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I'm a nerd in a tiny blue dot in Eastern WA who's into music, comics, backyard chickens, cooking, setting up a food co-op, supporting my wife's pottery studios, and mutual aid organizations.
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Days like today in the pottery studio where I manage a fused glass class of high school students, and chat with a cool grandpa from Staten Island who had tons of stories to tell about seeing The Clash and The Ramones back in the day, and his granddaughter who's fully into D&D ...

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'It’s sad to be thankful for complete solitary confinement, isolation.’ Syiaah Skylit, transgender woman in California prison www.kqed.org/news/1196402... Via @cassiusa.bsky.social This is a heartbreaking infuriating article. Trans liberation and prison abolition now.

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We rescued Ruthie more than a year ago, and all she still wants to do is cuddle with me, stare at me, and eat.

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Using tariff as a verb, and woke as a noun, it’s total chaos out there

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Absolutely incredible. I love it.

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🤡🤡🤡

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These Democrats care so much more about decorum than about standing up to authoritarians... and their opposition to Trump boils down to him not being classy enough, it's not necessarily what he's doing they're opposed to, it's him being so uncouth while doing it

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The GI Joe Compendium is amazing, so I hope all my TF-loving pals enjoy this just as much.

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Trump after talking about reclaiming the Panama Canal: “We have Marco Rubio in charge. Good luck, Marco. We know who to blame if it goes wrong.” Camera on Rubio:

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I am 49 damn years old. How do I even know for sure I've been vaccinated against measles? Do I just take my MAGA Boomer mom's word for it???

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I agree that the Democrats desperately need to pay attention to how Zelenskyy recognized that groveling and moderation get you nowhere with the fascist demons squatting in the White House right now.

submitted 5 days ago • 43 comments

it would be great if we had a democratic party willing to go out and say “this is an insane lie to get you to irrationally hate a minority group trying to just exist peacefully” rather than start throwing us under the bus and twiddling their thumbs

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In my nearly two years on Bluesky, I have gone from "ughhhhhh are you scolds really demanding that I write alt-text for *every* dumb image I post???" to being full-on FURIOUS when someone posts an image without it

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Yeah this. Take the extra seconds to care about someone else

submitted 7 days ago • 28 comments

Big time “thanks again" to everyone who breathlessly lifted up Hilbilly Elegy

submitted 8 days ago • 24 comments

Ah yes. Very cool. No problem here.

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*opens wallet and a moth flies out* I will be participating in the economic blackout

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hyped

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I don't even like Green Lantern, but this casting is *inspired*. Coach Taylor as Hal Jordan is an outstanding choice, and Aaron Pierre was great in Rebel Ridge despite the movie being a real disappointment.

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One of the core beliefs I've adopted in the last few years is that we generally underrate how goofy and stupid the American past was and that being attentive to that helps us see continuities with the present. It's actually not obvious we live in dumber times. Every day tests this belief anew.

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This is so beautifully said. Hell yes, Pedro Pascal.

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Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.

submitted 10 days ago • 167 comments

Message Board Me looking at Social Media Me

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

All billionaires are bastards and shouldn't exist, but Pritzker is the best one out there.

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If you are planning on participating in buy nothing day on the 28th, we sure hope you’ll be going nuts on the 27th or 29th at you favorite locally owned businesses who don’t sell out to dictators.

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Season 4 of The White Lotus writes itself.

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One of my personal Holy Grail just arrived today, sealed in-box. I am so thrilled.

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Truly incredible.

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1. This is the water 2. And this is the well. 3. Drink full, and descend. 4. The horse is the white of the eyes 5. and dark within.

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Remember: police unions aren't unions. They are mob lawyers.

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Don't even speak my name on April 22.

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if you see this and like star trek drop an image from the first star trek episode you remember

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