you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport

As a new-ish resident of MN, I agree with this! The Minnesota State Fair is the best.

Happy Lottery Day!

I say this all the time: bacteria and viruses don’t care about “wokeness.” Bacteria and viruses just keep on infecting.

Every. Damn. Day.

Better times at the Reflecting Pool. Everybody frolicking and splashing during a summer heat wave July 1970. Photo by Mike Lien.

Sorry. I’m loving all this algae humor.

The algae always comes back... meidasplus.com

Michelle Obama: "No one has the right to sit in judgment of who is American enough. And that's why, folks, we simply don't have the luxury or time to be cynical or complacent."

You've never met a single chemist motherfucker #chemchat #chemsky

After the people of Minneapolis embarrassed the regime by organizing against the occupation of their city, Trump is once again weaponizing the federal government to get revenge.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

The real badge of corruption is not being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

I converted to Catholicism last week. Here’s why I think Jesus and Pope Leo are wrong about everything.

I love all these video clips from the spontaneous Knick celebrations - and I’m not even from NYC. THIS is what America should be!

We miss you, and think of you often. Session is wrapped. Spring is in bloom. I’m retiring soon. You two would have thrived in retirement. I trust you’re living it now. We have our arms wrapped around your kids. They’re remarkable. We love them.

It’s been exactly a year since Melissa and Mark Hortman were killed. What a terrible day that was and what a somber anniversary this is.

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

I’m a scientist, not a cattle rancher, but this screwworm story horrifies me (and really skeaves me out.) Way to go, DOGE.

As a doctor I can tell you that no one repeats cognitive tests several times a year if everything is *normal* But good for him that he can get health care for fun when he just cut it for millions of Americans.

First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.

It’s the Second Time he has done this for our State! Thank You Stephen Colbert….

On the the $2 Billion dollar effort to rebuild I-40 after Hurricane Helene

An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:

Trump’s refusal to release any of his medical records has reporters wondering just what it is that Joe Biden is hiding

"The devil enters through the pockets." #PopeFrancis

Donald Trump has done a lot of terrible things to this country over the last decade. But here’s what I think is most insidious of all: Trump has taught Americans that cruelty is strength, that resentment is identity, and that hating other people somehow makes you superior.

Do people mad about the odyssey casting know about bible characters being cast as vegetables

i like this photo where it looks like you've interrupted t.s. eliot and virginia woolf in the middle of planning your murder

As a Chemistry/English double major: I approve this statement:

A lot has happened, but not much has changed.

look, it’s time to embarrass these people. ask them if trump could play quarterback right now for the cowboys, ask them if trump is more mortal or god, ask them if donald trump deserved an oscar for his performance in home alone 2

man, trying to bluster your way through a war is such a bad idea

We have friends everywhere.

Somehow missed this a couple of days ago but it feels kinda important that a murderer still has his badge and gun and paycheck and federal bennies and Renee Good is still dead www.thedailybeast.com/ice-agent-jo...

They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

40 years ago today - what a story of disaster and deception (and ineptitude.) “Midnight in Chernobyl” by Adam Higgenbotham is a great read.

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Prince passed away 10 years ago today. RIP, your music lives on.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Former TIME editor Richard Stengel: “He is repeating every foreign and domestic policy mistake the US has made over the last 5 decades, but he’s doing it with a gracelessness, cluelessness, and corruption that has no precedent.”

Leo: "The message of the church, the message of the gospel -- blessed are the peacemakers. I do not look at my role as being political. I don't want to get into a debate with him. I don't think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing."

what the fuck is even going on

Orban, Bolsonaro, Trump, and all the rest of these goons want you to believe they are inevitable and, once in power, invincible. They are not.

If Hungary can do it, we can too.

"God does not bless any conflict."