Ouch. What a sadly brutal & honest summary of today's state of events.

I'm so 2025 lazy I don't check my doorstep for my delivery - I check the online tracking status.

RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.

Anybody else get seemingly arbitrarily suspended over on X? This got me suspended for "violent speech". I'm still trying figure out where the violence is.

I must have been doing kale wrong. I tried it once. I still have nightmares.

Your wallet shrinks, your 401(k) tanks, but Trump's first thought is to help Elon.

Skip them purchases on Friday, February 28. Not trying to hurt any businesses, just sending a consumer-centric message.

If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.

I just can't seem to crack the algorithm code on Bluesky. I follow 700 accounts, but my timeline is a relative hellscape of topics I have no interest in from accounts I don't follow. I don't get it. I'm spending more and more time back over in the bad place. 😠

Well, my gas is up 13 cents a gallon - so far. Quite the different landscape than the load of horseschitt lies he was selling back in October, less than a month before the election. "It'll all happen very quickly" - well, at least that part wasn't a lie.

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

That’s what the work of an FPV operator in Ukraine looks like.

I think of "good governance" as something that goes on in the background of my life, quiet & unnoticed. Trump is anything, but.

Here we go y'all. Trump's tariff announcements on Friday dropped the Dow 500 points within an hour, and this morning Dow futures are down another 500 points, NASDAQ futures down 300 points. That translates to billions of dollars wiped out from American retirement nesteggs.

If you want a first-person account of the assassination of the US government that's currently on-going, check out this post from Reddit from an OPM employee..... x.com/sandibachom/...

Hey - shout out to the Kansas Bluesky peeps - I know y'all lost some loved ones tonight. Very sorry for your loss. Take care of yourselves and take it a day at a time. Time really does heal all wounds.

The joke is on us.

Holy Schitt! As if Xwitter wasn’t already enough of a flaming dumpster fire, the Q-Anon dipschitts seem to be awakening over there tonight. WWG1WGA? What a bunch of crackpots.

New Rule: Companies that insist on inflicting muzak on customers waiting on hold must henceforth offer customers a genre selection option of at least pop, country, classical, rock, metal, or jazz.

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Is there a downside to a Democrat switching their voter registration to Republican in order that they may then participate in Republican primary elections for the purpose of providing support to non-MAGA candidates? They would still be able to vote for the Democrat in the General Election. Cool?

Beautiful!!!!

Hey - if y'all hear of any developed countries with good pizza offering a 4- year temporary residency visa for $20k or less, gimme a holler, k?

Perplex a MAGA! It's fun! Just ask: What's a better deal? A. Buy 1 Get 1 Free, OR.... B. Buy 2, Get 50% off? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow. Between the MAGAts & PornBots over on Xwitter, it's quite the hellscape.

Xwitter is overflowing with calls for the immediate imprisonment of everyone President Biden pardoned, based solely on their pardon. There is zero legal basis for this action, which is in complete contravention of the Constitutional rights to a presumption of innocence and due process.

Oh, crap....

No, MICROSOFT, I would NOT like to open the file I'm trying to open using YOUR suggested app, and I would appreciate TF out of it if you would kindly QUIT ASKING.

Does anyone know the CEO of those blinding headlights? We just want to chat.

Coming soon. . .

"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" is on NBC tonight. Of course, the 60-minute sentimental childhood favorite is in a 75-minute slot so they can cram in an extra 15 minutes of commercials. Hard pass, NBC.

Hey, y'all! Matthew96445186 from Elmo Land is over here now!! Hit that "Follow" button! 👍 @matthew96445186.bsky.social

How is it that I've had deep cuts that left scars and barely felt a thing, but every papercut has left me groaning in agony through clenched teeth?

I indulged in some Bomba socks as my Christmas present to myself. (You know you're old when you miss getting socks and underwear at the holidays.) Anywho - NGL, I rate my decision to splurge on these Bomba socks right up there with starting my 401(k) at an early age. They're awesome.

I moved back to Florida a little over a year ago to be back around my (tragically) MAGA family. I'd left in 1981 for the Air Force & other adventures. Came across my old Texas plates in some storage boxes, which brought back a momentary nostalgic smile, and then an overwhelming & persistent sadness.

Unpopular POV: If you're outraged that the charges against NYC Subway killer Penny were dismissed & are feeding into the hero status of the killer of the United Healthcare CEO, your value system may be in need of some serious introspection. Due process? "Life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness"?

I know they're better for the environment, but I'm still free to hate the booboo outta paper straws.

Dammit, I see so many cool sneaks people are wearing around, but when I go looking to buy some in Clodhopper size 13-wide, the choices (when found) are black, white, or gray. 😡

Still not over the fact that the man who could be in charge of our health has stocked roadkill in his fridge, had a worm in his brain, is anti-vax, suggested we consume raw milk (despite a raw milk bird flu outbreak) and spoke positively about hardcore drugs. Like. What the fuck?

I used to wonder why so many people stay in dysfunctional relationships, until it dawned on me: Dysfunctional relationships are their norm, and they would likely be unhappy in what, in my opinion, was a normative, supportive relationship. I just wish they'd quit come crying to me every other week.

Remember the TV series "ER"? Ever watch reruns & just roll your eyes at the absolute ridiculousness of doctors having conversations with the patient? I saw a doc at Walter Reed once who spent less than 30 seconds with me, never looked up from my paperwork, finished & left without a word.

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money ! www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

Frost: Let's be honest about DOGE and this whole thing, it's a joke. Two billionaires who are cosplaying as government officials..

Somebody been spending too much time on Facebook Marketplace...🤣🤣🤣

Strange how men who say you can't have an opinion on gun control unless you're a firearms expert have no problem legislating women's healthcare.

MAGA logic is fascinating. They criticize us for creating an "echo chamber" on BlueSky while trying to create one for themselves on Twitter. They're a weird, angry bunch of misfits.

NGL - I was a Kyrie-hater when he came to Dallas. I drank the Kool-Aid. He's turned me around 180 degrees. I think he's one of the unfairly vilified pro athletes in my lifetime.

I need some help understanding a trend on X, please. I've picked up schittloads of followers over there in whose profiles they claim to have recently won a lottery and are on X to help people escape CC debt. I have no doubt these are scammers. Am I right? What's the scam?