Nashville recycling is “well actually we don’t recycle that but because YOU put it in the recycling the whole load is ruined” this will just take getting used too

Having to use an app to determine how to sort my trash is interesting but I love that when something isn’t recyclable by the city it provides info on orgs that can recycle the item and other useful info

Me thinks they don’t understand why runners run

I don’t want to unpack anymore…. But I need to, to figure out what kind of new furniture I need as I moved very little

If the sopranos taught me anything recording Family conversations involving Italian food is a definite hard no

Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.

Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.

Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

I figured and I don’t have time for that. I have a house to unpack and organize. Listening to books instead of stories about the worst of us

I wasn’t gonna read the Atlantic piece on Kash Patel but he won’t shut up about suing them so I guess I will

🐁☁️🎈💕

Just finished Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

It was interesting to hear different interpretation of events I learned about in school or that happened in my life

White ppl It is our responsibility to learn from the past, read the books, do the research. Dont put it on your POC friends

The pivotal riot that shaped modern LGBTQIA+ rights, you don't hear about enough Before Stonewall, Pride, or the rainbow became a symbol for the queer community, a group of trans women started a revolution that history almost forgot

The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot was one of the earliest recorded queer uprisings in the United States - despite it rarely appearing in mainstream LGBTQIA+ history

All of the Founders' worst fears about how American democracy could go off the rails - lack of separation between church and state, a populist demagogue assuming dictatorial powers - are happening just in time for the 250th birthday

Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tim Curry in Clue

Tim Curry in The Three Musketeers

Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Yes, the fact that I'm attending the White House Correspondents Dinner might SEEM like a supine gesture of complete deference to the insane dullard who demands total obedience from the press, BUT that's until you see the secret message I have on my pocket square

People standing around a home destroyed by a bomb blast

People standing around a home destroyed by a bomb blast.

On this day, at this hour, white supremacists detonated a bomb at the home of Civil Rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby. The blast from the bomb was so great that it shattered windows of buildings across the street at nearby Meharry Medical College. Miraculously, Looby and his wife Grafta 1/3

Ouch. Things I was better off not knowing

I’m here to help

Yup. I also did love when the men expected subservience and got a strong woman who made it clear they weren’t taking his shit. That was always fun to watch

You misspelled “Desire to control their spouse”

I moved to Denver instead of Chicago, so Thursday it was 80 degrees and yesterday while my household goods were getting delivered it was snowing a heavy wet snow. Chicago just wanted to say hi

A Vanderbilt University Press book display that features two works by Dr. Learotha Williams Jr.

That moment when your work is spotted in the wild. As a grad student, I dreamed of perusing a book display and finding a title with my name on it.

Still, I never imagined two works being showcased simultaneously at a major history conference. 😳
#booksky
#readmorebooks

Now I want one

Let's all use this occasion to take a look at the many ways Tennessee Republicans have shown how much they value and respect the Traditional Nuclear Family™

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Isn’t it grand?

A friend recently got diagnosed and on meds. He asked when the hazing begins, I told him he has already completed the hazing by not knowing this could be fixed for the last 40+ years

FORECAST

Midwest is fucked.
North Texas gets sudden, unexpected coating of "sleet."

Oof best of luck. Sending positive thoughts your way

I wish he’d hired John Eastman

I wish you success. It is such a relief to be able to get out even if it means starting over again

the real potential of atproto is to let you sync your watched shows across all streaming sites so they dont keep recommending you the same stuff