I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

Click through to see what it is. Perfect metaphor for 'world is going to shit here's how minorities prepare and carry that emotional burden'. Plans A-I. Michigan needs to upgrade their health codes to include this set-up. CDC ain't gonna help/care under this admin. (Pro tip: Get a bidet.)

Discovered @trungles.com's delightful Pride and Prejudice thread in the wee hours today. Blasted through gleefully, and this is why I wait for a series to end before I start it. Well, mostly. Sitting here and reading their post from 47s ago is not healthy for me. They're at Chapter 47.

if i were an elected politician i doubt i would ever endorse another candidate for office. it's odd how they all do it so readily. i can't commit to hulu for more than a month, you think im putting my name on the line for some weirdo whose only credential is the ability to order yard signs

First Ssn of Murdertown, and can't help but wonder why they have Katherine Kelly pretending to be driving in every episode (ep 7 now). In ep 6 she was looking down at the gauge/dashcam/cues/dissociating during her 15 second monologue. Going to have Emilia Fox overacting* in some episodes too.

And! Lizzy also self reflects! Both of them need to become better versions of themselves! Our heroine is not a flawless paragon, she is messy and real!

Darcy really went, "Oh hell, she's right!" after she vehemently rejected him and started trying to do better. Austen out here knowing exactly what women need.

I think I'm paraphrasing an old tweet or Tumblr post, but Jane Austen really said girly, it is not your job to fix that man. If that man is worth it, he will fix HIMSELF

Thinking how at the end of the Star Wars trilogy an entire galaxy celebrates the death of the emperor without a finger wagging coda where a sad-eyed long haired scold in bespoke clothing warns that this reduces everyone to the same level as the genocidal tyrant who got tossed into a laser shaft.

thakn you mr president for turning our fresh produce into poison and also sir for making $2B in a crypt scam for yourself

Saddened to hear my good friend the Finger Taker has passed away. I never agreed with him about amputating people's fingers in his dungeon, but I'll always remember the collegial good times, and most of all his great sense of humor. What laughs we had. Condolences to Ginny and his whole family.

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

In honor of Lindsey Graham, I would like to post this graphic showing what a piece of shit hypocrite he has always been, always a negative stain on American politics. Good riddance.

I laughed out loud. House was quiet until then. 12:48am.

The thing about Lindsey Graham dying today is that Donald Trump gets to see just a tiny fraction of the joy he will eventually bring to the world.

In the immortal words of Stephen King: No great loss.

wait Lindsey Graham just died?! what the fuck?! may he be remembered accurately: as an awful warmonger who deliberately chose to empower the worst people in the world despite knowing better

I’ve been laughing about this for twenty minutes.

Ding dong! The bitch is dead. Which bitch? The wicked bitch.

Sternly, I say this—it is always a little bit sexy to see the colors change on the face of a taciturn man.

Someday we all must die, and this proposal could unfurl alongside us most of the way there, I’m pretty sure.

The "Just Waffles" ad for Choice Hotels is fantastic. I like this longer version, which says something. Love the kid.

Speaking of ratfucking, I never once see this writer’s name without remembering when he publicly deliberately falsely fabricated a sexual assault allegation against someone else.

My dad was a poet so I could never really join in when the other boys would argue about whose dad could beat up the other dads, but I was confident that my dad could make your dad feel seen in ways that would quietly devastate him.

It's harder to track because the parasite reproduces sexually (genetic material mixes). Not impossible though. Untreated, symptoms can go away and then come back. You need antibiotics. Wash your veg, fruit, melons before eating/cutting into them. If you have it, or had it, find her ⬇️

Just wanna let you all know that there’s an immunologist on IG who is doing an informal public health survey to help pinpoint the possible cause of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, which is more than our entire shit-ass government Her name is Dr. Melanie Matheu

Good grief. Man cut off his own genitals and used them as kindling to burn down the family garage. "Inside the garage, a fire investigator found a kitchen knife, a red plastic gasoline container, and four lighters. Law enforcement did not mention whether the man's genitals were found." 👀

When ICE fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, its agents were not wearing bodycams. That’s because the Trump regime wants ICE to operate as a domestic terrorist group with no accountability.

With so very many many men utterly fucking failing to clock Platner as a piece of shit, and then desperately defending him, I am wondering if the metaphor of litmus test is understood anymore. A litmus test is literally the very most simple way of identifying whether something is acidic or basic.

This is such a fun thread!

Big Bear Valley Bald Eagles. After fledging, juvenile eagles spend 6-10 weeks in the parents' territory, honing flight and hunting skills. After dispersing, they'll spend 4-5 years wandering before they develop their iconic white head&tail feathers, reach sexual maturity, and establish a territory.

If it can happen to Meta it can happen to anyone 🤩

Good news

Gorgeous. Click through to see the rest of the birds.

BIG NEWS: I have a new short story collection coming out in September & I'm doing it a different way, publishing it in collaboration with the new collective @breakthroughbook.bsky.social. You can read about it - & assist with printing costs by ordering a copy - here: www.tom-cox.com/my-next-book...

ask yourself who benefits when forbes uncritically repeats this huckster's claims like this

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@unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social Caw, caw!😂👏🏴🐓🏴

So there's been a lot of talk in AI circles about Jevons Paradox and @hankgreen.bsky.social has one of the best explainers of it I've seen (including that it's not a paradox), but I want to add something to it. Towards the end of the video, Hank says... www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6sY...

Loving this Dog Vader! 🖤🖤🖤

Are you sick of winning yet?

On the one hand, Trump is objectively withholding aid from states run by his perceived opposition and giving it only to those run by his allies. On the other, can we really know what’s in his heart?

it's the hair. my monkey paw wish would be for every male to have long beautiful hair like this. im sure it would backfire horribly but for a while it would be great fun

going down a rabbit hole of this guy’s cooking videos right now and he is an artist what kind I’m not sure but definitely some kind of artist

The retort is of course, "Who's 'we', bih? You paying my bills?"

Richard ‘Orclord’ Hale has died. He was the founder of The Stuff of Legends, the first website to catalog the product lines from many different fantasy miniature companies, as well as showcasing his own personal collection oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/8216773...

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The way many if not most people respond to women coming forward with sexual assault allegations shows me that they don’t want sexual violence to be exposed. They want victims to be silent. They don’t want to deal with or even have to hear the truth. This is rape culture.