You know, the British Royal Family and Melinda French Gates might not have a ton in common but they both saw all they needed to see quite some time ago about this Epstein business in order to bring the goddamn hammer down.

My son has been singing the word “baleen” to the tune of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”

Hey Twin Cities - today our governor and both mayors announced that HSI - the feds - have over 400 agents in town for a two week push starting tomorrow. Christmas Eve. If Christ hadn't risen he'd be rolling in his fucking grave.

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

they don't even make hallmark cards with cathy saying "ack!" on them any more

Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.

There are three of them, so they must be wise men, right? Or spirits? But not stooges. Definitely *not* stooges, okay? White-eyed Moray (Gymnothorax thyrsoideus), Anilao #Fishmas #MarineLife 🐟🌿

Objectively funny that Trumpists have used the foregone conclusion that Bill Clinton is implicated in the files as an excuse for not releasing them and then Bill just rolls up like “If I die I die”

But I can see you Your bronze helm shining in the sun And there's Gilgamesh with scale armor on, baby And I can tell you and Enkidu will still be strong After the boys of Sumer have gone

Every one of these deaths is a murder by the state. Full stop.

a solid 25% of generative ai responses are "how would tom waits answer this question"

Liam is right—people on central are really scared. Go eat at Maya and El Taco Riendo and please please be kind and caring with our neighbors. I adore living off central and I can’t stand how this is going.

"Um yes hello thank you for coming to worship me"

especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win

There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

i want Francis Fukuyama to be in the epstein files so bad lol

I will never understand how these fully vaccinated MFs with full healthcare can convince y’all not to vaccinate your children

Basically there was "proper time" where a year lasted a year, roughly 1978-1998; "grown-up time", the five years that were 1999-2012; 2016, which lasted from 2013 to March 8 2020; Lockdown, which was a year again; and then The Eternal Now of May 2021 onward, which lasted a second and a millennium.

i'm watching ncaa volleyball (a sport i don't normall watch) and i am fascinated by how they all have their hair done a very specific way, like it looks like they've cut open an elastic headband and wrapped it around their ponytails multiple times? how do they all have the same thing happening?

Hey, if you are a librarian in the Twin Cities, dm me

It’s Day 20 of the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. Today, as rumors continue to swirl about a major ICE surge in the Twin Cities, we are reminded of the power of community. Keep your whistle with you, and be ready to step up at any time. We know that ICE flees at the first sign of resistance.

@chrissteller.bsky.social did you see they're adding another showing?

pretty sure i need an mri (fucked up right wrist), but can't get my wedding ring off right now, even with dental floss and dish soap :/

Growing old with the beloved is some of the sweetest magic on the earth. Letting your particular flavors of dorkiness cure each other.

Hard Candy Christmas is the best Christmas song because Dolly’s answers to seasonal depression are either picking up a new hobby or getting on a bus and leaving town forever and that’s the best truest depiction of the season.

Hey Minneapolis pals, I know someone who needs some help with moving on Monday or Tuesday this week. This family has a kid and they are scared about being profiled while renting a truck. Does anyone have a pickup truck they can help out with for a little bit of time?They need about three hours.

Spraying this in Kendall Square makes it art

before everybody gets to sharing this, the only source seems to be this tweet from a youtuber. Nobody has it posted or shared anywhere with a link to the files or file name, and nobody else has reported on it that I can find? The other pic of Trump made the news pretty fast

You other brothers can’t deny

Minneapolis South is in the heart of the neighborhoods where ICE raids are happening (2 blocks off of Lake Street, between Cedar and Hiawatha) and has large populations of Hispanic and Somali students whose families are being targeted. Please help if you can!

Mpls Parents are raising funds for families at South HS impacted by ICE raids. Money will go towards food, necessary supplies, and rental assistance. We appreciate your love and solidarity during these difficult times. ❤️ Please share widely with friends and family! gofund.me/e32d501a3

It turns out the abyss was actually staring at someone it knows behind me. Embarrassing.

The easy compromise is city plowed pedestrian snow emergency routes, but the mayor is incapable of compromise

Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.

Yeah, you can't do that

Shoulda called up DiJonai to come hold up a towel.

Yeah but it’s a dry insane

If vaccines don’t work why was the Covid vaccine uptake overall 81%? 81% of people in the U.S. have had one dose of a Covid vaccine. And here’s what I know that you don’t. When a disease rips through a helpless population and all of a sudden it’s YOUR granny dying, you’re scared shitless. You

Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

@hollyanderson.bsky.social I have avoided it for so many years but i just heard Dominic the donkey for the first time on a fricking "learn ASL video" on insta and i don't know how you hijacked my algorithm like this but wow, well done

Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things. There’s no third option.

the federal government is trying to regulate what kind of underwear I can buy and wear love the party of small government

For now, it is important to remember two things: 1) these rules have not yet taken effect, and 2) it is illegal to discriminate against transgender patients in Minnesota. Transgender Minnesotans can still access the healthcare they rely on.

one reason i adore women's sports is because large portions of every fanbase aren't fooled by bullshit. most fans in men's sports accept pro-owner/anti-labor arguments, but nwsl and wnba fans right now are both saying 'nope we see what you're trying to do, just pay players what they're worth k thx.'