My daughter’s linocut of a wren

I’ve mentioned on here that my 16 yo daughter is dialling down schoolwork overwhelm by making linocuts. Here’s her latest design:

One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."

Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.

This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD

Exclusive: Ten dead after welfare glitch ignored by government The government was informed of a glitch that caused more than a thousand people to be cut off from welfare payments but ignored it for more than three years because halting it would harm private provi...

10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

watching some garbage zoomer horror called Y2K and they all started singing the Thong Song at a NYE house party, a song that didn’t enter the charts until February 2000, and I’ve gotten so mad I had to leave the room

in addition to being a contemptible liar and hollow opportunist, jd vance is also just pathetic. only a guy who has fried his brain on social media would even think to say something like this

As a millennial, the phone terrifies me with the idea that people might be calling me to talk, but it comforts me with the idea that I can use it to make myself constantly angry and depressed by looking at the news

“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST). For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming. Thank you for your service”

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

I got grocery store sushi and not only is it grocery store sushi but on the label they crossed out the word “sushi” with a pen and wrote a word I can’t decipher. Things are going pretty well I guess

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Amnesty International’s report out today affirms that israel is commiting genocide in Gaza. Amnesty will of course be dismissed by Zs, but its getting harder & harder to say “we didn’t know, we didn’t see” www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Just 10% left for Mona to raise! If 177 of you donated $29 each, she’d be done and could rest, secure in knowing she’ll be able to get her family out of Gaza when the border crossing opens. And if you send me a screenshot of your donation, I will make you a thank you cat video!

Some feminists can only imagine feminism as a project of rehabilitating and salvaging women’s traditional compulsory roles—motherhood, caregiving—and are incapable of imagining unmothering women as anything other than a reflection on their choices: we’re never seen to have desires of our own.

INTERVIEWER: What is most important to you when considering a new position?
ME: (recently transformed back into a human after ten years of living as a sentient toilet in a French castle because my boss finally found true love) Work-life balance

An invisible box containing clouds hovers within a cloudless sky over a green meadow.

And apparently this is actually his prize-winning pixel art from 1990!? Here's a version where you can see the pixels better www.flickr.com/photos/softd...

He’s making a list. He’s checking it twice. Something’s caught his eye out the window. He can’t remember if he checked the list, so he’s checking it again. The kettle’s gone off. Is that a bird on the windowsill? He’s having a Ritalin and will readdress the list once that kicks in.

[noticing a group of people having a nice time at the park] enjoy your echo chamber

Tweet from UNRWA: A joint 109-truck @UN convoy carrying food supplies to people in #Gaza was violently looted on 16 November. The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid. Due to critical shortages of flour, all eight UNsupported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis have been operating at diminished capacity for weeks. Many have been forced to shut down entirely. Without immediate intervention, severe food shortages are set to worsen, further endangering the lives of over 2 million people who depend on humanitarian aid to survive.

Tweet from UNRWA, continued: The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations under international law to ensure the population's basic needs are met and to facilitate the safe delivery of aid. Such responsibilities continue when trucks enter the #GazaStrip, until people are reached with essential assistance.

Tweet from Abubaker Abed: But say it, UNRWA, who looted the aid? Isn't it gangs and militias armed by Israel? It's easy, just say it.

UNRWA aid in Gaza is getting hijacked by armed gangs and resold at massively inflated prices. According to Palestinian journalist in Gaza Abubaker Abed, the gangs are armed by Israel.

Aid trucks used to have armed guards to prevent this but the IDF killed them, claiming they were “Hamas militants”.

I am convinced that a pay-per-view execution of both Paul brothers would outperform Titanic and Avatar put together

@thesaurosie.bsky.social hullo lovely

should we call posting here fluttering?

YOU LITERALLY JUST GOT HERE WE ALREADY HAVE A FUCKING CULTURE

I’m here,,, letz get this party started,!!

Even if by some miracle this turns around, I don’t believe in the basic goodness of my fellow Americans anymore, and without this, I cannot write superheroes. There’s no point. When you see a decline in the quality of my work soon, you’ll be able to trace it back to this night.