Vampire Bunny

it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars

There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."

A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):

Lorde donates merchandise proceeds from Minneapolis shows to immigrant rights groups Pop singer Lorde will donate money she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups, she shared in a post on Instagram on Tuesday.

Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.

SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

i think telling him to shut the fuck up to his face would heal me

Is it just me or does it feel like the 'ushers' are on a hair trigger of late, lunging in front of the cameras to rescue Trump whenever he starts doing a dementia.

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

"Ordinary fortune-tellers tell you what you want to happen; witches tell you what’s going to happen whether you want it to or not. Strangely enough, witches tend to be more accurate but less popular."

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Sorry for being nosy but I’m in a pretty quiet airport. a woman sat down next to a much older pilot here in the food court and started very obviously flirting with him but he absolutely cannot stop listing off aviation facts to her regardless of whatever question she asks him

This keeps happening, and the other reporters keep acting like it’s business as usual. I’m losing my mind.

If I was in a press conference and a public official did this, I’d immediately walk out.

so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.

Brave Gaiman turned off comments and quote posts on this one. No, Neil. You didn't lie low. You admitted sleeping with an employee 1/3rd your age. You sued your victims for violating an NDA. You said we "didn't understand BDSM." And what a coincidence, you have a new project coming out! Timing!

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

A set of 4 Tamora Pierce books, specifically the Circle of Magic. They are the scholastic UK covers - blue, pink(ish), red and green from left to right, against a soft, grey background of a cat tree cushion.

I'm so happy to have finally collected this set of covers! These are the set I read when I was younger! Reading Briar's book when we've been through a pandemic has really made me appreciate the thought & details @tamorapierce.bsky.social put into the book. #circleofmagic

Briar Moss.

#briarmoss #tamorapierce #thecircleofmagic #emelanseries #myart

A hummingbird with a blue and white breast.

White-necked jacobin, Trinidad.
#birdoftheday
#perfectperch

Mychal smiles brightly while holding a stack of copies of his and Lorraine’s upcoming picture book!

BOOK JOY! 🥹

One week until mine and Lorraine Nam’s picture book becomes REALLY, really real! I'm so happy you're here, are you ready for library joy?! 📚

📚 I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY 📚

✨Available wherever books are sold ✨

📸: Mom 😂

Last night, Automatic Noodle won the Octavia Butler Award!! I'm so honored and happy!!! 🤖❤️🎉 www.instagram.com/p/DUI5pCokno...

"When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart"

- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOHara

The scenes of her with John Candy in Home Alone are to me the sort of platonic ideal of a straight (wo)man scoring points. John Candy listing all his polka song titles and her replying, "these are songs?"

“The woman the cop hit with a baton was eventually arrested on suspicion of insult”

So being rude to a cop means you get beaten? That doesn’t seem proportionate to me

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

DreamHaven in Minneapolis is where I discovered Pratchett. I’ve always been grateful to sign there, but now I’m gonna be proud as hell too.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.

wapo.st/49Zqv1L

Bonk.

"We don't require a video. We have an official statement from DHS which has not been disproven." - Walter Hudson, Republican Representative from Albert Lea.

Meanwhile in Oregon, parents now have to fear the consequences of taking their children to urgent care.

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.