Me before leaving for Trader Joe’s: “I hope I don’t get a chatty checkout person.”
Me at Trader Joe’s checkout: explains to cashier in depth how to introduce and existing cat to a new kitten.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
The WaPa headline says: 60,000 Gazans were killed. 18,500 of them were children. These are some of their names. Then follows an enormous list of small print names
Thousands of small print names interspersed with some photos of some of the child victims
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
Brought this little pipsqueak home on Saturday. She’s coming with me to work for her vetting today. We can’t come to a decision on names (Milhouse? Dr. Claw? Dr. Spaceman? Gadget? Sprocket?) but we agree that she’s adorable. #kitten #cat #cute
Snillers being a very normal cat, as usual.
GOP🚩🚩🚩🚩 Guardians Of Pedophiles
#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp #EpsteinClientList
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
I live about 100 feet from one of the dumpster sites and it… is gnarly.
Hanging on to our trash and hoping the mayor decides to come right and agree to a living wage for these hard working people doing a dangerous, difficult job.
Ooh, nice! That’s a good time to visit.
I don’t eat meat, so I can’t personally advise on cheesesteaks, except that Pat’s and Geno’s are tourist trap junk. Can get you a good rec though.
When are you visiting Philly and for how long? Can answer questions if ya have any.
I want a time machine so that i can go back 20 years and start yelling on a street corner about how they're going to make some guy from Chicago the Pope and how the guy from The Apprentice will be elected President twice and build an alligator based concentration camp in Florida.
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
Trashcan anti-theft art.
West Philly!
NBC News story about Trump threatening to place 50% tariffs on the E.U. and 25% on iPhones should read, “Man undeterred by math insists 2+2=5.”
Alternate Headline:
Arsonist lauded for putting out the fires he started gets bored, starts new fires…
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
A black and white portrait of a young Sinead O'Connor, holding her head gently between her hands, staring right at the camera, bright eyed and serious. In the background is a faded screenshot of her ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live. The caption reads: "Sexual abuse by the Catholic Church had been an open secret for decades when, on October 3, 1992, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul I| on Saturday Night Live in protest. What followed was universal condemnation and "very lonely, lonely 10 years" ', but no regrets. Abused as a child, told she would never succeed in music unless she played up her sexuality, she'd instead shaved her head and donned combat boots. The world thought it was an act. And it was — of rebellion. We remember the scandal, but we forget what the Pope himself would later admit to: Sinead O'Connor was right." Made by The Bully Pulpit Watch.Dogs.Keep.Score. @thebullypulpit.bsky.social #SexScandal #Resistance #Resist #Whistleblower #Beauty #Fierce #RIP
A reminder that bravery in the face of cruelty does not guarantee you cheers and support. Nor should that matter.
#Resist #FightBack
Parker Posey in The White Lotus Season 3, rubbing lotion on her hands while frowning in an expensive caftan saying "I just don't think at this age, I'm meant to live an uncomfortable life."
90% of the people in the US with institutional power:
A black and white medium sized dog is captured mid-leap in her home
Take a momentary break from outrage/doomscrolling to witness and appreciate my airborne collie.
This right here.
A teacher is told to remove posters promoting respect for others. An influential Republican suggests on TV that a Detroit-born member of Congress should be deported. It's Trump's America. My latest at Fight the Fire:
As a Senator, I serve a cause higher than what my constituents might "want," or the interests of the labor unions that support my party, or even the continued function of the republic itself. And that cause is uh... hmm this is embarrassing. Wow. I definitely had it written down. On a post-it. Haha.
I see a lot of people calling Schumer a useless coward, but just please remember that @fetterman.senate.gov is also a useless coward and deserves to be reminded of that every single day until he is no longer a public figure.
MAGA leaders are the most prolific and sprawling collection of perverts, predators, and sexual abusers in this nation by a massive margin—and it starts at the very top.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-really-...
You are the company you keep, and Trump keeps company with an awful lot of child predators 🤷
Europe retaliates against Trump tariffs.
Measles outbreak spreads.
Department of Education cuts nearly half of its workforce.
The U.S. is added to Human Rights watchlist.
Welcome to Wednesday.
This is not who we are. Find your peace, and stay strong.
