I had a similar experience recently, it was grim! Walked around for the first time in a long time, and there were bare shelves, lower quality home goods, fun colors replaced with navy and gray - not worth coming back even if I wanted to.
Saying “on top of everything else, the government is slowly weakening my skeleton” sounds insane, and yet…
Two people need to answer for this: Blackburn and Broyles-Aplin.
I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.
I’m also music-first, I think it’s wild when my friends know all the words to the 2nd verse of a song. I enjoy lyrics too but it takes focused repeat listening, they’re just not what grab me.
And Peggy wouldn’t have let that man know peace if he mentioned he was even thinking about it.
I don’t know when their next date is, but if you’re still in Nashville the public library holds periodic “repair fairs”, and the last time I went there were several skilled clothing menders there. I got 2 shirts repaired, and it’s free to the public.
I don’t either! Wouldn’t there be a risk of further injury to the point of irreparable harm? Or maybe she’s already there, and it’s like, your knee is toast, might as well ski on it?
I had a friend who 15ish years ago started her career at a firm run by exclusively older men, and one of them told her he thought it was indecent for a woman to eat a banana in public. She couldn’t even pack a lunch without being sexualized and made to feel uncomfortable.
Streets are mostly clear, but the path between the house and my car is solid ice and very treacherous. My mom and I were going to get groceries, but she didn’t feel safe crossing, so we stood on opposite sides of the ice patch yelling our plans and I had to go without her like in Land Before Time.
My Little Caesar’s take is that it’s not the best pizza I’ve ever had, but it is the best $5 pizza I’ve ever had.
The gospel
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
This is exactly what I expect of elected officials in this moment - counter-legislation, and loudly and clearly declaring values. The political calculus might be different at the national level, but the right thing to do is the right thing to do.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
They won’t ever go down this road because it necessitates them grappling with how their pre-2016 selves helped pave the way for this moment. They won’t admit they peddled this poison.
It’s time for leaders to either put up or shut up, and history will remember.
I will start to take our leader’s resolve seriously when they start shouldering the burden of courage they are demanding of us.
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
This is a better statement than your colleagues’, Rep. Jacobs, but take it one step further - a call to action that includes the magic word: “impeach”. Describing the situation and assigning blame correctly is not the same as bringing accountability, which you have Constitutional authority to do.
If ICE kills an American citizen is it still immigration and customs enforcement?
Was this a scheduled post, Senator? Because we’ve a rogue executive branch murdering citizens in broad daylight and threatening sovereign allies. Tell your Dem strategists and comms teams I don’t want to see or hear any messaging that doesn’t have the words “impeach” and “remove” in it.
File articles of impeachment with intent to remove, Representative, don’t put the sole burden on soldiers to defy orders. You have Constitutional power and a sworn duty to act. Demand that your congressional colleagues display the same moral courage you’re asking of servicemembers.
Picture of a small black and brown terrier with an intense begging stare and the text “this girl operates on bribes”
I had a smart little dog and I loved her for 13 years, but also she was a terrorist who was constantly trying to hustle me. She loved me, but also I was her top employee. I haven’t yet gotten another dog 2 years later because I need some space before I’m ready to seek out a cuddly little dummy lol
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
