Thank you so much!! I love Terry Pratchett, and have not read this one yet (though I did see the movie version several years ago)!

“Don’t vote for Kamala!”, they said. “She’ll get us into an unnecessary war!”, they said. 🙄

a man in a plaid shirt is leaning against a wooden fence . Alt: Gif of Wayne from Letterkenny saying "Hard No" .

Artists, quote with something silly!

Photo of 14 or so inches of snow.

That’s a lotta snow!

Rhiannon by Mary Layton on Threadless The Welsh Goddess Rhiannon by mythic artist Mary Layton.

I've entered my "Rhiannon" artwork into Threadless's Year of The Horse challenge, if anyone is inclined to rate it!
Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...

ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis

Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!

We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Jane Goodall - Wikipedia

The world would be such a better place if we had more people like Jane in it. Rest in peace to an absolute legend.

This one hurts. She will be missed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...

Oh, I hadn't considered that, but I would not be surprised.

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Sorry for the rant, but DAMN.

And, insurance denied my refill of Wegovy because they determined I wasn't losing fast enough. Then turned around & said "Oh, y'know...we're just not going to cover GLP-1s for anything other than diabetes, so go have some donuts or something, I dunno - get back to us when you've diabetes, I guess!"

I feel this every time I'm denied medication ("Horrendous menopause symptoms? Oh, sorry no...you're *checks notes*..fat, so you aren't a candidate for HRT"), or quality of life surgery ("Ooooh, end-stage osteoarthritis! That's gotta hurt! Hip replacement would improv...oh, wait, you're fat. Oops!")

Also, can we have David Bowie, Carrie Fisher, and Alan Rickman back, please?

Yeah, but, if it's a parallel universe with a decent US President, and some of my favourite authors haven't turned out to be inexcusably heinous, I'll take it.

a bald man is wearing a red sweater with a star trek logo on it Alt: Gif of Star Trek's Captain Picard, facepalming.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

I'd watch that.

Well, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck.
RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?

You’re kidding.

Image showing how to text or call the Trever Project hotline. Text "START" to 678-678, or call 1-866-488-7386.

The Trevor Project's hotline is still live. But recent fuckery by the T r u m p admin. means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY!
So spread this around.
They can be texted. They can be called.

Happy Juneteenth!

Wait! What'd I do?! 😁

This is terrifying, so please read this as cope: The Wilshire Federal Building is 15 *miles* from the protests in downtown Los Angeles. It is a half-hour drive. You could fit an entire Manhattan, the long way, between them.

Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment

Very protect. Much serve.

Cops are great

“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.” ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
8/8

The more we stand up for our rights, the harder it will be for them to take them away. If you can't march, contact your representatives, donate to those on the ground, be loud about your opposition to fascism on social media. 7/8

Media sources from outside the US are probably going to be showing what's actually happening better than US media can or will, so when possible, follow those outlets. It's dangerous times, so DO be safe. But, don't give in. The more we show our opposition, the harder it will be to deny. 6/8