10 Minute Rant

This is fascism.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.

2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0

Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

A screenshot of the "A Thousand Ships" entry in StoryGraph, with the "editions" button circled in red

To pick book format, before you change the "read" status, click on "editions" in the book's main entry, and then you can "filter editions" by format. 😁

GIVE ME A COPY NOW

Attention all weak-kneed Republicans (and Democrats who may have fallen silent):

This is how it's done. This is the way.

You hear the lie and you push back on the lie. Set the tone on Day 1.

You don't cower in fear from the bully - you punch the bully in the face.

#ResistTrump

Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.

So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1

A drawing of a guillotine with the words so be it written on the blade.

If this is how it's gonna be

Today and in the coming days, remember

Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

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Nothing like a gut punch on just pg.6 of the intro:

"Historical fascisms have never actually come about through revolution but by the decision of the exisiting elites that they need it as a prop for a collapsing hegemony." ~Resisting AI, by @danmcquillan.bsky.social

#HistoryRepeats #antifascist

At a musical, wearing a mask and with a giant purse. Someone looked at me and decided "she looks like the type to potentially be carrying an *extra* mask" and asked me if I did.

I, in fact, DID have an extra mask. 😷

This is the type of reputation I'm happy to cultivate.

In his forced medical retirement, my dad now sends me reels upon reels upon reels - 80% of which is creepy AI bullshit.

How do I gently tell him 1) stop sharing AI content with me and 2) train him to tell what is AI if he doesn't realize that it is?

Ahhh, I'm so curious about the costuming!

I ordered two books through a local used bookstore for Xmas. They thanked me for shopping with them, and I admitted I was trying hard to stop buying books from Amazon - and he genuinely looked so grateful. This is what investing in your community looks like, and where I can afford to, I'm going to.

I can't wait until this rolls through CA on a national tour! What was your favorite part?

What do you need power for, anyway. Write by candlelight, you poser

For anyone wondering what the "Tiktok Mac and Cheese": www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8LEpWS6/

It was fucking delicious, and I may die...very stuffed and happy.

I feel like your religious trauma should be higher...

I'm looking for age-appropriate progressive books for an almost 3-year-old that can potentially fly under the radar with their messaging...trying to have a countering influence to their Trumper parents.

Thanks, #BookSky 📚🙏

I feel seen

#RESIST 🇺🇸

This was the most profound book I read for my AP US History class...perhaps the most profound in my entire HS experience. Should be required reading for everyone.

Refugees didn't take away affordable housing. Rich landlords and greedy politicians did.

Testing something.

If a game comes with a booklet's worth of instructions to learn, I won't be playing it.

Man, I was impressed by my three...

I heard someone use the analogy of the raptors in Jurassic Park - he's testing the perimeters for holes in the defenses...

a cartoon character with flames coming out of his mouth and the words " what ? " ALT: a cartoon character with flames coming out of his mouth and the words " what ? "

The one thing not enough people warned me about before getting married is that sometimes you'll go to get a dessert from the fridge - one you've been dreaming about, one that might save a shitty day - only to discover that your spouse ate it and didn't tell you before you went looking for it.

Hadestown, SIX, and Waitress are my top 3, and Kimberly Akimbo is the best I've seen in 2024!