KC

The degree to which I am not surprised to find Lawrence Krauss in all of this...

hey so if you're still subbed to the NYT...

why

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

Look if the sex trafficking we already knew about, and the white nationalism and ethnic cleansing and extrajudicial murder of random fishermen in international waters and destruction of multiple world economies and genocidal withdrawal of international aid weren't enough, and this does it, well, ok

Welcome to earth, what we have here is imperfect shit. Your favorite imperfect shit doesn't have to be my imperfect shit, but for the love of everything stop waiting for something that isn't imperfect and get to doing something

Your new shit will also suck! Organizations suck! Institutions are awful! And yet, valuable! Young and white is not actually better, and also how on earth could the thing change if you won't *fucking try*

It makes me wish to scream

This thing happens with some frequency where someone will be like "what if we had lefty/non-creedal/non-theist church!" and eventually someone will mention at least one of my traditions, to which the response will be "but they're all old and white" or some variation on "but they're not perfect"

The reason Mike Johnson is so good at ignoring the terrible things happening in front of him (sex abuse, ICE raids, etc.) is because he's a Southern Baptist, and Southern Baptists are very good at ignoring horrific things. It's the natural progression of a group founded by enslavers

Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.

Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.

It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.

Colorado is one of 12 states that *requires* insurance plans cover abortion - plus abortion rights are in the state constitution thanks to Amendment 79. Any attempt to drop them would violate not just the law but the Colorado Constitution.

Evening boost! Anything anyone can pitch in helps. We're sitting at $1473 needed now to have November bills secured. A quick share can be a big help too! Thank you so much!

obviously this is bad, but it’s long been true of other countries we praise to the skies for their healthcare and a lot of progressive Americans don’t want to acknowledge that as a huge vector of oppression. there are a lot of places I couldn’t emigrate to even if I wanted bc they have BMI limits

10 years ago we had all the cool, left-coded but not oppressively political media everyone's asking for, then private equity killed it

So many! I already have a cobra tattoo

Who could’ve possibly anticipated this?

Thinking about snakes I want tattoos of

If you are following this saga, I have potentially found a temporary solution

i do not "have enough books" what i have is "not enough bookshelves"

Yeah. Having cried for a while, I am now contemplating ways to have better insurance (which feels...hilarious and futile, given *gestures broadly*)

Well. Won't be starting new meds today because once they finally got to the pharmacy, they were gonna cost over $1000 for a month's supply

In theory I will actually recieve this medicine today so I can start taking it. I just...want to be able to get that far

Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:

"So I'm putting a team together..."

Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.

Got prescribed a new medicine now nearly a whole week ago and I *still* don't have it. This is exhausting. How would someone with a less flexible schedule even maybe manage this?

I understand the dr and pharmacy I use are going through a change in EMR and that's a pain in the ass for everyone, but why does the pharmacy *downstairs from my Dr's office* insist they don't know about a med I'm supposed to get? Why can I see it in my chart but they can't? Deeply frustrating

Given that I only really started reading again in like, July, if I manage to read 20 books by the end of the year I'll be very impressed. Just started book #18, so it could happen!

I badly need to buy cat food and I am $16 overdrafted. I need to raise $40 to avoid fees and feed my boys. Sorry. Every little bit helps, shares are appreciated

The Dems every time.

I. Uh. Urine is...not bleach. That's not a thing anyone should need to say

Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"