In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

Car bumpers, homemade pies … no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

When I was on Isle Royale I was obsessed shipwrecks around the island. The Edmund Fitzgerald kicked off my love of history as a kid but I also love the small stories. Like the sinking of the Grampa Woo near the Passage Island Light, right along the way the Fitz passed 50 years ago.

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single. Read about how ↓

Shut us down for good reason. Open back up without any of those reasons having been fixed. You want us to have confidence in you? You want us to think YOU can lead US? Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a chance to be back.. but our pain produced nothing in return.

Americans showed up in historic numbers last week and proved they're willing to back a party that stands up to Donald Trump. We cannot have the leader of our party be a man that caves to Trump over and over again. It's long past time for Schumer step aside.

Apparently fortune cookies are doing call out posts now

Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.

I’m a National Park Service ranger and I’ve been out of work for more than a month. It’s been devastating. I’ve put $3,000 on my credit card just for student loans and other bills- but it was worth it to guarantee people got the healthcare we needed. And…Schumer just threw all that away.

chuck schumer cannot be replaced as party leadership quickly enough

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??

Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings

The truth is not "more nuanced," the truth is that none of these people are narco terrorists.

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

FOX: So you would ask Speaker Johnson to recall the House? GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted

We are in this weird situation where we would prefer they not think they are going to prison, because it means they are more likely to give up power peacefully. But they also need to go to prison, and we need to build a consensus around that point

I think this cartoon was circa Trump admin #1 - and even more painfully accurate today. We’re proud of what we do at CDC. Proud to serve. Proud to be #FedStrong 💚 But for tonight’s lighter question: If you weren’t in public health… what would your other dream job be? 🎭📚🎨

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

We stopped at the historical marker for Harriet Tubman's birthplace and found someone had left three apples and a whisk broom in the grass. They form an arrow pointing north.

Way to go Detroit!!!

Not to replace substance with message but I genuinely do not think that the GOP establishment is prepared, nor capable, of regulating itself in a world where all high profile democrats are directly staring into a camera and telling Trump to go fuck himself.

Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer https://theonion.com/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-share-plan-for-making-rich-richer/

andrew cuomo ran one of the worst political campaigns in modern history but i think my favorite part was in this ai ad, the pregnant bill cited chatgpt as a source and a chatgpt phone walks onto the screen and goes “that’s right”

oh no please dont make the young, good looking, energetic politician the face of the franchise

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

The guy beloved by Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bill Walton?

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

The winning feels good but it’s also reassuring to know that Republicans will learn absolutely nothing from this and make no adjustments.

A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative. (Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)

i had forgotten what elections feel like when it’s not extremely bleak. we should make good choices more often

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

The GOP vile anti-trans campaign failed miserably. Earle-Sears made it her dominant issue - and lost hugely Should be duly noted by the punditry (but don't count on that)

Denying food and health benefits to single moms doesn’t exactly scream: “pro-natalism.”

when people say that trump is not transparent what they mean is that he is not HONEST but anyone who has ever dealt with another human being knows that he is lying (even his supporters!). he is technicolor id, which is embarrassingly popular and most of the popularity is it's brutal authenticity.

Every accusation is a confession

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

The guy who gave a Hitler salute endorsed Cuomo and yet it’s Mamdani who has to constantly respond to accusations of antisemitism. Maybe between now and tomorrow someone can ask Cuomo if he denounces Musk.

It’s not a mistake when you have no process.

ME: *holding a flashlight under my face wearing ghost makeup and a yankees hat* chuuuuuck.... chuck schuuuumeerrrr.... SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER: ahhh! who are you??? ME: dont you recognize me chuuuuuckk..... im the baileys.... im the boy one..... chuck im woke now.....

You want to laugh but this is how stupid and selfish the scott adamses of the world are

Boid watching

New awareness campaign

"Mamdani’s embrace of his Muslim faith, his advocacy for Gaza and his willingness to stand up for immigrants has solidified his appeal," writes Guardian US columnist Margaret Sullivan.

“We’re seeing that some of these campaigns have actively started during October, clearly after the shutdown started, which is key to this story." Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This article makes me sick @npr.org. How can you say you are “unbiased” and run a story like this?