Yippie ki-yay… what a savings.

Breaking: The Missouri Supreme Court declined to take up the state's appeal to reinstate Missouri's ban on abortion and several restrictions that prevented access to care. This means that abortion care will remain available in Missouri.

So, Jesus is a Warlock. That tracks. Has a pact and gets powers from a patron he calls ‘My Father.’

This timeline is the worst game of Mad Libs ever.

What. The. Shit. Disney+ annual subscription price by year 2020 - $69.99 2021 - $79.99 2022 - $109.99 2023 - $139.98 2024 - $159.99 2025 - $189.99

Looking for a one-off sci-fi novel to listen to? Friends Matt Vancil and Brian S. Lewis self-published The Fatal Frontier in Dec 2023. Think Lower Decks meets Murderbot meets Alien, a splash of Lexx if you aren’t careful. Audible is running a sale this week. I highly recommend TFF. tiny.cc/tff

As a Gen X, this definition of 6 7 makes the most sense to me.

A constant reminder for those supporting his atrocities.

So many pieces of The Expanse keep reflecting current events. (From Caliban’s War)

You can’t afford a coal mine. You can’t afford a gas turbine. You can’t afford an oil rig. Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can. But you can afford a solar power station on your roof. Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.

Every time Mike Johnson speaks on camera, I hear Roderick the Lying Gargoyle from JourneyQuest

#Shutdown baseball edition

“Nothing ever killed more people than being afraid to look like a sissy.” —James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate

“To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” —Douglas Adams

When we overcome this era of oligarchy and fascism, the US can turn the #ballroom into the Trump Memorial Peace Museum. A collection of possessions, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of tyranny, racism, nationalism, and oppression.

An older meme, but still a ‘hit.’

Anymore, everyone can decipher the real meaning behind his tantrums. I CHEATED AND GOT CAUGHT!!! Canada legally exposed my overreach by using actual quotes from Ronald Reagan’s 5-min radio speech to undermine my manipulation of the United States Supreme Court. F** AMERICANS FIRST and OFTEN!!!

Missouri: $2.5 million Argentina: $40 BILLION

Ah, Melania’s Who Gives a Fuck Theme for this year’s Christmas Decor is coming along nicely.

The DT’s talking heads are 10x-ing down on their violent rhetoric this morning. I can hope this means they are desperate, like Gul Madred trying to break Picard one last time before the calvary arrives.

“Make America Great Again” -Trump “Hate America Rally” -Johnson “America can’t function if [The DT] has to work with co-equal branches of government” -Leavitt So when we say “America” we mean everyone. When they say #America, they mean Fascism. Got it.

The good life is living in the place you belong, with the people you love, doing the right work, on purpose. Looking forward to seeing all the people living their good life today. #NoKings

🧵 Over 400,000 Missourians rely on Affordable Care Act tax credits to make health care affordable for their families. But those tax credits are about to expire and the GOP is refusing to discuss an extension, even going so far as shutting down the government to avoid the conversation. #GOPShutdown

Until we normalize “the needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few,” there must be active, conscious, and unending resistance.

“The unanimous decision is a critical affirmation that patients can continue to access procedural abortions in Missouri. The court rejected this attempt by the Attorney General, and is continuing to allow Missourians to exercise their constitutional right to access abortion care where they live."

#NoKings profile images via @50501movement.bsky.social

Becky Chambers' Wayfarer Series ranked by goodreads ratings: 1 - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (4.40) 2 - A Closed and Common Orbit (4.37) 3 - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (4.17) 4 - Record of a Spaceborn Few (4.12)

Today’s earworm

What are we doing here America? youtube.com/shorts/s6ZCg...

Trump wants to invoke the Insurrection Act to punish anyone who opposes him, and he’s following a four point plan to do it. Here’s what you need to know about it — and some thoughts on how to respond. www.youtube.com/shorts/31X8v...

A read/listen worth your time. "We protect what’s sweet not by being invulnerable, but by being together. By growing close. By intertwining our roots and our lives and our small acts of humanity until we become something stronger than any of us could be alone."

This.

Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

This morning someone woke up, the day after a new cancer diagnosis, wondering if they will have health insurance in three months. Their coverage will cost 2-3 times as much. They’re doing the math. Looking around for what they can sell. Looking up GoFundMe. I think about that person a lot.

Supreme Court rejects measure to impose "$50,000 fines for officers who knowingly enforced those federal laws, which include possession of firearms by some domestic violence offenders and weapons registration and tracking." This R led MO Congress seems to love abusers. apnews.com/article/supr...

Can we agree that a #TwoPartySystem contributes to the extremism we see today? The US contains multitudes, yet all of our voices get throttled down into two stances.

Don't confuse experience with intellect, never stop letting yourself enjoy the world, and don't stagnate in your compassion. Listen to new music, it's the voice of those after you. Never become an "I just don't get why this generation..." elder. Teach and tell. Listen and learn. Don't lose that.

If the US were attacked by a foreign country right now, we’d be so screwed.

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

Things I believe in: 🔵 compassion 🔵 empathy 🔵 diversity 🔵 equity 🔵 inclusion 🔵 kindness 🔵 women's rights 🔵 LGBTQIA rights 🔵 black & brown rights 🔵 free speech If you feel the same, share this, and let's connect. 🫂

Money is like blood, it works best when it flows and reaches out to every system in need. Laissez-faire capitalism is pre-cancerous cells. Billionaires are malignant carcinoma. The US has about 900 billionaires. I’m not sure she’s gonna make it.

If these domestic terrorists have The Heritage Foundation forging their kakistocratic's cookbook (say that three times fast) to burn the US Constitution and unravel our democracy, what's our antithesis? Does our think tank already exist, or do We the People need to create one?

Sad to see what KDHX had become. It’s an old song - corruption and abuse of power have consequences.

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

PSA: please break things down for folks in a way they can visualize. I don’t know what “increased by 75%” means. I do know that $7,000 a year and $12,250 are hugely different. But I can imagine what going from a monthly payment of $583 to $1,020 would feel like. Make it easy for me to see.

"Despite denying a deployment in Missouri just days ago, Kehoe's actions threaten people & businesses across the state & ignores the needs of the St. Louis community that is still in the midst of clean up from a devastating tornado,” said Luz María Henríquez, executive director -ACLU of Missouri.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane