rebecca 🔱

we talk irregularly so I will probably forget next time. but I feel in my heart that all dads also think he's a Fine Young Man 😂

I talked to my dad on the phone and he doubled down on this. "I *know*," he said in an exasperated tone, "I know dads liked Ben Williamson. that's because dads love defense!!"

I will sign this version of the Millionaires' Tax.

A new proposal from Rep. Berg ensures significant money goes to Washington families and small businesses.

I’m pleased that a policy close to my heart is included: Free school lunch and breakfast for all Washington students.

My hand holding a pinecone over the snow

My hand holding the bough of a white pine over snow

My hand touching a small tree next to a cold stream surrounded by snow

My hand holding the bough of an evergreen

I’ve touched some woodsy items if you needed to vicariously

my ideal living space is the Sunnydale High library i fear

i still think aaron judge is a boring looking man. but his freckles do get me

some dumb shit head writing bullshit

Women are lagging behind on going bankrupt on DraftKings, drinking themselves to death, and fist-fighting anyone who looks at them funny on the subway but they can catch up.

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

That statue, which was cast back in 1961, was modeled on 1950s Texas Rangers – as in the law enforcement Texas Rangers – Captain Jay Banks. Since it's unveiling 65 years ago it has spent most of its life at Love Field in Dallas. But then in 2020 it was removed and placed in storage. Why? Because Captain Jay Banks was a racist cop who made it his mission to stop schools from integrating. This is an excerpt from the 2020 book, Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson, which describes' Banks' role in efforts to keep schools in Texas racially segregated in defiance of the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education: Then there is the form and face of the statue itself. This dates to 1956, when the NAACP, backed with a court order, attempted to integrate the high school in Mansfield, about 30 miles southwest of Dallas. White residents erupted in fury, so Gov. Allan Shivers dispatched the Rangers. But unlike state police in other Southern racial hotspots, the Rangers in Mansfield did not escort black students past howling mobs of white supremacists. They had been sent instead to keep the black children out of a white school.

The commanding Ranger on the scene was Sgt. E.J. “Jay” Banks. A wire service photo showed him casually leaning against a tree outside Mansfield High. To his left, above the school’s entrance, was a dummy in blackface, hanging from a noose. Nearby a white mob had assembled. Some carried signs that threatened death for anyone attempting to integrate the school. Banks saw no need to remove the effigy or disperse the mob. “They were just ‘salt of the earth’ citizens,” he later wrote. “They were concerned because they were convinced that someone was trying to interfere with their way of life.” Blacks were so intimidated that none attempted to enroll at Mansfield. Several days later, Gov. Shivers ordered Banks and a few other Rangers to Northeast Texas, because African-Americans wished to take classes at all-white Texarkana Junior College, a public institution. Again the Rangers’ job was to stop black students from enrolling. As at Mansfield, a mob of white men gathered outside the school. An 18-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy, both black, arrived by cab and began to walk toward the college. The mob blocked their path. Some surrounded the 17-year-old and kicked him, while others threw gravel. The Rangers watched it happen and did nothing except threaten to arrest the two students. That wire service photo of Banks in front of the school with the Black person hung in effigy can be seen at the top of today's newsletter.

The statue was removed from public view in 2020 in the wake of that book about the Rangers being published. This occurred at the same time that statues of Confederates, Klansmen, racists, and segregationists were removed all over the country following the murder of George Floyd. But now the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, knowing full well the history of the statue, its subject, and its removal, and knowing that multiple municipal institutions decided it was inappropriate for public display, is happy to put that statue up in a public concourse at a major league baseball stadium. When I learned of this yesterday afternoon I contacted Major League Baseball and asked the following questions: Is Major League Baseball aware of the history of the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue and its subject, Jay Banks? Is Major League Baseball aware that Love Field and the City of Dallas removed the statue and put it in storage in 2020 after Banks' involvement in attempting to keep schools segregated in the 1950s came to light? Does Major League Baseball condone one of its Clubs erecting a previously-removed statue of a staunch segregationist at its ballpark?; and Does Major League Baseball have any comment regarding the discomfort that will be felt by Black fans when confronted with the statue of a segregationist at Globe Life Field? I did not receive a response. I'm going to assume that the league's silence on this means that it wholly condones the Rangers putting up the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue despite its sordid and extraordinarily well-reported history.

Yesterday the Texas Rangers erected a statue of a segregationist cop at Globe Life Field. A statue that was removed from public property in 2020 because of its racist history. @mlb.com has refused to comment. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

Every major disaster in this country over my lifetime has been self inflicted by right wing ideologues with just enough complicit or inert Democrats to enable or ratify them. That's why we've been on this doom trajectory for the last ~50 years and it'll keep getting worse if that doesn't change

a black cat sleeping in a window ledge, partially curled with legs askew

the same black cat, sleeping again, all curled up this time

Does He Deserve This? (no!!)

my unemployment nightmare ended (yay!) only for a new nightmare to begin (the cat I adopted less than 6 months ago has a cancerous mass in his head). I hate coming on here and feeling like I'm complaining but at this point I'll take any good vibes anyone can spare

this looks beautiful & delicious!! 🧡

the worst feeling as a pedestrian is drivers treating you like an obstacle to get around instead of a fellow human being sharing the road with them

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

other people can make inroads and find common ground with regretful trump voters, in my personal capacity as a private citizen i am committed to hating those dumb motherfuckers for the rest of my life

the sickos guy except he's a baseball player for, according to his jersey, the Sickos. his bat says "YES... HA HA HA... YES!"

pov you're a christian baby

(sticker from here! thesickoscommittee-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sic...)

a text that says "[redacted company that laid me off] still hasn't figured out how to replace your skills" I replied first with "oh dear haha 🤭" and then with "that's honestly nice to hear, thank you"

did I tell you guys about the best text I've received in years, which came from my ex-coworker

omg i love this, nice work!!!

the word in the original post is “fucks” which i suppose is marginally better than what you’d probably assume from the way those asterisks are positioned.

Vibrant green moss with a woman’s hand touching it

Here’s some nice moss, I want to fill my skull with it.

-EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS-

Hey guys! Been in a bit of a tough spot lately, so i'm looking to take on some smaller commissions now to help get through the coming weeks! If you're interested in getting your very own little guy, dm me for a quote!

tweet from Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer on twitter): Jen Pawol who last year became the first woman to ump a Major League game is behind the plate for the M's today. Josh Naylor stepped to the plate, smiled and shook her hand before taking his 1st at bat.

🥰

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

A New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive Surrender Casual users should pay special attention

“People followed wrong AI answers 80% of the time. The effect size for the gap between AI-accurate and AI-faulty trials was massive…Essentially, AI determined the outcomes more than people.”
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-new-whar...

Bryan Woo in the dugout, wearing the spring training hat and an Ms windbreaker, with his hand in front of his face in some kind of gesture as he looks toward the field. his hair is perhaps even longer than last season

Bryan Woo in a backwards hat, exercise shorts + sleeveless shirt, and bright green sneakers sitting on a grassy curb with a water bottle and a baseball in his hands

cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag baabeeeyyy

I often think about Ichiro saying he’d probably “just die” when he was done playing baseball but the Mariners have given him a place to live in it forever, on his terms, and that reminder is never as clear as it is each spring.

real shitposters only use lower case because we are anti-capitalism

PWHL is free on YouTube and it rips. Pick a team and go.

a circle graphic that says "I 🩷 Girl Scout Cookies" against a colorful confetti & cookie background. the Girl Scouts logo is in the bottom right corner

ooh I earned my digital cookie patch!! hehe