Melissa Redmond

Dear Blockee,

I block you for the same reason I scrape dog shit off my shoes.

Not because I'm “afraid” of dog shit, but because dog shit has no inherent value, creates a huge mess, and makes everything smell like dog shit.

Just to be clear, in this analogy, you are the dog shit.

No, bookstores are not required to have every book you want in stock. They have a special order system in place to get less requested titles.

We're going to have to take a trip to Canada or Mexico to get it, aren't we?

You know, you can frequently request that your local bookstore special order a particular title for you.

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If that the case, it’d be nice of Karma could be a little more specific in who she targets.

An old piece of gum stuck to a shoe deserves more respect than Trump.

robert downey jr. is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . Alt: robert downey jr. is wearing a suit and tie and rolling his eyes in utter exasperation at whatever nonsense someone is saying.

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

@dgcomedy.bsky.social she has a book callled How We Learn To Be Brave. Not only does it seem apropos right now, wouldn’t it just be fantastic to get her to the top of the bestseller lists?

Get it to the top of the bestseller list.

Let’s get it to the top of the bestseller list.

Every country except Liechtenstein — whose population is slightly smaller than the city of Burlington, VT — is a member of the World Health Organization.

Well, thanks to Trump it's now Liechtenstein and the U.S.

Trump's first orders are endangering lives, not making them better.

I’d like to hope that even red states would be unwilling to set the precedent of changing the constitution on a whim. And amendments are hard. Uncharted territory, sucks that we all have to wait and find out.

Doesn’t ending birthright citizenship require amending the constitution?

I feel like you are going to be of the few people I can read for the next (hopefully only) 4 years.

Fascism is frightening. But descending into despair isn’t gonna help us. Our power is in our numbers, so let’s get to work: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...

Theoretically, is it possible to reopen this after Trump is out of office? Assuming he leaves and we get a fair election.

It would be so nice if he announced he ordered the archivist to publish the ERA.

Done!

Wonderful piece by journalist Margaret Sullivan (and thank you for the kind words!).

You asked for 'action steps' for this troubling moment: Here are a few for your consideration.

Read here
👉 margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/you-asked-...

Maybe they'll all just destroy each other before January?

Done. They don't look like they're bad. It just looks like an unfortunate choice of names.

He was that last person I was waiting for before deactivating The Other Place!

I want to listen. But I feel like I can’t handle more tears right now.

Oh good, I was waiting for him before I ditched Twitter completely.

Also report it. He had one post deleted for intolerance already.

AhhhaaAaaahhhhhh!

Happy to have labeled myself a "pissed off member of the Leguminati"