I grew up near #Spokane—sending love and prayer their way this week. This picture and description from @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social blew me away
Mark Winters
@liberalbeliever.bsky.social
Pastor, writer, dad, husband, lives in Edgartown, MA, Dad jokes always welcome
Imagine forming an entire political movement on rejecting reality. Science, diversity, history, Epstein… #FauciHearings Then imagine a country utterly unable to organize enough to counter the takeover of that white supremacist, oligarchic, patriarchal fantasy world @democraticparty.bsky.social
Saw this graphic years ago and it convinced me permanent #StandardTime is the way to go. Permanent #DaylightSavingTime looks like the worst option
All these #Republicans congratulating themselves for kicking trans girls out of sports in the name of “protecting” girls and women…how many of them have done anything to get #justice for #EpsteinVictims? You know, girls who were actually harmed? (None of whom were hurt by a trans person, btw)
When did we decide we couldn’t open cartons any more, and needed to add plastic? #BetterPlanet #BoxedWater
"The World Cup is proof that, if it weren't for our leaders, the vast majority of people around the world would get along just fine." (amouthful_of_cherries/IG) After watching Brazilians show up in kilts, fans celebrating others singing their anthems, & parties, not progroms, I'm inclined to agree.
Such a small man. None of this lowers gas or grocery prices. None of it restores Epstein’s victims
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · last mo.Why does he always need to blame someone else for his mistakes? Not every problem is sabotage, vandalism, or someone else’s fault.
Now stuck in un-airconditioned jetway waiting for valet bags. Not a good plan @americanair.bsky.social
Scheduled to leave on an @americanair.bsky.social flight that’s been delayed for 23.5 hrs. Same flight no. as the next day’s on time flight. They’re scheduled at adjoining gates. What could possibly go wrong? #Delays #maintenance #crewtimedout #unforcederrors #WhyDoIFlyAmerican?
Just a few BC alums spending an afternoon on Martha’s Vineyard. Congratulations Freddy and Allison! @bostoncollege.bsky.social
It’s the same playbook over and over again: Trump sows chaos. Big Oil profits. American families pay.
Highmark is my insurance company, with other @unitedchurch.bsky.social ministers. It’s honestly good insurance. But there something morally wrong with a health insurance co. having enough spare cash to buy naming rights to an NFL stadium. www.sportspro.com/news/stadium...
Buffalo Bills' naming rights for new stadium snapped up by Highmark - SportsPro
The Buffalo Bills' new venue is to be called 'New Highmark Stadium' until construction is completed in 2026.
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@theworld.org There’s another island prison in the Americas—McNeil Island, WA State DOC
All the Conservatives who have slandered Trans women because they’re so worried about the “safety of our daughters”…where’s your outrage about the actual, documented victims of Epstein and his coconspirators? You’d rather convict innocent people than hold the powerful accountable? That’s messed up
FTR, the #SuperBowlHalftimeShow is a free concert that no one is forced to watch. Unless you bought a ticket to the game, stop whining.
So, you’re saying a country’s oppressive ruler can just be taken by an outside country, and removed from power that easily?
a man with a mustache is wearing a blue shirt and a blue sweater
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a blue shirt and a blue sweater
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If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race... www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Just once I’d like to see one of these workers say “no”. “No, I refuse to change the sign unless Congress approves the change.” Or, “No, I refuse to bulldoze part of the White House without proper authority and safety precautions.” Or, even, “no, I refuse to arrest people without probable cause.”
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 8mo agoTrump’s name is being added to the Kennedy Center today. 📸 Heather Diehl/Getty Images
Why do Republicans want to make life harder? For poor people, immigrants, sick people, women, kids who want vaccines, lgbtq kids, people who read books, etc. Why do people keep voting for Republicans who want us sicker, poorer, dumber, and made into an international laughing stock?
Look, believe what you want. I don’t judge. But it’s hilarious when people think they can offend me by calling the Bible “fiction”. Some of the truest stories humans ever told are fiction. Being a product of someone’s creative imagination doesn’t diminish them in any way.
What if, instead of funding a new White House ballroom, Jeff Bezos let #SNAP recipients get free groceries at Whole Foods?
Just for the record—Republicans have shut down the government now for almost a month because they are that committed to the idea that health care ought to be a privilege for those who can afford it, not a right for everyone. It’s immoral.
Being perpetually outraged, even at the legitimately outrageous, is exhausting. Take care of yourselves. Be gentle and kind with the people next to you. Laugh. Do fun things. Read some history, and/or historical fiction, to get your head out of the present. This could be a long ride.
So, Conservatives are triggered and are demanding their own safe space for…<checks notes>…a halftime show at a football game? Wow.
Another Republican opposed to republicanism. They should really just rename themselves the Tory party.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 10mo agoThis is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours. Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
Some of the world is apparently just learning this week that it hurts to lose someone you care about to gun violence. Took longer than I expected, but hey, here we all are. Can we now work together and do something? We don’t have to live like this.