Kristi (she/her)

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

Gotta love how the biggest victory yesterday was Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who ran ads about how trans people built NYC, and somehow this morning the news is like:
"Yesterday proves Dems should be more moderate and not focus on LGTBQ issues"

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

It’s real real interesting to see what happens when you win a major American election after your own party leadership refuses to endorse you, so you don’t owe them or their pollsters and lobbyists jack shit

Five takeaways as Democrats sweep elections in New Jersey, Virginia The party won the governor’s race in both states and a state attorney general’s contest that was up in the air, as voters delivered a rebuke of President Donald Trump.

Democrats swept key elections across the country on Tuesday night, delivering a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term so far and boosting the party’s hopes ahead of the midterms.

Here are some top takeaways:

Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit.

Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear.

Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.

The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown The U.S. government shutdown has now dragged on for over a month, and shortages of air traffic controllers are straining operations — with flight disruptions piling up nationwide.

What to do if your flight is delayed or canceled during the US government shutdown

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With Thanksgiving coming up, this might be very important for some of you. I hope that you will not suffer as a result of it.
#StrongerTogether

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

BlueSky is a club for 42-year-olds with a stomach ache and no serotonin. I thought we all knew this.

TODAY: Don't BOO... VOTE! ✅

CA: YES on PROP 50 ✅You poke the Bear, the Bear bites back!

NJ: MIKIE SHERRILL for GOV. ✅

VA: ABIGAIL SPANBERGER for GOV. ✅
GHAZALA HASHMI for Lt. GOV. ✅

Let's All Stick Together & #StickItTo_tRUMP!!!!!

Actions speak louder than words. If House Republicans and this administration wanted to avoid this shutdown or end it, they would have been open to a conversation.

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Yep. Accept your fate. Join us. 😁 Just wait until the transition to actual K-pop starts.

I have watched this work locally. When things are going terribly and the local GOP abandons their people and the local dems show up with food pantries and stuff to help anyone who needs it. It bleeds through the noise. Sometimes it radicalizes them into our cause.

But we get NO support down here.

This World Series has been nothing but natural 1 attack rolls and natural 20 saving throws.

I heard AFGE said @democrats.org should fold / pass a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government.

But here’s an AFGE local saying “Hold the Line.”

I wish Democrats would communicate every day why they can’t sign on to a CR.

Example: ~20 million Americans will see premium increases.

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

@jon_snow_420 god: i have made Mankind angels: you fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety 18:54 • 28 Oct 15

just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social

Um, do they not understand how insurance works? Or what it’s for? The goal is to pay for it and not have to use it, except for preventative things, which with the decline of our useful public health officials, many people don’t know about.

I need every beginner artist out there who thinks their work isn’t good enough to know that in this AI-poisoned environment seeing your raw, human art gives me fucking life.

Any imperfection born from a living soul infinitely trumps whatever “polished” slop they’re trying to force feed us.

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps: "NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE" – US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

I don’t know how many times I have to say this but if you didn’t know any geek girls in high school or you don’t know any now it’s because they didn’t trust you and you’re *NOT A SAFE PERSON* for women to be themselves around.

As someone who depends on SNAP, I wanter to give some tips to those of you who are also not getting your cards refilled next month. A thread 🧵

(And if you don't depend on SNAP, many of these tips can help you reduce your food costs since its expensive out there rn)

This is a perfect example of “be careful who you trust”.

The cops said the monkeys had hep C, herpes, and COVID.

The *university*, though, said they were not infectious.

After courts hampered earlier efforts, Trump wants to cancel more funding during shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration has canceled, or threatened to cancel, billions of dollars of previously approved federal spending and wants to go after even more funding during the shutdown.

The Trump administration has already canceled or threatened to cancel billions of dollars of previously approved federal spending and now wants to go after even more funding during the government shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/48QCYpy

Screenshot from WCK email: WCK Relief Team Serving Meals to Federal Workers During U.S. Government Shutdown World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is serving meals to federal workers and their families in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. government shutdown nears its fourth week. "Public service is hard enough without struggling to pay for food," said WCK founder José Andrés. "WCK is proud to feed our federal workers at this impossible time. A hot meal is a small thank you for doing a big job for the American people."

World Central Kitchen is awesome but what an embarrassment of a country.

Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

RFK Jr. must resign.

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