Hey STL friendos! Come hang out with me at @bettysbooksstl.bsky.social on Saturday June 13th from 1:00 to 3:00! I’ll be chatting with folks about The Agony of Stars @kickstarter.com (link in bio!), give away some cool exclusive prints, & probably cookies. I always have cookies. Come say hello!

Here's what I don't understand. Why dos his team keep putting in these hours long televised events with a dozen cabinet members? Why aren't they keeping him in short one on one? They could cut them off if he starts to fade and give him literal naps in between.

Hunter Biden as the democrats’ anger translator is exactly what we need. Somebody with zero filter, zero fucks and zero chance at elected office who just says the thing and fuck decorum or diplomacy. Hopefully people’s response to him will show electeds that they can grow one (1) single vertebra.

June 6 is D-day, probably ANTIFA's most heroic moment.

Every day is a great day to support your local library.

I have a favorite MMA fighter now. youtube.com/shorts/Bmzp8...

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Yep. The value of corporations rolling out the rainbow carpet isn't what's in their heart of hearts, it's the society-wide signaling of "acceptance is good, bigotry is bad." Even if entirely insincere, it tells society "we think the majority of our customers expect this," and that's good!

If you don’t occasionally treat yourself to a day of exploring used bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, cafés, and bakeries, then what’s the point of anything really?

Real strength protects the weak. Real men punch up, not down. Real masculinity doesn't need to keep a woman small to feel big. We know the difference. It's time to say so. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Can’t be repeated enough👇🏽 Just so insane

I've got two Muppet covers. Rolf crushes Billy Joel: youtu.be/6RIn5Il6gbE?... And I don't care what anyone says, Kermit does THE definitive version of Hurt: youtu.be/57ta7mkgrOU?... Warning Kermit's Hurt is NSFW, and once you see it, you can't unsee it.

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Why does a president need immunity from committing TAX FRAUD unless he is and has been committing tax fraud?

Brilliant response to a stupid, bigoted fucking meme.

I would buy a subscription to a reporter that spent every afternoon pressing members of the White House Press Corps on why they give Trump a pass on his sleeping, health, and constant lies. Watching them stumble through an interview would be classic, and it might get them to actually do their jobs.

Just in case it comes up, remember that November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, so, actually, Vets get more than just a single day. Also, it's existed as a federally recognized thing for 30 years now. Also National Military Appreciation Month is May.

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The fact that Spencer Pratt is going to the mayoral election this fall *at all* shows how we have failed as a species. Fuck everyone who voted for that unqualified reality star bitchboy

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

Fuck no on pardons and fake-ass attempts to unify everyone. The Confederate traitors weren't punished nearly hard enough. We won't make that mistake again. This MAGA shit has to die after he's gone. Hopefully, before.

If you hit a motorcycle, pedestrian, or bicycle with a car you should face a minimum prison sentence and never drive a vehicle again. In the military, we no longer say accidental discharge. It's called a negligent discharge. Hitting a vulnerable person is negligence not an accident.

You can’t earn a billion dollars

This short thread explains what most of the politicians on the left are missing. It's key to elect people willing to punish those pushing the radical narrative and dismantle the far right (GOP). We have to reject those playing 1990's politics hoping for a return to normalcy.

This Is True.........(BBC,NPR)

happy pride month to all the straight republican men’s boyfriends

This right here.

Here's my hot take: No streaming service should offer any film in a series unless it offers every sequel and prequel in the entire series.

Goddamn right I will. Been doing it for decades, and that will never stop.🏳️‍🌈

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Men who worship Trump, a man who wears liquid foundation, is *obsessed* with ballrooms, dances to gay anthems from the ‘70s, plays music from Broadway musicals, talks fondly about Arnold Palmer’s enormous penis, and gushes about how hot Jaxson Dart is, are questioning James Talarico’s sexuality?

If you remember the dBs, you’re very old (but very cool).

@jimousley.bsky.social, you know any up and coming artists?

Best shot ever of mobila rays? INSANE FOOTAGE (Aidan Bedford) Annual migration in the sea of Cortez WOW Why do we destroy our oceans and nature everywhere? #WarOnNature #Metacrisis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA79... Via Bruce Sterling, not looking forward to the street finding its own uses for pipe, tape, and antitank mines

Literally, having Elvis as your go to musical touchstone should be disqualifying for high office. I’m surprised he didn’t pull out Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, or Judy Garland. 🙄

Using AI to generate images IS NOT real art. Pass it on.

A Black teenager was accused of stealing a backpack and ended up dying by suicide because he was kept in solitary confinement at Rikers for years. His name is Kalief Browder. He spent over 700 days in solitary confinement AWAITING TRIAL. I guess in racist America that’s worse than this.

This came across my feed and I wanted to share because it demonstrates how MAGA isn't living in reality. This woman isn't using hyperbole or satire to make a point. She really believes California let's anyone vote. It's scary and I don't know how we repair this. youtu.be/gEIO_7c0FSU?...

Only 16% told Gallup the economy is "excellent" or "good" in its last survey. 34% said "only fair" while a whopping 49% said "poor" Over 50% told Fox News their family's financial situation is worse than it was two years ago, with 77% saying the economy as a whole is in bad shape.

Cutting off New York, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and other major ports of entry/departure from international flights would be the biggest self-inflicted wound to our economy since closing the Strait of Hormuz. The costs would be ridiculous. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Trump: The Presidential Medal of Freedom is BETTER than a Congressional Medal of Honor because the first is for “healthy, beautiful” people & the second is for people who are “in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead."

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been called a deadbeat dad, or lectured by the social media trolls & bigots about how all Black men abandon their families. The truth is, I’ve been married to the same queen for nearly 30 years, and together we raised two brilliant children.

This came across my feed and I wanted to share because it demonstrates how MAGA isn't living in reality. This woman isn't using hyperbole or satire to make a point. She really believes California let's anyone vote. It's scary and I don't know how we repair this. youtu.be/gEIO_7c0FSU?...

@nerd4cities.bsky.social Can you do a video on the impact of left-hand turns at every intersection and business entrance, especially on key arterials. It seems like travel times could be drastically cut, by limiting lefts, and make drivers backtrack. Is this correct?

I think a massive amount of the world's problems would be solved if people that are ambivalent about having kids or actively dislike the idea, didn't have kids.