF YOU BLOCK SOMEONE YOU WERE FOLLOWING, it's a two-step process and if you're used to Twitter's soft-block you may not always remember

Thanks to Katie Carr on Threads, I just learned: in 1996, the cast of the newly-launched “Star Trek: Voyager” got together to do a feature for Parade magazine about the power of late-’90s technology. Behold its fabulously unhinged glory. 1/

Oakland's so good y'all

There are approximately 2.8 million trans people in the US. That means FOURTEEN PERCENT of American trans people have moved across state lines in the past 18 months.

Democracy is when a majority of voters agree to something and a majority of their elected representatives agree to the same thing, but then it doesn't happen because not enough of the nine unelected and unaccountable to public review or recall lifetime appointees agreed to the thing

Happy mothers day, my big beautiful babies. As a person estranged from maternal love, I want you to know that you're killing it. By being you and being here right now, you're doing great and for what it's worth, I'm proud of you <3

What say you, Bottom?

People love to rag on left wing organizations for using the phrase “pregnant people” in public health comms but the idea of right wing activists pushing “trans identifying female” into established lexicon never gets any sort of pushback from “reasonable center” people. Curious!