No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

When we say “everyone should mask” we don’t actually expect people will. We know how selfish people are. But we say it because: 1) it’s factually true 2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.

A thousand writers: “SEE IF I WRITE THIS YOU TELL ME IT’S TOO ON THE NOSE”

I am here for this romcom, especially the subplot in which the inflatable costume factory suddenly needs more workers and therefore welcomes in a refugee community that also brings new food, culture, and revitalizes the public schools. A refugee costume designer can fall for the big city gay lawyer.

imagine being such a shitty little turd man that millions of people line up to tell you how much you suck

we are such a messy country with such a shit-show of a legacy, but the absolute best parts of us are the things this admin are trying to snuff out, and while I absolutely have a complicated relationship with our flag, this makes me emotional

CLEAR EYES, FULL HEARTS, NO KINGS

If you’re out at a #NoKings rally today, stay safe, stay smart, and wear a mask! I love you!

Because we all need something to smile about. (Wish I could get my paws on those cookies, though.)

This is TOMORROW! Join us! bsky.app/profile/effi...

If you're protesting tomorrow, please wear a mask! Not just for surveillance reasons but because you will be in close quarters with people and we are in the midst of a wave of covid (and the beginning of flu season). Protect yourself and others! Mask up!

If Hunter Biden went on MSNBC and said Joe Biden was "saving God," the head of every pundit and influencer in right wing media would simultaneously explode. Half of Manhattan would be covered in Fox News head debris.

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

When Mike Johnson or another national leader repeatedly claims they haven’t seen relevant things in the news, an appropriate reporter reaction would be “Holy cow, how do you not know?!? How can you do your job without knowing what’s happening? What are you doing to fix your ‘not knowing’ problem?”

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Just added Portuguese holidays to my phone calendar. It’ll be a while before I know what they are and know to expect them before they pop up, but this is step one toward that. Hashtag so glad to be out of the US.

Honestly, it needs to go further than this. We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

Dear liberals, If you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It’s one small act of solidarity with the millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health

today and every day

This is bad. Share stuff from the original journalists who are putting themselves on the line, not the aggregators. ❤️

I am a firm believer in restorative justice, BUT when it comes to crimes against humanity, to jail with you. Jail for a thousand years. ICE agents belong in jail for "following orders," and every administrator in our current administration deserves life in jail or worse.

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Spectacular essay

ChatGPT itself is a lazy nepo baby failson that constantly bullshits you about work it can't understand and blows off, but you somehow can't fire because it got this job as a favor to its parent company, as above so below etc

This is the way. “Fuck you, make me.”

The single act you can take with the biggest antifascist impact is wearing an n95 in public. Illness & disability most harm the communities that fascists target: trans, disability, BIPOC, immigrant, poor, &c. COVID, measles, &c are bullets. Your maskless face is the gun. Give/get mask mutual aid:

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

Good morning specifically to the Seattle Fucking Mariners

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught. So it’s important that you create things. It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share. It’ll do your brain & the world good.

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Well, this kind of pissed in my Cheerios. As noted, things are complicated. But sigh.

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

„María Corina, my name is Kristian Berg Harpviken, I am the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel committee in Oslo, I'm calling to inform you that in a few minutes it shall be announced here at the Nobel institute that you will be awarded the Nobel peace prize for 2025.“ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vium...

The CEO just fumbled through a three-day meltdown trolling trans users, then bragged about how many skeets users have made after dismissing our value to the site, and continues to ban users under false pretenses -- rank stuff. You want to learn about toxicity on Bluesky? Look around your office.

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

I would say that for Japanese-Americans in the 1940s, the US was a fascist country. It wasn’t for most white people. I would say that for people of Mexican descent in the US, the US is a fascist country right now. For most white people, it isn’t. Most of us aren’t in immediate danger of being seized

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

JEM AND TEAN! JEM AND TEAN! *twirling until I fall down*

You know what would protect more against tyranny? Not having highly militarized law enforcement in this country in the first place.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

What are you doing to *hold them accountable* though?????

SHAME. SHAME. SHAME.

Because everything is terrible and a lot of people are struggling, I'm sharing a resource that has helped a friend of mine tremendously with their sobriety, for those who also find 12-step based programs completely offputting: lifering.org

Really good offer.

Even the ppl I hate are still ppl and I want them to have full rights as such. I also want them to come to a bad end and face consequences for their actions. But I want them to have full rights as ppl the whole time. I want everyone to have that, period full stop.

'We as a nation are not going to tolerate people who are trying to stop fascism' is definitely something