Spitefully Empathetic

Having seen about half, I’d still put Sinners top, if only because it was an outstanding mix of supernatural horror with good ol’ American racist horror.

I have to wonder: I’m the FBI person with the warrant - why am I listening to these fucking morons and doing immoral things?

This was a mic drop moment.

In a world that’s shitty, Wonder Man is outstanding.

@schumer.senate.gov “Okay, DHS: you have two weeks to prove you won’t kill more US citizens or people in general. Now pinky swear!”

I swear to Christ: the vast majority of politicians are feckless pricks.

Fucking stand for something. @kim.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov Hope y’all hard-voted NO.

And if another person tells me to “do less” instead of asking these fuckers to “do more and be better,” I will most likely yell profanities loud enough for Jesus to hear in heaven.

And I realized that the two are very different. So when I say I am struggling to exist, please know it’s not internal demons causing my problems. It’s the very external self-centered, hateful, cruel, unjust, immoral and unethical majority of humanity that make me struggle to get out of bed each day.

Growing up, I was always irrationally worried about being depressed or suicidal. (Surprise! I have anxiety instead.) But the past year or so, I’ve come to discover a profound chasm between will to live (which I have) and struggle to exist in this world (which every fucking day, people make worse).

If you’re a bot farmer, you have no soul. If you’re an actual person with these views, you are inhuman.

How do you stay informed and keep the hatred away at the same time?

NYT video review confirms this. Pretti had a 2nd Am right to carry a firearm. But even if he didn’t he wasn’t pointing it at anyone or threatening agents. There is no legal justification for the execution-style shooting & no basis for DHS’s claim he was there to massacre them. He was a helper.

STATEMENT FROM THE PARENTS OF ALEX PRETTI, MICHAEL AND SUSAN PRETTI "We are heartbroken but also very angry. "Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. "I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

A statement released by the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

So we’re letting a domestic force kill citizens now?

YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Or maybe. Maybe. Congress does something. Otherwise, it may be time for a general strike across the nation.

The hatred and cruelty in the souls of #fucknoem and #fuckhoman is unbounded. I truly don’t know how to live in this world when every day, monsters are getting away with this. The arc of history may be long and bend towards justice, but right now, we’re living under the shadow of evil.

#fucktrump #fuckice #handsoffgreenland #fuckhegseth #fuckmiller #fuckrubio

Congress needs to act. And if the executive won’t respect it, at least we throw off the shitty covering if “democracy.” As long as Congress does NOTHING, it adds legitimacy.

This week has been overwhelmingly horrible. We don’t give up. We don’t bow down. We don’t change core principles to please oppressors and assholes. I’m going to take some time to lick my wounds and heal; and I’m only getting angrier.

And how could I forget all my favorite cooking shows - America’s Test Kitchen, Lydia something or other, that other Italian woman. And then This Old House!

In all the craziness and disgust of the last few days, this one truly makes me sad. I grew up with Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Lamb Chop, Arthur - fuck, even Barney - and that future generations won’t have that kind of programming because of a Fascist Fuck is enraging and numbing.

Whelp. January 3. That’s how long my hope for 2026 lasted.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Work hard to give us CWA workers a fair contract this year. That’s why we supported and help elect you.

Good 👏 fucking 👏 riddance 👏

Yooooo. When I see you use language… it’s actually scary. I’m glad I missed it but now I’m scared.

THIS. I am so sick of having AI forced down my throat when we don’t have the HI to do basic tasks.

Will Jade come back some day? Please?

I suspect people did not actually read #KingSorrow by #JoeHill. That should’ve won Good Reads Book of the Year no doubt.