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Bigelow Basement

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Finally saw the worst perversion of The Punisher ever. Tell me you know nothing about Frank without telling me because that man would ruin you for this.

So we are going to hand over CD2 to the GOO so someone can satisfy her ego, when she doesn’t bring anything to the table, won’t win over voters on the right, and will depress turnout on the left? Situation normal. Cool cool cool.

/4 People may disagree about where the line is between “capable of productive discourse” and “propagandists and Nazis.” Your Nazi circle may be wider than mine! Or narrower. That’s fine. But pretending that there’s no line - that everyone should be platformed as a good faith thinkers is idiotic.

Really worth watching this. Rep. Bill Keating is clearly feeling a little out of his depth here—not quite sure what to say, not quite sure how to react—but he sees work that needs doing, sees a stand that needs taking, and so he just does it. He just does it. Right on.

Woman wearing shirt with text that reads You’re Probably DEI Too.

Survey says. Bought with great enthusiasm from @godaintpettybutiam.bsky.social

seeing how poorly mainstream/neolib Dems are responding to this moment is like being tied to the trolley while an out of control train is coming and watching people who could pull levers to stop it instead choose to hold up little signs saying "please stop"

Stop this train I want to get off.

Text box: smiling can trick your brain into thinking you’re happy, releasing happy hormones. Text box: me. Picture of cat, grimacing in what sort of looks like a smile.

an elderly woman with glasses and a pink robe says shame i feel shame Alt: an elderly woman with glasses and a pink robe says shame i feel shame

Every time I watch the news.

I hate that wellness got co-opted by the right because there really is a good conversation to have about our food systems and what goes into foods that could be harming us, but instead of passing regulations on food companies like other countries it’s going to be “you can’t buy snacks with SNAP”

People underestimate the subtle roles gov workers play. How many small businesses are supported by one partner being a gov employee providing healthcare to entrepreneurs? How many coaches and scout leaders are gov workers? These jobs are so important to communities and families.

I was so excited for the LRT and then saw the transit times and was like … not even express options? (Maybe there are now. There weren’t at the time.)

Team Canada celebrating their victory of USA in hockey.

McJesus for the win. #annexthis #goCanadaeh

We fought a revolution so as to never answer to a king and I’m an actual DAR in case you needed to ask someone who has the extraordinary privilege to have genealogical records to prove it.

Two women smiling in front of Sex World.

This is one of my fave pics of us bc she was always such a good sport. We were headed to the Twins and she didn’t even know what was behind us. She should be 77 today and I miss her every minute. Fuck cancer and the admin killing life-saving research. At least she’s not here to see that.

There’s a scene in the 2024 movie Civil War that has stuck with me - the four journalists happen upon a town that is actively - or perhaps passively - choosing to ignore the chaos around them and it’s creepy AF. And like much of that movie, feels plausible and prescient.

every day I think about the comms strategy of the korean opposition party in the wake of the coup and I get so burningly resentful that other countries have legislators who are awake

Old man holding a glass of whiskey with a cigar in his mouth wearing a T-shirt that says “I’m going to stop drinking just as soon as I’m named secretary of defense.”

Impulse bought my dad a t-shirt from @raygunsite.com a few weeks back and I’m honestly not sure I’ve ever been as chuffed with a purchase in my life.

Blech How Did We Ever Think This Was A Good Place GIF Alt: Blech How Did We Ever Think This Was A Good Place GIF

We're going to end up with AKlo 2.0, aren't we.

Someone's already floating that Angie Craig is being "highly encouraged" and honestly somehow worse than AKlo. I'm super discouraged about losing Tina.

There are board members trying to push but the whole is focused on the status quo and not offending anyone and history tells us how that goes and what am I doing here. And I weep for the kids in the system this person serves. Every kid deserves our best. This is the bad place.

Then, this afternoon, at an invitation-only focus group for strategic planning I was subjected to the most casually transphobic remarks I felt the breath knocked out of my body. I did all the things you do as a result. And. I don’t think much will happen. Or change in the org.

I spent the last two days at a summit for leadership in my professional field frustrated by the focus on the work of running chapters (yes, important) with nary a minute devoted to discussion of what is happening in our country and the very real and profound nexus to our work. Heads in sand.

I mean, cool, agitate for the budget guy but uh there are also lots of other fish to fry @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov y’all are taking notes and rallying the troops right? I still have Feingold’s big book of cheese from the filibuster days if you need, holla at your girl.

Wait, so, it’s realistically tied and the DFL gave them speaker and committee control? Okay, cool. Cool cool cool.

I felt this one in my bones.