dr. mae

Let's do the thing that triggered the Great Depression. Except more

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom

Don’t know how we missed that party!

@durbin.senate.gov is an embarrassment to the state of Illinois. Senator, if you can’t stand up to Trump, then it’s time we get someone with a bit of backbone to represent us. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Schlossberg deleting all of his socials is proof that Thursday really is the worst day

I am doing a re- (re-re) read of the Empyrean series but this time I’ve decided to add a journal of my thoughts and cancel as many evening plans as possible for the next few months. Totally normal.

Onyx Storm is blessedly forcing me to unplug.

antisemites: "jews control the media"

the media: "hmm, not sure that was a nazi salute, looked kind of a like a wave, or a heartfelt outpouring of love, maybe a one-arm hug of embrace towards all peoples"

Not that there was any question, but

news alert from haaretz: “elon musk makes fascist salute at trump inauguration rally”

well, here’s how haaretz described it

decided to watch the crime series “vera” for the first time. on the first episode atm and all i can focus on are the ca. 2010 clothes — will long cardigans make a triumphant return!? (also yes who was the killer)

this is already so exhausting

In a way I guess it's nice to have unambiguous confirmation that Tiktok is indeed as bad an actor as anyone else in this situation

The anger that from a cultural standpoint “Jesus” is some kind of safe word for men, like Hegseth, who clearly are mediocre and problematic… and this is just the beginning.

Anyway. Preaching to the choir.

As you were.

Hashtag “not all churches/Christians,” as always.

But when I saw Hegseth today — when I saw him try to argue that his past transgressions are no big deal because “Jesus,” it was gross and exhausting.

I may not be a Christian but I felt an anger bubbling up inside of me…

Someone asked me today if my work in New Testament textual criticism was the reason why I no longer identify as a Christian. It took me a moment to answer because I had never been asked that before.

My reply? No. Absolutely not.

It was my return to America and America’s churches.

welcome to the resistance

Ending Thanksgiving with the @mst3kofficial.bsky.social marathon.

“He exploded before they could shoot him.”

i really wish people would stop posting the cursed mcdonalds nightmare bro photo — partly bc of the faces in it, but also because it honestly just makes me crave a happy meal and a diet coke damn it.

Idk, that sounds like fun to me.

So much for washing the linens today.

same - especially Nelly. I hope she comes back for a holiday special.

Keep people coming back with cavities?

FWIW, the current season is really good.

scheduled sick day (flu + covid vaccines administered yesterday) which means catching up on GBBO and awkwardly learning how to post on a platform like this again.

Agree. I do have a crocheted emotional support pickle that a librarian gave to me earlier this year, though.

Apparently being human — “that’s a lot of sodium” was the remark.

actually i chuckle at you often

I was told today by a healthcare provider that I need to reduce my pickle consumption — which I think is asking a lot given the current state of things.