just one more pool update then i'll go to bed, just one more

folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.

This is a very scary thread, but now that everything's all right, I think it's everyone's duty to convince this person they never actually woke up.

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:

Greenland embraces a new MAGA hat: 'Make America Go Away.' www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend. This is Alice's story:

Assumption of Guilt™. From the same SCOTUS that brought us the Kavanaugh Stop™, already brutalizing a community near you.

I think voting is incredibly important. This is why me and my friends have raised $1 million for voting rights. I think if the ONLY THING you are talking about right now is people voting, you have lost the plot.

The Social Security Administration has seen record staff cuts during the second Trump administration. Now, the majority of dedicated SSA employees who deliver our earned benefits are earning less than a living wage.

Are we?

It’s a lawless totalitarian occupation of an American city.

Who wants 3D printed whistles to give out in their community? Let’s connect people with 3D printers and people who need whistles in this thread.

You’ve been Hit By You’ve Been Struck By

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.

I absentmindedly donned a pom-pom hat to cover my unwashed hair in anticipation of a video call with a friend. While ultimately being unnecessary for the audio-only call, I forgot about the hat. The call is over. It is snowing. The hat stays.

Whatever happened to not posting bullshit from ding dongs on X over here. I don't give a single smothered and covered shit what Matt Walsh and fucking catturd are saying about Venezuela.

One of my most popular posts on the other site we don’t talk about was a suggestion that we replace the entirety of Congress with shelter cats and I stand by it.

Hoping desperately that someone will gift and share quickly; posts supporting Motaz's and Marah's GFM campaigns keep getting "moderated" off the platform. Mila needs urgent medical care, and all 3 badly need shelter from the cold. Please help however you can. gofund.me/8ea5471af gofund.me/fa1755185

remember to start fresh and clean

"Maria" sent us this photo from where she and her coworkers are hard at work in Tulare CA harvesting mandarin oranges. They get paid $60 per 900 lb bin and spend their work day going up and down ladders filling heavy bags of oranges and rushing to dump them in the bin. #WeFeedYou

Today in Jeremy's salad: collard greens, hibiscus, rose, and aloe vera

this fellow has broken loose from somewhere; he’s talking about something and somebody we don’t know

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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

Sure, sex is nifty - but have you ever blocked a smol sex pest?

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Thanks for being part of another very good, normal and rural year here at The Museum of English Rural Life <3 We'd like to wish you a very happy holidays, and a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Our socials will now enter hibernation until 5 Jan 2026. See you then!

If you do not support trans people - by actively dedicating your time and money (if you have it) and voice to their cause - you are a failure of morality and humanity and you are not just a bystander but a culpable participant in one of the most violent attempts at eugenics of our time.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care. www.transyouthemergencyproject.org

on the bright side three years from now will be boom times for businesses that specialize in removing garish brass letters from buildings

Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.

The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”. NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC. ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr. Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.

SUNSHINE.BMF

Yup. This feels right.

sharks, i come today with an opportunity for you to invest in a cask of the finest amontillado in the world. please follow me into the catacombs so you can try it for yourselves

Sending love to all those who are having a hard time during the holidays. Many of us have family whose political decisions inflict deep hurt. Or friends whose uninformed apathy cuts deep. We see you. You are not alone. Goodnight 💚

This is literally the only thing that Eric Adams has ever said that makes sense to me.

My friend Motaz finally has an account on a server that will not punish his family for daring to plead for help. He, Marah, and Mila are in desperate straits. You can see Mila in the picture. She is the sweetest baby. They need food, water, and medicine. Please donate or share.

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Odenkirk in Nobody can GET IT.

Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/

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For Mila. For Mila. For Mila. Please help.