Cory Booker: “Don’t speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don’t tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all God’s children. Don’t preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.”
Microposts
Sunday, August 24
probabiybadrpgideas: “Oh yeah? What if I rotated you 90 degrees in the fourth dimension so that rather than going forwards in time, you stayed in the current moment but in progressively more deviant timelines? Several people have questioned how this mathmatically works, so let me explain that I have hit maths with a crowbar repeatedly.”
“The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers for the right to continue serving their country. [; …that] military separation boards cannot independently decide.” Priya Rashid, a military lawyer[:] “I’ve seen people with three DUIs retained, I’ve seen people that beat their wives retained, I’ve seen all kinds of people retained because the board is empowered to retain anyone for any reason if they feel it’s in the best interest of the service[.]” […] The new Air Force guidance also prohibits recording the proceedings. […] Rashid said the lack of an independent transcript would not only prevent Air Force leaders from reviewing the hearings to ensure they were conducted appropriately but would undercut any meaningful chance to appeal. www.pbs.org/newshour/…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Judge orders closure of Trump’s migrant detention centre
Democrats told [by Centrist think tank Third Way] to stop saying ‘LGBTQIA’ and ‘cisgender’
Florida government paints over Orlando’s Pulse memorial crosswalk - but Orlando recolors the Pulse Memorial Sidewalk Rainbow after DeSantis paved over it. We are Orlando Strong and no one can ever erase the LGBTQIA+ Community 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Bernie Wrightson ‘Yougottabefnkidding’ (2013), The Thing (1982)
Gov. JB Priztker: The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority.
There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the IL_Natl\ _Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he’s causing families.
We’ll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect lllinoisans.
Gail Berman, the woman responsible for cancelling Firefly.
Tuesday, August 19
sedoretu: It’s just nothing but bad news these days. Even the good news is just “federal judge temporarily pauses bad news”.
thejobchick: Unbelievable. The U.S. has already logged 10 MILLION layoffs & discharges (BLS JOLTS) from Jan—June 2025. June alone: 1.6M.
Let’s estimate July around the same (~1.6M) + half of August (~0.8M) = 12.4 MILLION job losses in 7.5 months.
And here’s the thing, y’all…
If BLS is misreporting the unemployment rate (as many suspect)… how much worse are these numbers in reality?
They call this a “strong labor market.” You tell me.
Park ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite’s El Capitan
Your worth is not conditional. It doesn’t depend on external factors. It is inherent in the fact that you exist.
Dick Solomon, Third Rock from the Sun: “Why should I be concerned about gaining weight? My body is just the vehicle that carries my brain around, and my brain deserves a smooth, luxurious ride.”
Keep going, not in the ‘don’t take a break’ sense, because breaks are important, but keep showing up for what matters to you. Keep doing good in the world, and keep making it through no matter how slowly or imperfectly you go. Keep going. You can do this.
datadrivenmd: The way that the Supreme Court drops opinions that change how we live our lives while a few of them pack for billionaire-funded summer vacations & how they don’t take questions from the public or televise proceedings – all that feels antithetical to the very essence of American democracy. ** Matthew 25:42:** “When I was hungry, you put up posters of the Ten Commandments in my classroom while making sure I didn’t get lunch at school.”
Sunday, August 17
Saturday, August 16
QudsNen: Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled to continue withholding the body of 14-year-old Palestinian boy Wadia Shadi Sa’d Elyan, killed by Israeli occupation forces near Ma’ale Adumim in February 2024. This decision comes despite video evidence showing he was shot from behind while fleeing and again while lying motionless. His remains have been held for a year and a half, with the Court accepting the state’s claim that the body can be used in future negotiations with Hamas. Israel’s systemic policy of withholding Palestinian bodies includes over 45 children and 668 individuals in total, denying families the right to a dignified burial.
Friday, August 15
Karis Nemek, Andor:
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause.
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empires’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this: Try.
i don’t like the fact that my changes of survival seem to be linked to the common sense of others.
Word of the Day is ‘copemate’ (16th century): the friend in life who gets you through.
Jack LaLanne: “Exercise is a CELEBRATION of what you can do, not a punishment for what you ate.”
Hurkle durkle: A 200 year-old Scottish term meaning to lounge in bed long after it’s time to get up.
We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, this accretion of sensory experience and feeling.
In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act.
Bayard Rustin: Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
I’m starting to realise that one of the purest forms of love is consideration. When someone thinks about how things would make you feel. In any situation how much they care about you is found in how much they consider you.
“When you’re not used to being confident, confidence feels like arrogance. When you’re used to being passive, assertiveness feels like aggression. When you’re not used to getting your needs met, prioritizing yourself feels selfish. Your comfort zone is not a good benchmark.”
Chidi,, The Good Place: So, why do it then? Why choose to be good, every day, if there is no guaranteed reward we can count on, now or in the afterlife? I argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, We are not in this alone.
vanillatifa: My uncle said, “You’ll always be a boy to me." The table went silent. My little cousin, 9 years old, slammed her fork down and said, “No. She’s my aunt. And she’s pretty.” That one sentence did more for my soul than years of therapy.
“I think we’re living in a dystopic riff on the main timeline, like a nightmare that someone in the main plot is having. That’s where we exist, because I was just watching the news and they had a talking hat on. He was talking about the situation in the Middle East and he was like, I wish we had a Bush presidency right now. And my first thought was, oh man, that would be great. Anyway, happy Friday the 13th everyone.”