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. . . Where the hell is my “Save the Texas Prairie Chicken” button. Why do I live in a timeline where I have to put that on unironically. We are not being the people Papa Nez believed we could be.

I voted for him the second time and seriously. He’s already on the shit list for either seriously abusing his political positions for sexual favors, or being such a solipsistic horndog it never occurred to him that someone might *not* immediately want to drop their panties for him. (Or both.)

it's going to be so "cool" when the 2060 historians have to write a history of the evolution of trumpism into radical authoritarian populism, they're going to have to include gamergate as like, prehistory

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek. I picked up this deck on a lark and I’m honestly getting a lot more out of it than I expected

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a twig of a Sambucus species, probably Sambucus nigra or Sambucus canadiensis, with greenish-grey lined bark, leaves with five pointed green leaflets with gently serrated edges, and tiny white blossoms in an umbrella-like cluster. Below is the phrase “ELDERFLOWER” in bold type and the words “rebirth - joy - rest” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Elderflower. Where are power and nourishment hidden in plain sight? What are the common things you find everywhere that still have the potency to give you strength and enjoyment?

Men: Whatever doesn’t kill me leaves me desperately trying to justify being traumatized in the first place

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek. There’ll be one more from this deck, then we’ll move on to something new.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a twig of an ornamental Eucalyptus species, possibly a cultivar of Eucalyptus gunnii, with smooth reddish-brown bark and oval grey-green leaves with a powdery finish. Below is the phrase “EUCALYPTUS” in bold type and the words “reconciliation - alleviation - purity” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Eucalyptus. How do you grow and thrive where you’re planted, even if it’s someplace foreign and unknown to you? How do you find a place for yourself in strange, even harsh, territory?

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a coppery-pink teacup with a somewhat tulip-like shape and zodiacal constellations painted on it in white, filled with a dark brown, steaming brew. Underneath the handle are two dark green fresh Camellia sinensis leaves and a small pile of fully fermented and dried black tea leaves. Below is the phrase “BLACK TEA” in bold type and the words “grounding - strength - expelling negativity” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Black Tea. What is it that wakes you? What leads you to look within, whether for insight or for inner strength?

this is why there's a persistent propaganda campaign in conservative media to portray cities as crime-ridden hellholes, because rural conservatives understanding how conservative politics have fucked up their own communities would be devastating to them.

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a Zingiber officinale plant, in bloom, with an orange-brown rhizome, dark green stalks with narrow pointed leaves, and a large tuft-shaped inflorescence with a yellow base shading to red. Below it is the word “GINGER ” in bold type and the words “manifesting - personal power - retribution” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Ginger. How do you establish your boundaries, and how do you determine when it is time to step outside of them? How do you create your safe spaces, and how do you enforce keeping them safe and healthy?

HUGE wife. Absolutely MASSIVE Scottish wife.

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek. And yes, I think this is an ornamental hibiscus rather than one intended for tea, but how many people would recognize roselle?

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a twig from a plant in the Hibiscus genus, possibly Hibiscus x Rosa-sinensis, in bloom, with a sturdy brownish-green woody stem, teardrop-shaped green leaves with deep veins and serrated edges, and a large red five-petaled flower with a prominent red pistil. Below it is the word “HIBISCUS” in bold type and the words “passion - lust - freedom” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Hibiscus. Where are you focusing your desires? How are you balancing your energy for creating the things you want versus for preventing the things you don’t want? When are you exercising your discernment to distinguish passing fancies from true passions?

I am going to tear my hair out over this. There is no nuance. This is how they start. With trans people (sex/gender), with black people (race), and with Muslims (religion). Whenever fascists get pushback from the mainstream, they scurry back to square one.

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek. Sorry about not posting a card yesterday, the first week back at work after break just ate my brain.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a Taraxacum officinale plant in bloom, with a cluster of long serrated dark green leaves, tall light green flower stalks, and cheery yellow disc-shaped flowers. Below it is the word “DANDELION” in bold type and the words “resilience - transformation - wishes” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle card: Dandelion. What cracks do you grow through? How are you spreading your thoughts, ideas, and energies to the next place they can take root and flourish, no matter how small?

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.

To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster

Could have used South Park being slightly anti-fascist last year. This year, it's just a lagging indicator that everybody who loves to talk shit knows Trump and MAGA will eventually come for them.

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a bulb of Foeniculum vulgare in bloom, with a white oblong bulb, thick green stalks, dome-like clusters of fluffy-looking, tiny yellow-white flowers, and feather-like leaves made of short, narrow, forked filaments. Below it is the word “FENNEL” in bold type and the words “longevity - victory - confidence” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle Deck card: Fennel. What have you outlasted? What do you intend to outlive, and how do you celebrate that?

And what’s more I can skip ahead.

I don't want to watch a video because I can read faster than people can talk

Today’s deck: the Herbal Tea Magic for the Modern Witch Oracle Deck, designed by Elsie Wild, illustrated by Chinkal Pareek. This is the first card I’ve drawn that portrays the brew and not the plant.

An off-white Oracle card with a thin gold border. Inside the border is a white teacup with a blue border, crescent moon, and stars, filled with steaming yellow-khaki tea. Under the handle of the cup is a pile of greenish-brown dried tea leaves that have been rolled into loose balls. Below is the phrase “OOLONG TEA” in bold type and the words “reflection - wisdom - emotional balance” in smaller type.

Today’s Oracle Card: Oolong Tea. How do you protect your equilibrium? When can you take a moment to contemplate and internalize instead of reacting? How do you remain aware without lapsing into hypervigilance?

Video, in a statement released through their lawyer, says they wish the radio star well and are praying for a safe return

Of note: NCOSE is what they started calling themselves after a rebrand. Before that they were the openly evangelical Christian watchdog group Morality in Media. They've intentionally branded themselves in a way that seems, at a glance, more professional and less extreme.