Testing my husband I ask him what’s my favorite pie. He takes a minute and ponders on it, I can see in his face that he finally found the answer and with a big grin of satisfaction he says: cream pie. Pecan pie, my favorite pie is pecan pie😭
"A new analysis of Black voters in the South indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left."
Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds
Black voters in south motivated to turn out by Republican push to redraw maps after supreme court ruling
theguardian.com
I wrote about how nuclear weapons are still a problem and it's a problem if the people who have the nuclear codes can't be trusted not to use them "And importantly, scientists need to understand then, who it is we make a deal with when we compromise on our values in order to get funding." ⚛️🧪🔭
We can't have metaphors anymore because everything is literal
or How I'm still worried about nuclear weapons
news.chanda.science
Once we did advertising by lying that a bottle of arsenic & cocaine was good for colicky babies then we did ads by saying it was revolutionary for women to smoke cigarettes & now we do ads by threatening to kill most everyone in the world but only after arresting everyone with police robots
So much police violence is the norm. Around 3 people a day die from police violence. One-third of them are running away. mappingpoliceviolence.us
Mapping Police Violence
Official home of America's most comprehensive database of police violence. Get the facts about police brutality and how to address it.
mappingpoliceviolence.us
Gonna post again but also say imma need white people to sit with this. Whether you believe it or not, this is the ultimate expression (so far) of that whiteness you do not want to deconstruct, dismantle, and relinquish. As fucked as it sounds, there is still representation of you here in this. 1/
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last mo.Preaching that God has assigned black people to "a civilizational station of subordination and dependence" due to the Curse of Ham, Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge calls for a "return to European Christian colonization of African nations." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
It's possible to derive joy from other people's joy.
me and the boys on the USS Abraham Lincoln eating boiled boot leather and sharing stories about the most Realistic Pussy we've ever seen
The testimony here about sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian prisoners is so beyond the pale everyone must see it. It is so bad I can’t in good conscience share a quote other than the headline, which somehow manages to understate the horror within. www.middleeasteye.net/news/i-wishe...
On a serious note — Pope Leo is asking you to call your Members of Congress Capitol switchboard ☎️ 202-224-3121
so we paid the tariffs and now the corporations that passed the costs on to me and you are the ones that are going to be reimbursed, do i have that correct
One of the most impactful things you can do? Help volunteers serving their neighbors. Here’s one way—your latest support will go towards Ramadan food baskets for fifteen displaced families in Jabalia. Give/find their link here. Hit “weekly”!
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
it gets notably quieter on here around the holidays which is a shame bc I would love to see how people post from their parents' house as their regressed 17-year-old self
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
nbcnews.com
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.
a good political cartoon idea would be an ouroboros labeled “neocon reactionary politics” but the snake has bill clintons face and instead of eating his tail he’s sucking himself off and flanking him on the left is rush limbaugh and on the right is glen beck and they are both pointing and soy facing