there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

Get out there and be the black licorice in somebody's assorted jelly beans today. Like be the best part or be the worst part just by being you

BREAKING In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it? MJ: Again, it's a distraction

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

October is Black Cat Awareness Month! We have quite a few brave 'Void Cats' as part of our feral crew, as well as one sturdy office cat. Black cats are often the last to be adopted. So if you plan to add a cat to your family, please consider a Black Kitty. They are nothing but good luck! 🐈‍⬛❤️

I hope you'll take a moment for these beautiful parting words from the incomparable Jane Goodall. (And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)

Ferocious red panda: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

SQUIRL OUTSIDE I CAN HEAR HIMS BUT NOT SEE HIMS?!!?? WHAT IS HIDING PROLLY STOLEN GOODS

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

Windy day 🌬️ 🐕

Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

I wish I didn’t have to say this but… If someone tells you they’re autistic and you find that hard to believe, it might be because: - They don’t feel safe enough to unmask around you - Your knowledge of autism is limited Arguing won’t help. Kindness, curiosity, and listening to understand, will ❤️

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

Please watch her final words to us all. They are beautiful and have given me a grounding sort of hope. Maybe they’ll help you too.

Richmond, VA area😻Richmond SPCA waives adoption fees for all cats, kittens to celebrate Francine's return😻 www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

I have been trying to explain a microfiche machine to one of my dear, brilliant, talented, but clearly too young to be alive collaborators. And it is taking the last of my soul. “Micro…fish?? I have never heard that word in my life.” I recorded the timestamp so it can be put on my tombstone.

May October be kind to you and yours. Thank you for all you do to make the world a kinder place. 🐈‍⬛🐾🐿🍂

There's a really great MinutePhysics video about the aesthetics- and physics-based reasons for the number of wind turbine blades: youtu.be/pgqkti7yePk

They think they are Aragorn, Fighting for mankind, Noble kings in exile, Yet their wear the White Hand upon their face.

Looks like a Cracker Jack prize but with more 2nd Amendment energy.

"Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes." - Anne Frank

Please understand, the noise is not meant to distract. It is meant to steal your will to act. As far as I'm concerned, they've stolen enough.

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

Power to the knitters of Portland: 🧶

Fun fact: Dame Sarah Mullally is the second medical professional to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-1768) qualified as a medical doctor before being ordained #ArchbishopOfCanterbury

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My Filipino American History Month display at my library. It’s my honor each year to showcase & uplift Filipino stories. Just 5 years ago, I didn’t have enough books to even put up a display, but now my display overflows. I marvel at how far we’ve come. And yet there’s always room for more. #booksky

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot goes back even further — over a millennium.

Swift's 12th studio album returns to her pop roots, with lots of love-struck lyrics and upbeat melodies. But it's also a warning about the darker side of an industry she has battled — and bested.

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick. Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

Guys I think we’re gonna need more than three ghosts this Christmas Eve

The Republican shutdown will cause over 200k mothers and children in Washington State to lose food assistance. Thanks to Trump and Republicans, more people will be hungry. It’s time for them to do their jobs and end this shutdown. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Live your life in such a way that when you die, social media is flooded with pictures of your smiling face and your words of compassion for animals and the earth.

As a non-Catholic, I do love this bit where the pope of the Catholic Church says something fairly anodyne about Catholic theology and a bunch of podcast guys are like, "Who's this asshole to lecture us about Catholicism?"

The government shutdown’s going really well so far.

In Matt 25 Jesus says that individuals & nations will be judged by how they care for the poor & sick. Govt is shutdown bc GOP wants to throw 12-20 million low-income/disabled Americans off Medicaid. Bc the GOP uses Jesus as a prop, while despising His actual commandments.

The Meadow Brown’s genus name Maniola comes from Latin ‘manes’, souls of the dead in Roman belief. Meaning “little ghost of the departed,” it reflects the butterfly’s sombre, dusky wings, thought to echo the shadowed realms of the underworld where spirits dwell. #FolkloreThursday

I don't think about the Roman empire a lot, but when I do, I reflect on the casual brutality of slave societies & how that was never fully reckoned with in the U.S. following the Civil War.

We need to replace the term "gifted." That word makes it seem like a divine blessing when it's really a neurodivergence and potential source of lifelong misery. "Gifted" kids need support and resources just like kids with ADHD or autism. (And like ADHD, autism, OCD, etc. there is a lot of overlap.)