it's why i think constantly hollering at people about the lesser of two evils is participating in a race to the bottom. i think its fine to expect that politicians have an interest in serving you, an interest in governance, and a genuine and enthusiastic desire to make things better for everyone

"i don't get the sense that this candidate wishes me specific harm"

the inverse of this is how much of politics is now just accepting that you have to vote for people who hate you, so your best option is to vote for people who hate other people more than they hate you

Just an awe-inspiring creation that makes me appreciate dressmaking as an art form.

youtu.be/KZvzHI-sRdw?...

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Another sketch for Spooky Season! #TaikaWaititi as Viago in the 2014 film #WhatWeDoInTheShadows. My favorite vampire in my favorite "horror" film. #sketch #fanart #art #sketchbook #pencil #vampire

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

AHH

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

Demi Adejuyigbe is not wholesome

You know how there’s been this big push towards encouraging older people to do puzzles, cognitive games, and to learn new things to keep them from succumbing to dementia?

Wonder where that’s gonna go with the rise of “outsource your cognitive functions to AI, it’ll be convenient” culture

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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With a hearty promise to return, he walked off like the end of a Chaplin movie.

And he’s a dancing machine. Passersby are either delighted or just move on like they see dancing frogs on Clark Street every day.

Cops just rolling by.

If you want proof that people are incapable of learning here is your reminder that Titanic had a sister ship called the Brittanic that was pressed into service as a hospital ship during WW1 and was so successful that they called her unsinkable and then she sank on the next voyage

Today I explained to someone who has lived here his whole life what the weather is like in his hometown, fully embracing American culture here

KOSA just got a bunch of new cosponsors so, y'all, kindly tell them to knock it the fuck off.
Make this bill unpassable for the sake of keeping the open internet, enough of this censorship BS and "protect the children" excuses.

#savespeech #KOSA #stopkosa

www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...

Like look. You can just watch it.