of course.

canNOT deny. Iran has great trolling game 🤣

Hegseth photo beside a bust of Caracalla from the Met

Whelp, the amazing Prof. @hilarybeckertxny.bsky.social sent this over, as made by her art historian friend Susanna McFadden—and now I cant unsee Hegseth as Caracalla. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

that fucking trial was so goddamn triggering. it mirrored exactly what my court abuse was and still is. jfc this shit will never end.

you can be sure the squirrel who heard about your bird eatery told one squirrel. that one told another squirrel. so on and so on. ;)

either

1) Serious Politics requires that we put our feelings aside and do distasteful but effective things - which probably applies to refraining from vote scolding as well as it applies to voting Dem

2) Serious Politics can be done via sticking to one's expressive guns - which, guess what...

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So grateful to @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social, as well as local +national media, for sharing Olivia's story.

 My concerns about her detention have only grown more urgent.

She is a 19-year-old student who has reportedly lost a dangerous amount of weight—and whose mental health has deteriorated.

i believe that's what the black sheep Kennedy refers to as "cleaning up the risk pool"...

can't he afford clothes anymore... he should try Goodwill.

Adding this to the next iteration of "Disability: A Democratic Dilemma" alongside Clarence Day's "Legs vs. Architects" (1920).

not surprisingly they are on a LOT of labels/lists... i go report them too. Bluesky suspended another acct i reported for malicious lists this week.

The agency is seeing feedback about whether the TV industry's voluntary ratings system needs to be changed — specifically with regard to how shows with child-friendly ratings treat content with “ #transgender and #gender #nonbinary” themes.

The FCC, led by Trump-appointed chairman Brendan Carr, is opening a new front in its “anti-woke” campaign

The agency's Media Bureau notice seeking comment, issued Wednesday, says the deadline for comments is May 22 with reply comments due June 22. The proceeding is filed under Mb Docket No. 19-41.

I'm sorry it's just weird to see a story putting forth someone who went back out for mercenary service as anti-war, I need a minute

honest to fucking god Maine... do you REALLY want to elect a wealthy lying Blackwater mercenary. REALLY??? you're finding excuses for this nazi tat boy???

REALLY???

This Platner thing is sure something I tell you. Good reminder that the party ain't a person

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i wish my daughter could get to that place.

I first learned what testosterone does to female bodies when I was 36. At the time it seemed like an absolute medical miracle to me that this was even possible.

No matter how much time passes, part of me has remained forever in that moment of grateful awe.

now. that's the good stuff.

April 21, 2026 There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus.

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It is IMPOSSIBLE to overstate how offensive all that "51st state" stuff was for Canadians. It struck at the heart of their national identity. It was the equivalent of Mark Carney literally taking a crap on an American flag, then saying "Why are you guys mad? Put Canadian products back on the shelf!"

So are we getting an opinion on the birthright case today? bsky.app/profile/atru...

KBJ maybe the best decision President Joe made.

its absolutely incredible watching people not realize the stakes watching DOJ being weaponized against SPLC and not realizing that its basically an existential fight for the republic now

here we've been using the big fancy word.
eugenics.