This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

The next time there's a mass shooting by a white American male (give it a few minutes), other countries should *pause* travel and applications from white American males.

And how exactly will Trump “cure cancer” without science and medical research funding?

This is what happens when the ventriloquist dies but the dummy keeps talking.

Sadly, the headlines will be running in another country, as ours will no longer have a free press.

Just imagining her giving them her "You are an IDIOT and you don't even know it" stare.

I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.

Sometimes I make something for myself. It's not a working watch, obviously, but I think I like it.

"Food waste did not start with the Trump administration. But the administration’s policies – though they claim to be seeking efficiency – have compounded voluminous waste at a time of growing need."

It is once again the time to remind people that I have a real #author website now. Your bestest source to find out stuff about me, my #books, and other thingies I write. trinaltalma.com

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

Trump: Give me 10 dollars. Republican: Okay. Trump: Here, you can have 4 of your dollars back. Republican: I made 4 dollars.

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hello, I make little guys out of wood, they are carved by me. They are all unique and there are only so many around at a time but here they are: the-shadows.bigcartel.com

Thank you for this! I use pottery glaze to hand paint space pottery. My holiday shop update is this Saturday, you can buy finished work and commission custom space ceramics like these. Amyraehill.com/commissions

Thanks for asking! I make stoneware pottery. It's leadfree, & dishwasher & microwave safe. fine-mess-pottery.square.site

It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff! If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!

the way that ICE constantly brandish their weapons and point them at protestors, (the first thing you are taught NOT to do in any proper firearms safety training) it's just a matter of time until there's a fucking massacre in the streets - in fact I'm surprised it hasn't already happened

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

Miss Piggy FTW

If GOP members of Congress had made a video last year under the Biden administration, saying to the military that they didn’t have to obey illegal orders, everyone would have said “Huh?” Because there was nothing close to that even happening. It would have produced a collective shrug.

It's the...self-righteousness about stealing from broke dreamers that are making art that's just...rage inducing. Like...if you're gonna be a shitty fucking thief aimed at starving artists you can't also pretend you're Robin Hood, you're the Sheriff of Nottingham

What’s funny is they’ll never admit that intelligence & education are massively left-coded. Study after study after study continue to show this. The more intelligent or educated, the more likely you are to vote left.

Sure. But how else do you feel superior and right? You have to make your world tiny and full of hard rules or you won't ever have control. It's hard to be a righteous weenie.

Imagine going through life like this

Mood.

Here's a bit of history I'm guessing a lot of people including me didn't know: the origins of the emoticon.

I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.

"The initial results of our survey – coupled with a recent spike in calls to the GI Rights Hotline – suggest American men and women in uniform don’t want to obey unlawful orders." Just follow orders, or obey the law?

Right now the only way for the vast majority of writers and artists to make any kind of a modest living is to self-publish. All but the luckiest few are having to do this. This means the only income most of us have is from Crowdfunded projects. If you love what someone does & can afford it, pay them

If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!

I think the two clauses of this first sentence should be joined with "and" instead of "but", but otherwise spot fucking on.

BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.

First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.

Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.

It's all about long-term vs. short-term thinking.

this is mesmerizing

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Nobody should be running for public office without calls for swift and aggressive investigation, prosecution, trial, conviction, and appropriate sentencing for DOGE, ICE, the Trump administration, the Republican Congress, state level Republican, and their staffs, partners, funders, and associates.

Not listening to the audio but imagining loads of Beavis-and-Butthead-style sniggering.

He's clearly already the person you don't want to talk to at parties, and because he's twelve years old, he somehow thinks this will make him popular.

He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.

Sorry y'all who think you're somehow living your anti-capitalist dream life by pirating media - you're actually just a piece of shit. Even worse, you're a capitalist piece of shit exploiting the labor of others.

I see we're being told piracy is good, actually, or we get exposure,or it's a compliment that someone wants our work enough to steal it. 1)No. 2)People die of exposure. 3)No. It's entitlement. Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.

if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself

#ICE employee arrested in child-sex-trafficking sting? This is not my surprised face.