Zesmerelda

Abolish all politicians and move to sortition. It can be that straightforward.

Love the ideas she discusses re: sortition and public assemblies. How do we make this happen? I'm ready to toss the oligarchs out.

I believe there are two 1st round picks this year & maybe next year, if I remember correctly. A crap ton of 2nd round picks in the 2027 draft.

We have a number of expiring contracts, which could be dealt. And a massive number of draft picks.

They didn't hold anyone out last game, so I hope you're right

Iran War Cost Tracker — $1 Billion Per Day The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran costs $1 billion per day. Track the running total in real time.

iran-cost-ticker.com

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.

Sortition. Public assemblies. There are alternatives to voting that make more sense.

They're not holding him out of the line-up which seems to be the m.o. for trades

Good starts are possible #seakraken

Stepped on my dog's foot and spent 20 minutes on make-up skritches. Like ya do.

“There’s no Somali folks in the Epstein Files”

Welp

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Tolvy 🎖️

A divine plan? Where? Prove it.

I'm tired of the religious chucklefucks ruining our country

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

cover of "Fireproof: A Memoir of a Chef" -Curtis Duffy

"Fireproof: A Memoir of a Chef" -Curtis Duffy #booksky #74 ⭐⭐⭐/5 His entire career seems to be a prolonged trauma response to what happened in his childhood. Massive trigger warning there. Great chef, though.

"Beseiged" -Diana Gabaldon #booksky #73 ⭐⭐⭐/5 Picked up the last Lord John Grey novella to round out the most unlikely set of adventures to ever befall a single person. It's pretty entertaining, if very short.

Cover of "The Summer I Ate the Rich" -Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite

"The Summer I Ate the Rich" -Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite #booksky #72 ⭐⭐⭐/5 Modern culinary (half) Haitian zombie romp with a few too many unlikely elements to make it really good. Diverting. Interesting take on zombies.

"Maria the Wanted" -V. Castro #booksky #72 ⭐/5 I think if I dumped the keywords "feminist, Mexican, vampire, wish fulfillment, fashion, side quest" into an AI, it would dump out something like this book. But with better dialog and maybe a plot twist.

book cover of "Carl's Doomsday Scenario"-Matt Dinniman

"Carl's Doomsday Scenario"-Matt Dinniman #booksky #71 ⭐⭐⭐/5 Want a mindless novelization of a faux video game with extra snark, boxer shorts, a show cat, & a dinosaur? World events have made it necessary to read absolute nonsense. Unfortunately, this is the last book my library has in this series.

I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

Hey, I'll be happy if they make the playoffs

They could take 1st. It's within our grasp

No one loves winning more than Joey

Tolvy 🏅

You can encourage people to become more civically involved without downplaying the importance of voting.

Voting is just one part of it... but it is an important part.

So is being active in your community and speaking up for the causes that you believe in.

Both matter greatly.

Many years from now…

Timmy: Dad, why did we go to war with Iran?

Dad: well, son, people found out the president liked little girls too much…and not in a good way…

Guarantee the men in the epstein files are still actively abusing children. What makes you think they've stopped? Why would they?