Tori going after the neoreactionary/Dark Enlightenment types (she quotes Peter Thiel's 2009 Cato essay, see comment for screenshot) with smoldering piano & a sinister refrain🔥 youtu.be/r4orh6GpD0c?...

This combines a few of my favorite things--mixed media art, sound design, sampling, cats, whimsy--into something really cool! I hope it offsets The Horrors for a few minutes for some of you, as well! She also has a process video that's worth a watch youtu.be/j4peeTNUEmU?...

1. "allowed" is meant to keep the conspiracy theory re: the primary alive (the margin was big enough that Paxton's interference didn't change results). the regime is extremely frightened of losing 2. 6 genders=winning at gender 3. the *brilliant* Jasmine Crockett > Davy Crockett 4. ableism=trash

I think we're going win, but I want to win hard enough that we start paying artists to paint murals in post offices again. (This time the post offices are also banks.)

This combines a few of my favorite things--mixed media art, sound design, sampling, cats, whimsy--into something really cool! I hope it offsets The Horrors for a few minutes for some of you, as well! She also has a process video that's worth a watch youtu.be/j4peeTNUEmU?...

how my morning has been going since 5:30 AM #caturday #whereisthesnoozebuttononthiscat #nothoughtsjustcrimes

Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.

....we just had freezing weather overnight for 2 nights. Now we're going to be in the 90s by Friday, then all weekend??? With more fire conditions, maybe? Go home, Texas weather, you're drunk!! Get!

The full clip makes it worse--they explicitly hope one of their followers takes it into their own hands. They're terrified of Talarico--he threatens their white Christian Nationalist narrative, defending separation of church & state, defending pluralist democracy from a position rooted in his faith.

A compelling case against bringing back Firefly. I agree with most of it. Though I compulsively shuddered at comparing Xander & Wash's roles! 😆 I 100% would rather see The Expanse finished at this point. Someone in the comments suggested a Camina Drummer spinoff--that'd be great

Just out there revealing that he doesn't understand the definition of introspection, & is unfamiliar with the work of countless philosophers, authors, & scholars dating back to the ancient world. Socrates: The unexamined life is not worth living. Andreessen: *waxes solipsistic*

Sort of beside the point, but because this happened in Richardson, Texas, with ICE agents operating out of the Dallas field office, it's just *another* reason for the Dallas Police Department to cease any and all collaboration with DHS.

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

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trying to convince myself to do something creative or at least watch something fun while occasionally checking fire info & trying to redirect Stella from her crimes

Heads up, DFW. Red Flag Warning today. That means wildfires.

The US healthcare system is so broken. The primary care office I went to all last year apparently billed my last 2 visits late (as in this year vs when they happened in 2025)...they were in network, but now insurance is trying to say those 2 visits were out of network. No one should have to do this.

🤢 Karp, Lonsdale, Thiel, everybody associated with the money & leadership behind Palantir are all so incredibly devoid of introspection, compassion, decency, & respect for human life. No, Alex, that's not what makes us special. It's not to be admired. Your worship of violence & death is horrific.

Denying children the ability to express themselves not only pulls healthy, positive coping mechanisms out of reach, but adds to the trauma they are experiencing. It's monstrous, abusive behavior. There is no excuse. We have to demand an end to concentration camps, & accountability.

*deep breath* Releasing 20+ pages of my book that comes out this month today to anyone who preorders it. Terrifying. thebloggess.com/2026/03/11/a...

because my brain is the way it is, I thought I saw someone say "you can't win gender" & my immediate thought was: why not, though? I think you CAN win gender, I believe in you

I would like the storm to storm more quietly, so that I might get a few hours of sleep

This is going to circulate in my head for awhile this morning

This what we need our leadership to address. We're a country with vast resources. Right now those are not being spent to better our lives here at home, or to save lives abroad via programs like USAID. Our tax dollars shouldn't go to senseless, pointless destruction.

a sleepy Mosaic

Seeing some wild takes calling people who like DST evil, elitist, unhealthy,* saying that we hate children, etc. Pretty wild suggestions for what anyone who does benefit from more daylight later in the day can/should do, too.

if I stop the late night belly pets, she squeaks at me until I start again. who needs sleep when there is cat?

the AM alarms didn't go off, but Stella leaped from the dresser at the top of a shelf across the room, overshot, was hanging off the side of the topshelf as we woke & tried to ran across the room to catch her, then fell into her water fountain, taking a bunch of stuff from the shelves below with her

It's well beyond the time I should be asleep, but I've been listening to music while Mosaic has the zoomies. This Apparat performance is so tight. I love it! youtu.be/IQEBG0ev1kA?...

Jeff Buckley recently earned his first Hot 100 hit and his first Rock Hall nomination, and last night his best song got covered by St. Vincent 🙏

.@JamesTalarico: To the Congresswoman Crockett’s supporters — I know I wasn’t your first choice, but I hope to earn your trust and your support. As your Democratic nominee, it’s on me to ensure you feel welcomed in, represented by, and proud of this campaign.

Another day that I'm thankful I disabled autoplay on this site. I already know what Sheehy did, I do not need to see or hear it. *shivers*

Paxton is trying to engineer fighting or drama to undermine the validity of the Senate primary & keep us from coming together behind whoever ultimately wins. Talarico has called for all the votes to be counted. It's going to be a very close race. We need to count those votes, so we can move forward

“There is still some good in the world, Mr. Frodo.”

We woke to witness the Blood Worm Moon! (which sounds like the beginning of an incantation from a moon cult or the 1st line from a metal song) There were clouds, but plenty of gaps around totality. Happy Blood Worm Moon Day, everyone! Also, Happy What If Cats & Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day!

Every time I look at the news, my brain starts screaming, so I'm just...not doing that to myself right now. I will pet the cat (who is ???sleeping in my lap?? who even is this & what'd she do with Stella???) & think of amazing music or film/TV collaborations that will never happen.

I want a Veronica Mars x Poker Face crossover special, where Veronica doesn't want any help with whatever mess she's in, but Charlie charms her way into a team up. Tell me there wouldn't be a huge audience for that. It would be magical ✨️

Stella, they don't accept cats at the grocery store.

Posting this in hopes it will magically make Stella less of a gremlin, so that I might get sleep tonight.

We need to frame this skeet & permanently pin it to the top of every feed.

I somehow missed this a little over a week ago--I love everything about it!! youtu.be/r_2MQ1l7RUU?...

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

People are going to yell and be assholes today because they're upset. Not telling you how to respond! Just reminding you (and by you, I mean me) in advance that it's going to happen. 99% of cases won't really be about the thing you said or wrote. They're just furious, and you happened to be there.

So glad Congress has just surrendered all of their power to an incompetent, ignorant, bigoted, abusive fascist who likes to do horrible shit late on Friday nights. War stuff this time, I guess. So many of us warned about these things, but were brushed off as being hyperbolic, hysterical.

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH

Ultra emergency kitten deployed

Primary voting accomplished! It was so busy that the 1st place we tried had no parking, so we had to try another location on the list--something that's never happened in early voting for a primary here!

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

While it seems like a disturbing number of people on social media are losing their damn minds, spreading conspiracy theories, & threatening to throw tantrums & not vote for Senate in Nov if their fav doesn't win (when we have 2 equally great, progressive for TX

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