lol last night was a rerun

They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.

Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat

years ago an emmy-winning comedy writer posted this in a DM group and I’ve thought about it literally every day since (anonymized and shared with permission)

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit

Sometimes you gotta save your bangers for the discord. It's life guys.

The EV adoption cycle is as follows almost always 1) evs are a fad 2) evs are fine but I’d miss the feel of a real car too much 3) I’ll try an ev 4) wait…I love this? 5) Let me tell you all about ev’s, friend

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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If this evidence ever sees the light of day, I want prosecutors, judges, and juries to see it, but I have absolutely no interest in viewing any of it.

If this ain't a common pattern... How many times I've tried to explain things like a marginal tax rate that we already have or how basic parliamentary procedure works? We need a better system. I want Defensive Driving for Democracy, a weekend refresher course every four years for each US citizen.

An Antarctica story. Once upon a time in Club 90 South, an inebriated apprentice from Wyoming revealed a family fact. One that, at other times, might be an amusing "degrees of separation" bon mot. However the key to wit and humor is not just timing, but reading the room. He did not.

No Noise November. everybody shut up

“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light.” Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

My successful public service loan forgiveness earlier this year feels more and more like it was the last helicopter out of Saigon.

When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

This is like Drunk History meets This Old House

WTF, Chevy?! The wiper blade sizes in the *manual* are wrong! Page 303 says 26" driver, 26" passenger, 10" rear. I thought the driver side was a little long when I snapped the new one on, but the passenger wiper flopped off the edge of the windshield. 🤨

If Trump runs for a third term, I hope the Dems nominate FPOTUS Barack Obama to run against him. It wouldn't be great for the country (we need new blood and fresh ideas), but it'd make one helluva point. 😂 Basically Prop 50 for this insane third term idea. "Turnabout is fair play."

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Sometimes I imagine what living in a country that doesn't vote for a party whose electoral pitch is, "Vote for us! You'll suffer more," would be like. As a fun thought-experiment. It doesn't have to suck. The suck is the product of policy choices by those we elected. We could just ... not do that

The courts had to step in and tell Donald Trump to feed the people. Let that sink in. He was perfectly fine letting millions of Americans go hungry—in the middle of a shutdown that Republicans created. Do what the judge said, Donald. Release the funds and stop playing with folks’ livelihoods.

Don't care what people use SNAP on and never will, fuck you if you care

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

A whole lot of people who talk a lot about reading theory could do with reading about logistics.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Some time ago I saw an artist say that folks often put a lot of effort into their work, and then post about it once. Which is such a shame! Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it! So go post your work again! Repost it again!

“the president got mad at a television commercial so now your maple syrup is more expensive” is no way to run a country

*bangs head against wall* It's a text completer. You specifically phrased it like you were trying to get an evil program to shut itself down, and it regurgitated a proper response www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino) to the Aurora Police following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests So here it is!

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Those who do learn from history are doomed to have people tell them they’re overreacting

Soaking rains, gusty winds, and a few afternoon t-storms are possible around #Portland Saturday. 🌧🌬⛈ @koin6.bsky.social

Encryption without key rotation is just sparkling obfuscation

emotions are deservedly hot right now, but keep it tight out there, y’all

Ohhh, the east wing is where the woman stuff happened, everything makes a lot more sense now

well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh

Clippy, but for avoiding racist tattoos

Again, we probably should have addressed whatever law permits the President to blow up the White House before electing a maniac.

And wallowing in "i'm not doing enough" is a privilege at this moment in history. You can focus on doing what you actually can do instead. [I'm allowing no replies on this post because it's Bluesky and I know that someone will be pedantic and I have no time for that today, lol]

My solidarity with trans people isn’t at odds with Reproductive Justice — it’s integral to it. I will keep using inclusive language. I will keep including trans people in my work. Our liberation is bound together. Are you coming along?

i resent being made aware of Maine

BREAKING NEWS: We just asked a court to dismiss a Marion County lawsuit over sanctuary laws. Oregon law is straightforward, and the Ninth Circuit has already ruled that there is no conflict between our sanctuary law and federal law.

as Alasdair Grey put it, "work as if you lived in the early days of a better nation." Today, that often feels like being in the morbid interregnum. But you should write as if you were a citizen with an interest in a healthy, fair, and free government.