Adrian Hayes

i'm not holding anyone's hand when i say this, but when a book's goal is to make you feel uncomfortable and then it succeeds in doing so, that doesn't make it problematic. that's the book delivering on its promise.

not everything is a comfort read.

Not to diminish your point about Pete’s talents but yeah I still think about that show’s ending 1-2 times a week

found my people in the likes and reposts here

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

oh this is a big mystery

if we make it through this one thing i know is i don't want to hear another goddamn word about the constitution from conservatives

Line up a series of resistance speakers on the steps outside

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi “To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.

This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...

Sad to hear this, but I get it. My son finishes undergrad this spring and is switching his career path away from law because he’s so disillusioned by this lawless administration and its paid-for SCOTUS.

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction

Fact
Inspector General’s Investigations:
- USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.

i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Vive la résistance

Muting all the words. Nothing that happened today is telling us anything we didn’t know.

"In the winter I am writing about, there was much darkness. Darkness of nature, darkness of event, darkness of the spirit. The sprawling darkness of not knowing. We speak of the light of reason. I would speak here of the darkness of the world, and the light of— But I don't know what to call it. Maybe hope. Maybe faith, but not a shaped faith—only, say, a gesture, or a continuum of gestures. But probably it is closer to hope, that is more active, and far messier than faith must be. Faith, as I imagine it, is tensile, and cool, and has no need of words. Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

"Hope, I know, is a fighter and a screamer."

I say this under my breath 6-8 times a day

I finally just muted his name for a bit of peace

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock reflects on MLK Jr.'s teachings, legacy Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."

Sen. Raphael Warnock holds the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. once preached from. He told Morning Edition that "your life's project should be longer and larger than your lifespan."

Try a workbook! We got these from Emily Lex Studio and had a family paint night — fun and not so intimidating with the steps and sketches

today’s mood for sure