Seth Abramson over on Post.news thinks everyone needs to run, not walk, to the lifeboats. I also added that link to the mini posts column to the right, since it’s easier to grab the link via WordPress’ “publish or draft post via share sheet” option.
Another story that’s been making the rounds on Post.news is the one about the steps you need to take to lock down your Twitter account and get your data. I had already downloaded my data but missed the window for grabbing it. I’m considering requesting it again before the end of the year and sunsetting my Twitter accounts, but Seth’s warning has added a note of urgency.
I’m using both Post.news and Mastodon and liking both for different reasons. Post is still in beta, while Mastodon has been around long enough to have useful WordPress logins and an actual APP that formats well on both the iPhone and iPad – it’s especially nice on the tablet screen in landscape mode. I’m waiting for Post to catch up on the features side before coming to any kind of decision about committing to one or the other.
So currently I have a foot in each lifeboat, so to speak, and although it’s a bit precarious, it all seems to be working. It’s a bit awkward having to manually repost everything to Post.news, but I could see hanging out there to do the blabbity news commenting and hanging out on Mastodon for more entertainment and community-building social interaction, since this blog now autoposts there.
It’s been a long time since I logged in to write a new blog post…
Some things have changed, some things remain the same.
It’s unchanged that when I get frustrated, I ragequit or stop doing something to make the frustration go away. So when WordPress for example, has big changes, I don’t want to even start my desktop, laptop, iPad, or iPhone to start a post. If it’s frustrating, I tweet, because gratification must not be delayed.
I got a new iPhone recently… this is frustrating because Apple and I have a history. A history where I have an old, old, old AppleID that somehow can’t be permanently merged with my more current AppleID. And every time I get a new Apple device, I struggle to access all of my music, much of which is attached to the old ID that was (ludicrously) associated with an ancient AOL account. The other one is attached to a Gmail account that I use now. If Gmail ever goes away (thanks, Google) I’ll be screwed again.
It’s not even a really new iPhone – it’s David’s previous one, just a newer model than my old one that still has fingerprint ID. I prefer fingerprint over face recognition because I most often use Apple Pay, a damn useful feature, in checkout lines and drive through lanes at fast food joints. David likes to upgrade with the latest and newest. I like to get used to how something works, and use it and use it until it can no longer accept required updates, so here we are.
New iPhone, who dis? Who is this person now? Struggling to reset her passwords, her applications, her LIFE?
I stopped riding my bike this year… I just… lost interest in fitness and this stemmed from being frustrated at being left behind in group rides. Also, I kept struggling with somewhat irrational fears of falling. Every small bit of progress was thwarted by my fear of … succeeding? And having positive change. So it was frustrating, and I … stopped.
I stopped blogging, obviously. So far, not too frustrated with typing on a new Bluetooth keyboard on my (also relatively new) iPad Mini. David bought that for me for Christmas, and I got this rather nice Fintie case (affiliate link) that holds it at a comfortable angle for reading on my lap desk (yet another affiliate link).
I stopped checking in on Facebook with family and friends – this was more out of a frustration with politics and how Facebook was used in 2016 to shape the hellish future we live in now. Now I mostly hang out on Twitter (and my constant posts are in a side column here, so technically I’ve been microblogging all along. I used to use G+ for this kind of simultaneous blogging/tweeting/G+ activity, but whatsoever Google makes useful, Google taketh away after it becomes essential.
I stopped sewing. I had been all gung-ho for making masks for the Tour de Cure fundraiser, for friends, and for family. But then after getting fully vaccinated and boosted, and realizing that Covid-19 was simply evolving to be less lethal but a permanent feature of life now, fabric masks seemed less protective than commercial N95s and KN95s. And I got frustrated with the technical skills required to make a fabric mask that I felt was worth the time, effort and materials to make.
I had already sort of pivoted to sewing things for myself – I’m quite proud of the little baskets, gadget holders, and placemats that I made. I have all this nice fabric. I’ll take it up again but I’m stuck on about 6 projects at once, which is frustrating… so I stopped. But I expect to unstop myself soon, as I have some unfinished projects that actually would take just about 60 minutes to complete, so maybe I’ll follow Karen Brown’s advice (of Just Get It Done Quilts) and set a timer later and… just get it done.
I stopped going to church right after Easter. This was out of frustration, too. Partly because I was frustrated with being the website maintainer, and I didn’t want to do that anymore (partly out of burnout, partly out of frustration with WordPress). Also I was frustrated with how things are done there – we’re so small and we depend on the same few people to do everything and don’t have the resources to do everything. This morning, for example, I’ll get a notification that the Facebook Live stream is starting for the 10am Eucharist, but I won’t watch because I’m irked that it’s still being done on the vicar’s iPhone with no external microphone. I got frustrated last spring after trying to convince them to invest in a better mic/streaming camera option that wasn’t expensive. I even had David talk to the vicar and tell him about options, but the technical requirements were beyond leadeship’s ability to deal with (and also the WiFi coverage is poor because it’s a crappy old donated router and repeater). So they continue to have 3 online services a week with terrible, muddy audio and an iPhone clamped in PORTRAIT MODE because they can’t figure out how to rotate the clamp 89 degrees.
