He said the same to me yesterday as I was responding to colleagues on Teams. “It’s so exciting to watch you message your coworkers” the little shit.

Current events confirm the achieved wisdom of time-honored classics in the social sciences.

Again: trans people are a very small minority. If your *KNEEJERK* reaction when you encounter these rare & beautiful butterflies is *ANYTHING* other than “What can I do to make your life a little brighter?” you need to interrogate yourself. Impede the life of trans ppl & you’re in danger, from me. ❤️

Is that arson in open-toed shoes? Respect

For Kansas, dark edition:
1. John Brown (obvi)
2. Stull, KS, the portal to hell
3. The Tonganoxie Split (weather phenomenon)
4. Kill Creek
5. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Updating my LEGO White House

Love this nerdy account… mostly boring complaints about broken coffee makers, but occasionally you get a real gem

Someone needs to air this as a Super Bowl ad

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Thanks for letting us know

I bet they didn’t even have an agenda

I’ll never forget the Burns Night haggis.

Bare minimum for a conversation: Shaka when the walls fell, Temba his arms wide, Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra, Darmok at rest.

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Last Exit To Springfield, Marge vs The Monorail, Homer Loves Flanders, Cape Feare, Itchy & Scratch Land, Bart Gets An Elephant, Homie The Clown, Lemon of Troy, You Only Move Twice and Who Shot Mr. Burns.

How do other countries handle economic data, and its transparency? How does US (and now Trump) compare?

Which industries are hit hardest by tariffs, and which are more insulated? What price increases should consumers expect, and what should be more stable?

Cute sleeping kitty #whiskerwednesday

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Eh, that’s a very recent development

I know it’s editing but they are also always right

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

Back when I was cool, my nickname was H-Bomb.

Oh cool, I love watching landings at YTZ when in Toronto! Always wondered who flies there

Boy reflected in mirror with black cat tail hiding underneath.

Today’s #whiskerwednesday find the cat challenge, mirror edition.

FML

Black and white tuxedo cat, catouflaged against a black and white piano

On this #whiskerwednesday, I challenge you to find the catouflaged cat.

Tuxedo cat relaxing in a drawer of sweaters

Captain Cat in my sweater drawer #caturday

It shouldn’t be a surprise by now that most of the first targets for this admin — humanitarian work, social services, education — disproportionately employ (and support!) women and underrepresented groups. The cowards think we are weak and that they can get away with it. We cannot let them be right.

Email from the head of the International Rescue Committee saying U.S. funding has been cut off.

The IRC was founded in the 1930s, partly at the urging of Albert Einstein, to help Jews who were fleeing Hitler's Germany. For almost a hundred years they've been helping the most vulnerable humans on Earth. Today they sent all their donors this email. Trump is a cancer on the world.