On the day I was born, there were people on the moon.
I have spent my life asking the same questions Jim Lovell asks at the end of Apollo 13: “When are we going back? And who will that be?”
Now I know.
Welcome home, Integrity.
I have no words. Other than I am honored and humbled to be nominated alongside such meaningful stories. So proud of the team and the work we did 😭.
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
If you've given biometrics to TSA (Pre-Check and Global Entry members) and you plan to attend a protest, you should wear a medical mask.
ICE is in Atwater Village right now, possibly staging behind the Costco. Help your neighbors if you see them.
Hell of a time to get around to reading Vonnegut’s “Timequake”.
Dang, as someone who loves a BBQ Frito and/or Pringle, that's a bummer!
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
Just interacted with my first AI assistant....
Is there such thing as an uncanny Mariana Trench?
Because I'm there....
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Officials warn that ICE raids could begin in Chicago as soon as this weekend. We created a resource list with support hotlines, links to legal services, & multilingual Know Your Rights materials to help inform our communities. Access the guide in English: www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
It feels like early 2021 because I am having to scour websites and gameplan how to get a damn COVID shot again. Really appreciate the government trying its best to kill me. Anyhow, helpful FAQ here, and another reason I give Defector my subscription $$.
I dropped a poster tube in the #sdcc exhibit hall trying to get a signature. The poster inside has 2 dozen autographs collected at events in multiple states and countries. The tube has a name and address on it, it’s easy to id; but I’m devastated, I feel like such an idiot. #sdcclostandfound
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I don't know man, but I think you're doing great. Shit is really tough right now on so many fronts. I'm not saying it'll get easier or better anytime soon. I have no idea. But being creative, writing, drawing, whatever, is no small thing. And taking joy in those things is never a waste of time.
HELP KTOWN VENDORS STAY SAFE ® HOME DONATE NOW to love your neighbors & help them resist ICE TAMALE BUY-OUT! LET'S GO! Venmo: @AndreinaKniss
Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
see what you need to understand is that they’re coming hard at california bc if they can take us down then it tells the smaller states there’s no point in fighting. we’re the bellwether. that’s why it’s so important we stop this shit NOW.
yup!
Haven't been here much. Will never be as consistent as I was in the heyday of the 🐦.
If you take nothing else from this page - US folks: 📞 your reps, check on your people, take care, keep calling out the 💩.
📺 & 🎞️ friends: ...I'm sorry. I don't know. But I'm with you. Keep going w/ me, if you can.
If you read one thing today read this new essay from @timothysnyder.bsky.social:
"State Terror: A Brief Guide For Americans"
Previous generations of Americans fought Soviet and Nazi terror. Trump's team has decided to emulate it.
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
*raunchy Jazz notes*
The curtain rises on a tableau of Elphaba, standing near her bureau, clutching the Grimmerie.
Fiyero is lying, dead, on Glinda's bed.
"... I gotta pee!"
I'M IN.
I cannot... CANNOT reconcile the fact that one of my favorite jokes from Holiday (1938) is now something we'd casually say (AGAIN) to folks still in support of the idiot.
Chappell so well-encapsulated the feeling of standing next to the bar at Martha's Vineyard in Springfield, MO, lights spinning & strobing across your face as the queens absolutely scorch the dance floor to a song everyone is singing at the top of their lungs.
I love her. She gets the job done.
"We're playing Dragon Age: Origins over here!"
Come hang out with us in Orzammar. Or don't.
www.twitch.tv/smashbrorazz
Or, like,... call / email / pigeon / message-in-a-bottle your representatives to stop the oligarch and the tangerine goofus.
Life's too short. Spend time with your friends. Play awesome video games and talk shit at each other (for fun).
Visit with me and my BFF from college as he plays through @bioware.bsky.social's Dragon Age: Origins for the first time.
I'm going to say it again:
Immigration is good, actually.
There are no qualifications on this statement other than "don't be a comemierda" and that goes no matter what.
"Legal" and "illegal" are artificial categories imposed by States with arbitrary rules, usually with suboptimal outcomes.
For folks in California who are trying to get hold of Senator Schiff and can't leave a number with his DC office because the voicemail is full, this number for his SF office (not listed on his website!) is working and I was able to leave a message.
Saw a screenshot of this on tumblr and came to repost. <3
