This meme implies astronauts are constantly shooting each other in space to cover up a horrific secret. In fact that has only happened 4 times in NASA’s entire history

This is the reverse of how liberals act about protest of any kind that is done outside of the rules. If you do not have your papers in order, then your tactics, however just your cause, are suspect. On the other hand, if you file the proper papers, your cause, no matter how vile, is now acceptable.

I bought gas in St. Albert for 85 cents a litre in 2013

I made the same stupid decision many many times this year: “I guess I might as well work too hard.”

the worms are their money

telling my family the ways that Call The Midwife is like Star Trek

Bob Wallace asking Gen. Waverley if he ever “hooked up with the boys from the horseshoe game”

Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans

got a good hoodie

lol yeah that’s how it went exactly

Me 6 egg nogs deep and a white board, writing "PATTI HARRISON ACE VENTURA REBOOT"

six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO

The process of every institution from universities to the press thoroughly converting themselves into a bunch of bowling pins to be knocked down by whichever passing right-wing imbecile has the least shame is pretty much complete

annual viewing of muppet christmas carol: achieved

the thing I don’t like about posts like this is all the Canadians in the replies “omg someone mentioned the country I am from and yes we are indeed special.” Canada is like if Gen X was a country

it was from the leadership candidate that I will be supporting (@avilewis.ca). if he is chosen it will be a sign to me that ppl realize the moment we find ourselves in, &what the moment requires. I've seen no sign of that kind of insight ++years. I will latch on to the slightest sign of hope however

I got a fundraising email from an NDP leadership candidate, that was meant to evoke A Christmas Carol, and it really ought to have opened with something like:

100% but I also I like to suspend disbelief sometimes. this isn't "proven" to me by a longshot but the suggestion of it makes a good story

My favorite thing about this is how many people in the replies are going “why did I cry at the end of Irish SpongeBob? Why did that happen to me?”

lady looks like she's about to ask the ghostbusters if they're gods.

It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.

My theory on this is that the availability of so much politics discourse for everyone has turned politics into fantasy sports and a lot of Dem voters in particular are the kind of people who are always making spreadsheets and reading about sleepers. They like feeling savvy and methodical

amazing thread

Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night

🎶 work is over 🎶 🎶 if you want it 🎶

If I lived in Old Harry, I would never tire of telling people that

“I’m a centrist” - a right wing sympathizer That’s how it works and life gets simpler once you understand it

No left wing person describes themselves as a “centrist” it’s used only by right wingers

I think the lowest “following” blocklist is 5k which is too bad. 3k would probably do for me, maybe lower

I didn't realize before that Snow Miser and Heat Miser are step-brothers, which now forces me to consider their family lineages.

son had a good question: Why do we call vampires Draculas but we don't call reindeer Rudolphs

"We are against nuclear winter! Signatures: Ded Moroz, Santa Claus", Soviet magazine "Crocodile", January 1987

This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.

they used to call me and ask how I thought they were doing. I’d tell them I didn’t think they were doing good and that I wouldn’t donate until they did. they’d tell me I was wrong and that they were actually doing a great job. I assumed they did that because everyone else was happy and donating

… can they SAY that?????

😬

the CIA hiding their codenames at the FDC has the same kind of energy as a dad hiding his porn in a folder labelled “tax stuff”

Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow chicagoshovels.org

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

(this post going to end up getting me blocked by the very block lists I subscribe to)

💙💙💙 #resist 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

nice to see some good news re CKUA radio in Alberta ckua.com/read/prairie...

bluesky v1.113 is now live 🎉 we’re launching fax family, a feature that will automatically send a fax of everything you post to any family members you haven’t spoken to in over a year.

Me when my friends & family express interest in joining or even ask how it’s going on Bluesky:

Back in the days when I was still going to church, the pastor who eventually persuaded me to stop going to church had a phrase that he liked to say a whole lot, and for all I know he still likes to say it. The phrase was "we're creating victims and villains." www.the-reframe.com/stories-we-t...

a buddy of mine ran Citadel BBS off of an Amiga. it was very simplistic and probably my favourite board to go on