they are shutting off voices and the news

The world out here really testing my ability to enjoy things today

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!! Just the one!!

a young eastern box turtle for #turtleTuesday

Attn Black people, stop scrolling. This is not a drill: Chicago

Now that Trump has shut down the government, Democrats need to be loud and confident in our argument. No 75% premium increases. No lawlessness. That’s what we are fighting for. The people will be with us. But only if we show strength.

gonna start making a list of cool jobs that contemporary romance main characters should have instead: 1. surrogate migratory bird parent/flying biologist www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National parks will largely remain open to the public during the expected government shutdown. The last time the Trump administration tried this (during the shutdown from December 2018 to January 2019) most workers were furloughed while parks stayed open.

Hero shit

Did you know? In the Victorian era, beauty advice often blended common sense with danger. "The Ugly-Girl Papers" urged girls to bathe often, sleep well, and get fresh air, but it also suggested skin-lightening with arsenic wafers, and lotions laced with lead or mercury. #Victorian #history

It’s fall and as always I feel the urge to buy russet boots. I will not wear russet boots. I’ve never owned russet boots. Yet every fall they’re marketed to me and I think “Yes this autumnal season will not be complete without russet boots”.

Relaxing.

Huzzah! I love when people admire Ginny Reese books! ❤️

Hegseth is summoning hundreds of the most senior US generals and admirals so he can give them a lecture on the “warrior ethos” this week.

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

today my only plans are to take the bath to end all baths. bubbled. salted. pillow. two face masks. hair masque. podcasts. hot tea. book. towel to wipe fingers during reading.

After insisting on being the sole corporate sponsor for the 3 day Black Book Bash literary festival in Jacksonville, FL, Publix yanked all support only *one week* before the event, citing the “volatile climate” as their reason 🤬 You can show support/donate @ iamcaseyrkelley.com/pages/b3-home

Word count 1923, which is when "The Dickens Book, scenes for the works of Charles Dickens", was published. This is a wee photo from the inside cover. It was my dads book and it found its way into my bookshelf.

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The way some of y'all jump on people for asking a question is ridiculous. It's okay to be shocked someone doesn't know something you thought everyone knew. Either give them the answer or ignore them. It really isn't that hard.

On the plus side Trump is showing the whole world in real time exactly how stupid fascism looks

With both crypto and AI, there are humans involved at every level of the stack. Narratives of automation make it seem like the process is merely mechanical, but if there are humans involved, there are points for regulatory intervention (and in this case, humans who may need legal protections)

Subtly downgrade a band My favorite: Princess

Much attention has been on ANU but the governance crisis is broad and deep across the sector. Close scrutiny needs to be applied *everywhere*. This is shameful from UTS management.

Has anyone asked supervillains if they just tent their fingers like that because they’re waiting for their hand lotion to dry?

Evidence suggests that somewhere in here is a cricket.

Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass

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Basically, as long as they can keep one district gerrymandered reliably deep red, the MO GOP can kill popular democracy in their state. A metaphor for the entire country - rigged minority rule. (with some help by some bad antiquated design in the original superstructure)

Toenails

Me hand-washing two little containers with milliliter measurement markings thinking “where can I get my hands on a little container to measure out a few milliliters”

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

It’s OK to enjoy things. I’m going to paint my toenails.

Sex workers posting wildly incorrect WW2 rage bait to get people to click on their bio instead of thirst traps is the funniest anecdote you can tell about this place

Manny Jacinto posted this bc he knows how sad and anxious we all are

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

Every day I open the news to the latest shooting and yet people still say "When the war comes"

The left doesn't need to tone down the rhetoric. The right needs to tone down the fascism.

This is super fucked up and as an old I am here to tell you cops will extremely often make up cruising charges just to harass some queers. This shit had tapered off in the 90s but now here we are.

Thanks, I love it.

Uh…… Way to read the room, Disney/Hulu. Spoiler: I won’t be back. When I’m not inclined to give you money, I am also… not inclined to give you MORE money.

Reminder that Mahmoud Khalil is still being deported for his 1A protected speech.

Just signed a copy of my novel STARS AND BONES for a customer after he picked it up and informed me, “He’s a local author, you know.” “More local than you realise,” I said.

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

not raptured, but the CD player in my car did rise from the dead* *spat out the CD it ate three days ago and now seems to be functioning normally

I wonder if the GOP is so good at marketing because 1) they don't care at all if what they promise is anything like what they deliver and 2) they only market to their existing base, or people who sympathize with their existing base

I kind of get where she’s coming from. The only thing we Americans truly do believe in is money, and fascism is bad for business. Yet time & again fascism has won out over economics. We’re blinded by our exceptionalism. I know I was (till 2000).

Drop some snakes