Yep there’s my calendar event for choir practice, and soon for the streaming service. Not going, not tuning in. I had a text yesterday from my choir director. Am I coming back? Rehearsals start in mid-September! They miss me! But my work schedule prevents me from coming to Wednesday evening rehearsals, which start 30 minutes before I even log off for the day, and I’m 20 minutes away once I get on the road. I don’t want to swap Wednesday schedules every week with co-workers, so I’m waiting for the next shift bid and hope that my stats and standing get me a better bid position for an earlier shift. But I’m not optimistic, which is, yes, frustrating. Even if I get an earlier shift, I’m ambivalent about going back to church just yet. I’ll just get pounced on and the vicar will make the same tired “Hi, I’m Father Manny, what’s your name?” joke. Again.
I stopped being a catmom. This is a hard one. Our little cat Pearl was ill with thyroid disease for years, and rather than choosing an expensive treatment that would supposedly have cured her, I opted for using an ear salve that sort of worked, but wasn’t really helping her to gain weight. Eventually we had to change to pilling her, which was more of a struggle, and she kept losing ground. In early July, it was clear to me that I couldn’t consistently get her medication into her with various tricks, and she just lost too much weight. Finally, I took her to the vet for the last time on July 5, and petted her and praised her as she slipped away with the young vet’s help. I still need to call them to find out if there’s a little memorial ceramic tile to pick up. I keep putting that off (I may have missed a phone call or text). I miss her little meows and trills.
We had Grace (my in-laws’ cat) after I took Pearl away, and she sort of walked around looking for her for a day. Grace is kind of a difficult cat – very moody – and we were originally supposed to have her for a short weekend, take her back, and have her again for a longer stay because the ‘rents were traveling again. But Grace absolutely balked at going back in the carrier, which was frustrating… so in the end, I didn’t take her back for her “interim” week, and we had her for a total of 2 1/2 weeks. At least she got friendlier toward the end and accepted pets. She really only wants to be petted when she’s up on the bathroom sink, drinking. Fortunately, she drinks A LOT of water, so she got petted A LOT. In the end, I finally bum-rushed her into the carrier by cornering her in the bathroom during yet another drinking and petting session, and used a towel to herd her, protesting bitterly, into her carrier. BAM!
That moment of triumph was so satisfying. It was the one thing in the last few months where I was able to overcome my frustration (and reluctance to be torn limb from limb, truth be told) and get something done. Grace is coming back for a visit in early September, so I’ll have another chance at refining my cat-wrangling skills. Gonna need a bigger towel, though.
I stopped having a reasonable work-life balance about 5 months ago. This was due to a shift change where I got stuck with the closing shift. My phone stats had placed me in a poor bidding position – too few calls taken because i was taking too much time working email requests, and the calls I took were too long (because I commit the sin of being thorough, dammit, I’m good at what I do). So my workday starts at 11am, and I am on duty until 7pm on paper, but often much later if I get “caught” on a late call or find an urgent request that must be actioned. Without naming names, some of the travelers and admins I support are really, really frustrating. The tools I must use are really frustrating. The scripts I use (glorified macros, really) that fill in the many gaps in function between multiple tools are really frustrating. My job is really, really frustrating, but I can’t stop doing that. Yet.
I’ve unconsciously been doing something like “quiet quitting” recently – trying to set limits on what I do immediately after being able to log off the phones at the end of the day, but don’t always succeed. And it’s almost a given that I “work for free” for a bit before logging in for the day, just to do unproductive but necessary “housekeeping” tasks to reduce my to-do list.
About a year and a half ago, I stopped doing Second Life stuff – more out of burnout than frustration. I still have a lot of assets and probably a lot of credits built up but my main account is inactive and I can’t be bothered to log in to open a help ticket to get it reactivated. Eventually, I should close everything down and get the credits out to PayPal.
But I’ve stopped doing everything else in my life, except for playing this one game on my iPhone, that is actually pretty frustrating too. That’s for a separate blog post, more like an extended review/tips for newer players/warning for newer players not to get sucked in.
We DID go on a couple of trips in the last year, finally, that were wonderful and very sustaining. We visited family in Phoenix for Thanksgiving and went to the Grand Canyon and we visited a friend and went to Rocky Mountain National Park for a June vacation… and since then I’ve been frustrated by the lack of scenery and free time in my life here in Illinois.
