Mr. Darcy

The actor Harvey Fierstein, with short gray hair and wearing a blue suit and a colorful bow tie, holds a Tony Award, touching his hand to his chest. Photo by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Harvey Fierstein, who has been a steady presence onstage and backstage over the course of 40 years, received a lifetime achievement Tony Award on Sunday night. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/445CFUN

a picture of an white cat that is very angy with grass and bushes in the background. The caption reads “Touching grass isn’t enough i need bad things to happen to evil men in power “

good morning friends 💚✨

Man it is really hard to be living in the USA right now and getting news about how South Korea deposed their president for staging a coup and then their Supreme Court just said yup, definitely the right thing to do there.

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.

“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris

Man, I miss her.

At one of his frequent press conferences (because he loves being on TV), I'd love it if some reporter piped up with, "What do you say to people who call you a know-nothing narcissistic asshole, Mr. President?"

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Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.

Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.

Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week.

Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target.

Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...

In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.

But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.

Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.

Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.

Interim U.S. attorney fires more than 2 dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors in D.C. Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years.

BREAKING WAPO:

Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.

Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

A chart showing the types of devices that accessed the VGHF Library. 61.73% of users are on desktop, 37.63% are on mobile, and a single user is on "Console."

Okay which one of you is browsing the library on a PS3, fess up

There has never been a better time to open a crappy amusement park where the rides kill people

They are expanding their McCarthyite war on diversity to include people with disabilities, and doing it very clearly. Should someone in a wheelchair be able to work for the FAA? I think an overwhelming majority of Americans would say "of course" but that's not what we're hearing from Trump.

It's Pritzker and AOC who get it so far. Who else?

This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.

"I will gladly de-nazify that shit"

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

"You are not for humankind."

#Nosferatu

Urgent trans and nonbinary update: I called a passport office and got a sympathetic rep who told me officially any information about gender markers is posted online. Unofficially, they *literally whispered,* they have heard the same rumors about passports being confiscated.

Friend: hey I miss you
Me: OMG HI I MISS YOU TOO! HOWS IT GOING?
Friend: 🦗🦗🦗

The lie I tell my dentist when they ask how often I floss.

Me: I'm going to have a good day today

Work: no you're not

Nothing makes me want to turn into a tornado of fists quite like someone taking their loud phone calls a foot away from me in this small ass office.

I second this sentiment 😰

Excuse me, that's my emotional support 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice miniseries.

Nuuuuu <3