Lori

Excuse me but a thousand spy thrillers have led me to believe that there are secret agencies all over the world dedicated to preventing evil and taking down despots and tyrants so where TF are they is all I wanna know. Jason Bourne, I'd like to talk to you about your car's extended warranty.

So basically I think absolutely everything happening right now can be boiled down to: white cishet men now have to actually provide value - to employers, to partners - to be considered for the job/partner, because there are other options, and they cannot handle it. At all.

People in TV shows are constantly een to be having wine or a drink at home alone with music playing. Is this a thing people do? Like the TV isn't on, are they just sitting there? I often have a drink at home, or listen to music, but there's always a 3rd thing also happening. TV or chores or whatevs.

Increasingly frustrated with articles like "Trump signs EO saying X, but experts say that this isn't true" like DO YOU THINK HE CARES. None of them care what is true, supportable, legal, or accurate. You think he'll be like "Oh wait, my bad, never mind?" When you point out that he's full of shit??

Posit: A big contributing factor to *gestures at everything* is the cultural attitude, seen in every cop and action movie/show, that people who follow the rules and safeguard people's rights are stodgy, boring and definitely not on the side of the heroes.

I've been thinking that we've all been afraid of Trump declaring himself king...now I'm wondering if we were worrying about the wrong guy.

If you can comprehend why the worst team in the league gets the best draft pick, you can comprehend why DEI programs are necessary.

I don't know that there's anything we can do against a global cabal of tech billionaires who control the media and the largest social media platforms.

To everyone yelling that Trump's so dumb and all this stuff is going to alienate his voters: THEY DON'T CARE. Because - listen carefully - THEY NEVER INTEND TO HOLD ELECTIONS AGAIN, and if they do, they will be for show and the results will not matter. They'll be faked or ignored.

Four years? I'm thinking we're not gonna last four months.

Just for the record, I don't need to watch any videos or read any articles about how Trump is like Hitler or how the US is teetering on the edge of disintegration. I've been well aware of both for 8 years.

These GOP fuckwads want child labor back SO BAD and they're not even being subtle about it.

Me: *sits around and does nothing like a slug for three weeks, eating badly and not sleeping well*
Body: *feels like shit*
Me:

if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.

When other countries say stuff like "Well, all of France protested in Paris and toppled [Regime!] Why aren't you?" I'm like...do you get that we physically can't do that? Do you have any conception of the size and scope of this fucking country? We can't get our whole pop into one city.

I don't talk hockey much on here but last night the Blue Jackets' sophomore 3rd round pick Adam Fantilli scored his first NHL hat trick in Toronto, WHERE HE'S FROM (sort of), with like 100 family and friends watching, PLUS his first shorty. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT ADAM FANTILLI OK

I am HERE and SAT for the Pamela Anderson Renaissance.

Dear grownups: stop telling each other to "look for the helpers." That's something Mr. Rogers said to tell children who were afraid. If you're an adult, you are supposed to BE the helpers.

Anyone else feeling like we're up against unstoppable undefeatable foes?

That he was abusive to women isn't a shock. That's almost diagnostic for domestic terrorism.

Came across this comment on a post about Pentatonix singing the national anthem: "Our anthem is so beautiful, they don't need to embellish it." Excuse me? Our anthem is HORRIBLE. It's a terrible song to sing, has weird intervals, is in nobody's range, and is generally awful. It's just familiar.

Not me up at 6 am googling "are nightmares a symptom of menopause?" Yes, they are. Is anything NOT a symptom of menopause?

I don't know if this is just reaaaaaally hard wishful thinking, but I'm starting to think we might be getting to a tipping point re healthcare.

a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch ALT: a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch

I confess I didn't think the GOP would devolve into warring factions this quickly.

I'm a writer, reader, former bookseller, and I'm irrationally irritated by book fetishism. Having a bunch of books is not a personality, or a sign of high intellect. Books are not sacred objects. A physical book is not superior to an ebook. You're not special for "loving that book smell." Stop it.

The post-Christmas malaise is strong when you're sitting at home in your bathrobe pondering what you can get from Kroger so you can make the $35 minimum for free grocery delivery because you need one (1) onion to make chow mein.

@joescott.bsky.social Hey Joe, new listener & Nebula subscriber. You've expressed shock at that 600K people reported missing annually? It's misleading. Only about 5% of those STAY missing. Most are back within 24. That 600K includes kids who get lost at the mall for 2 hours but the cops get called.

Can I just say how delighted I am that *composers* are now able to headline major concert tours. (Yes, I'm getting tickets to the Hans Zimmer live concert tour, what of it)

I feel like everyone who knows Hamilton well has a few persistent lyrics that pop up randomly.

Mine are "Pick a place to die where it's high and dry" from "Ten Duel Commandments" and "Should we honor our treaty, King Louis' head?/Uhh, do whatever you want, I'm super dead" from Cabinet Battle #2

Welp looks like everyone's gotten the intel that our admin's (department-paid-for) holiday candy basket has the Reese's peanut butter cup trees. PICKED CLEAN. Had to settle for a York patty. Ah well.

More datapoints that Reese's is the king of all candy. Oh, and nobody likes candy canes.