A white woman with blonde hair wearing a suit jacket stands smiling in front of a sunny yellow field with green trees.

"One person's 'annoying' is another person's 'inspiring and heroic'." --Leslie Knope.

Good morning and welcome to another day of fighting misinformation and supporting democracy!

#publichealth #goodmorning #parksandrec

Elon Musk Wants to Decide Who Sits on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Not satisfied with controlling the federal government, the shadow president’s political action committee is suddenly spending big on a crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Elon Musk bought his way into the White House. Now he's trying to buy a pivotal state-level election—and the consequences could be dire.

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them.

cutting funds for 9/11 victims? cool cool cool www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/n...

I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

This is really beautiful ❤️

I just got "conservative" and "confederate" mixed up in my head, then realized they have a lot in common anyway so does it matter what word I use?

Awake at three am, been awake since 11:45, all of the creatures that live in my house are determined to keep me up and I just want to sleep jfc

(above an image of Rep. Frost) "You mean to tell me a man worth over $400 billion is gonna decide what happens with my grandma's Social Security check?"

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Trump insisted Obama was born in Africa and now has a guy who’s literally from Africa running everything.

It’s almost as if it was just racism. It’s always just racism.

Three plane incidents in two weeks? I ain't flying ANYWHERE

Reenact eating the last meal you ate in your car.

AP Breaking News banner over a March 19, 2024 AP story.

Currently overwhelmed by all of the things I'm supposed to do and say to my reps and banks to oppose this crazy coup that is happening

Also @bsky.app is not letting me upload images with text. Not alt text, but regular text. Idk??? This has been happening for a few days so it's not an on/off restart thing

One of these is not like the other

A pile of five books, four of which are horror and one of which is a children's Disney book about Princess Tiana. In order from top to bottom, the books are: Never Whistle at Night, Princess Tiana, Mindhunter, Bird Box, and The Reformatory.

Timely

I drink pickle juice straight out of the jar #fightme

I've had app blockers on my Insta and FB for about a week now. Do I feel better about the world? No! But my anxiety is significantly better and I am getting more stuff done because I'm not spending significant amounts of time doom scrolling.

Second rec: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao!!! Iron Widow's plot is "what if Pacific Rim and Chinese mythology fused into a book, and also there's a poly mmf romance?" It's beautifully written, completely entrancing, and brutal. It's like an action movie in all the best ways.

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin! (You probably already know the plot because I bought it from your store, but for newbies): what if a virus turned all men into feral horrible monsters and how do trans women survive in this nightmare dystopia? It's so good, it's so gory, it's so beautiful!

I'm trying out something new today, and painting on a copper panel. This is a little Roly Poly Rancher guiding his herd of isopods through the garden at night. I can't wait to add color to this one!⁠
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#underpainting #rolypoly #isopod #forestspirits #copperpanel #paintingoncopper

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

I ate two avocados for lunch today, next to my cats cuddling. Gotta find the bright spots in this hellhole.

Today I drove for 45 minutes around my town to find a carwash that didn't have 20 people in line. Sunny days in January are for washing cars

My child is in Medicaid so today has been real fun

I'd kill for a good dose of reality rn

Doing some @thebiggaymarket.bsky.social work this morning..... 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️