“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”

While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day. How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.

I read this in the voice of @jamiebgolden.bsky.social every time. “Lord” definitely has two syllables.

taking steps to make the legal immigration process simply work the way *the average american thinks it already does* would be the single most progressive government action of my lifetime.

This was an absolutely delightful thread and I did in fact gasp at realizing that Andrew Janjigian commented. (I’m a very specific kind of nerd.)

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

The situation in Gaza is dire. Over 60% of buildings are damaged and 2m people have been displaced. America must now use all its power to bring about a negotiated end to the fighting. That is essential in order to avoid mass starvation

Forcibly removing someone for asking questions at a press conference and then telling bystanders they can't record cops putting them in handcuffs is authoritarian and contrary to everything the First Amendment stands for.

I see that the vice president is cracking jokes about deporting someone who made fun of him on social media. What a healthy political dynamic.

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4