The Birds The Turtles and The Bees
@turtlebee.bsky.social
Going through my bird phase in a big way.
I think the administration is going to have to back down on this and throw some people under the bus, and will find their immediate response of calling the murder victim a dangerous terrorist is going to be the worst thing they could have done. Of course they won't learn anything from it, but still.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I think the administration is going to have to back down on this and throw some people under the bus, and will find their immediate response of calling the murder victim a dangerous terrorist is going to be the worst thing they could have done. Of course they won't learn anything from it, but still.
To every person who has said "power comes from the barrel of a gun" with a smirk, today is clear evidence of why it doesn't. They've been trying to make that true and it's not happening. We are going to win. Every loss before we get there will be a tragedy, but we are going to win.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
To every person who has said "power comes from the barrel of a gun" with a smirk, today is clear evidence of why it doesn't. They've been trying to make that true and it's not happening. We are going to win. Every loss before we get there will be a tragedy, but we are going to win.
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
The more I think of it the less I think the solution is gas stations and the more I think it's gravel pits.
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The more I think of it the less I think the solution is gas stations and the more I think it's gravel pits.
No doom, just geese. 🪶
January 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
No doom, just geese. 🪶
Very glad I'm not in ice storm country and I can go hang out in the Botanical Garden today because I think I need that.
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Very glad I'm not in ice storm country and I can go hang out in the Botanical Garden today because I think I need that.
We are going to need so many fucking gas stations.
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We are going to need so many fucking gas stations.
I'm under no illusion that if everything breaks it's going to end up good for anyone, but don't these idiots understand that they have so much more to lose? Set for generations and they are going to throw it all away because they saw an African become a citizen of America?
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm under no illusion that if everything breaks it's going to end up good for anyone, but don't these idiots understand that they have so much more to lose? Set for generations and they are going to throw it all away because they saw an African become a citizen of America?
Almost bedtime! 🪶
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Almost bedtime! 🪶
I love you Costco sized vat of citron ginger honey.
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I love you Costco sized vat of citron ginger honey.
You promised me, Penguin, that you would
walk with me always. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" The Penguin replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of snowprints, my child, is when I carried you."
walk with me always. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" The Penguin replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of snowprints, my child, is when I carried you."
Apart from anything else there are no penguins in Greenland. Unless he’s invading the South Pole too….
January 24, 2026 at 1:08 AM
You promised me, Penguin, that you would
walk with me always. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" The Penguin replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of snowprints, my child, is when I carried you."
walk with me always. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" The Penguin replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of snowprints, my child, is when I carried you."
Damn, having to answer the phone to random numbers and god damnit how did we let it get this bad?
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Damn, having to answer the phone to random numbers and god damnit how did we let it get this bad?
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Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Opsec culture in activism legitimately needs to die
With ice abusing license plate lookups and such, when are they going to start swatting people? Feels like something those chuds would find funny.
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
With ice abusing license plate lookups and such, when are they going to start swatting people? Feels like something those chuds would find funny.
I know, I know, bigger issues and all, but blocking out the arresting officer's face says so much about Noem and this whole administration. "We are big and strong and inevitable, yet deeply terrified that someone might actually stand against us in any form."
January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I know, I know, bigger issues and all, but blocking out the arresting officer's face says so much about Noem and this whole administration. "We are big and strong and inevitable, yet deeply terrified that someone might actually stand against us in any form."
Nothing will make you hate reading more than skimming reddit book threads.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Nothing will make you hate reading more than skimming reddit book threads.
I've Got Far Too Many Sexual Hangups, So Why Is It All Anybody Seems To Remember Is When I Fucked a Piece of Liver?
On the other hand I think it would be very funny to retitle literary fiction light novel style. “Oh No! This Author Stand-In is Unhappily Married”
This attitude is how you end up with light novel titles.
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I've Got Far Too Many Sexual Hangups, So Why Is It All Anybody Seems To Remember Is When I Fucked a Piece of Liver?
Yes I have a horrible person, but ordering something called "Kickled Radish Noodle Soup" off the menu will always make me giggle inside.
January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Yes I have a horrible person, but ordering something called "Kickled Radish Noodle Soup" off the menu will always make me giggle inside.
You know we are praying for a big wet plane now.
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 AM
You know we are praying for a big wet plane now.
Making seared cabbage with a pomegranate vinaigrette with a vegetarian pilaf on the side and yesterday's cabbage is for poor people discussions can suck it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Making seared cabbage with a pomegranate vinaigrette with a vegetarian pilaf on the side and yesterday's cabbage is for poor people discussions can suck it.
Every time a I read EVOO a little part of me dies.
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Every time a I read EVOO a little part of me dies.
When I see approval numbers separated by party, sure the Republicans still, more or less, like him, but a large chunk of the ones that don't are clearly calling themselves independents now, and they weren't a year ago.
Why read past headlines: This isn't about the approval numbers. This is about party ID, which I think matters even more.
When people start to disassociate from a party, it shows they are feeling shame. Bigger deal than mere disapproval.
www.salon.com/2026/01/19/s...
When people start to disassociate from a party, it shows they are feeling shame. Bigger deal than mere disapproval.
www.salon.com/2026/01/19/s...
Some Trump voters are sneaking away
They'll never admit they're wrong, but polling reveals quiet GOP regret
www.salon.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:12 AM
When I see approval numbers separated by party, sure the Republicans still, more or less, like him, but a large chunk of the ones that don't are clearly calling themselves independents now, and they weren't a year ago.
Reading people complaining about their bird being "skiddish" always makes my toes curl in pain. (Also it's not skittish, it's a wild prey animal that you are trying to treat like a puppy.)
see also: common homonym mistakes, such as peak vs peek, hear hear vs here here, hare-brained vs hair-brained, and seize the reins vs seize the reigns vs seize the rains
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Reading people complaining about their bird being "skiddish" always makes my toes curl in pain. (Also it's not skittish, it's a wild prey animal that you are trying to treat like a puppy.)
I have never heard Bovino talk and oh my god it's not just short man's complex is it.
Bovino: "Think about it just for a second -- what the rape of a child actually entails"
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I have never heard Bovino talk and oh my god it's not just short man's complex is it.
Drink fancy tea, start talking about hints of strawberry with a raisiny malt finish. It'll happen to you too!
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Drink fancy tea, start talking about hints of strawberry with a raisiny malt finish. It'll happen to you too!