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Somebody needs to tell @schumer.senate.gov to stop playing with his imaginary friends and listen to real voters.

The Baileys aren't real, but people missing their SNAP payments and about to have their insurance doubling or more? They're real.

Don't cave, Chuck. For once in your life, don't cave.

There is an old joke about a teacher asking, "What did Watson & Crick discover?" & a voice from the back of class muttering, "Rosalind Franklin's notes."

Hey.

You feel this feeling that you feel right now, when there's a huge electoral rebuke of Trump and all of his dipshits, when even rural PA is voting in full slates of Democrats? You feel how good that feels, when the first Muslim woman is elected to state-level office on the day Cheney died?

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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?

in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.

A spelling-corrected version of my previous illustration: Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

Here is a corrected version of it. It should have any and all typos taken care of - but feel free to point out any! I want this to be squared away before I make any prints! Thanks, #JewSky for your enthusiasm!

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hermitcraft fam, let's give some love to our Skyblock Kingdom brethren and raise money for a good cause 💚

The cover for Accursed Tales, showing a lone person walking up the long front stairs of a creepy house. Richard Lee Byers, David Castro, Hiromi Cota, Joshua Alan Doetsch, Linda M. Evans, Kimberly Godwin, Michele Masala, Spider B. Perry, Lauren Roy, Monica Speca, Frances Stewart, Melissa Wong

New book day! @theonyxpath.bsky.social's Curseborne anthology is out to backers, with stories by @falconesse.bsky.social, @hiromicota.bsky.social, @ghostofcinders.bsky.social, @joshuadoetsch.bsky.social, @dice-wizard.bsky.social, and others. :]

Please pardon me, I've got reading to do. :]

Cap City Video Lounge in Tallahassee, Florida

Tucked into Tallahassee’s Railroad Square Art District is the only remaining movie rental store in the area: Cap City Video Lounge. Founded by Kevin Cole in 2016, the shop houses an extensive collection of DVDs, Blu-rays, and even VHS tapes, many of…

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life' Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

I will gladly draw all of the frogs as a symbol for the movement, explicitly to take them back from the fuckers who co opted Pepe for their nazi shit.

Hey, did I mention that the discontinued shirts and skirts which remain are included in this, as well as sample shoes and boots, pins, stickers, all kinds of stuff?

Please help me get this stuff out of my house. It's already discounted and now more on sale.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level

but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

A pitch for those of you canceling Disney+/Hulu this week would be to use that cash and subscribe to PBS/PBS Passport.

Public media is foundational to our democracy and supporting @pbs.org is just about the best value for your dollar. Plus, there are so many British mysteries!!!

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look, it is comforting to think that your political opponents are, at the end of the day, just people like you who really want us all to live together as Americans.

it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.

DO NOT RSVP FOR A PROTEST, ESPECIALLY NOW. SERIOUSLY.

Hey y'all. Having just moved to a brand new state, ya boi is looking for work. If you have some content you need written or a ttrpg book you need developed, my DMs are open. If you want to check out a list of all the games I've worked on, please hit up davidcastro.net/credits

Don't have money to support your favorite creator but still wanna help out somehow? 💸

- Tell someone about them & why you like them
- Share some of their content
- Send them an encouraging comment on one of their posts or in their streams
- Draw fanart, or create something with them as inspiration

The Wall Street Journal. The Guardian. All the other outlets who failed to confirm their reporting.

I want to see fewer cowardly, shrugging "editor's notes" on these stories and more statements of "wow, we really failed in our reporting on a grave matter, and here's how we're going to do better."

People rushed to send me screenshots of one of my employees, off the clock, saying essentially that they're not sorry he died & that the world is better off without Kirk in it. Within 5 minutes of their FB comment, *multiple* people sent us screenshots like ARE YOU GONNA FIRE THIS PERSON??? The response "I don't own my employees and when they're not at work, they're representing themselves, and I don't endorse what that person said but you aren't gonna get them fired, man," made one of them *freak the fuck out.* He has spent the last couple of days looking for new places to message us as we patiently block his various accounts. Even if I *had* been inclined to pay attention to what he had to say, within 5 minutes of me saying, "I don't own my employees, dude," he was back on the original thread referring to us as a "gayjew company who wishes death on people who disagree with them," and encouraging people to review bomb and comment spam us to make it impossible for us to do business, so... yeah, lol. It didn't matter that as a company, our only statement had been, "We don't own our emoloyees," the minute I didn't say, "oh no, we'll definitely fire that person!" we might as well have led a conga line around the funeral home. They're *definitely* out for blood.

So, y'all. Whatever you choose to do, please do it conscious of the fact that RW folx are *definitely* hunting for ppl who say anything "out of line" about That Guy exiting stage left.

My recent experience attached. I'm just some rando who owns a small business.

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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

I've been trying to figure RFK out, and now i get it. He's a sadistic boy pulling the wings off of flies, and we're the flies

this rfk hearing is so depressing, that impeachment isnt being demanded by both parties right now over this embarrassment shows just how cooked we really are

Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.

'This policy doesn’t just breed contempt for specific laws—it undermines the concept of legitimate governance. When laws are this disconnected from technological & social reality, it signals the people making them don’t understand what they’re regulating or don’t care whether their policies work.'