Am I being too paranoid to be worried about whether or not like we will go back to the days where women can't have bank accounts?

almost ten years ago.
what a different world this would be if people had listened instead of mocking her.

I need to post over here more often

Really need to quit Twitter

the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone

“You are an abolitionist, ain’t you?” “As to that, I cannot so readily answer. If by abolitionist you mean a zealot, I am none; but if you mean a man, who, being a man, feels for all men, slaves included, and by any lawful act, opposed to nobody’s interest, and therefore, rousing nobody’s enmity, would willingly abolish suffering (supposing it, in its degree, to exist) from among mankind, irrespective of color, then am I what you say.” “Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

Do I have to pay back a department that doesn't exist?

It’s important to note that despite this memo, we managed to pass both Obamacare and Dodd frank that year

Transferring money out of the US. FDIC means nothing atm.

Feels like it's time for a Marie Antoinette

Learning a new language isn't easy but I'm doing it.

Brave of people to think we will have elections again.

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

What? The liar was lying when he said he had nothing to do with Project 2025? Who would’ve thought?*

*everyone with a functioning brain

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Look, this is bad for democracy and all, no doubt. But I also can’t help but notice that NYT’s many years of pandering to Trump and shaping coverage in his favor failed to prevent them getting kicked out of the Pentagon press room.

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cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says

Atleast my new country impeached their President. Impeached the Vice President. And arrested the President for his general fuckery.

Feels like a good time to remind everyone that if you are a public servant wishing to report retaliation, acts of corruption or abuse of government power, I have a page for that on my website: www.wyden.senate.gov/whistleblowe...

I'm annoyed everytime I to back to America and there isn't a bullet train. Like, what do you mean I have to DRIVE from Dallas to Austin. Absurdity.

I gotta just quit seeing the news. It was like this the last time Trump was in office. It's like people just had selective amnesia. God.

Oh, this is “nice.”

Why is my phone even doing read receipts for text messages. How do I turn this feature off omg

I deleted Facebook and Instagram years ago. I need to get rid of X but most people are still there. I also need to probably get rid of WhatsApp but then I need to make sure everyone I know moves over to Signal.

I'm back to being tired. Maybe I just completely block out all US news.

Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.

It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.