They did it again: perfectly encapsulated the struggle

As I have been saying “the data show…” just does not cut it anymore and hasn’t for a long time.

“Competence and compassion will no longer be at odds.” Inshallah may this hope and optimism prevail. 🙏🏼🩷🙏🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAIe...

In this struggle big time.

Did you know you can eat beans?

Zohran is a superhero name.

Happy #caturday! I wonder what he’s trying to tell me?

"In less than 36 hours since we announced that we will be sending payments to disabled SNAP recipients in the South—$100 to individuals and $250 to households—we have received more than 12,400 applications, totaling $2.7 million in requests." - they have to close the form tomorrow... no way to cover

4k + a month for health insurance premiums is criminal, cruel, and just nonsense for the larger economic picture. As someone with a lifelong, incurable, chronic illness my whole life has been planned around having health insurance. In the current system we are not free!

One of the best things a student taught me is that women don’t have to dress to look attractive or put together or wherever. They can dress to be comfortable, look like a tree, a clown, a pink crayon or whatever we’re feeling that day. Questioning “obvious” norms makes me so glad.

I would love it if my cats had transportation. They could get jobs!

The waiting is the hardest part—waiting for the medical bills to roll in after insurance for the mountains of tests I’ve had in the last few weeks. The tests found nothing, but, yes, ruled out many things. I am still sick. I’m estimating it will $2-3K after insurance 😭

From what we can gather, Loggins' political statements suggest a pragmatic, independent-minded viewpoint, with a consistent theme of unity over division. So, Kenny, what do you have say about that shit plane using your song?

ANTIFA wuvs you from #nokings #athensohio #athensoh Fave sign. Made me lolz. And the I’m here because I love America—same!

Special guest this week: Penny the dog! So far the cats have gone spy mode—stalking and watching from the corners. Evie did go up and sniff Penny when she was sure she was asleep.

Major comeback for Peace Frogs is in order.

Last night I had a dream about the spectacular city of Chicago and its beautiful badass people. Full solidarity.

Just adding When Things Fall Apart to my Libby holds.

Respect Mother Earth fuckass

They are all the way in. It helps me to understand this when trying to understand maga.

But what else do we have to do? 😭

I am so glad it might finally get darker and colder.

Watching American Factory (2019) & one of the things they tell the Chinese workers about America is you can make fun of the president and nothing will happen to you. It WAS so distinctly American, it defined us.

It’s also @bhcphd.bsky.social bday! He’s 50! We already saw the Long Walk. It was exactly like living in capitalist authoritarian hell. Anyway, happy bday to Bill Murray too.

Evie says “Relax! It’s Caturday.”

I wish I could go to this church.

11. Mar-jingley 12. Eve Steve

It’s not just any speech that is being censored, it’s speech that hurts the feelings of MAGA. Dominant discourses assume they are more human and in need of care than anyone else. That’s the part that is most infuriating. We can’t fight back, but they are free to attack us unconstrained.

I feel it more strongly by the moment. As a teacher, I censor myself more than ever.

I observed a woman walk by another woman, who was on her phone. Neither of them noted the other. A man came out saying “hey did you see that sticker on her water bottle?” The woman shouted “Emily?!” They were great friends & so glad. They could have never known they were so close to one another.

Ain’t that also the truth.

Ain’t it the truth.

That’s about the size of it.

My thoughts exactly. Republicans don’t care that one of them was assassinated: they immediatly made it a cudgel to beat up dems. But I guess that’s how Charlie would have wanted it.

I mean it was a Greek word, but whatever. Totally a Johnny come lately concept. Except it was a really big deal in the Bible too. Sorry, I know logic and arguments do nothing in maga land, but just this one time I’m giving in.

They can give you the Lyme disease vaccine for dogs! They give it to themselves so I’m down

Look at that beauty

Evie and our whole household are big Weird Al fans. Seems she likes it for bathing.

Time to rest up for a big #caturday

This going to be another Anita Hill? Christine Blasey Ford? I am pretty jaded and pessimistic, but I’m still hope this won’t be yet another time women are sacrificed for the benefit of rich & powerful men.

Got to the protest a lil late (had some labor to take care of), but glad I went for a bit just to see this powerful message from a kid to Balderson and these folks holding hands. #athensohio

“When the C.D.C. was created in 1946, the average life expectancy in the United States was around 66 years. Today, it is more than 78 years. While medical advances have helped, it is public health that has played the biggest role in improving both the length and quality of life in our nation.”

It is funny how the Rs wreck the economy every time, and yet somehow nobody notices?

A documentary on the great cover up of Kings Barcade in Raleigh NC, a super fun weekend my friend Brian Sliwa once spent his enter paycheck on a glittery jacket to be Freddy Mercury! I don’t have a lot of nostalgia for those days—things weren’t that good. But this was www.pbs.org/video/the-gr...

Share this tweet if you are down for a national walkout.

I haven’t even engaged with this shooting until today—whats the point? No amount of suffering will change the GOP’s minds. We’ve experienced the “worst” over and over and over. And it makes no difference

New folk protest songs! I’m here for it!

As always, it’s Black people standing up. This is a Black man, but the women have been holding it down in DC (and everywhere) for generations.

The public health drama is high! But stop with the “get politics out of public health.” At this point, using solid science to inform policy IS a political position.