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i'd like to think that somewhere out there is a beautiful parallel dimension where the pope killed jd vance instead of the other way around

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Hey. Look at me. Please leave yourself a note somewhere you'll see it later that says "it is going to take years if not decades to get the United States government to the level of functionality it had in November of 2024." If we elect a democrat in 2028, we are not going to be up and running by 2032.

Please make sure you have a reminder in your phone reminding you to not look at 2028/32/36 Democratic candidates and say "why are they not promising/delivering Cool Shit?" because you are going to understand that to get Cool Shit we must have competent people running a decently funded government, and we are not going to have that.

We are not getting UBI. We are not getting single payer healthcare. We are not getting free college or free preschool. We are not redistributing wealth on a large scale. We are not getting free internet. We are not getting ranked choice voting.

If we are lucky, we are going to get an IRS that can collect taxes, qualified schoolteachers, research grants, Social Security, and a government that thinks maybe it should be a priority for people around the worlds to not have AIDS, malaria or TB.

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The MAGA incompetence is structural.

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So this is definitely a case of "we did not expect Harvard to fight back and we forgot they have billions of dollars and the best lawyers"

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Displayed on the Old North Church in Boston, MA on April 18, 2025, the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride.

Photo source: silencedogoodboston, the group behind this idea

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crab crab crab hand hand hand frighten

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Look at him, he's so cute, I want to eat him like a cupcake, also imagine how he wiggles around in bed (or anywhere really) to get comfortable, I think Crowley will cling to him like a vine once he will get a chance.

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An annual U.S. State Department report detailing human rights around the world will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government, Politico reports. The censored report has likely been drafted in response to the president’s executive orders banning all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the federal government.

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I know I'm pretty late to this one BUT I just finished Old Vines by @sevdrag and I am literally changed forever

THIS FIC MADE ME WISH I LIKED WINE but god it was like a warm blanket around my heart and I'm so glad it exists

I absolutely adore a fic where the characters grow as individuals and that is how they come together stronger than ever. ADULT CONVERSATIONS ARE HARD BUT ALWAYS ALWAYS WORTH IT

And as someone who has lived my life unapologetically myself while simultaneously constantly apologizing for who I am the second a person's opinion means anything to me, it hit me hard in the feels over and over and OVER again

also it's rare that I get pissed enough at a character to call them an asshole aloud while reading, but this incarnation of Gabriel really really sucked ass ahaha and I'm glad with how it ended for him

anyway just had to come sing its praises! please do yourself a favor and check it out!!!

ps shoutout to this post by @metalmiez for even making me aware this gorgeous wonderful fic even existed and for the gobsmacking beautiful art about it

OH SHIT PPS this fic/art inspired me to have crowley in a dress in my own fic which should be posted later today, completely unrelated otherwise (and my first to be published ever!!) so take from that what you will haha

thanks for coming to my ted talk

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I feel like "trump wants to throw away literal dinosaur fossils" would really turn heads if we actually had a functional opposition party in this country to get messages out, but I guess I'll just have to get a paint pen and write it on my car. fine, I'll do it.

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Yep.

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sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.

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No day but today…

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Have you ever had takoyaki?

Yes

No

Unsure

What's that?

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There is so much we don't understand. Springtime, out in the meadow. Everybody all over the dandelions--- flies, ants, tiny bees, even tinier bees so minuscule they're like black and jewel-colored particles without a closer look.

Get down on hands and knees--- you start to see the world. The tiny bees, a glittering blue-green color, slide down between the pollen-coated anthers of the dandelions into the crevices of the petals like miners sliding down into narrow shafts. The big bees make it look so simple. For the tiniest bees, a dandelion is a place more than it is a food. The bee's body is sleek like a suit of armor, and solidly shiny blue-green instead of having the distinctive stripes of many other bees.

Can I learn the name of this bee? To see the bee and to know it, you have to look very silly lying on the ground among the dandelions, looking closely at the things too small to be important. It is a mere particle, just a Bug, rather than a stereotypical fluffy yellow and black bee. It is complex and beautiful; its metallic and glittering exoskeleton, its transparent wings, its articulated and sensitive antennae.

"We have to save the bees, they are important," people say, but if we don't look closely, who is to say what is a bee and what isn't? And when we do look closely, isn't everything important?