to be fair, women have been talking about this for at least a century, but the full-time job was caretaking so no one really took it seriously until they had to do it themselves

Trump calling the pope "weak on crime" is unfortunately a great bit, but we'll see better as the feud progresses. Trump only really has so many rhetorical moves at this point and is rapidly regressing into fey Broadway insults, but we could see "he's losing his 'look'" and "his 'hat' doesn't play."

Good morning 😃

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

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Hello hello hello! Big update many of you have been waiting for:

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Will send you an email once I'm back from the barn! Busy being a Horse Girlie! 😂

I'd like to formally apologize to everyone on the East Coast because I've been rewatching Game of Thrones and I didn't mean to summon winter this hard... does anyone have dragon glass on hand in case the Night King shows up?

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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

okay there is no need to be condescending

good soup

🔔 come get ur soup 🔔

A tweet from Emily North saying "day 1 back in nyc i had a dream that zohran mamdani invited me over for dinner for some reason and served a dish that was basically just a meatball on a piece of naan he called "the big mamdani"

Tumblr user dotty-literati's post with a picture of a big meatball on a single piece of naan titled "the big mamdani"

One of my fav genre of posts is "I dreamed about this kind of food/dish and so I tried to make it." i.e: king's hand or "the big mamdani"

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

me (bursting open my apartment window like ebenezer scrooge): you there, boy! did it happen?

boy (gloomily): no sir

Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

so obsessed with Bladelands that I made @itswil.bsky.social type up a description of these pages for me while I was on a cruise bc I didn't pay for wifi and couldn't download images.

... seeing them with my own eyes once I got back to land made me even more unwell about it. hey sky what the fuck???

A screenshot from Final Fantasy 14 that notes: Upon proceeding, several cutscenes will play in sequence. It is recommended that you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety.

friend: I like your ocs, can you tell me more about them?

me:

We’re just normal men

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

margot the dog flying through the air looking like a muppet. she is loving it

have some glee, on the house

a man in a suit and tie says sparkle on it 's wednesday and does n't forget to be yourself Alt: a photo of wilson from house md that says "sparkle on! It's Wednesday! Don't forget to be yourself!"

it's wilson wednesday!!!

years of shouting "cancel me!!!" finally paid off

you're so right. everyone cherish sarah 2026

alternative post: "ariiiii stealing is *wrong*"