State agency commissioner: it's time for us to draft regulations. Agency legal counsel: you got it. I assume you want to assign the dumbest person we have on staff, as per usual? Commissioner: Yes. And make sure they also don't understand formatting or basic grammar.

Me, two days ago: I am putting all these tools I need in a special box, and I am putting this box in a special place. Me today: uh oh

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

Today is day 127 of the ICE occupation of MN. ICE is still here. Neighbors are still being abducted. So we’re here too. Still carrying whistles. Still standing watch in our neighborhoods. Still doing mutual aid. Still fighting for ICE OUT EVERYWHERE.

he still needs to be dragged out of office in chains btw. nothing has changed

I have been really struggling to grapple with the horrific reality of Trump's statement yesterday and the impact on millions of people and my stupid brain keeps telling me "wouldn't it suck if the world ended before you got to start this job?" Not a proud moment for me

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Me: Hey, web browser, can you open this PDF for me? Web browser: sure thing. Made it real fuckin tiny, just like you asked Me: what Web browser: what

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

It's wild that not only did the employer fail to do research to inform their decision to offer paid pumping time, but they also didn't even consider the reality of what the process is. How much time do they think it takes to express milk out of a tiny hole? Do they think she can do it faster somehow

I'm seeing a lot of people saying "no US president has ever threatened genocide before," and I would like to please remind those people of the existence of Andrew Jackson.

if ever there were a day for it to happen, please let it be today

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

🎶to dream the impossible dream🎶

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

sorry if this seems harsh but I don't think the president should be allowed to post "a whole civilization will die tonight" and still be president

the first book was so good, the second is well-worth supporting!!

reposting

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

Me after trying to cover up a zit on my chin

This is so gorgeous. I want to see it from the back, too!

we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it" both parts are important!

Revising my previous position (we should have Olympics all of the time.) We should have Olympics half the time and manned international space missions the other half the time.

I want to look at the moon and think about the Artemis astronauts but she hasn't risen yet 😭😭

THE NUTELLA HAS COME LOOSE

feels like a good time for this screenshot of a tweet

ok this account going hard on the alt text

Just a euro from each of you would shut me up, please help me shut up! I just want to make art and post jokes, raising funds and having folks ignore it corrodes my soul.

"I know the difference between por and para. People will tell you that it's very difficult, and many don't get it, but I get it better than anyone else, folks. Many people are saying this"

I try very hard not to ever listen to his voice if I can help it but I will make an exception to hear him attempt to speak Spanish

Seeing the Artemis news alongside the usual horrific headlines is kind of jarring. Trump Creates New Country and Declares War on It More Palestinians and Iranians Dead ~*Beautiful Angel Scientists Travel Further From Earth Than Ever in Human History*~ Open AI Debuts New Seal Clubbing Use Case

nice try Sam but you can’t get me

Oh man I forgot it's Puzzle Piece Month

Love this title!

“Yay, our plate has lobster, and the bib has lobster right on the front, and now we won’t mess up our shirt,” said 61-year-old York, ME, resident Brandon Mena

I love this picture

Every year I get excited to do the self-lamination bc of who I am as a person, then immediately fuck it up and curse it, and then promptly forget about how shitty it is, thus allowing the cycle to continue

Can't wait for the FDIC bulletin about this

So far I have received zero invites. I have, however, received a note from a legal podcaster saying that I won't be on because being trans isn't a qualification to talk about this issue.

Currently working on comments on some draft federal legislation and one of my proposals is to change the term "guardian ad litems" in the proposed text to "guardians ad litem"

RETVRN

One of the fun things about my job is that sometimes when I try to do some light research on mental health systems Google responds with "HELP IS AVAILABLE CALL 988 PLEASE DONT KILL YOURSELF"

One thing they don't tell you in law school is how much of statutory interpretation is just repeating a clause under your breath over and over again with stress in different places

The good thing that I had to deactivate for happened!!! I'm back y'all

this is Jesse's entire game: instilling readers with the *feeling* that something is horribly wrong with gender-affirming care w/o providing a shred of evidence it's actually happening (because it isn't)

Every politician who agrees to a Chotiner interview

I do not know much about the Thai government but I will forever be grateful to them for this initiative, which I learned about a few years ago. Anytime I'm in a town without a Thai restaurant, I imagine someone coming up with a business plan in Thailand to open a place there

Hahahahahahahahhahahaa byyeeeeee bitch