Can I be honest? Not a fan of posts like this.
1. Yes, Dems can be better at messaging.
I've long explained that part of the problem is the average salary for comms director jobs on the Hill is $70K, which means the applicant base is often inexperienced.
Experience matters in this climate.
Less than a year since my TMS and there is so much figuring out to do. Yes.
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
KO'ing everyone's 401k the week they started bragging about murdering citizens in the street on camera is the behavior of people who are on actual drugs. Not metaphorically, it's the behavior of people with underlying mental illness on uppers and steroids who are starting to feel cornered.
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Got inspired
If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.
It's totally understandable if you're dooming about any facet of the American experiment right now. So your feelings are "valid" in the sense that they represent real anxiety, and I get that. But to vent that anxiety in other people's spaces is wrong for three reasons.
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism — theonion.com/dhs-warns-an...
A US citizen has apparently been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. I’m gathering information, but the situation on the ground is volatile.
ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety.
@adamsmith.house.gov address the illegal kidnap of Maduro and his wife and our stealing of an entire country, please. As soon as possible, this needs to be condemned as the incredibly dangerous and illegal thing it is.
In this Washington, access to transgender care is protected by state law and we will fight to preserve it for all the families who need these services. This administration needs to stop attacking families and put its energy into extending the ACA tax credits to help people afford health insurance.
Purple squares represent major floods, red squares moderate, orange minor.
The National Water Prediction Service is forecasting 18 major floods and 15 moderate floods in our state.
Catastrophic flooding is likely. Please pay close attention to local officials and sign up for emergency alerts with your county. Find a list here: mil.wa.gov/alerts
I'm a couple years younger but absolutely remember how bad that was. Also still mad and will die mad.
(forgive me) Make America Gourd Again?
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
What if they not letting Trump speak because he had a Reverse Fetterman Stroke and hes woke now
One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new.
They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.
It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.
Reading the list of conditions that qualify you for an updated COVID booster, I think the easiest route for most people without an existing diagnosis will be "physical inactivity" because that's entirely self-attested, with the runner up being "I was a smoker for a few months a few decades ago"
OKAY good morning everyone, let's talk about the ostensible katydid testicles on display here and their horrifying evolution
An idea:
To celebrate Hemlock and Silver coming out tomorrow, my pal Larisa and I made you ✨THREE✨ T. Kingfisher bingo cards! Try your luck with Hemlock and Silver, or whichever @tkingfisher.com book you happen to be reading next! www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2025/08/18/t...
Historian suggests fighting a wildfire with a back burn.
On a TV screen is Seanan McGuire, in glorious orange ball gown, mask, and tiara, introducing a Hugo category. There is a very confused hedgehog being held in front of the screen
@seananmcguire.bsky.social Nettle says hi.
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
This is the truest thing I have ever seen. You cannot imagine how much the Romans would have lost their minds for excel. They literally already started writing our historical chronicles in synchronized columns *by hand*
Pitch: someone calls an anonymous tip into ICE about a house full of illegal immigrants. ICE starts watching the house and decides to do a night raid. The immigrants are all vampires. The vampires called in the tip.
OK, gather 'round, kiddies - let's do a "why are lawyers like this" thread.
Specifically, let's do a "why does the simplest software come with mandatory IP licenses that assert claims to all the rights you have in the universe, up to and possibly not excluding in your firstborn offspring.
