cubiclegrrl

And yes I get fucking enraged because one of things I wrote about in the fucking Blog era was stumbling across sex tourism websites that praised how fucking cheap girls in Guyana were

while I was being told

“Immigration wasn’t a feminist issue” and targeted by a predator

The only people who actually want to see everyone "working together, across the aisle" are those for whom a non-hostile work environment in their personal corner of the political bureaucracy is valued higher than poor people surviving the winter.

Something you notice about out of touch techbros is that if they don't know what a word means, instead of simply not using it, they'll just invent a meaning that suits them and repeat it in the hopes their new definition will catch on.

my compost heap in winter

sure it gets dark at 4pm in fall here but everything looks like this for a few hours before then

Every so often you run into a person who is such a trainwreck in every way it's like the universe created teaching tape for everyone else on how not to live your life but way less often does that person end up as a national level legislator

Bill Pulte faces new questions over removal of Fannie Mae watchdogs Why did the Federal Housing Finance Agency chief fire a group of ethics officials? The latest reporting suggests a real controversy is starting to unfold.

4. His grandson is now in charge of the FHFA, who has used his position to level allegations of mortgage fraud against Trump critics.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

It’s funny that Harvard has been a consistent target for reactionary campaigns, and not one has been dedicated to ousting Larry Summers, an openly political figure who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein; meanwhile, it’s a fine-toothed comb for *checks notes* Black women.

there’s a joke in here, I just know it

This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?

Yes, you can read it here

www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...

Labour MP apologises after handing out election leaflets with anti-Traveller pledge Shadow minister Charlotte Nichols dished out election material promising to deal with ‘incursions’

I'd forgotten this. I guess the bigotry just keeps on comin'

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

A tan tiled hallway wall curves toward the viewer, shot with a fisheye effect. Warm light makes the tiles glow. Dark painted words stretch across the wall and say The Earth without Art is just Eh, arranged on separate lines. The grid of grout lines adds a rhythmic pattern, and the ceiling follows the curve above. No people or objects are present, only the wall and the message.

Here is Marcel, in case anyone missed the news: bsky.app/profile/cats...

I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.

I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.

Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?

i got blocked for sarcasm and i accept that lol

Grijalva: It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district elected me to represent them. 50 days that over 800,000 arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves.

And yes they will bring back Sarah but not Link.

And none of the groups or people who’ve been bolstering them for “not being billionaires” will challenge because they aren’t in business of the non sexy stuff

About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.

In response, multiple churches are doing a "Call for Freedom" prayer and protest gathering this Friday morning. Basically, fuck ICE.

Good for them.

*takes notes*

I have seasonal depression in the summer now | The Narwhal Extreme heat, wildfires and pests — fuelled by climate change — threaten to make summer the worst season in Canada. It’s time to talk about it

Here's @balkissoon.bsky.social's essay from August, when she realized that "There’s no escaping the fact that my once-favourite season has become a health hazard." thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep...

fun fact: she's the PR person for Shelby Busch of the Maricopa County Republican Committee

oh word? damn that's crazy, if only anyone had brought it up to her at the time

I mean I feel the people that have an obsession with young girls tend to be obsessed with creepy science in a "we must keep the bloodline pure" idea

Too right you are. :~/

I remember raising strong objections (as a grad student in 2019) to inviting a speaker who was faculty at the Media Lab and had signed his name onto that doofy "We support Joi" letter. Only time I've ever felt like I was Charlie in the Pepe Silvia scene. A lot of blank stares.

hasn't been enough reporting on his creepy science funding, tbh.

Me, proudly displaying an enormous pair of scissors with sparkly reddish-brown handles.

I spent today down in Hamilton, Ohio as part of the official grand opening of a new @barnesandnoble.com there, and used this enormous pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon. I considered stealing the scissors. I ultimately did not. If the staff cannot find them later IT WAS NOT ME.

Its been 24 hours has Joyce Carol Oates ruined Elon’s day yet

Hey! Don't forget.