Tina M

I'm with you. I don't need more stuff, and my husband and I would rather do things together than buy things. But it took me years to convince my mother that I really don't want any gifts (she now buys me stuff to eat, which is fine).

Maybe it's because I'd rather swallow razor blades than run for office, but I think that the implication that people who care must go into politics is BS. Some people are good at that kind of thing and some aren't, and there's no shame in being the latter.

While that's completely true, it's also why I no longer watch or read a series until it's completely done.

If the MAGATs were actually interested in civil debate and not just "owning the libs", their argument might have some merit. Refusing to tolerate bigotry or treat it as a valid viewpoint is not the same as wanting to live in an echo chamber.

Also, at some point the MMR schedule changed from 1 to 2 doses in childhood. That happened after a lot of us had only received one dose, so I got a second one a few years ago just in case.

This what MLK’ s daughter has suggested we do.

Great list.

Repost from someone named Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek): A distraught friend yesterday boiled it down perfectly: ‘If we won, we’d be celebrating how many of them would get healthcare, education, or student loans canceled. But they won, and they’re celebrating how many of us they get to kill.’ Tells the whole story, doesn’t it?”

Not to mention no checks or balances, courts that will do whatever he wants, and a Justice Department filled with his toadies.

The US has had its share of shitty leaders, but most of them have had lines they wouldn't cross. It's terrifying that we're about to find out what happens when we get one for whom there are no lines. 2/2

It's really frightening to learn just how much of our system of government is dependent on its leaders acting in good faith. 1/2

This is what I've been trying to articulate for a while. With the courts on his side, and once he fills the Justice Department with his toadies, who's going to stop him? Hell, who would be able to stop him from cancelling the next election and declaring himself king?

Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.

I would also find it "fun" to watch all the people who voted for him get hurt by the tariffs and mass deportations (because this will almost certainly devastate the economy), if not for the fact that the rest of us will be hurt right along with them.

I have not been able to bring myself to look at the news since last Wednesday. I know I should stay informed, but distraction is all that's keeping me going right now.

If I'm home, I'm wearing soft pants (unless it's summer, in which case it's soft shorts).

What are your favorite Soft Pants? I'm partial to Brief Insanity lounge pants -- I rotate between 3 pairs.

Serious question: how do I not sink into nihilism at this point? I've been teetering on the edge of it since 2016, but gained a bit of optimism in 2020, which is now all gone. I feel hopeless and helpless and like nothing I could do would make much of a difference so why even bother?

if the media’s surreptitious end goal was to get TFG elected for ratings well the JOKE IS ON THEM because I can go a really long time without knowing the news, just watch me queue up these back seasons of Expedition Unknown, my platonic parasocial BarCon relationship with Josh Gates will save me

Would love for my first post here to be some brilliant witticism, but in the wake of the horrible election news this week and the prospect of another four years of the orange shitgibbon, I feel neither brilliant nor witty. So...hi.