As if it weren’t enough that we have to deal with all the colossally horrible things that have happened & continue to happen the last however many years, now we also have to grapple with the anniversaries of those colossally horrible things.

Homophobia is truly just gender because on the men’s side you have cloak and dagger love affairs and on the women’s side you have this www.them.us/story/usa-ca...

Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

Today is one of those days where I’m struck anew by how *bad* the internet has gotten. It’s almost unusable. Clouds, apps, advertising — nothing is where it should be and it’s nigh impossible sometimes to do basic tasks online.

Virtually nobody will admit that Republican leaders, with the cooperation of their followers, overtly support the donor class but Democratic leaders must covertly defy their voters to support the donor class. That is why they always have power, in and out of office, and we never do.

A headline about a new study summarized its findings by stating: “COVID-19 Is Still Killing a Disturbing Number of Americans,” but if you are wondering how this could be, just remember: that most people view still taking any precautions as being too much of a disturbance.

Lost Jan. 6 Rioter Still Searching Capitol Building For Mike Pence https://theonion.com/lost-jan-6-rioter-still-searching-capitol-building-for-mike-pence/

When you don’t stop insurrectionists from regaining power when you have the power to do so, all kinds of crazy shit can go down.

I’m not one of those “Beatles are the best band” people but those who say they were never that good are just edgelord dickweeds. Some albums like Revolver and Abbey are that fucking good.

Watched The Beatles Anthology. First viewing since its original airing. Nothing in it was new to me. But their story is a real life fairy tale I enjoy hearing over and over again. The Beatles are magic. I love them so much.

happy completely get away consequence free with trying to literally coup and overthrow the government day

No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.

Everything happening now was obvious by March 2021. That's why I wrote about it *then*. This matters because this is a planned autocracy. Feigned surprise at horrors is meant to rewrite history and present our plight as if it wasn't a plan obvious four years ago and countenanced by both parties.

Ah yes, January 6th, the day we celebrate no consequences for our actions

when i try to get my 5yo to talk, he is usually aloof (like me), but every time i try to get him to get dressed for bed, he bounces off the walls and channels a coked up robin williams doing improv prop work.

There's no such thing as super flu. But unfortunately, there is such a thing as immune system damage from repeat COVID infections, which can make you more susceptible & less able to fight off the flu, as well as other serious illnesses. #MaskUp with a good mask & protect yourself & others.

ICYMI: Genocide scholars are warning that the U.S. is in the process of genocide against transgender Americans. “So it’s not so much ‘will genocide happen?’ as ‘we got to stop it from happening.’” — Dr. Henry Theriault, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (2017-21)

“Sure, I produced an overwhelming amount of content such as The End Of The Pandemic…and How To Stop Living In Fear of COVID. But…if you join me in pretending it never happened you’ll see that I only argued against closing outdoor parks and beaches and called for reopening schools… That’s all I did.”

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The Jan 6 riot was successful. Maybe this will put to bed the constant admonition that "riots don't work."

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

The notion that the American people should take January 6th seriously when Biden and his DOJ clearly didn’t is a tough sell.

hey remember when you shut down and tried to blockade nadler as much as possible when he was pushing for impeachment instead of supporting him to the hilt

The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.

Sixty years ago today and in the Daily Mirror we're seeing The Beatles and Apple(s) before the Beatles and Apple! "Look who's joined the Apple club now! End a meal with an Apple - it's nature's toothbrush" Part of a dental health campaign aimed at kids in Liverpool.

this just so perfectly encapsulates the decades-long messaging failures by the dems

It's true but to me "the voters" are farther down on the responsibility scale. At the top are the elites who failed to understand the danger, the necessity for accountability, and kinda just hoped this would all go away. In a healthy political system he'd never be allowed to run again

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

I’m not tired because I worked hard. I’m tired because I had to keep turning my real thoughts into polite and acceptable dialogue all day.

Mitch McConnell ran master classes of how to obstruct from the minority, but it seems like Chuck Schumer clearly wasn't paying attention because many of the exact same methods are right there begging to be used.

A laxative, but for your memories.

Phew, good thing Mitch McConnell was also completely powerless and ineffectual as Senate Minority Leader. Imagine all the things he could’ve gotten up to!

you know one thing dems do not need and have never needed overwhelming majorities to do is to stop talking about republicans as their respectable colleagues who they hope will do the right thing and the fever will break any minute now, and to start talking about them as enemies who must be defeated

It’s a part of a continuum. Back at the first of the pandemic, the government basically claimed COVID was harmless for kids; five years later, it surpassed asthma as the number one chronic illness in children.

it’s january 6th eve. don’t forget to leave out a klan hat and some ivermectin so kid rock visits you and leaves you a venereal disease

Eventually we'll all be laughing about this while Trump gives Michelle Obama some candy

"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month

Every four years the US is forced to choose between a fascist and a conservative while the newspapers claim politics has gone too far to the left

i think the worst new word of 2025 i started seeing used everywhere was “vibecoding”. please stay on linkedin with language like that

Not sure if the appeal of Heated Rivalry is all the pretty men kissing or fantasy of beautiful lake houses and large apartments in North American cities

i picked a hell of a month to do dry january

Covid almost killed my mom in 2024 It’s also affecting infant brains in the scariest way. This shit isn’t over. They’ve just been super successful at getting you to not care. Wear a fucking mask :)

people think moby dick is a stern adventure novel heavy on the plot. i can't emphasize how much it's not. it's supergay chaos with 3 plot points. there's an entire chapter that's just a chowder recipe. sometimes it turns into a play. the main character is covered in whale dinension tattoos.

When you mention that Democratic leadership sucks, you don't have to argue with a single person on this site about that. You are correct and can calmly keep it moving. Those people who would argue with you know you are right too.

day 5 of looking at ringo being pretty in b&w in order to distract from the horrors

As this year begins if you are searching for how you can respond to the crises around you, consider: wearing a mask, you will still be searching for how you can respond to the crises around you but at least this way you’ll be doing something about the crisis of contagious viruses

The Clash debut, if it was a tatty old comic.

Ha!

It’s a part of a continuum. Back at the first of the pandemic, the government basically claimed COVID was harmless for kids; five years later, it surpassed asthma as the number one chronic illness in children.

I’ve spent the first few days of this year sick and I gotta say I’m not a fan of 2026 so far