Big Ag is extractive. Trees killed, land ruined, jobs gone. Capitalism strikes again:

'This juice is an innovation that represents the future of citrus,” a sign next to the cooler said. “100 percent American juice,” boasted the label.

I drank it. It didn’t taste very good.'

I love how all of my weird interests converge into single point. That NBC reporter who was one of the few journalists honestly covering the far right freaks and their plans? Well now he owns the onion, bought the branding of my favorite RW freak, and is on my favorite podcast. Neat!

Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) on twitter: Guys I'm fkn dying this is the best [image of a voicemail by Transcription Beta "Hi this is Riley with Petsmart grooming um I was just calling to confirm Walters appointment at 3 PM for today um we also just wanted to know if you would maybe bring his cowboy hat um because we all really really want to see that so thank you so much and we hope to see you soon bye..."]

libraford on tumblr: "No, I am not 'hoarding craft supplies.' I am sourcing materials for a very big project that will be revealed to me at a later date- perhaps in a dream."

The Son and The Seditious Father Stewart Rhodes built a seditious militia and called it patriotism. His own son watched it happen from the inside.

The Son and The Seditious Father @toxicmicroceleb.bsky.social and chrissampson.bsky.social
thechrissampson.substack.com/p/the-son-an...

Some of my family were born or died in this hospital, and the nearest hospital, 33 miles away? That's where my mother, aunts, and cousins and I were born, where my father died at age 24, and where both my grandparents died in their 90s

Now that Leonard is old, the car only takes him to the vet, where he suffers indignities like having his butt squeezed and being stuck with needles. But he still gets excited to go, he doesn't hold a grudge

It's also worth being clear about who's doing the arguing. Palantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren't philosophy floating in space, they're the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it's advocating.

If these "other cultures" are so "dysfunctional and backwards" how could they produce an "AI weapons industry"?

I just need to point out that children are not typically put on benzodiazepines. I have worked with hundreds of kids who are on psych meds and have never encountered a child who was taking benzos, not even as a PRN med. And I work with kids with serious behavior issues

I must note, I did not take that photo, I just like bluejays so much I have several photos of them saved

Blue jay flying with his wings perfectly spread out so you can see all his beautiful markings

It was a good day in the therapy mines today, y'all. Dug up some good stuff. Also, I saw a blue jay! Flying!

While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Imagine if your brother was the Pope. Imagine how family dinners would go: "Why can't you be more like your brother?" Mom, I literally cannot, he is the Pope, there's only one

Remember the pink shirt worn by sandwich throwing guy? That was also pointelle, and no, I never figured out where he got it

By 4 pm my voice is GONE. It's been 2 weeks since I first got sick

And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With odd old ends stol’n forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

This morning’s light is a gentle nudge: what hurts doesn’t have to live in your body forever. Let it move, let it make something, let it become something softer than the weight it once carried.
#Jaye’sMorningLight

I have always liked horror, but now it is all I read (for fiction.) My mom used to ask teenage me why I liked that stuff. I find it soothing. It's a break from the actual horrors.
The subreddit r/horrorlit is a gold mine of book recommendations

Climate denial is so weird at this point in time. If you are over 40, you have witnessed firsthand the changes. Where I live, no old buildings have AC because we didn't used to need it. But all new builds include it, because NOW we need it. Over the past 20 years there has been an obvious shift

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other. The most reliable form of resilience is not individual wealth or distant institutions, but solidarity.

"Community and solidarity are superpowers that ICE hadn’t expected. Federal agents would have known how to crush a small, violent uprising. They had no idea how to handle thousands of neighbors showing up nonviolently to support people they might not even know."

They say "new technologies" but we all know they mean AI

I just got a pair of REALLY nice, obvi only worn once, rhinestone cowboy boots on Poshmark for $20. Has to be a sign of something

I am so old I remember when conservatives thought teen pregnancy was a BAD thing

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Oh man I wish Carelogic did that. I have finally cracked the code of staying caught up on notes after 20 years and even my supervisor doesn't mention it anymore

And those commandments, according to the Christian Bible, ought to be the ones emphasized, over the ones in the Old Testament. Instead, Jesus' instructions to His followers are avoided. Empathy is now a sin

Went back to work today, had a full day of clients, it was fine. I am super tired, I'm not 100% recovered, but I am getting there. I always forget that things can be temporary

I was thinking he just flat out forgot what he'd posted, free-associated "Jesus->cross->red cross-> DOCTOR!" but the below is absolutely what happened