Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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www.tumblr.com/allosaurusfr... Just... don't, okay. I don't want to hear a single word about it.

Ahhhh! Pirate camp coming again this summer!

Midwest Retreat for Wayward Pirates@midwestpiratecamp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

No April Fools here! Midwest Pirate Camp is happening this August (13th-16th) and registration is now open! Find more info on our website: midwestpiratecamp.com Or go directly to the registration form: forms.gle/CSbcL5UBDKwx... DM or email us with any questions! See you at camp!!

"Using their vehicles as weapons" She literally tried waving them through:

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"

How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US: Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 10mo ago

One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

If you spent your holidays with relatives asking how we could ever possibly pay for universal healthcare, let them try to justify us paying for this

Good example of a thing where states need a firm reminder that they have and can enforce their own laws, even if the federal government won't. Every state has its equivalent laws about this stuff. Musk is not cloaked in some federal immunity just because he's off again / on again buddies with Trump.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What Grok/X has done is unprecedented. There are no other instances of a major company affirmatively facilitating the production of child pornography. Treating this as the inevitable result of generative AI and social media is a harrowing mistake.

Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/

Reposting so I can find this! 💜💜💜

Estelle | Blueberreads@blueberreads.bsky.social · last yr.

Hi all! As promised, here are the prompts for the Our Flag Means Death reading challenge 📚🏴‍☠️ The goal is to read one book by episode. There’s three possible prompts by episodes, inspired by quotes. The challenge is not timed so everyone can go at their own pace. #OFMDReadingChallenge

Pam Bondi’s former lobbying firm raked in $25M last quarter as clients tried buying access to Trump. Trump fundraiser Jeff Miller’s firm came away with $14M — nearly 5x what it made last year. Trump’s cronies know everything is for sale in his White House. "Drain the swamp."

I'm a computer engineer which is exactly why I want most of my main household items to be offline.

Zach D Roberts@zdroberts.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down. www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

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SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

No Kings 🇺🇸

Governor Pritzker, why can’t you assign police officers to tail ICE and arrest them every time they racially profile, kidnap and human traffick people?

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

this is fucking epic, and i do not use that word lightly. holy shit. @sadqueer4life.bsky.social

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"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

If anyone is actually PAYING for YouTube Premium, this is the time to drop them like hot coals. www.tumblr.com/sterlinggoth...

YouTube is going to start age-verification. Which... no. More data-mining? In whose hands? Blackout on August 13th. If they proceed with this, I look forward to the YEARS of lawsuits