Mmmmm-hm.

It bears repeating and repeating ad nauseum: If you withheld support from Biden/Harris as a means of advocating for Palestinian nationhood and the aspirations of the Palestinian people and you did not see this moment coming: You are a performative, sloganeering and politically incompetent rube.

This one is my favorite of the first week or so. I read it aloud to my sweetheart who is not crazy about ladders. I have plenty of other things I would like to forget to be afraid of more often. ❤️

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

It's especially important to realize that at a time of water shortages contributing to the wildfires in LA, AI uses an absurd amount of water to keep its datacenters cool.

I thought the power company's email about "outages due to natural disaster" referred to the blizzard outside my window in NY. But no, it was my old provider in CA, because they're on fire. And our new pres blames his enemies and denies climate change. So yeah, from here it looks like apocalypse.

You always act with decorum, my friend. 🙂

Oh that's awful, sorry to hear it. Hope it calms down soon. 🙁

Looks great! I'm on the wrong coast now, but have fun!

As an IRL witness, I can vouch for your consistent gayness, even in the presence of many attractive young ladies. 😂

Now I am almost finished with _Witch King_ which is blowing me away, and I'm torn between just starting over and reading it a second time just to lap up every word, versus reading everything else she's written. Both great options!

I know, right?! First I read _Death of the Neouromancer_ and loved it, but I wasn't writing for reals then so I didn't get how fabulous it was. Then I got sucked into _Murderbot_ and read them all immediately, thinking, she can do this so well too, how?

I am already scared just by looking at the cover. Excellent!

Also this is great info!!

I'm new here and have forgotten to do this, so this is GREAT info!

This needs to be said, loud, and often.

Explaining the right: Why they hate liberals fleeing to Bluesky Following the 2024 election, many users have left Elon Musk’s X and the main beneficiary has been the Bluesky social network. For the first time, Bluesky reported that it had surpassed 20 million…

Conservatives on X are big mad because the 'libs' left for Bluesky, leaving them with … just each other.

Dem Rep. Expertly Pinpoints Why Republicans Are Dismantling DEI Programs In Mic Drop Rant She said what she said.

She said what she said.

Been there!

First real snow of the season. Gorgeous! Power is out and schools are all closed, which is not nearly so exciting when I'm no longer attending school or teaching at university, hm.

Plus Jonathan Colton is a national treasure. So, win-win.

I psyched up for a Difficult Conversation, formed plans to be effective, constructive, kind. The meeting was postponed, leaving me holding this carefully crafted argument in both hands, like a spell I’ve painstakingly prepared but can’t cast yet. It unraveled, edge by string by atom. And now? Dust.

Omg I've been thinking this same thing, except replace Walgreens with Kmart. Or as we used to call it, with our worst French accent parodies, the K-marchay. Which is even more perfect here.

Not In Our Name: Cisgender Women Against Trans Bathroom Bans House Representative Nancy Mace and the Congressional GOP have launched a campaign of harassment not just against newly-elected trans Democrat Rep Sarah McBride of Delaware, but against all trans and ...

Cis women!

Call your rep
Sign this petition, and share with your cis lady friends

I complained aloud about the annoying buzzing of the cluster fly in my office window. More keep returning no matter how many I kill. But I couldn't get up to swat this one because I had a cat on my lap.

Said cat jumped to the windowsill and ate the fly. Coincidence?

Yeah, probably.

Post showing Nancy Mace posting a “biological” sign over the women’s bathroom sign, with commentary by Kevin Saucedo-Broach: can’t imagine there’s anything more cathartic for a white southern conservative than getting to personally segregate a restroom

Someone spray some Mace.

And now you have a turkey, sweet! I never have enough turkeys, personally. :-)

The dreams weren't even drawn from my large set of real worries. As though I need to concoct new ones from whole cloth!

Omg can you believe how amazing this is? Two of my favorite things -- cats and woodblocks -- mashed together with a bit of fantasy element. I am IN LOVE. And please go see the original poster for actual smart art comments, because all I can produce is fan girl drool.

Where is the WOW button? I need a "mind blown this is so cool" button, please.