elise knits

Political Compass with the vertical axis labeled "Operates in Good Faith" and "Operates in Bad Faith" while the horizontal axis is labeled "Can Read" and "Can't Read"

Bluesky Discourse Alignment Compass

im not advocating for anything im just suggesting we run an experiment studying the effects of delivering a withering hail of tire irons to an individual dressed as an SS officer on the overall incidence of such costumes appearing in public spaces. science is advanced through audacious efforts

Monty from the television show Chip and Dale rescue rangers smelling cheese and starting to go into his weird cheese addict frenzy

Smelling weed on a walk

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

We need to invent a Noel Ignatiev style podcast where two extremely dumb guys on a couch discover in real time through dialoging that whiteness has no meaningful traits or even definition beyond what it isn’t and who it excludes. Could solve this whole thing

standing on the turnbuckle with my hand cupped around my ear as the crowd screams "IS! THAT! GOOD???"

Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.

wow, which common vaccine was it?

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That's notable! She doesn't call it a "pumpkin spice latte" specifically, but it's all so close. Piecing the quote together with what we know about pumpkin pie spice and how it was used, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The skeptic in me thinks this can't possibly be true, but the researcher in me actually feels fairly confident in saying this: it sure looks like Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

(Not a joke!)

I bet an ice age feels so good for the earth

A red plastic food tray with a few chips (fries) arranged as the hammer and sickle. Image from French fast-food workers protests early this century over pay and working conditions

Chip off the old bloc

i don't see any marines with hammer and sickle tattoos or adopting the flag of al-qaeda as their own symbol. just nazi stuff. just that one enemy

i don't know how to explain to people that the reason it's common for marines to do this stuff is because it's common for marines to like nazis

When they tell you not to be a single issue voter …. As if violent and immoral US foreign policy doesn’t reverberate across the globe and boomerang back in a million different ways that hurts the average American too.

A conspiracy theory I have is that people put hot sauces like Tabasco on everything not so much for the pepper as they do for the benefits of adding vinegar to a dish and that’s what they should be focusing on and recognizing. This conspiracy theory has not gotten traction due to “lack of interest”

An incredibly crude illustration of the mythical cryptid The Mothman. This is just a vaguely winged looking human done in simple black with two red circles for eyes against a white background.

I love illustrations of Mothman that are like this

A painting of a very large hog.

AWS is down, post hog

people have to harden their hearts and understand who the true enemy is: anyone who is part of the fascist state operations, which includes all cops and ICE agents. yes, even the ones crying crocodile tears today after years of moving us to this point

the mariners just hit a ball over the fence. i'd imagine they have a backup baseball on hand for such occasions

ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old

Palestine is everywhere

The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job

Everyone I know who's moved to Dubai has done so because they love having servants--the chefs, housekeepers, drivers & nannies they could not afford in places with labor & human rights laws.

It's the upper middle class correlate to my theory that the ultra-rich really want to OWN other people.

logging on

the microplastics and heavy metals in my body squaring up to decide who gets to give me cancer

One problem with FIFA being utterly corrupt is that instead of taking this bullshit seriously and moving the World Cup as they should, they’re massaging Trump’s ego and bestowing him with gifts.

I used to have a lot of hopes and dreams and now all I want is an upright freezer for all my winter soups and stews