ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.

Got back to sleep and dreamed there was an obsessive Hamster Dance fandom and people called them the Hamster Damned

Honestly I'm angry at the people who were repeatedly warned that the murderers were going to do murders and needed to wait for the murders to happen before they got on board with doing anything about it. You're feckless and stupid, welcome to the side but shut the fuck up and stop trying to lead.

I don't know why I keep waking up between three thirty and four thirty but I must say I don't care for it. No sir I don't care for it one bit.

Awake! At the Four AM

I keep thinking about this. A lot of people really do think the goal is electing Democrats and not getting them to do anything, huh?

I saw a post saying something like "Republicans would love for us to focus on primarying Democrats who voted to fund ICE instead of flippable districts" but my goal isn't electing Democrats, it's abolishing ICE, and strategically it's probably easier to replace a shitty Democrat than a Republican.

OK, People Who Are Used To This Sort Of Thing, the South is about to get a lot of snow and ice, try not to be giant dicks about it. They don't have the experience or infrastructure. Like imagine you lived in New Hampshire and there was suddenly a giant alligator in your swimming pool.

I'm going to become the Joker/had me in the first half, what a fucking disgrace and disappointment. Disgraceappointment.

My anxiety is so high I feel like I could vibrate through a wall, good times

The thing that pissed me off the most about that Pod S*mave America clip the other day was that they presented ‘that something needs to be done about the border’ as an indisputable fact that nobody could possibly disagree with. 🙋🏾 I disagree with it. I think it’s all imagined & perpetuated by bigots

A user on Metafilter claimed another user was making something up by saying "there are things I know, and people I know, and that didn't happen" and @mr-roarbert.bsky.social and I are constantly saying to each other "there are things I know, and people I know" when we think something didn't happen

You are not immune to propaganda

Sure you are buddy, you're twelve

Me, the world's most susceptible to advertising person, upon learning it's National Popcorn Day: hmmm maybe I should get some popcorn

The China Inn in Pawtucket. They had the best hot and sour soup and incredible scallion pancakes.

I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂

Had a yummy dinner now I'm ready for bed, what the hell do you mean it's seven o'clock

DC did not ask for the National Guard. DC does not consent to federal occupation. DC deserves self-determination. This is not “public safety.” This is federal control. apnews.com/article/nati...

i wonder if i’ll ever stop taking it personally that DC is never, ever mentioned in these sorts of roundups lol

Pro-Newsom cis votescolds need to back off, I feel like I'm seeing a lot of it and it's a shitty way to treat people plus it's really gross and annoying

Everytime people on my TL start talking about drag race, i feel like this post

Jesus Christ this is awful

Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation

every time you ask a trans man "what does being a man/'positive' masculinity/manhood mean to you" you have to give him $5

I think it's rude to hassle strangers about what they're wearing* *Ask me "aren't you cold?" just because I'm wearing a T-shirt in 40° weather

Got a work email that gave me a fun little panic attack to spice up my evening (everything is fine, I think) and the panic attack was definitely about work but I also think the horrifying state of the world means I'm always one email away from a breakdown

Oh no this is a picture of my soul

Saw someone blame cruelty in part on "people with excess testosterone" and I understand and am not getting into it but Jesus Christ as someone who is making the affirmative choice to take testosterone because it absolutely vital for my well-being I am sick to death of "testosterone = evil" takes

I should have been clear -- I love REACTING with emojis. I do not use emojis in text.

Something about me is I love responding to texts and messages with emojis. Possibly my most boomer-coded quality

I get this and I have some sympathy for it (especially as someone who had my own lengthy and complicated political journey) but I also hope that part of this process for him and others going through the same thing involves examining why they're just getting here now

Skater girls of Ethiopia

The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!" The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."

I'm an Episcopalian and holy hell this is a very powerful call to action

While we’re on the subject, when are we going to stop listening to these same arrogant fucks who’ve spent almost a decade telling everyone to CALM DOWN and stop being so DRAMATIC, it’s not ACTUAL FASCISM until the jackboots are on EVERYONE’S neck

During the work day, my husband only texts me if it's really important

Yes which tells you something about both how computers have changed and about how much less space I have than my parents did. A computer room? In this economy?

I was there when Homeland Security was created and that is NOT the point of homeland security

I think this is a really good point and I think part of showing up is demonstrating some humility and respect for people who were there first and have more experience than you do. The people who insist that they still be taken as voices of authority aren't properly showing up at all.

I'm not a journalist but I am a street medic and I have been approached by media many times. When I tell them that I don't want to talk to them many of them get very pushy. Sometimes journalists will try to push past me for photos while I'm treating a patient. Of course I don't trust journalists.

Being married to me is a great way to improve your self esteem, probably

One of my possibly-less-good characteristics is that whenever someone says a thread is "important" I immediately scroll past. If you want me to read something you should be using adjectives like "humorously diverting" and "neato".

I had a dream last night where someone showed up at my house with slabs of fish and said "we have to prepare the sturgeon before the guests arrive" and I can't get that phrase out of my head

Getting paid $100 for talking about mayonnaise would fix me.

I see so many libs blaming putative non-voting leftists for Harris losing and many people making (reasonable) points about how she was a crummy candidate but also I've never seen any evidence that there were lots of non-voting leftists? When I ask about this I've never gotten a satisfactory answer.

Crochet is just shibari without a partner

I don't even know what we're fucking doing here. Jesus Christ.

Love to tell a funny story and have everyone look at me with loving concern