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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

The idea of giving $15 million to build a library for a group that's more likely to burn books than it is to read them...

James Webb telescope just dropped its latest image, Neptune, and its rings.

( Not my picture) Snapdragon seed pod dried on the plant. There are five pods that resemble tiny human skulls with open mouths.

Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:

HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.

Go!

No sound but sipping.
Hot coffee and the
chickadee at dawn.

I wanna be @scalzi.com when I grow up.

Thank you for speaking up for reason.

Nothing to see here except more dudes making bad decisions and ruining a legendary brand cell by cell.

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot

Zero reward for the white supremacist killer who murdered a teen in Manhattan the same day. Yeremi Colino does not matter to these people.

Love your posts. They're little doses of coziness.

NBC news screenshot of interview with Texas representative Greg Casar "The progressive movement needs to change. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up," Casar said. "So when we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn't deny your health insurance claim, a big corporation did - with Republican help. We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these culture war issues is driven by Republicans' desire to distract voters and have them look away while Republicans pick their pocket."

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Post by Scott Dworkin: CNN averaged only about 260,000 viewers per day, losing out to channels like Bravo and The Food Network. After CNN spent years relentlessly attacking Biden and Harris, while sane-washing Trump and his cult members, this ratings disaster is well-deserved.

Can’t say I’m surprised. Or sorry.

Khan Noonien Singh for Secretary of State -- "Trump tells me has the best genes."

I once witnessed an unexplained mass mattress migration.

Nearly every single Republican voted against releasing the Matt Gaetz ethics report.

Remember this the next time they pretend to care about protecting minors.

This post introduced me to Goods Unite Us, which seems like an awesome service. I'll definitely be changing some buying habits. It's depressing to think how much money I've inadvertantly given to politicians who have no business in government.

Dreadful.

i understand the emotions but a bunch of fascist psychos are about to be in charge of federal law enforcement, tighten up

The secret to MY happy marriage:

1. Make sure your spouse knows every day how much you love, value and respect them

2. Don't do things that you would be ashamed to tell your spouse about

3. Be present for your spouse

4. Apologize when you do stupid things

5. Make them laugh when you can

I'm not interested in being a scold shouting "murder is bad!" (half the world wouldn't believe I think that anyway), but I do want to point out that how we react to such events isn't just about what a murdered person deserves, but about how our own response shapes our experience, and changes us.

No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about

#GrowTheResistance Nailed it

Tweet by a user with the handle @lauren.rotatingsandwich, displaying a profile picture on the left. Text reads: (me in a cave 40,000 years ago) you're gonna draw another bull, huh. real exciting.

For as long as there has been art, there have been art critics.

Biden to-do list this week:
Mon: Pardon Leonard Peltier
Tues: Commute the sentences of everyone on death row
Wed: National mandate to legalize weed
Thurs: Cancel all remaining student debt
Fri: Allow direct to consumer car sales
Sat: Pardon Leonard Peltier again

It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.