It's interesting that SpaceX is actually getting worse at this. Maybe a ketamine jacked, trans child hating, nazi edgelord grifter isn't the best option to lead that company.
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She/they. School librarian, Army Reserve spouse, Critter mom 🐶🐓🐓🐓 sci-fi nerd, gamer. Proud Episcopalian and Warren Democrat. Unrepentant Reylo auntie (50+) 🦋 #UglyDogs Permanently exhausted pigeon hoping her Muse returns. Chronic sailor mouth.
I will never understand why the entire Democratic Party isn't running on this. There's an abundance of evidence that for the last 50 years at least Dems are MUCH better for the economy. They need a unified message, simple and full of facts, and all of them need to repeat it over and over again.
Thom Hartmann@hartmannreport.com · last mo.Found on the Internet:
I’m sorry…people are upset with Tom Holland for “spoiling” The Odyssey in press interviews? Chat, this story is almost THREE THOUSAND YEARS OLD It is required reading for the average HIGH SCHOOLER Get a grip
Five living writers that you’ve read five books by each Ali Hazelwood Nora Roberts Suzanne Collins Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman (And a sixth, in case you cry foul: Charles Soule)
Is This Hell? 🏳️🌈@wattle.bsky.social · last mo.five living writers that you've read five books by each Tim Cahill Calvin Trillin Sarah Vowell Carl Hiaasen John Scalzi
a similar spectrum would also work for racism, which a lot of white folks divide into "racist/not racist" based on only the most bigoted public behaviors
Rae Patterson@rae-patterson.bsky.social · last mo.
Ok blue butterflies: what planet is that at the beginning of The Mando Show?
Memorial Day food staple prices are up an average of 13%. Americans will spend $2B more on gas over the holiday weekend due to the highest gas prices in nearly four years. Domestic plane tickets are 31% more expensive than in January. Welcome to Trump’s “New Golden Age.”
I have seen the book fair truck off until December. Ain’t no tired like Book Fair tired.
Now this will make me feel old. I was born in 1971. I’m 55 now. 55 years before I was born was 1916. World War 1 was going on. My mom was born in 1945 She’s 81 now. 81 years before she was born was 1864. The civil war was going on. The past isn’t even past. Act accordingly
Support for my kindle is being discontinued next week! Yay! *grumble*
Email your elected officials. Tell Republicans to reject the MAGA spending bill and focus on funding our communities: act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo... Tell Democrats to use every tool possible to block, obstruct, and turn public opinion against this bill: act.indivisible.org/sign/urge-de...
My tenth Mother’s Day without my mom. My husband and our dog are taking me out for ice cream.
Billionaire stans love to point out Bezos started Amazon out of his garage. The tend to omit that he was before that the VP of a multinational investment firm and got $250K in startup funds from his parents.
Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 3mo agoYou absolutely cannot earn a billion dollars. You extort, steal, exploit a billion dollars.
someone’s gonna get killed by a flat rate medium priority mail usps box and you should never ever ever ever vote for a republican for any office
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe U.S. Postal Service is considering allowing people to ship handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years
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A gallon of gas is now 50% more expensive than when Trump started his Iran War. In the war's first month, the 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits. Trump's Big Oil donors come out on top while the world suffers.
Someone out there decided it would be a good idea to put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a bunch of Doberman puppies and they were 100% correct
whoever created a youtube playlist called 12 HOUR FAN WHITE NOISE FOR BABY SLEEP which has a random ravi shankar sitar solo that blasts out at the nine hour mark- you will pay for your crimes
Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
it goes like this - the economy is strong - no, there's a lot of money in the economy it's just going to 11 people - yeah, that means the economy is going strong - but 80% of us are struggling - but on average the economy is strong - gas prices are ten bucks and I can't afford rent - (transphobia)
Great news for our neighbors in Pittsburgh!
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...
In swedish news: "And many Hungarians went to the polls. By early evening, voter turnout had broken all records with 77.8 %" SEE!!! It works if people ACTUALLY shows up to vote! VOTE AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPEND ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES!
I read this as “bad, irrelevant taxes” and was like “don’t we have those already?”
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 4mo agoWE NEED BAD IRRELEVANT TAKES IMMEDIATELY FLOOD THE TIMELINE
Credit where credit is due: Congressional Democrats showed up during recess - they came back early - to introduce a war powers resolution. Republicans blocked it.