Movie: zombie apocalypse starts in a small southern town but the zombies just keep showing up for their shift at the dollar general because they still gotta pay rent.
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Mom and software dev in Midwest 🇺🇸🙃 AuDHD. Here for data, laughs, pretty pictures, crafty things.
Floating at the bottom of the sea. Floating. At the bottom of the sea. They are idiots.
i just don’t think some guys who thought only they and their ugly-ass friends should be allowed to vote and run shit should be our north star anymore. i just think like…surely there are better options
🏳️🌈 22 years ago today, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the first of ~4,000 same-sex couples to get married in San Francisco. Del and Phyllis founded the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)–the first lesbian organization in the United States–in the midst of the Lavender Scare, an era of pervasive homophobia.
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
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Boy, supposedly smart people write a lot of dumb sht down
Republicans redistricted to win five new seats in Texas. All five are projected to be between R+4 and R+8. To achieve this, they diluted their advantage in other districts. A 15-point swing in November wipes out Republican control of the state. A 30-point swing erases Republicans in Texas entirely.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6mo agoThirty point swing to Democrats deep in the heart of Texas.
I love how we’ve been carefully debating the pros and cons of court packing for *years* and Utah just does it.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Utah governor just signed a bill to expand his state's supreme court by two seats. Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
They got their shit ROCKED. The tactics they try in the midterms are gonna get crazy.
jaspermaxxing@hoovybaby.bsky.social · 6mo agoIs that good
Happy Black History Month from ASAN! Take some time this month to learn about Black history, especially Black disabled history that is often erased.
An Associated Press investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia by the false promise of civilian jobs and thrust onto the battlefield in the Ukraine war.
Bangladeshi workers lured to Russia for jobs were forced to fight in the war in Ukraine
An Associated Press investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia by the false promise of civilian jobs and thrust onto the battlefield in the Ukraine war.
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
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In which I explain that the Third Amendment—the one nobody ever talks about—allows hotels to refuse to house Kristi Noem’s ICE goons.
Opinion: Hotels Have a Constitutional Right Not To House ICE Agents
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from forcing people to “quarter” troops. ICE is essentially a paramilitary force—so why would hotels let them stay?
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Let me just say, having to ask my pregnant patients who are having sudden bleeding if they’ve been at all exposed to chemical irritants/tear gas is not something I ever pictured having to do when going to nursing school. #Minneapolis #OBGYN
There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 7mo agoMinnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
this state rep’s name is Rusty Grills chef’s kiss
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7mo agoUPDATE: Despite the @TNFarmBureau bringing in a bunch of folks to push for passage, @rustygrills just got cold feet and took his bill to protect pesticide companies from sick farmers OFF NOTICE It can still come back, so make sure you call your reps and senators. @shawnryan762.bsky.social
Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress abcnews.go.com/Politics/nav...
Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
Nancy Lacore served in the Navy for 35 years as a helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve.
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there are plenty of reasons Air Force One would suddenly turn around. for example, they may have forgotten Kevin
Now that America has a “social” credit score and a “credit” credit score we’re only two scores away from Lincoln’s dream of a whopping 4 scores
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10mo agoLarry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
