Poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith
Love this
#poem #poetry
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Poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith
Love this
#poem #poetry
a sign on a tree that says "tudoring" (spelled wrong, of course) and a phone number
When you want to help your kids, but not too much...
#tutor #kids #education #tutoring
Photo of an old cell phone in a rock. Says "Ah yes, A Nokia fossil from the Myspacean Period."
:) #fossil #history #tech
05.11.2025 15:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Clever post of yore:
@anacaprana
My relatives 6 years ago: βHow many branches of Government are there?β
My relatives today: βThings are looking good for a January Senate runoff for control of the Senate based on returns in DeKalb.β
RT:
@PadmeAndidala
If The Breakfast Club was made today it would be a silent film about 5 kids staring at their phones
@AriSchulman
Twitter yesterday: #Polling is dead, cancel the quants
Twitter today: #Exitpolls reveal third-generation Uzbeks from the Ottumwa exurbs betrayed us by 1.7 points
RT
@Angry_Staffer
Itβs possible to be pro-Israel and still want whatβs best for the Palestinian people.
Itβs possible to be pro-Palestinian and still want whatβs best for the Israeli people.
#Israel #Palestine #peace
posts of yore:
@WilliamAder
Set my clocks back this morning and had another breakfast.
@jimgeraghty
I counted the yard signs in my neighborhood, and "ADT Home Security" is going to win in a landslide
@OhNoSheTwitnt
Ah Fall. The leaves are changing colors and Donald Trump is trying to deport them
Seen from the cover of a John Bull magazine looking down on an idealised village in autumn with a bonfire prepared and children playing football on the green
Other work by the Ladybird artists
βAutumn sceneβ
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Post of yore:
@brhodes
Looking at Black voters in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, it's striking that people who have been treated the worst by our democracy consistently do the most to save it.
#voting #election
RT:
@SelfAwareROOMBA
Battery low. Obsidian sky. Lost. ROOMBA just wanted to see the beach.
@nathanwpyle
movie plot:
a moth is an aspiring #fashion designer but must overcome his habit of eating his own work
@RickAaron
With all the #stress eating I may reach 270 before either of the candidates.
Clever posts of yore:
@TheWeirdWorld
I wonder if birds on my feeder are friends or if itβs like a public bathroom and no one makes eye contact.
@funnyfries
I don't want to say I'm lazy but I thought I had mono and it turns out I just prefer not to move if I'm not on fire.
#lazy #funny #birds
RT:
@cpin42
Cop: Can you describe the man who stabbed you?
Me: He kept going like this [stabbing motion]
@TheBoydP
Protip: If your spouse says βThanks for the helpβ when you didnβt do anything donβt reply βYouβre welcomeβ.
@pauleggleston
I passed my #genetic engineering exam with flying koalas.
Posts of yore:
@aweissmann_
Iβm as #nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
@deloisvete
Saw someone get offended online and comment "two shay" and I can't stop thinking about it
@FUNNYsnarkyJOKE
How long do you have to be a #disaster before they name a #hurricane after you
#dogs :)
04.11.2025 17:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BY ORDER AND DECREE OF YOUR MERCHANT OVERLORDS, IT IS NOW CHRISTMASTIME! MAKE YOURSELVES JOLLY OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!
03.11.2025 23:29 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0:) #timechange #daylightsaving
04.11.2025 00:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So, now's a good time to remind you all that Senators and Reps are cowards who will respond to pressure from phone calls, especially. 5Calls has a script you can use as a base and build from there. Sitting here complaining online does jack shit, because it can be ignored
Light those switchboards up
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Michelangelo's painting of God touching Adam, finger to finger, but instead of Adam, it's a cat about to strike God.
:) #cats #art #arthistory
03.11.2025 16:04 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0βA vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.β β Senator Raphael Warnock
#vote #voting #election
03.11.2025 16:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Clever posts of yore:
@MaryLowry1
This extra hour thing is great. I'm setting my clocks back again tonight, too.
@JohnFugelsang
"GEORGE SOROS IS A FOREIGN BORN BILLIONAIRE WHO USES HIS $ TO INFLUENCE OUR POLITICS!!" - Rupert Murdoch's FOX News.
Posts of yore:
@DanRegan_Comedy
According to this cheese Advent calendar I bought yesterday I guess I should wish everyone Merry Christmas today
@iamdevloper
1969:
-what're you doing with that 2KB of RAM?
-sending people to the moon
2017:
-what're you doing with that 1.5GB of RAM?
-running #Slack
Clever posts of yore:
@benedictsred
Me, whispering to Starbucks employee: Someone took a largeβ¦sorryβ¦a venti poop on the floor.
@sketchesbyboze
things to ask yourself when buying a new dress: does it have pockets? how would I look solving murders in it? can I wear it whilst running from #Dracula
@LaComtesseJamie I'm amazed by people who lose weight w exercise. When I exercise nothing happens bc my DNA still thinks I'm a European peasant. So it's like "Oh! Are we running from the English again, lass? Dinnae ye worry: we'll keep ye plump as a partridge to outlast the murderous bastards!"
:)
03.11.2025 15:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Clever posts of yore:
@HousewifeOfHell
May the gargoyle of happiness squat on your buttress.
@yvonnezlam
What's a professional way to say, "This is six problems in a trenchcoat pretending to be a solution?"
@logically_jc
βNauseously optimisticβ pretty much sums it up.
#election #happy #funny
RT:
@prodigalsam
How many white people does it take to change a light bulb? A BRUNCH!
@frenchielaboozi
i can't believe i have to keep washing this stupid body until i die
@ilgrandechuck
New Jersey residents are soaking up floodwater by using millions of discarded copies of "Atlas Shrugged."
Clever posts of yore:
@Shariv67
Sadly, for every hour of daylight saved by men, women save only 49 minutes.
@Kendragarden
This election season has cemented my love for Rachel Maddow, vodka, Stephen King, chocolate, sighing, eye rolls & vigorous shower screaming
#election #daylightsaving #women
Clever posts of yore:
@capricecrane
People can be taught to hate. And people can be taught to spell. But apparently, it's one or the other.
@RobinMcCauley
A woman started choking in the line at Starbucks - it was so scary but thankfully someone opened another register.
#education #starbucks
Clever posts of yore:
@faithchoyce
I like my coffee like I like my Lives Matter
@Social_Mime
After you turn 40 house arrest is no longer a "punishment."
@michimama75
Me, stirring my coffee with a Twix bar: Why does my stomach hurt?
#candy #coffee #aging #BLM
Photo of Cher, says don't forget to turn back time on Sunday - Cher with your friends
#Daylightsavings #turnback #cher
01.11.2025 16:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0