The 'Union of People Kidnapped by ICE' jesus, man.

I got Hue bulbs 10 years ago for this reason. A few years ago the app told me to start “signing in” to use them and let Hue harvest my data, or else. Now I have a routine where I go around and switch lights and open and close blinds throughout the day. It’s relaxing and grounding and I sleep better

“You’re born with your family and you’re stuck with them” uh nope I was born with an appendix too and that shit is in a dumpster

I just made a fantastic, healthy, delicious dinner of various veggies from my garden, but let’s not pretend it didn’t take four fucking hours. My family made themselves dino nuggets and went to bed two hours ago.

when you’re spreading information about something you saw, try to use the SALUTE format - size, action, location, uniform, time, equipment. not “i saw nazis!” but “i saw 20-30 guys in matching khaki pants marching down pine st toward third st at 4:15pm today, they were carrying shields & flags”

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

"the go the fuck to sleep baby is a they / them going to Bard, feel old yet???"

Have a kitty. This beautiful girl is Whisper. She’s available for adoption in Minnesota through Pet Haven. You can learn more about her here: pethavenmn.org/adopt/adopta...

I was a on trial once. They called the witness (a cop) to the stand. He could not identify me by name in the courtroom. The judge sent the jury out, showed the cop a labeled photo of me taken after my arrest, called the jury back in, and let the cop try again. I was told this was perfectly legal.

These individuals have put in the work to rebuild their lives and move beyond their past offenses by volunteering, building careers, and mentoring others. They have worked hard to deserve a second chance, and I am proud to recognize that hard work with a pardon. www.channel3000.com/news/evers-g...

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.

Hmmm I wonder how warm it is outside. Pull out phone See email notification Open email app Answer a different email Put phone away 5 minutes later: Hmmm I wonder how warm it is outside.

when you're excited to show off your new lipstick but have had a shitty day

Can’t believe you suckers are out there cooking or ordering food when you could be sticking your wet hand into an outlet and becoming a 5G signal

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

I’ve been using Kagi for about a year and it acts like old Google at its best. Sucks you have to pay for it ($10/month) but thems the breaks I guess. You either pay for software or the software makes money by selling you out.

The police chased the suspects around the city for two hours, even with ALPR hits. The security guard who died fighting them off is the only person who did anything of any consequence today to protect the community.

They bought all of our choices, political, lifestyle and economic. But they did not wager the cost of our *refusal*. It is fascinating. Grim but fascinating.

The problem was that was just the top level pitch, and every time we said “yes, so let’s…?” they would pivot to some nonsense about bipartisanship or unity or turning down the temperature or wanting a strong Republican Party.

Why are (some) GenX liberals like this? These crass motherfuckers have zero taste. They’ll spew the most cringey filth imaginable and think themselves to be clever for it. Like a toddler proudly showing you the pudgy, shit-smeared hand they just pulled out of their diaper.

probably worth keeping in mind that the precedent has been set to pardon and actively reward civilians who engage in violence against the federal government

No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.

I just pruned my squashes and tomatoes for the first time ever after years of sad moldy plants and not knowing you’re supposed to do that, and it’s like 50/50 on whether or not they’ll all die from me doing it wrong. None of this would have occurred to me were it not for @ufw.bsky.social

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

I don’t know what I was going to tell them, but it was going to involve the words “I can’t do my job if none of you fucking listen to me”

I look at the world, at the forests and the mountains here, the sky, and it's all right, as it should be. But we aren't. People aren't. We're wrong. We do wrong. No animal does wrong. How could they? But we can, and we do. And we never stop.

I hate "raising awareness" as a communications strategy because most campaigns stop at that. You have to include action. So now that I know, what do you need me to do and what are you doing? If you stop at "hey this is a problem", that's pointless.

The next book needs to be called "Beyond Alarm." Saying "you should be alarmed" does precisely NOTHING. If people should be alarmed, what precisely are you proposing they should DO?

Geen poppenspelers?! 👁️ 👄 👁️ I don’t even know ‘ers!

Found this post on reddit and the last bit nails it: “Please don't remember her for the horrific end to her life. Remember her for who she was, a true blessing. To everyone around her.”

I think voters might be a little more enthusiastic about the Democratic party if their elected officials didn't so clearly despise them

All the choices I didn't make. All the things I lost and spent and wasted. I can give them back to the world. To the lives that haven't been lived yet. That will be my gift back to the world that gave me the life I did live, the love I loved, the breath I breathed.

We're hoping to schedule the extractions ASAP pending good bloodwork so we're really on a time crunch to ensure we have the proper funds for it! www.gofundme.com/f/help-zeppo...

FCI Dublin action toolkit tinyurl.com/IOD-EA-Toolkit

Something I worry might be underappreciated by folks in the Bay Area is that ICE operations are severely bottlenecked here by a lack of detention capacity. If we allow this facility to open, we will likely see a massive increase in raids here.

The labeler from @oracle.posters.rip will dramatically improve your bsky experience. I promise, seeing “carried off by crows” above a stupid take (or even a good one) will brighten your day.

What if Bluesky doesn't have to be Important. What if social media doesn't have to be Important. Remember less than 20 years ago when social media didn't exist and we just hung out on forums and anyone who suggested the forum was Important would have been referred for a wellness check.

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

My fava beans are taller than the corn. They’re almost as tall as me.

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

organizing gets the goods

Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia was justified.

A+ for effort and gumption, but let's talk about the body mechanics of punching a nazi. For a running overhand right, your hip and fist should arrive at the same time, driving through the target with the force of your legs. This is a flail or a slap, his arm is dragging behind. He outran his punch.

What do you call camps where people keep disappearing and dying

Astounding realization: I noticed recently that while it still hurts to kneel on my knees on a hard surface, it’s just a normal tolerable amount, not the excruciating pain and crunching wrongness it used to be. More importantly, my kneecaps no longer slide around! It’s all down to exercise!