is jack skellington willing to stop oogie-boogie, but not able? then he is not omnipotent. is he able but not willing? then he is malevolent. is he both able and willing? then whence cometh oogie-boogie? is he neither able nor willing? then why call him king of the pumpkin patch?

One of the most irritating things I frequently encounter from transphobes is oddly similar to anti-vaxxer logic. Namely, that scientific evidence which contradicts their opinion is simply dismissed outright. When confronted with evidence about gender identity, the response is always utter denial.

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

Like if you engage with a vaccine "skeptic" they're like, "Oh so you just blindly trust scientists?" No, I understand how mRNA and vaccines work. Trust doesn't enter into it at all.

Netflix Now Requiring All Subscribers To Recruit 5 New Customers https://theonion.com/netflix-now-requiring-all-subscribers-to-recruit-5-new-customers/

Sometimes when I’m on a plane I get sad there’s no SkyMall catalogue anymore but I guess the entire internet is SkyMall now

When someone says "Making out like a bandit" this is what I picture

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

a movie about vampires should be sexy, scary, or camp (or any combo) and Robert Fucking Eggers didn't do any of them

The description of librarians and "earnest, stolid" shows me this man has never been to a library now if he had said "gay, neurodivergent weirdos"

dems grow tf up teenage girls get violent threats just for having instagram accounts

Hulu and Disney plus are now offering 70% off subscriptions, and in response I am offering Hulu and Disney plus 70% off deez nuts.

My partner blocked my dad's phone number coz my dad kept butt-dialing him multiple times a day, every day. I recently was walking with my partner and a horrible wail came from my pockets and we realized I had group butt dialed all our friends. horrible to see it's in my jeans, too

Rosalind Franklin came up in conversation and I yelled "More like WATSON AND PRICK, AMIRITE?" and indeed I was

Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania

I know how cringe it is to quote Voltaire but I fear he cooked with this one: “To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”

me trying to have a chill Saturday while also knowing facts and information about the world

H.P. Lovecraft: Your limited human mind cannot comprehend Cthulhu Me: (comprehending easily) Squid guy

at a going away hangout at a bar for a friend and someone called for a cheers to the death of charlie kirk and like 85% of people erupted in cheers, one screamed “death to fascist assholes!” and one guy got up and left lmao

Man, all I remembered from Avatar the Last Airbender was how emotionally complex it was, and the character growth, and the fantasy world that doesn't have any white characters, and I didn't remember HOW COOL THE FIGHTING WAS.

Anyway, keep fighting genAI when and however you can. Resist as much you can in education. Parents, speak out at school board meetings and write letters to admin. Unions, protect your workers. Those of us in mandate situations, I feel you. Solidarity from another lone resister. 7/7

It makes me sad. Teachers and librarians who *choose* to add genAI are doing their students such a disservice. It makes me angry bc this edtech is basically educators crowing about eradicating my job. AI can't do a fraction of my work, but it can (and probably will) replace me. And no one cares. 6/

Recovering from a tooth extraction and so far my most deranged (and most delicious) concoction was mixing chocolate pudding with cream of wheat

I wish I could be cool when I get mad but I just turn into a huffy scold. Re: me cycling and nearly getting hit by a truck driver smoking weed and just saying "Hey, MAN, watch it! You should feel really bad right now!"

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

Making ort

James Dobson dies and within moments I get sent this banger post by @scumbelievable.bsky.social yet another good day to not be a homeschooled teen anymore

A nice thing about getting older is watching my enemies die. Brb, gonna go piss on James Dobson’s grave

The Shape of Water (2017)

My sister came to visit me and brought me an ALDI tracksuit To be seen and heard is to be loved

There's a ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri that just the premise of it is a roller coaster 1. You're in a raft through an old mineshaft populated with escaped prisoners 2. Who you shoot 3. But the escaped prisoners are part of an old timey Missouri Branch of the KKK

Dumbest Friend Just Bought 20 Chickens theonion.com/dumbest...

Turns out those beans weren’t that cool

One time a kid asked me for a Paw Patrol coloring page and I had never heard of Paw Patrol and I thought he said "Papa Troll" and I knew the pictures I was finding were wrong and I kept asking him "You said what you want is Papa Troll?" and he kept repeating "Paw Patrol" with increased aggravation

You put this in my library I'm gonna beat this robot scab to death

Walking around the Irving Park community wide yard sale I'm struck by two things: 1. It's lovely to see so many people happily walking around outside and interacting with their neighbors 2. Irving Park residents greatly overestimate the value of their castoffs

Of course she’s gonna win, it’s Frieza-ing in Canada

What's your profession? Me? I'm an artist

I’m gonna be real with you—if you send me a TikTok, I am never gonna see that video

When a dad shows something to one of his kids and says, "Brah, look!" ???? I love that

spent the evening bricking up my smart phone. not immediately more focused or happier, and also not immediately feeling more smug I want my money back

Legit made irl friends from just hate tweeting Mike Parsons and other StL leftists were like “I, too, hate the man, let’s meet up”

What I would give to learn the story of this tasteful nude slashed through and artfully placed on a rock by a Little Free Library in Logan Square

With apologies to @raffic.bsky.social, I’ve been shaking my sillies IN all this time

While I choose not to engage with you in this pointless argument, I want you to know I AM ARGUING WITH YOU IN MY MIND AND YOU HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY EVISCERATED

Man Knows Exactly Which Asshole Got Him Sick theonion.com/man-kno...

morning mood

Chicago residents are asked to delay showers and reduce water use after an Overflow Action Alert was issued on Wednesday, but we can't be asked to drive less when we have the worst air quality in the world.

every profile of a DOGE boy should include the number of people they’re responsible for killing