After being diagnosed with a cancer that he didn’t actually have, Anthony Olson dropped out of college, moved back in with his parents and began Weiner’s prescribed regimen: four straight days on chemo, four weeks off. Olson endured this for nine years. (Published Dec. 2024)

I'm something of an outdoorsman

OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”

I am legitimately not happy that MTG is getting death threats, and I also have to triage my concern and empathy these days so unfortunately there are a lot of people ahead of her in line and she helped put a lot of them there.

Charlotte friends, if you know an org that needs whistles, you know who to call. 💕

This is important context from Julie K. Brown. With alt text.

web.archive.org/web/20241122... Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.

“If you're arguing against us while using our language, we're winning." –GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd as the proto-fascist “war on terror” raged

livejournal thread for those who weren't there during that time or for those of us to relive the pain xD

Except the reason LJ was huge in Russia was because it functioned as, essentially, the free press, because it was an outside-Russia site that supported the Cyrillic character set but the Russian state apparatus could not get information out of.

i. love. my. state!!!!!

‼️ for those of us who can't own guns because it'd be an easy out (which is the reason i can't own one.)

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11/15 Update: I'm currently sitting at needing $480 by Friday, 11/21, in order to make the final rent payment in my payment plan and stay housed. #MutualAidRequest

Hey so. Lots of people reading your hot takes on Bubba are gay or bi. There are lots of jokes to be made--Clinton is RIGHT THERE--but if the best you've got is 101 basic bitch homophobia, got some bad news for you about you.

Dog they reenacted Jim Crow and apartheid in front of our faces in less than five years because we just STARTED to hold them accountable Stop asking “How could this happen” Start asking “ How does this never happen again”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_R.... two men who ran for President in 1976 lived to vote for Kamala Harris. One of course was Jimmy Carter, the other was former Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris (1930-2024.)

LOLOLOOL holy shit. Buddy Holly played the Apollo and was a badass and died at 23. He will always be a legend, and Lubbock tried to smother him. Time to listen to Lubbock or Leave It by The Chicks And every song by Buddy Holly. Faves are Rave On, Maybe Baby, Oh Boy, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, etc

The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.

“Treating people who use drugs as if their health issues are moral failings is a violation of their human rights”

making a social media post and taking a screenshot of the social media posts to share on a social media post

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

everything I know about the Nuzzi/RFK Jr affair I have learned against my will

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

alt text in the thread this is fucking amazing

Hold up

Hey everyone. I’m helping another family from Lethbridge out this week. They’ve had a member of their family in the hospital due to pancreatitis and they’re still $560 short on their rent if anyone can help send to my PayPal/EMT [email protected] Anything helps. They’re still in the hospital.

nineteen people arrested during today’s protest outside the broadview ice detention center were charged with “obstruction/disorderly conduct/walking on highways,” per the latest update from ccso. one person was charged with “mob action/obstruction/disorderly conduct.” one person’s charges tbd.

Remember who brags about being able to lead a cult or “get revenge” But becomes a victim the minute someone asks them why they speak poorly of people

"In a conversation with The Atlantic" oh boy "The Democratic Party should be redesigned to focus on addressing the issues gripping everyday American life, he said." this is true, but we also can't brand talking about marginalized lives as identity that's NOT part of everyday life so :P

The THC ban has nothing to do with the safety of marijuana. The alcohol lobby is freaking out and bribing government officials. People are drinking less and young people barely drink at all, bc they prefer THC. It's always about which lobbyists are paying up.

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the audacity of these children, to actually eat all of their good halloween candy. what the fuck, this is bullshit, a direct attack on me, their father, who cares for them deeply.

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lol sigh

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

fuck. that. shit. the process is already so bulky and/or inconvenient that this is criminal!! i've talked to SEVERAL people who didn't eat for days THIS WEEK every one of them works or got laid off after 10+ years, are too old or are differently abled (or unable to get labeled as disabled!) ARGH

Yeah, Stringer was breathtakingly good-looking, but he wasn't worth a damn. He was a scammer at heart and would have sold out everyone to go mingle with rich white powerbrokers all day.

thread of connected nightmares, bless

The shape of the graphic is definitely graphic and apropos

the saga that is Gail convinced Canadians don't have pickles remains hilarious, but also even moreso when they have SO many and SO MANY dill flavored things (more than the US. trust me, i loved it lol)

I don't mask everywhere anymore but the airport and onboard the plane is still #1 and I don't know if I'll ever go back

i mean just add a tone tag to your song quote death threats next time? i didn't recognize it as lyrics and i'm a fan of johnny cash, obvs not a good one lol /sarcasm /deadpan /unserious all those are fun and good to add or a link to know your meme it's like alt text for content mods i guess lol

capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh

i mean. we're their rebellious child, so i can get the technical truth of this, but also, we've been friends because colonialism demands colonialists lol. and this bitch is VERY much what a colonialist in its final form is (and Stephen Miller. And Trump.)

I don't think, for the record, that flirtation or fascination with Nazi iconography is unforgivable or even necessarily inherently evil. I like David Bowie and Joy Division/New Order plenty. But don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

The funny thing here is that usually there are people who really want to leave because of an election, but lack the means. In this case, these people have the means! They could go! They aren’t stuck!

"alas" NOPE. fuck that guy.