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Mostly a feminist liberal screaming leftie fangirl. No tolerance for fascism. AO3: Rhyolight She/her, cis, historically het. Probably older than you are. Tea. Can't quit the NHL. Western MA. (Photo by Inge Morath, 1957)
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A joyous, if slightly eerie, 100th Birthday of Edward Gorey, to all who celebrate. Fond memories of getting to see Dracula with Gorey's stage sets, played as a farce. (bats wallpaper! stormy dark clouds above the castle on the main curtain, complete with red LED twinkly bat eyes as they flew!)

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I'm not coping with even the less-news feed today.

This is how you do it

This. You want absolute confidence in the drinking water you pull from your tap. If you hear from me, it's because something has gone very, very wrong and I'm there telling you how I will fix it.

Somebody primary this clown

among my notes (yes I took notes lol) from yesterday is something which says "David Lodge: constructed memory. LANGUAGE" this was referencing a specific David Lodge essay, not necessarily about Proust. Does anybody know? Google is not quite getting me there with this one!

A group of wolves is called a pack and a group of Nazis is called a CPAC.

Give it a year, I reckon we and the Canadians could knock over the US.

Honestly though, this feels like one of those deals where they pretend there's going to be free super bowl tickets to catch criminals. I bet they could serve a lot of outstanding warrants at this little nazi glee club event.

Oh my god, if this works it would redeem the whole damn week.

Abomination. Hegseth isn’t fit to say his name.

French media publication Le Point are reporting that quite incredibly Trump will join Putin for Russia's May the 9th Victory Day celebrations. Are we witnessing America's final downfall on the world stage as we know it?

#sunlituplands lol

Finally, J Edgar Hoover is no longer the worst Director of the FBI in US history.

Just made this at gulfofmapquest.com

If you really wanted a Philosopher King, America, he was RIGHT THERE.

My weekly list of must-read articles, some organizing resources, and a reflection on the ascent of Kash Patel. What should we expect from an FBI headed by a Trump acolyte? How can our communities prepare? I have some thoughts, history, and resources to share on the subject.

Today's weather: - 20% chance of a thick, sinister fog rolling out of the deep forest, hiding phantoms and ghouls within - 80% chance of something much worse

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100,000 Luigi stans pull up charts to watch line go down

This is how it’s done.

Musk’s conflict with astronauts expands to include Scott and Mark Kelly:

@skyladawn.ca , @karidru.bsky.social

I think we ought to make the government bigger: every little town gets its own post office. Maybe you combine it with then library, I don’t know, but they all get one

Today in National Parks News The pushback from the idiotic firing of thousands of National Parks employees is having an effect. Keep calling Keep the pressure on 202 224 3121 www.latimes.com/california/s...

Took a hand out of my glove for a few seconds in the -7F wind to snap a pic of the light on the frozen lake

AO3 is down for a couple of hours of scheduled maintenance. I will be okay. I have my downloads. "22:10 UTC, AO3 will be down for maintenance for an estimated 2 hours." So, till about 7 pm EST.

Was talking with a Canadian visitor in a hotel where I was staying in New York. I apologized-a lot-for what is happening. He looked at me, sadly. I said, "Well, this just shows how upside down everything is. An American saying 'sorry' to a Canadian..." We laughed and shook hands in friendship.