Today is officially the end of something, start of something.. not exactly sure what to call it but today is the day I reversed the direction of the ceiling fan. Not planning on needing the cooling effects anymore until spring. Not exactly the start of winter, but adjacent?

It’s a fun time to have a gay, trans son because now I get to do thought experiments, like in the future will my state/country recognize my son’s marriage as a gay marriage or will they refuse to recognize his gender so on paper his marriage appears straight?

So say we all

Had an issue with Verizon recently- our plan comes with a call blocker feature meant to block spam calls. For the past three days, my dad’s (who is definitely in my contacts, I have him marked to alert in ALL modes) calls have all gone to voicemail, as if he was spam.

Bluesky is broken because the main Link is missing

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One thing that sucks about middle age is if you have any trusted service provider that you found when you entered adulthood, they are probably retiring. My PCP, my psychiatrist, and my dentist have all retired after over a decade of being their patient.

Free Link goddamnit

His only strategy to end the shut down is to dangle federal workers in front of Dems. “I’m gonna torture these hostages until you give me what I want” is his strategy. Bold strategy to be a terrorist against and the head of an organization.

Should have never happened in the first place, but I’m glad this was reversed, and quickly! Good to see our UNC system is not totally captured by fascists. www.wral.com/news/local/u...

I think this type of reporting that note Trump’s absence from the public are so helpful. Not because I think “did he die” discourse is important, but bc if it spreads to MSM he is pressured into showing his face. Challenges his ego, he will override advisors who are trying to shield him from us.

I feel like a whole lot of people in positions of power and authority owe all the young people graduating in computer/STEM degrees a huge apology.

Last week yall did a lot of doomering on this website, lets make a plan together to not let the fascists dictate the tenor of our feelings or the content of our discussions by simply saying something scary. This week lets don't afraid and set an example of courage for ourselves and our communities

Don't look away from what's happening in front of you.

What’s kinda crazy is that after all the political wrangling and centrist shaming that forced university’s to allow so many of these RW hate purveyors access to college campuses, this shooting might actually slow that down.

Is MAGA unintentionally reversing long held gender roles in America? Hear me out- first, they are targeting young men with the message that college is a waste, and they should pursue physically demanding trade jobs which have less upward mobility and hard to make it to retirement age.

I have been thinking a lot lately about young men in America, and the current focus on some unique crisis they are experiencing. My first reaction when this became a hot topic was anger. I’m still extremely enraged that women (esp young women) have lost their rights to bodily autonomy.

I know we are all enjoying dunking on Bill Belichick and UNC right now, but can we expand our mocking to the NCGOP hostile takeover versions of the UNC board of governors and board of trustees that green lit this whole situation?

This is just a month ago. You can see how fragile and arthritic my boy Otis was. But he was still obviously enjoying life. He went down hill from here. Could barely stand up out of his bed in the morning. So thankful I got to have this good boy in my life for 14+ years. Our home is so quiet now.

I haven’t been on Bluesky much recently-summer has been very busy. Have my son home from college, which is wonderful. But my bestest boy Otis has been basically on doggie hospice for months now. We had to say goodbye yesterday. Had him since he was a pup, for 14 wonderful years, my heart hurts.

I know we agree that Congress Dems are too old, and we need younger blood.. but y’all I’m still very happy about this! Cooper has won four statewide elections in NC. He is well known and respected. He has moderate “vibes” but he governed pretty progressively. Strong on women’s and trans rights.

July 30, remote.

This makes it super easy to look up and see if you are on the list of voters who need to update their info, and also has a link to update that info online. Easy peasy, no reason not to.

BS Stephen Miller, my city (Cary NC) is about 25% foreign born, and it is consistently ranked as one of THE safest cities in the country. We have had a sharp increase in boba spots not crime.

Holy shit. And also I’m very grateful someone is still looking into the power grid attack in Pinehurst area. This is a frightening article.

You guys! Look how gentle and sweet my great pyr girl Phoebe plays with her very old, very arthritic older brother Otis! How fucking sweet are they? Otis is almost 15 (!) and she is the only one who gets him this playful these days! This is huge activity for him!

I honestly think there are more than a few of these folks who have secretly been less than pleased with other stuff happening since Trump was elected, but most of it has been stuff he campaigned that they supported (in theory). This is the first promise he’s breaking that he can’t deflect on others

ACC tournament games (I’m a Tobacco Road baby)

It’s raining really hard again here, which is fine BUT it’s also raining really hard again in Durham and Chapel Hill and that is not fine at all. Very worried for my neighbor towns.

I think a lot of people have a reflex to proclaim “but the people in the ICE facilities are innocent ppl, not convicted criminals”, I know I had that thought. And then I took a beat and remembered that inhumane conditions are not any more justifiable whether for innocent or guilty.

What I’m gathering from my timeline today is that I have done an excellent job at choosing who to follow here on Bluesky, because all I see is tons of posts saying stop being ghouls about dead children in TX, but no actual posts being ghoulish. Good job me, and ppl I follow!

My husband captured the sweetest series of pictures of our baby girl Millie (not a baby, she’s 8, but she’s our baby, and THE baby of the house). Tell me dogs can’t communicate non verbally with their people.

So many horrible things are happening in US right now, & continue to in Gaza as well, but I haven’t forgotten that we have abandoned Ukraine.If we are gonna skirt international law, we could at least do it for the right reason. We should have helped Ukraine win this war a long time ago.

*Important* Trans Lifeline is on a short break until July 14th. 🏳️‍⚧️ In light of the LGBTQ+ youth specific branch of the 988 hotline being shut down, we wanted to highlight all the resources that are available and committed to not going anywhere. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Congressman Chuck Edwards is perhaps persuadable to vote "No" on BBB. Call him at 828-435-7310, especially if you live in the Asheville-Hendersonville NC area, TODAY. Use personal stories if possible. Many thanks!

Their penance one day will be to name their swimming complex after Lia Thomas, engrave her name in their god damn facade. She will not be erased. We will not let them.

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If anything, Trump not cutting Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security during his first term was the aberration from the standard GOP agenda. McCain saved him from killing ACA. So many people voted for him this time expecting the same. He campaigned to preserve them!

I’m kinda surprised that no whistleblower has come forward yet from all of the ICE raids/encampments. Remember, these “ICE” teams are made up of enforcement officers from all the federal agencies. FBI agents are participating. Agents that we regard as highly trained and educated in US law.

Kinda crazy for Musk to reignite his dues with Trump on the same day his DOJ announces they are going to start prioritizing demigrations. You cannot look at how they have abused deportations against political “enemies” and believe they won’t also abuse this.

This man is a sadistic narcissistic who is not advocating for less tax cuts to balance this budget, the murder bill does not do enough harm to satisfy him, he wants much bigger cuts to social services. He wants our social security funds to pay off the debt. We are serfs that fund HIS govt piggybank

I hope this man knows that many many Americans will run to the polls and vote for the candidates that promise Homan will have a first hand experience of what it’s like to be incarcerated at age 75. Repurpose the migrant detention camps he’s building to lock up every last MAGA criminal.

So is this story nbd in America these days? No national coverage? I get that everyone is focused on the Murder Bill right now, but this right here can be directly tied to a bill that significantly increases the funding/manpower to do this around the country. WTF WTF WTF WTF

NC Dem party is officially braver than the national DNC and I’m so proud to be a member of THIS party.

Holy fucking shit- just found out my Dem state party (NC Dems) voted for an arms embargo to Israel and no PAC money in primaries!! The fucking NC Dem party is head and shoulders above the DNC and that is embarrassing for the national party y’all!!