Ten minutes until the ball drops.

Assistant to the Deli Manager

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

I hope it has a happy ending.

The survivors support the Massie-Khanna bill, which demands the full release of the Epstein Files. Anything less is an insult to the victims. Speaker Johnson—why won’t you listen to their voices?

I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.

Some of my Democratic colleagues need to understand: this isn’t 1965. Republicans are no longer playing by the rules, so neither will I. Thank you @repmarkdesaulnier.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about how we’re fighting back.‪

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

🎵Agent P🎵

So glad my daughter opted to get her masters at a different university (that cost half as much).

When you strip away humanity

A few days ago my dear friend Ed passed away from cancer. Ed was a Marine who served in the Vietnam War. He cared deeply about our country & that's what we talked about every day. His dying wish was to see his awesome cats placed in a good home. DM me if you're interested in 1, 2 or all 3.

one last thing here: mamdani's politics are the literal opposite of zero-sum. "our city is rich and vibrant enough for all of us to prosper" is not zero-sum. "perfidious elites are stealing your birthright from you" — the view of salam's political patrons — is.

Ozzy literally pissed on the Alamo.

Now the world has gone to bed Darkness won’t engulf my head I can see by infrared How I hate the night. — Marvin

In case you missed the deleted posts:

This is an incredible story and a reminder that ethnicities are vague approximations.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

I didn’t rank Cuomo. Ok, I live in Massachusetts. BUT I WOULDN’T HAVE

ICE out of fucking control, the organization needs to be completely dismantled NYC: rank this guy first or second with Mamdani

Rep. Jim McGovern speaking at Worcester today. 🔥 @repmcgovern.bsky.social

Twenty-first century Iwo Jima

I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID. Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring. America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.

Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!

Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!

Move the World Cup, the Olympics, and every international meeting out of the U.S. It is not safe to come here until conditions change. That's not alarmist. That's the reality we are looking at. It's never been like this my whole, getting to be longish, life.

For anybody in or near Milwaukee, there was a rapid response action at the Federal Building this AM, and Voces De La Frontera have called for another rally THIS AFTERNOON at 3:00 PM!

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

If the courts won’t stop this, and the Republican majority in Congress won’t stop this, we must engage in mass peaceful protest to take our country back from fascism.

I used to select Dem primary candidates based on policy. Now I will aggressively try to destroy any Dem who says "we need to look forward not backward" and fervently support anyone who says "I will see these motherfuckers prosecuted and jailed if it's the last thing I do."

Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! Raunt es Mrs. Dalloway, was hier am Rhein ihr gehört!

#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.

Me in the national security group chat.

"How Libertarian are you, on a scale from 8 to 14?"

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

I have to believe @jfruh.bsky.social was involved in this chant.

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences. AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade. Grab your beverage of choice.

Does anyone in Minneapolis have extra firewood? The folks living under the Cedar bridge are completely out and it's cold. DM me if you want to coordinate or if you want a contact there ❤️

The sudden arrival of hákarl in this thread reminds me of how, half way through the running time of the classic movie Airplane! we encounter Leslie Nielsen for the first time.

I still don’t believe God exists, but this is a pretty good argument.

Now playing: Paul Hindemith When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Just parked next to an Elon Dorkmobile Truck.

Happy New Year from Norway

As we confront a second Trump presidency, here’s a path forward: 🧵

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head