🥀Persephone 🥀

as others have noted there's a connection between these deaths and right wing "Antifa" paranoia. musk designed and advertised this thing as apocalypse proof which in his smooth brain meant "able to protect riders from dangerous hordes of poor rioters". this also makes rescuing passengers impossible

Tysm! I’ll check them out asap!

Thank you ❤️ he was the best of babies. My partner & I were looking into getting a dog, my parents offered him to us since he was already used to cats. We gave him the best last 8 months possible. Forever grateful to have been able to give him an amazing retirement ❤️

Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...

covid anniversary thinkpieces by people who know what maskblocs and clean air clubs are challenge

LLMs are not search engines.

Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.

The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.

Me: gets broken up with
The Universe: May I offer you some cheese in this trying time?

learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program

learn about the Zapatista uprising

learn about Jane

learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union

learn about STAR

learn about Act Up

learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain

learn about the Spanish Civil War

we are not the first

This new effort to end Section 504 for equal access for disabled people to gov funded spaces is vile, but nondisabled people need to understand this is not the 1st step in trying to kill us:

Ever since you were told “only the vulnerable” need to worry about Covid, so you stopped— you paved the way.

Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?

I haven’t played video games since I was a young & sensitive child bc I’d get teased about sucking and cry. So O have some video game trauma now. Anyway, ~5 years ago I started dating a gamer- now we’re debating buying a 2nd copy of Civ 6 so I can play while he plays 🤪

“We are going to kill Medicaid to fund a tax cut for the wealthy” sounds like hysteria but it’s the literal GOP budget

Specifically international travels between the US and Canada as well as back to my home country. On the bright side I haven’t changed my name on any documents in my home country so that’s one less hassle to deal with

I am planning on legally changing my name again to drop my ex’s last name and go back to the last name I was given at birth. I really don’t want to spend the money getting an updated passport just to update it again in a few months. Would this affect me and my travels?

Quick Q for LegalSky, I legally changed my name a few years ago with my chosen first name, keeping my legal name as a long last name, and taking my now ex fiancé’s last name. My passport is expiring this year, can I renew it under my previous name or do I have to update it to my current name?

January 2025- my childhood dog dies
February 2025- my engagement ends

This year is off to a great start

If you’re in a red state, call your senators and tell them you’re concerned about how weak Musk is making the president look.

In the name of the Daughter(Chappell Roan), the Mother(Lady Gaga), and the Holy Spirit(Kate Bush). Amen.

Capitulating to abusive demands doesn’t make the abuser back down—it emboldens them to go further. Apparently this is something that a lot of media executives, politicians, and political strategists don’t realize

How Did Covid Change Your Life? The New York Times wants to hear from readers reflecting on what life looks like now, five years later.

There's a form to fill out. Let 'em have it.

How Did Covid Change Your Life? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

Not digging how my psychiatrist called me agoraphobic for being covid conscious lolololol

No matter how far from Long Island I get, I will always defer to Holtsville Hal on Groundhog Day

I’m hoping our new dog learns to use the litter from watching the cats. So far he’s peed on the carpet next to a litter box so like, almost?

Great timing!!!

“I coached football long enough to know that, when somebody draws up a playbook, they plan on using it.” @governorwalz.mn.gov

We told you.
We told you.
We told you.

Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness. Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move. Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast. There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.) In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.) The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal." Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e…

So what can we do? It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity. At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us: 1) Urge media to cover this story properly This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here. It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it. It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup. 2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined. 3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down. Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela. Warmly, - Choose Democracy

Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.