I don’t normally take photos with cosplayers or characters, but I couldn’t pass up Neel. I actually shrieked his name when I saw him. #skeletoncrew #starwarscelebrationjapan

Back when I waited tables, I was once tipped with religious propaganda, so this doesn’t seem like a stretch to me. I also once got a tip that consisted of tickets to a frat party that had already happened.

Stop letting unfunny men tell you there’s something wrong with you for not getting their “jokes”. Stop fake laughing. Let their reality reflect the truth of how fundamentally they misunderstand humor. Neuter their ability to use “it was a joke” for emotional cover. Make them see nobody laugh.

I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.

Ahhh the nazi salute on national television. Right on schedule I suppose.

Exactly what you’d want to do when Bird Flu is a thing.

Hell yea

Fern was really confident he could fit on the cat tree with Bertie.

There is an emerging conventional wisdom that resistance to Trump went too far and I am going to lose my mind. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/19/o...

I spent this afternoon taking a stained glass workshop where I got to make a portrait of one of our cats. It was super fun, and while I may have a lot to learn, I am still happy with the results!

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has postponed the premiere of her new Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” because of the California wildfires.

This guy’s entire schtick is in service of promoting a grifty lifestyle brand, why are people still interviewing him

We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”

“BANG!!!” Beyoncé stands with Luigi 😌

Short ribs with green beans and mashed potatoes. Cheesecake with blueberry compote. All gluten free. All homemade.

Family time!

Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird flu, according to the facility’s director. “We’ve never had anything like it.”

This seems relevant, given the overall news…

Lindy West’s Love Actually takedown is still one of my favorite pieces of writing www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...

My husband and I always exchange one gift on Christmas Eve, and this year, he surprised me with a ring made from a 1950s pattern Disneyland souvenir spoon. It was something I sent him months ago, and he managed to snag it before it sold - the rings are hard to come by, as the spoons are rare!

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine

We are so - and I use this word advisely - fucked.

Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

i just emailed NYPD:

For the last 8 years, this person has sent my husband a Christmas card addressed to him and his ex wife. She has kept up with us through 4 moves, but somehow had never caught on that he is remarried. I decided to send her a card back, addressed to Jennifer. Her name is Jessica.

the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans

I was just reminded of this so reupping. "Copilot" = Word's AI tool 🫤

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

There are people in prison right now on non-violent cannabis charges while others are getting wealthy selling cannabis legally. No one should be in jail for weed.

Unless Congress acts in the next three weeks, Medicare will stop covering telehealth. For people too sick to leave home for months, including millions who have been disabled by Covid, this will mean losing all access to healthcare. Please sign this petition urging your representatives to act

I did, and I was lucky enough to get one as a gift when I was a teen.

I love scary movies but living in one for 4 years seems a little excessive.

extremely detailed look at how pete hegseth is an unrepentant sex pest www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

Well. While he’s pardoning folks….get all of the folks on death row pardoned, all those drug convictions for weed pardoned, etc etc etc.

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

Joe Biden should pardon and release from prison the 3,000 people behind bars for ridiculous federal marijuana offenses.

Bluesky, looking for a home for an adorable bonded brother and sister born in the same litter in Northern VA. Kitties are 16 MO and need a loving home. These are 2 super affectionate and adorable furballs. Help me amplify this message to find these little ones a home this holiday season.

We did Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, so today, we visited an aquarium with family.

My contributions to our early Thanksgiving dinner: Tini’s Mac & Cheese (but gluten free) and Cheesecake (also gluten free).

NPR has spent the last few years softening its coverage to appease Republicans and here's their reward

Am I a crow?

Aunt of the year! 🏆

A glimpse into Sunday morning while visiting family.

Every word of this

Dozens reported killed after Israeli airstrike on residential building in north Gaza

This is interesting. NPR left Twitter six months ago and saw only a single percentage point difference in traffic despite having over 8 million followers. (Algorithmic changes meant people weren’t seeing/engaging with their tweets anyway) niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

This time around, the Kennedys are assassinating us.

The reason we know about RFK Jr’s brain worm is that he mentioned it during a divorce deposition, to argue that he was cognitively impaired and therefore had limited earning potential. Now he’s up for a cabinet post www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/u...

Does anyone have a recommendation on legit abortion funds to donate to? I want to add more to my monthly donation list.