I'd be quite happy for them to move out 😂

And here I thought I still had at least a few weeks before scorpion season started back up.

The government punishing a law firm for defending a client seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against.

•Monday: federal holiday, so I spent the day preparing for my inevitable unlawful and meritless termination by pouring over my finances.
•Tuesday: higher than usual number of bathroom breaks due to stress-eating about the fresh new socio-political horrors we endure each day.

Who's got Wednesday?

I miss the date when the only horrors I worried about were Eldritch.

Vance’s real warning to Europe Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America

‘a prominent German politician told me: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.” A senior diplomat said: “It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.” When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: “Yes.”…’ on.ft.com/4b2uPNM

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

We'll be laying my grandfather to rest on Friday, and today I went through some of my favorite pics of him for the funeral. This one of him walking me down the aisle at my wedding will always make me cry.

It's harder to reach, but the whimsy is still there.

*up my game

I clearly need to go my game with my cats!

Just got terrible news. Please send your best memes that are guaranteed for a smile no matter what 💜 Here's one of mine to start.

Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.

Remember when the Journal detailed the security risks of Musk’s conversations with Putin?

I love her "I'm not taking any of your shit today or ever" vibe 💙

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
So say the ones who've never suffered.
They want to rip the band-aid off
of wounds they never even bled.

This is why we can't have nice things.

hey question, is this bad?

This is not disruption.
This is reversion.
They are not "disrupters."
They are devolvers.
These are important distinctions.

a man stands in front of a crowd with the words trent crimm the independent written below him ALT: a man stands in front of a crowd with the words trent crimm the independent written below him

Who else thinks Trent Crimm's hair should have its own casting credit? Those locks are amazing.
#TedLasso

I don't know who authorized this national LARP of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, but I'd like them to quit it, pretty please.

Just checking in - how are my fellow federal employees out there holding up?
Personally, I'm just glad dry January is almost over.

What the Hell Is Going on at NIH? Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.

Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.

I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
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This is how my cat tells me she doesn't support the full time return to the office. My socks will never remain matched again.

age of villains surviving / while black / is our superpower / we lift broken down / cars / over our heads / and that’s just a tuesday

Stop by the award winning, speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons, if you haven’t already, and check out my new poem—“age of villains”—in the latest issue. Please leave a “like” at the bottom of the poem if you enjoy it. Thanks!

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ICE raids establishment in Newark, detains undocumented residents Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confirmed in a statement that the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a local establishment in the city.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka:

ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.

“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”

www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...

Art makes everything 1,000% better.

Yes - be mad. But also take action. Help the helpers.
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Can we pretty please have bonus episodes of Ted Lasso to get us through the dark times ahead? They can just be short episodes.
Anything really.
Just the cast standing around chatting while holding puppies and kittens would do.

Part
The sequel: When you're chill AF and you know it.

Tuxedo cat with paw extended majestically

When you're majestic AF and you know it.