The Stillness

Effie you are a treasure

I guess Bluesky is pretty useless for me. I think it might be one of the most insincere and unwelcoming social experiments there is.

My doctor's office got shot up today. I was not there, but shit man.

Subquestion: when does doing bad things make you a bad person?

Serious question: have you done bad things you've kept secret your whole life? Stealing, betrayal, sexual misbehavior, an act of violence, a lie that hurt people? Do you think this is common? Example: people who have stolen things/money for long periods. I'm really curious. #survey

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

Oh, I hear "go fetch me a switch" in my dead mama's voice.

the longest televised gaslighting session in history.

Comedy and tragedy masks

Why are Vance and Johnson portraying comedy/tragedy masks behind Trump?

Name an author you've read 3 short stories by? These days she is most recognized as a reviewer, but @mariahaskins.com is a powerful and insightful writer. You won't stop at just three stories.

I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

I learned a lot.

The "racism vs disability" debate is distressing. I have only one thing to offer - I was raised by racists. That word was put permanently into my head by the time I was five. If I had tourettes that word and many more horrible things could come out of my mouth. So have mercy.

Human capital. Just not worth the investment any more I guess.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog (Live, 1971) YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

The greatest Valentine's song ever written.

youtu.be/ET5drt_utUY?...

Does anyone else think it's weird that people suffer publicly, talk about their pain, put it all out there and everyone just ignores it? We are a ghoulish community. Talking to you Bluesky.

Realizing one of your favorite people has probably muted you. Knowing you don't deserve to be heard doesn't take the sting away.

If you're considering this - I had a policy and they paid for nothing. Please be very careful and read the policy like you're sitting on the side of the road in a car whose computer has gone out. And check with local mechanic shops to see if they accept the insurance. End of unsolicited advice sorry

I also worked in marketing/advertising. I was always amazed that people who work in a business where everything is always bullshit were so bad at recognizing bullshit when it was presented to them. I tended to say so.

You should not have said that out loud.

The older I get, the more it's obvious that money is at the heart of many things we don't naturally recognize. Now living in poverty I wonder how people do so many things that seem impossible to me. Have someone mow their lawn. Go to the movies. Have a car. Fix plumbing. Fix a roof.

My family showed up in Jamestown in the auspicious year of 1619. No kidding, we arrived in the same place in the same year as the first enslaved Africans. Really really hard to feel ok about your ancestry knowing that. They were Church of England ministers.

Still stupid sad.

Endorse. Crime if you can nominate and don't read this.

I'd love to see the day when ICE detention centers are used to imprison ICE agents. #ICE #fuckice #Minneapolis

Just saw a warning that says not to buy perishable items if you're in the path of the big storm (I'm not), because power may go out. BUT. Isn't outside going to be one giant freezer? If anyone has freezer items go bad in this storm don't they kind of deserve it?

I hate their billing because we're poor poor. Can't come up with the whole amount at once. So I put aside $20 a month like I'm paying a bill and at the end of the year the money is there to pay the nearly $200 necessary. BUT you have to get a year ahead to do it. And Ryan Reynolds smug face on TV.

I have real trouble with the fact that nobody around me understands or has any empathy. And then there's the guilt for not being able to function. I am currently unmedicated, so I feel for you.

Why does it feel like everybody loves the Golden Girls but hate actual old people.

Ours are painted. I never even thought about it till now. Dammit.

Cut to scene of cat talking directly into camera: "She thinks I like this show. It's torture "