kagha, evil: these refugees absolutely have to go, we will not help them, so i guess they're getting eaten by monsters. halsin, good: these refugees absolutely have to go, so please go kill the monsters that would eat them because we are definitely not harboring refugees.

i remember west wing as this kind of iconic soft-hearted liberal pablum, preaching restraint and thoughtful discourse for any problem, but really both sides of the aisle have always been like this.

anyways, the church was as full as i've seen it today, but without an ounce of shame everyone was sitting in the back, leaving a five pew "splash zone" for me and a few old ladies to have to ourselves.

"are you visiting today?" "i'm a member of the congregation, i've only been coming a few weeks." "what did you say your name was?" "jennifer, it's nice to meet you." "you don't look like a jennifer." "i am as god made me" i chuckle nervously.

happy easter.

child who's never been to church, pointing at the organist: is that god??

What the New York Times is doing is to us trans people is nothing new, it is something they have done before to other marginalized communities and will do again if they all of us do not hold them accountable.

I don’t have a fully digested thought, but I think we should really confront, as a society, the way that Chapelle Roan’s Grammy Outfit become a moment on all social media, but Ethel Cain posting a little black and white nudity has turned everyone into evangelicals

US soldiers, as it turn out, do have the choice to opt out.

guess who forgot to wash her hair until 3am

While U.S. astronauts circle the moon, U.S.-Israel forces are emptying Mahshahr, whose name literally translates to City of the Moon.

now that you mention it he's probably been under some stress lately, huh?

Literally nobody training AI models, not the "reputable" companies nor random idiots in sheds, has at any point ever respected any signaling whatsoever about this. These people don't respect robots.txt. We're supposed to think they're going to look at some protocol-specific record?

manifesting

i am so tired of hearing about hasan piker.

well at least you presented both sides of the argument

i can't kill myself because it might happen on easter.

Me, too, eggs. Me, too.

Independent journalists don't tell women whether they should be able to vote. That's their husband's job.

"go jump in a lake", "take a long walk off a short pier", "put an egg in your shoe and beat it", "go peddle your papers" these are just some of the violent, actionable threats journalists and academics face every two to three months on bluesky, or as some call it The Murder Website.

this is the exact same crap they pulled when they lied about the AMA's policy on trans healthcare and refused to issue a correction, spamming this boilerplate at anyone who points out how messed up it is that the grey lady is openly advocating for repealing the 19th amendment.

The New York Times rolling up its sleeves to do the hard work of normalizing the idea that women should not have the right to vote.

Actually we should just give citizenship to every undocumented person in the United States who wants it. Walking over an imaginary line isn't some great moral atrocity. Making people live in the shadows as a permanent underclass absolutely IS.

If we weren’t pathologically dedicated to being a shitass empire we’d openly and comfortably recognize Bin Laden as the most successful asymmetric strategist in at least a millennium. He got us to destroy ourselves by fighting two entirely separate governments that he also didn’t like.

i kind of want ice cream but everywhere except dq will be closed by the time i get off. i don't think they're legally allowed to call their product ice cream.

Detroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after (livable) wage hike

the Weezer "Buddy Holly" video is a (now 3-decade-old) 90s artifact nostalgically referencing a 70s artifact that itself is nostalgically referencing the 50s and i have a headache

uh oh

biden had terminal cancer lol

taking the trash out and there's a guy standing at the dumpster taking pictures of it with his phone? not going through it, just taking a picture of what's in it untouched.

Wobble Bog

Tbh Israel building military outposts on top of graveyards they desecrated has been the Israeli MO since the 1948 Nakba

not saying it wasn't scary but the dip in roger rabbit also looked kind of comforting. like getting into a warm bath and just instantly dissolving, running like spilt ink.

Only change will save us-2026 (And maybe butts)

the dishes supervisor has a lot to say

literally the hardest part of using mastodon is figuring out which instance is a good fit for you lol

my job monitors voice stress on calls so if the computer hears people yelling someone has to review that call manually to see what went wrong and fix it.

it will never stop being wild to me that they put a transphobic joke in a mario brothers game and we collectively went "screw you, she's ours now"

If people being insufferable is what make you vote against your follow citizens then frankly you need to work on yourself. You are better than that.

The centrist who sneers "populist" is inviting you to believe that there is no difference between "you are worse off because of the swarming hordes of islamic transgenders" and "you are worse off because the rich have used their wealth and power to amass more wealth and power."

good morning

i think maybe trying to let go of my anger and find some kind of peace, if not happiness, was a mistake. the anger was the pillar holding everything up.