Erika

I kinda wanna hear from the Louvre’s insurance company. I feel like they are probably inventing new stages of grief and also fantastic new swear words.

Nah, nothing they’ve come up with has the ominous overtones of a/s/l?

They are just faster.

The quote is “if we thought it was unsafe …” but it’s absolutely unsafe and also there is no way he would shut it all down.

Non-commercial small planes were grounded nearly a month after 9/11 so I could see that happening again. I don’t think it would help ATC much.

White short haired cat in a fluffy cat bed stares into the camera with sharp yellow eyes. She is either about to pounce or about to flop over and snooze.

Timeline cleanse. Monday is rough.

He is the autopen.

Put paper in front of him, aim camera at him, paper will be signed.

I could believe he reads his own posts aloud to an empty room like he’s working a Shakespearean soliloquy.

I absolutely believe he is not prepared for when this curse returns to him three-fold.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Climbing up stuff is an entirely different hobby than climbing down stuff.

The theft and the violence isn’t enough, he has to go for psychological warfare too.

The politician’s wife is an employee of the politician brand, just like the personal assistant or the strategist.

And so are the kids, pets, parents, and siblings.

Some of it is that being a politician’s spouse is a career - it’s not easy to be professionally non-offensive while still fundraising and making connections. There are specific skills and experiences involved.

If your hobby involves rock-climbing on sufficiently dangerous mountains then there is a chance you could be leaving all your DNA right there forever with the other frozen corpses.

My hobby is gardening, and I’m well aware the roses are stealing my DNA one thorn at a time.

The add on bit about resulting infants being a mix of DNA from all her previous partners tends to cause some damage since they are back to trying to get the youngest sex partner available to assure virginity.

Plus the stupidest argument ever as to why they shouldn’t have to pay child support.

Shit like that would be the end of my marriage, but I’ve long known I have too much self-respect to be a politician’s photo-op spouse. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also better taste in spouses. Yikes.

Seeing the size of this thread, with places all over the U.S., was a warm hug on a cold night.

Super critical. Also an important time to remind people that primary care docs and other community health workers in many states can provide utility shutoff protection letters if you have a qualifying medical condition, an infant <12 months old, or are 65+

If SNAP benefits pause on Nov 1, Gopuff is offering $50 in free groceries (up to $10M total) for SNAP customers. Add your EBT card in-app. Please share this with others if you can 🫶🏽

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”

Disability is dynamic

Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day

You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you

It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.

I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias

Everybody was perfectly healthy until they suddenly, inexplicably died of nothing.

Worst interpretation of LotR I’ve ever seen, and that includes: “why did the scruffy guy lose the weird children on vacation?” from a non-fantasy reading friend who fell asleep during the movie.

Bessent will have to endure the pain of having the local police drag the soybean farmers off the farm due to non-payment of rent. I’m sure it’s at least a paper cut equivalent.

My favorite is when after smacking the shit out of something they back and wait to see what happens next. It’s not just stress relief, it’s science.

Hot take: year-gassing children is not okay even when the holiday is over.

I know this is just the judge using small words and blunt concepts to get through to a pouting immigration agent, but damn it’s hard to live in the world where that’s even a question.

The only people tracking their genetic relationships that exactingly are trying to marry within the family. Or part of a royal lineage, which is much the same thing.

It reads a little like veteran kindergarten teacher with a headache. “The camera is your friend” and “do you think you could get a camera if you asked?”

Maybe that’s what angry judges sound like.

Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.

Parvo numbers are up enough that there is a parvo-specific vet facility a bit north of here. I think mostly rescue dogs but not just. They are having a lot of success, but they are busy.

Someone clueless enough about rabies to avoid vaccinating pets is definitely not the kind of person to go get life-saving shots until there are rabies symptoms. At which point it’s too late.

I was interning and in the room when a client tried to explain that she thought the vaccines had given her lab puppy ADHD.
I am 100% certain people are skipping the rabies vaccine because of autism fears, and I have no clue how to educate those people.