I’ve been pretty frustrated by politics and the news lately but there are positive signs, too. Dems in array! Republicans in retreat! I’ve started writing #PostcardsToVoters again for some of the midterms and special elections and plan on writing more (reserving supplies for important campaigns for the Senate). But I was horribly frustrated and angry by the overturning of Roe and the successful 30-year secret campaign to take over the Supreme Court by the right. And I’m furiously frustrated by the way the toothless dragon, the NRA, can be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and STILL be able to rouse the ammosexuals to action. It’s frustrating that horrible mass shootings happen and Congress is unable to enact much in the way of assault-weapon bans (or ammunition bans, for that matter). It would be very satisfying to see the NRA get taken down by any legal means necessary.
Hmm. It hasn’t been too frustrating getting used to this newer version of WordPress to make a simple blogpost. It hasn’t been too frustrating using this new Macally Bluetooth (affiliate link) keyboard to write it with my iPad Mini (my speed has picked up just in the course of writing this). It’s certainly less frustrating than hauling out the (old, handmedown) laptop, accepting a lot of security updates, and blogging. Or, God forbid, starting up my desktop gaming computer, ditto. This way, I can set up anywhere with my little lap desk (bought during an intense period of retail therapy via Amazon during the Lost Years).
We’ll see how it goes, getting back into blogging. And I’ll see how I might start to overcome my frustration with… everything else in my life.
Here’s a catch-up of the major events of the week of September 2, 2019. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. This week we saw Parliament step-up to defeat Boris Johnson, an ongoing attempt by Trump to defend altering a map with a Sharpie, four states canceling GOP primaries and the Taliban at Camp David… on the week of September 11th…supposedly. There’s a lot to cover, let’s dig right in.
— Read on shero.substack.com/p/what-had-happened-was-sept-2nd-8th
personally, I think Jefferson was on the right track. Magic and miracles obscure the central message of a 1st century itinerant rabbi. in reply to GinnyRED572016-12-09
RT @Adenovir: We must learn to translate #Trumpspeak in our everyday lives
"Has Done A Terrible Job" or any other insult simply means "Disa… 2016-12-09
RT @MazMHussain: Disappointed to hear that Trump has named a plague of locusts to run the Department of Agriculture; hope they decide to go… 2016-12-09
RT @JoyAnnReid: What's remarkable (and new) here is the utter complicity of Republicans like Mitch McConnell, whose wife then gets a quid p… 2016-12-09
RT @charles_gaba: I know you shouldn't throw words like treason around lightly, but if I were Mitch McConnell I'd be withdrawing into my sh… 2016-12-09
RT @HunterDK: I'm not sure Mitch McConnell even knows what nation he's a senator of anymore. 2016-12-09
RT @FemmesUnafraid: This story is simply incredible. The Electoral College has an obligation to vote for Clinton. Mitch McConnell is a trea… 2016-12-09
RT @FemmesUnafraid: US Intelligence has evidence Russia actively worked to get #Trump elected. MitchMcConnell didn't want voters to know
ht… 2016-12-09
May God have mercy on Mitch McConnell's traitorous soul (if he had one). He sold this country out to keep his precious @SenateMajLdr status 2016-12-09
RT @Amy_Siskind: Not to overstate the obvious: but if Trump knew about this, he's a traitor. He should be in jail, not the WH! https://t.co…2016-12-09
Donald Trump is a traitor. He needs to go to prison, along w his accomplices!!! @GOP you can't let this… 2016-12-09
RT @historianess: If you still support Donald Trump in the wake of the WaPo story, that makes you 1) a white supremacist 2) a misogynist, a… 2016-12-09
RT @WDGX4: @JWGOP@jswatz The FBI has lost ALL credibility. Comey knew what the Russians were up to and even actively HELPED them. It's cal… 2016-12-09
RT @moonchick: Mitch MCConnell has been teetering on the edge of treason since Obama was sworn in 2008. This is reprehensible. https://t.co…2016-12-09
RT @leahmcelrath: We did so in the face of ridicule from some of the same people (men) who are now breathlessly tweeting about the CIA dete… 2016-12-09
RT @BrendanNyhan: Reminder: If Obama were the power-crazed hack conspiracy theorists envision, he would have done far more publicly to coun… 2016-12-09
RT @TPM: Report: Trump's transition team is looking to identify Energy Department staffers who worked on climate policy https://t.co/x32d2Y…2016-12-09
RT @goldengateblond: Mitch McConnell knew Russia was trying to get Trump elected. He said we shouldn't be told. His wife just got a cabinet… 2016-12-09
