Chloe

Pizza baby + pizza parent! 😍 congrats!

And this isn’t just anxiety, either - before November, I did not feel this way. this hellish world we live in, now, is why.

Idk if I’ll ever recover from my nervous system being on high alert every time my domestic partner leaves the house, and feeling intense relief when he returns.

I miss the global energy that occurs during the Olympics

the only downside to dating someone from the UK: you get a firsthand account of the things that are better, in the UK. 🥲
(of course, acknowledging the transphobia and racism and the other woes of capitalist patriarchal societies)

BREAKING: Congress just gave final approval on a budget bill that guts Medicaid, defunds Planned Parenthood, and supercharges funding for ICE.

We the people will bear the brunt of these harmful policies — and we won’t forget who caused this devastation to our health, rights, and dignity.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror... I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. ... Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.

The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.

This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

okay so is the new pope cool like every newly elected individual lately outside the states, or nah? he’s American-born so my expectations are, ya know, sub-surface.

a man dancing in front of a banner that says reetlight festo entertainment system ALT: a man dancing in front of a banner that says reetlight festo entertainment system

When the smoke coming out of the Vatican is black and white checkerboard:

Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.

The energy Corey Booker put forth in the past 24 hours is infectious, we can fight back, we can overcome fascism. As bleak as it looks, there are spots of hope. We have to keep doing our part.

Ideas are more powerful than money.

Cory Booker just gave the longest speech in the history of Congress and concluded by apologizing to everyone who had to stay up all night keeping the chamber open and operating.

This is evidence that they can be defeated. That they are not inevitable. That we can still win.

Lib out. Recharge. And get ready to fight, because we’re gonna beat then over and over again till we win.

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

Me: I need to be informed
Also me: I am now informed AND feel physically ill, I must delete apps until I am better
Me, again: you are spineless
Me, as well: no, you need to preserve yourself so that your SI doesn’t get any worse

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there.

If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it.

Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

70 YEARS WAIT. I love football, this weekend!! @newcastleunited.com
#HowayTheLads

WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

I love soccer #IndyForever

My advice for emerging artists and pros alike: it’s time for in person events.

The industry and community is scattered and algorithms are currently siloing us off.

Go to cons, festivals, screenings + launches, and other art events.

While social media is still shifting, invest in face to face.

I hate it - I get community events and networking and mutual aid through these apps. but I can’t go through the roller coaster of “terrible news! cute kitten video! more bad news! I hate capitalism but pls buy my shit so that I can pay my rent! thirst trap 🍑!” for more than 30min/day.

compulsory scrolling is a thing, even when I remove apps from my home page. things have been real SI-ish up in this bitch lately, especially this last week, so I gotta keep my news updates to this app until I find a therapist, and just uninstall all meta apps for a while again.

I’ve watched the dub for years, but I’ve been SLEEPING on Spirited Away (subbed). the voice acting (especially Chihiro and Yubaba) is INCREDIBLE.

the world sucks, and the news cycle enunciates that.
but I am letting myself weep, telling my people that I love them, and eating hearty stew that I made w/ my own two hands the other night; a recipe shared by - yes - people I love.
so maybe not all is lost. I can’t let myself believe otherwise.