Conservatives Boycott All Forms Of Entertainment

Saturday night in: collaging with candy.

I think the issue here isn’t that “white people tacos” (sometimes) include black olives, but that she considers opening a can and dumping olives into a colander “decanting.”

This is my Super Bowl.

This is who runs this account.

One of the few pleasures I have left in this hellscape is perfume. I ordered samples that were on the USPS truck en route to my house yesterday — and no one on my street got mail. At all. Kids are back at school, it hasn’t snowed in close to a week & temps are standard winter cold. What gives?

Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

Frankenstein: Creation of Culture Communication Theory Persuasion Audio Production Math 99 (aka “math for English majors”)

Beyond gutted about Catherine O’Hara. What a phenomenal loss.

I have a ticket to see Sharp Pins tonight but we’re buried in snow and dealing with single digit temps. Hoping Snail Mail makes a stop in Pittsburgh this spring so I can see both bands (+ Swirlies!!)

A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

The feeling is mutual. (I showed this to my Green Day-obsessed 13-year-old and he just laughed and laughed…)

Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that

The New Deal is one of the best things this godforsaken country ever managed to put together, and Republicans have been wanting to gut it ever since. I think this is specific, targeted hate, not just a brainless drive for real estate value

Every day brings a new level of rage never dreamed possible. A nesting doll of rages

I normally don't break my schedule for newsletters because breaking news isn't my thing. But things are escalating quickly, so I made an exception. Please read and share these remarks from @governorwalz.mn.gov. www.altrightdelete.news/p/you-need-t...

Every Trait Disqualifying ICE Agent From Previous Jobs Ideal For Current One https://theonion.com/every-trait-disqualifying-ice-agent-from-previous-jobs-ideal-for-current-one/

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Pittsburgh’s beloved (and last standing) alt-weekly, and VACCINES?! All wiped out in a day. No words.

There's going to be a lot in 2026. We knew 2025 was only the start and the news will be non-stop. I will be trying my absolute best to continue creating and posting art. This is not an attempt to ignore everything going on, but an attempt at balance.

I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen. To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity. To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.

www.npr.org/sections/sho... On Friday, the rule will be entered into the federal registrar. There will be a time for public comment for 60 days. The ACLU is attempting to fight this from going into effect.

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

We Didn’t Start The Fire-ass news cycle

A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...

I would have so much more respect for the designers who put this together if they DID use safety scissors and Elmer’s glue. Collage art is fantastic! This, on the other hand…

Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social

This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...

This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office. More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases. As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.

Jesus, this is the kind of on-the-nose symbolism in stuff like A Wrinkle in Time where they travel to the planet that was consumed by the Black Thing and every house on the street was identical and the children played by bouncing their balls in unison

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

• Vaccines don’t cause autism. • COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids. • COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children. The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters. Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.

Happy consumerism bonanza day! Throw tomatoes at target/Walmart/Amazon! Get some freaky little presents from artists! Big corps make the wealthy wealthier & artists are trying to buy wet food for their cats. Artists, drop your shops! For a start, check out SquidFacts.net More of my faves below

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

“I’m not a range boy. I’m a range bear.”

Michael Stipe on beer 9:

Back on my bullshit (going deep into perfume discussion forums and review sites to find the weirdest and best descriptions of scents).

Delighted to learn that ADHD symptoms can be exacerbated by PMS and perimenopause and that my brain is not, in fact, shriveling to the size of a single pea.

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Our Rude Boy Rudy is missing and my heart is broken. 💔 We realized our basement door was open (probably for hours) after we got back from my birthday dinner last night. Please share all the positive stories and statistics of indoor cats finding their way home safely after escaping!

One of my favorite Pittsburgh artists (and self-proclaimed curmudgeon) @alternatehistories.bsky.social knows that AI “art” is garbage and an existential threat to humanity and the planet. Help spread the word and #StopTheSlop

Question for the under-40 crowd: If you went to a Halloween party and saw someone dressed like this photo, would you know who they were?

It makes me sad and sick that so people around me are eager to outsource their creativity—and humanity—to AI platforms.

When SNAP runs out on Nov. 1st, hundreds of thousands of people in Pittsburgh and across SWPA will struggle to afford food. I compiled (with the help of community members) a non-exhaustive list of where people can find help, including sites in Pittsburgh & outer counties. Please spread this.

Unrealistic dialogue.

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!

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