And have a clear plan to stop anyone from doing it again

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Every year we hire a few editorial fellows to do fact-checking and reporting. Great entry/early career gig that has helped populate pretty much every news org you've heard of: www.motherjones.com/careers/fell...

it seems unsanitary to hug the same flag you wipe your ass with

History?? Criminal courts are the ones who should be judging, , convicting with ample evidence, and incarcerating for the maximum sentence.

None of it is a distraction from anything; all of it is a distraction from everything.

This mobilization comes directly after statements made by Donald Trump, who threatened: “Tuesday [April 7] will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F****** Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.”

Oh, and I got called an "old bat" today, unironically, by someone trying to insult me. 😃. FOR THE WIN. 🎉 😁 It actually made me laugh, which made it even better, because he hated that. 😄 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🏆

Is it worth mentioning that a lot of "failed" coups are actually just testing the boundaries to figure out where the weaknesses lie, and once they get a solid view of things they come in serious and organized Or Do we just want to giggle about it some more

I'm now following @eruptionchaser.bsky.social here on the 'Sky! He's a pal on Fb, a multi-discipline scientist*, a vintage computer aficionado, and a really good person. Hi, Mike! 😃 *He'll go all "Aw, shucks; not me", but he's crazy knowledgeable in a lot of areas, with actual degrees. If you 1/2

People on here rightly are pissed by the way Democratic politicians post as if they are witnesses to what's happening instead of ACTORS in what's happening. It's absolutely pathetic and weak.

OH, SNAP.

It's often amusing watching movies with people who really know the stuff that's going on. However, Andy had to put up with me grumbling last night... "That's supposed to be GOLD! Gold is HEAVY! Couldn't they make the pieces out of something heavy?! Could they ACT like it's heavy? They're actors!!"

Rightwing dudes: "Women shouldn't be in leadership. Women shouldn't vote. They're not rational like men." Also, somehow, rightwing dudes: "The hand of God teleported me to a Waffle House."

It's impolite to call Musk a genocidal white nationalist because "civility" in American discourse functions not as a neutral procedural norm but as an asymmetric weapon to shield the powerful from accurate moral characterization while policing the tone of those who object.

when we're all unable to connect to use the internet, send emails, pay our bills, use our toasters, and god knows what else if AWS goes down, i want you to know now that i blame our lack of antitrust laws far more than i'll blame a foreign missile

Can I just tell you how INCREDIBLY fucking ANNOYING it is that putting -whatever no longer removes it from a search on Google nor DuckDuckGo. If I put -Amazon, that means I DON'T want to see goddamn Amazon. And it does NOT mean show me only Amazon, Target, and Walmart! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

honestly, if dems/progressive independents don’t clean house during midterms, it’s an irredeemable skill issue

How incredibly predictable that Bondi and Noem made absolute bafoons of themselves on behalf of Trump, only to learn that there’s no amount of cruelty toward others that could buy them safety in a room full of misogynists.

It's linked to in the piece above, but here is a direct link to the ASPCA's complete encyclopedia of plant toxicity for pets. www.aspca.org/pet-care/asp...

Here are some safer alternatives! www.aspca.org/news/your-gu...

This weekend and always, NO LILIES FOR KITTIES. www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Vet confronts ICE agents for wearing military uniforms without serving and "Police" insignias without going to police academies. They are uncharacteristically lowkey and quiet.

Mission.

There's maybe a dozen who are really legit, but far more who are all about the sternly worded letters.

Image description: Color photo. Taken from floor level, indoors, green background. A white turkey, a blonde woman in a black suit, white shirt, black string tie is holding a blonde toddler wearing a long sleeved T-shirt and pants. Turkey, far left; Karoline Leavitt, center; probably her kid, right.

when they take away rights only wrongs are left

Artists live in cheap areas and the areas become cool and interesting because artists, and then Big Money sees the cool and monetizes it; rents blow up, artists are priced out, and gentrifying yuppies complain about how the neighborhood used to be cool. Rinse and repeat until artists are homeless.

Mad props to both her and the photographer.

think as a individual while listening to others and speaking values into actions bigger than your own specific benefit

NO, IT'S NOT IRRATIONAL PANIC, IT REALLY IS BEING INFLICTED. FUCKING STAND UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE!!

It has been a decade and I have given up on the Dems ever understanding that a HUGE part of Trump's appeal is that he just fucking says it. He doesn't sound like a sentient NYT opinion poll And Dems' response has been to sound even MORE like an NYT opinion poll. Incredible to watch

"he's authentically a lying asshole" may be the most accurate and succinct description of Trump I've ever heard bsky.app/profile/dist...

STUPID MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT FUCKING PIXEL PHONE. The Google Pixel sucks rocks, the really good camera is the ONLY good thing about it. I thought I hated the Samsung, but, oh, I was wrong...

THIS IS BAD

Happy polio vaccine announcement anniversary. "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" remains one of the hardest remarks of all time. Kind of quote every child should be taught

Turns out those Chinook salmon that finally showed up in the Upper Klamath last year were doing more than just posing for photos. 🐟🧪🌎 www.opb.org/article/2026...

You remember Lancelot the Unicorn from the circus? I was there when he was unicornified. He was gently sedated and gave every indication of being entirely unbothered. He was a cute lil bugger. 😃🦄

Very cool: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sic...

I finally reached the tipping point. I got my teeth cleaned today, and didn't want to eat anything because my mouth felt so great, but hunger has won out...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ANTIMATTER

Allowing this to exist - assuming it opens at all, which feels unlikely - is child abuse.

Your face should be way less red and not so plump

HOOOYAH

When you look at the last year it's hard to say what would have been different if a really competent, energetic and aggressive team had sat down on day one and said, what do we need to do to get inflation higher? Like full Apollo 13 energy.

"We've got a self-induced staffing crisis during a period of elevated risk sparked by our illegal war. In response, we'll deploy our neo-nazi lunkhead army. They don't know anything about airport security but they're very good at racial profiling. Why are you so skeptical, this is a great plan"

It is quite telling that since the horrific story of Cesar Chavez re: sexual abuse broke earlier this week and calls to change the names of schools and other public spaces named in his honor, not one conservative voice has stepped forward to object that this would be tantamount to erasing history.