this motherfucker is shitting on americans and knocking out the white house walls

The Republican shutdown means that nonessential federal employees like soldiers and TSA agents aren't being paid anymore, but rest assured that the truly vital work of this administration -- building a Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the dementia-addled president -- still goes on.

shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump

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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.* You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet" www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Any orders over $100 today will receive one of the print sets below (four 5x7 prints)! Anything would help *so* much as I’ve had only 1 order this month & bills are due this week. Huge amount of restocking in the store, plus new work added! Thank you!!

Authors shouldn’t need day jobs

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether. Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’ “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?” -Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles. More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Everything is so incredibly stupid.

I have started watching as a service to everyone, because that has brought about an end to other tied baseball games of great importance. I will try not to root for a particular outcome, because that can have negative consequences.

Sale ends this evening! Get 'em while they're hot!

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Sent this to a friend and it made me laugh out loud (again) which caused the cat some concern—and I found myself giving him chin scritches and saying: “You don’t know funny, do you. You don’t do Laugh. Funny is kind of like…a big hug, but it also tickles, so you make a laugh.”

yo they hired Mamdani video guys. someone's doing some thinking somewhere

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

It’s not just a puzzle, it’s a meta puzzle that also delves into spooky Halloween history.

In light of the increase in scams targeting authors, here's a link to a Substack I wrote on the subject in July almakatsu.substack.com/p/scams

I saw Goody Proctor listening to music in something other than English and enjoying it

I've known Jay for decades; they're a great friend and a wonderful person. They're a federal employee who was just coming off unpaid medical leave when the government shutdown hit: they were making progress digging out of the hole but the sides of the hole are now capsizing, sigh.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

When you start to work on your book again and encounter the 2025 Goal Planner with all your intentions written at the start of the year, before everything—every atom, it feels at times, of your being—was changed. So many things neglected in the grief and stress and bewilderment and just…everything.

Everything, according to trump, is his personal property. Museum artifacts, classified documents, the white house, air force one, private companies, private universities, your farm, your taxes, your daughter. To assert at all otherwise is to proclaim yourself an enemy of the king

For a theater project way back in college, I set “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” (Rogers & Hammerstein) in a minor key and played it slow on a piano. Not a pop song, but it was creepy! For a pop song, I’m torn between Cindi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and Roxette’s “The Look.”

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whoever opened pandora's box of stupid can you like shut it

Trump is playing king, and Republicans in Congress are bowing down and letting him do it. Republicans want Democrats to let Trump continue to shut down whatever he doesn’t like and destroy our democracy. To play along with that farce is a betrayal of the American people.

I'm exhausted from screaming into the void. Every author/artist I know is exhausted. The return is always diminishing. And it's still considered to be "what works."

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Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

Federal workers are about to have their livelihoods upended because of this shutdown. We'll hear talk about "sacrifices" that the American people need to make. Meanwhile, Trump is bailing out Argentina with $20 billion worth of taxpayer dollars.

I get that people don’t like wearing masks. What I don’t get, five years after the start of COVID, people still yawning/coughing/sneezing without covering their mouths.

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

remember when you were a CHILD? wasn't life BETTER then? now it's all SCARY.

Post something random or have an awful October

if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%

Read for the great point; watch for the excellent advice:

Kimmel is up on YouTube

Always intended to take my Mini into the only official service center in the area. Didn’t intend for it to be b/c I was in the city for a stressful reason and had an ABS failure as I was headed home. Nice that I was only 4min away, though, and that they found me a 28mi ride in time to feed my cat.

More than anything else, I object to this president stealing our time and attention. We can’t even have a Sunday morning without hearing about some insane thing he said and wondering if that insane thing will become real because he’s insane.

Hey, Autism is not a disease. While not all Autistics have food aversion, it is found in a lot of Autistic and neurodivergent folk. If you want to stick it to the people sharing and celebrating the spreading of misinformation about Autism, share stuff made by Autistic folk. Like my book:

I just got Amie McNee's new book. WOW. If you feel alone or discouraged as a creator, this author will supercharge your imagination. This is the ultimate pep talk for someone trying to make things, but not knowing how to keep going.