Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear

Today I got a flat tire randomly and suddenly, spent 4 hours in a grocery store waiting for AAA, they couldn’t get the tire off the car, called a tow, grocery store is now closed, waited that half hour in the cold, towed to tire place, finally home. Not a fan of this plot.

If one group captures a radically disproportionate share of growth, others receive less than they otherwise would have, even in a growing economy. This is measurable. You can have innovation without extreme wealth concentration. You cannot have extreme wealth concentration without exploitation.

omg this reminded me that it will be the year of the FIRE HORSE

I think about this every day.

Two years ago, I posted a Sub Rosa Day fic, in which Ronin is actually Emperor Palpatine's latest form, and honestly, it's one of the best random crossover things I have ever done. Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/44520343

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It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles

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It’s a sunny zero degrees today. The level of cold where the fire station down the street has the engine running all the time so it doesn’t freeze up in an emergency.

Do you ever feel like you’re in The Truman Show?

I am very ready for January to be over but also not at all ready for January to be over.

Tomodachi Life stream going great so far

Texts from my son to the family chat re: new TOMODACHI LIFE 🩵

Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

Social media is a mess these days but I have the biggest footprint here and it’s been a week (Lemon, it’s Wednesday) after a year of the same and I want to share something beautiful.

There is a lost car hiding under my house and it’s freezing. I’m trying to get her to come out but she rushes away every time I step outside.

We are adding protection from ICE drills to our regular schedule of mass shooting drills. In case you were wondering how a career in education is going.

The Found Episodes fundraiser is live! 1. Donate to any group at www.standwithminnesota.com 2. Reply here with or email me a screenshot of your donation receipt. Include the $ amount. 3. I will @ you when your Found Episode is done! See the rules below for complete details. Engage! #StarTrek

my father's 85+ year old friend with dementia just got stuck behind ICE trucks in Minnesota, saw them go into a building, he got out of his car and started filming and blowing his whistle and was quickly joined by ~30 people

This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.

“I will not be able to sleep tonight if I do not say, because we mentioned Harry Potter, that trans rights are human rights.” This statement is so direct. She’s incredible.

The moderate position is unwinding the entire post-9/11 security state

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

Oki doki loki, whittled down to 4:19 and it will post tomorrow.

Two shifts of shoveling and nowhere near done, good thing I don’t have to go anywhere.

The “blooper reel” of my countdown series is five minutes long.

From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.

Nurse Pretti was a white man and ICE still killed him. He was a gun owner and gun rights supporter and they still killed him. He helped saved the lives of veterans that served this country and they still killed him. If ICE didn't give a shit about Alex Pretti, what do you think they'll do to you?

No. That's. That's as far as my heart can go today. I need to do other things.

I’m watching F1 because I guess it’s Oscar worthy (and to distract from *waves hands at everything*) and it’s incredible how stressed I am! I think I get why this got in.

irl ancient Sailor Moon

This is my whole personality these days.

New #ThePitt means new #ThePett! Introducing my first cat, Lucy. open.substack.com/pub/manicpix...

Today’s episode of #StarfleetAcademy inspired the KPop Demon Hunter clip in this vid and it’s almost my favorite thing to ever happen in Trek.

So a fire started in my oven. It’s out. The firefighters were swift and kind. Everyone is safe. My house is fine. I’m done.

My four favorite Star Trek captains

I had today off, but tomorrow, Wednesday, and Friday I have day long conferences and Thursday is the first day of classes.

As a short person, can confirm.

I’m seeing a lot of love for Lura Throk and it makes me feel cozy.

It's today! The series premiere of #StarfleetAcademy is ready for you. This remains my spoiler-free review:

There's a new episode of #ThePitt tonight, which means a new post of #ThePett. Read on for nerdy names, hamster horror, and a shout-out to Star Trek for #StarfleetAcademy day! manicpixiedust.substack.com/p/the-pett-t...

I don’t necessarily disagree with this take but I think the answer to the question posed is: it wants to be a Star Trek series.

The final day of @pixiedane.bsky.social’s countdown to #StarfleetAcademy features her cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Tarima and Ahkem (sp??) Sadal. 🩵💫🖖🏽

Countdown to #StarfleetAcademy day three features @pixiedane.bsky.social’s cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Jay-Den Kraag and Sam.

I’m so tired and it’s only Tuesday. And only January.

THREAD ICE officer Jonathan Ross has a go-fund-me page. Please join me in identifying this as an inappropriate fundraising activity. The link is: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ic...

Tomorrow’s countdown vid has one of those things where ONLY I would see it but also it works so well it feels intentional.

Countdown to #StarfleetAcademy day two features @pixiedane.bsky.social’s cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Darem Reymi and Genesis Lythe

Countdown to #StarfleetAcademy day one features @pixiedane.bsky.social’s cryptic and pop culture influenced first impressions of Nahla Ake and Caleb Mir