A short essay: set in Austin. “If I wrote this in a rom-com, I tell my sister when I visit her the next day, I’d lurk about the hold shelf and wait for the man whose letters and digits match mine.” herstryblg.com/theme/2024/9...
Eager to begin research for an article I am writing about being a kidney donor for my older sister in the eighties, I place a hold on two books at my neighborhood branch of the Austin Public Library...
NC Republicans should be forced to carry Mark Robinson’s candidacy to term.
breaking right now: The GOP suddenly is pressuring their far-right governor nominee in North Carolina to drop out amid rumors of a scandal about to be reported on — but the deadline to withdraw may be tonight (and even then his name would be on the ballot): www.carolinajournal.com/robinson-und...
North Carolina Republicans are bracing Thursday morning as word spreads about a damning news story looming regarding Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Sources with direct knowledge have spoken with Carolina Jou...
In #books: ”Jessica Pishko describes today’s American sheriff as an increasingly powerful elected figure who runs the nation’s massive infrastructure of local jails and is nearly always a well-funded incumbent with access to increasingly sophisticated weapons.”
The sheriff is a position that serves no legitimate purpose in modern America, Jessica Pishko concludes, and the United States should abolish it.
3 stages of cat neediness expressed through cuddles 1) indignation (that I was out doing something beside snuggling him) 2) acceptance (because I am presently snuggling him) 3) vigilance (in case I stop snuggling him)
Lotta hitler comparisons but the rhetoric he and Vance have been using about Springfield, and how they’re slowly ramping up to explicit calls for mob violence, is closer to what Milosevic did. Google “Srebrenica” to learn what happens next.
I love this ❤️
Scientific American endorses Kamala Harris for president. www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote... 🧪
Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost the economy and mitigate climate change. Donald Trump has threats and a dangerous record
Flashback to the time Lowry defended Trump's "shithole country" comment by asking Joan Walsh if she'd "rather live in Norway or Haiti": www.mediaite.com/tv/rich-lowr...
"It's none of your business, actually," she exclaimed.
The first graders who survived Sandy Hook will vote in their first presidential election
It’s a monumental moment that has given some survivors hope for change, nearly 12 years after 26 first graders and educators were killed in the shooting.
someone I'm in a discord with mentioned Donals Tumo's weird one-sided feud with Taylor Swift has Dr. Eggman energy and it's 10000% true
ALT: a cartoon character with a mustache is holding a picture
