Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load. So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.

what if everybody turned off their outside lights?

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history

BUY SARAH'S BOOK!!!!!!

I have always wanted a really fancy hand dyed yarn advent calendar such as this one peacockyarn.com/products/han...

tbc: I consider this to be [a step toward, if not outright] defacto ACA repeal, because the GOP realized the covenants on insurance (preexisting conditions etc) only matter if you *actually have a policy* by killing the financial stuff (medicaid recs, 2021 expanded credits), you can kill the law.

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

this section draft ended up being nearly 10k words (bloated, will trim) but oh my god this might be the scariest thing i've ever written (for me, personally)

“Why is literacy important?” Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc* Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!

so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway

UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

The Supreme Court not taking Kim Davis’ crackpot appeal doesn’t “indicate” a lack of appetite to overturn Obergefell—just that this was a ridiculous legal argument. Pathetic framing here by the Washington Post. There is absolutely a ticking clock on marriage equality. DO NOT CONGRATULATE

trans journalists you should follow who cover trans lives well and deserve your support: @katelynburns.com @sydney-bauer.com @kissphoria.bsky.social @oriion.bsky.social @parkermolloy.com cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin: @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians

The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.

Democrats shut down the government, only to pass a bill that bans.... CBD products for some reason?

Some Dems fuming about this deal. Sen. Tammy Duckworth: “I simply cannot, and I will not, vote to do nothing to help protect [ppl who rely on ACA] from Trump’s vindictive and malicious efforts in exchange for a vague promise from the least trustworthy Republican party in our nation’s history."

Kaine, who has experienced Long Covid, is abandoning those with Long Covid who have to work as contractors who are too sick to work full-time.

Instead of targeting Schumer directly maybe target the people underpinning his support. This is a list of Senators up for re-election next year (I have not fact checked at all, I'm tipsy googling) centerforpoliticalawareness.com/us-senator-s...

tim kaine can you fight sir

No health care, no deal.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

I am not an establishment Dem and that’s one of the reasons I AM running for Congress. We need to change the party and make real and lasting change. I am also always out in my community raising $ for the causes @megpillow.bsky.social lists. Donations to my campaign let me do just that.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

Is he admitting he has no control of his own caucus? And if so, when is he resigning?

Should be pretty clear that without House commitment on a vote on ACA extensions, it is purely symbolic as part of the Senate deal

TIM KAINE’S STATE JUST VOTED IN A TRIFECTA OF DEMOCRATS WHY IS HE BEING SUCH A PUNK ASS (Rhetorical, please don’t)

Pelosi: ‘Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find Congressional Leadership That Doesn’t Suck Shit, Huh?’

What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a guy taking a walk. He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

hey @kaine.senate.gov what the fuck

“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...

Sitting here thinking of all the times I have begged these damned politicians for them to save someone’s life including mine.

My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.

Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121

The DC fix appears to finally be in here as well. There was a glitch in the continuing resolution in March that screwed DC out of $1 billion.

Courage is contagious, but all we keep getting from our leadership is cowardice and complacency. If this regime is as dangerous as they say, then why aren’t they trying to put out the fires?

would be a shame if people called venues the way they did for Jeffries’ book tour

Why has the government been closed at all if Senate Dems cave now? Didn't they say that they could not go along with throwing millions of people off health care? What's materially changed? A *promise* is not action. ALSO fascists lie and I've been told by some Senate Dems that the GOP is fascist.

I just. we were WINNING

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.