Here comes Tailgunner Joe, jumping on the tail end of the big story shooting his mouth off. Russia messed with elec… https://t.co/RIURYk7ao92016-12-09
RT @grimalkinrn: I'm just gonna RT the things about Russia that are coming out because I said all this shit before the damn election. 2016-12-10
RT @billmckibben: For some reason, seems the night to note that Putin has given Rex Tillerson, lead candidate for Secy of State, his 'Order… 2016-12-10
RT @Karoli: Mitch McConnell needs to be tried for treason. Also James Comey. 2016-12-10
RT @sarahkendzior: Deputy Chief of Staff for Harry Reid, who had repeatedly asked the FBI to reveal explosive findings about Russia to the… 2016-12-10
RT @stevesilberman: Short version: Most corrupt President in US history was elected by the slimmest of EC margins in the most corrupted ele… 2016-12-10
RT @KailiJoy: Media's decades long pathological hatred of Clinton worked out great for America this year, huh? 2016-12-10
RT @jamisonfoser: The next time a New York Times reporter tells you to subscribe, as them how many words NYT spent on Russian help for Trum… 2016-12-10
RT @JYSexton: Mitch McConnell obstructed the Russian influence from being made public. His wife was appointed to Trump's Administration. Th… 2016-12-10
RT @fshakir: Harry Reid last night: "I was right. Comey was wrong. I hope he can look in the mirror and see what he did to this country" 2016-12-10
RT @NPR: The lengthy questionnaire suggests Trump's promises to roll back efforts to combat climate change may dig deep. https://t.co/t2Er6…2016-12-10
to @exxonmobil This ad, and you, offend me. Not buying gas from you ever again. Enjoy the obscene influence you will enjoy with Trump regime in reply to exxonmobil2016-12-10
I will enjoy driving past ExxonMobil stations and flipping them off. If Trump makes their exec Secretary of State,… https://t.co/lCfGPRrR952016-12-10
RT @JohnWDean: The intel report on Russia's role in the 2016 election must be available for all electors before the electoral college meets… 2016-12-10
RT @ObsoleteDogma: Remember, Trump has a mandate because he got 2.8 million fewer votes despite having a hostile power *and* the FBI meddle… 2016-12-10
Never underestimate how much Conservatives hate this country. 2016-12-10
RT @eliasisquith: Why are the same angry young men who tweet the most about revolution now telling us to shrug & get over a foreign power d… 2016-12-10
RT @KagroX: And they did it for pure political advantage. Same reason they ordered torture of Iraqis, for "proof" of AQ ties. https://t.co/…2016-12-10
@rugcernie Was just discussing this. Conceivably, could play out to Pence, Kaine (if it's thrown to Senate from deadlocked House) or Ryan. in reply to rugcernie2016-12-10
RT @thegaf: @peterdaou Power and party matter more than America in 2016 to the @gop. Somewhere, Stalin is laughing. 2016-12-10
RT @scorpio6262: @peterdaou Its political party over country. In a financial disaster republicans put country over party by blocking everyt… 2016-12-10
RT @AnneWheaton: Sometimes when I feel like "Ugh, why is he so terrible?" I remember when this happened and can laugh, if only for a moment… 2016-12-10
RT @yashar: Trump says he will talk to CEOs directly to keep jobs in US. It appears that Putin believes in the same approach. Wait for the… 2016-12-10
RT @pbump: Incidentally the last time Trump held a press conference, 136 days ago, was when he encouraged Russia to hack Clinton's emails. 2016-12-10
RT @NormOrnstein: To all journalists who eagerly, delightedly published, aired every stolen email from DNC, Podesta: congrats for being use… 2016-12-10
RT @bobcesca_go: Thanks, @cenkuygur, for helping to normalize Trump while diminishing the fact that Obama saved millions of auto jobs alone… 2016-12-01
RT @Mr_Electrico: By demonstrating that the Right is every damnable thing we ever said it was, Trump absolves us from treating them like co… 2016-12-01
RT @HamiltonElector: 2nd criterion Hamilton asked Electors to consider: Did foreign power influence election? RT if you think the answer is… 2016-12-01
RT @girlsreallyrule: Remember Trump slamming Obama for bailing out the auto industry??? Well, #carrier just got government welfare BEFORE T… 2016-12-01
RT @morningmoneyben: Carrier still moving 1300 jobs to Mexico and getting $7M in tax breaks to keep 1K jobs in Indiana. So much winning.
h… 2016-12-01
RT @Reambler: .@anamariecox Crazy idea here? Everyone stop reporting on what Trump says. Report what executive office & legislative branch… 2016-12-01
RT @BrendanNyhan: Listening to this again. Considering if it's the moment where the Enlightenment dies. Staggering that we're debating whet… 2016-12-01
RT @JustinWolfers: Honest question, particularly for the media theorists: How does news about <1,000 jobs dominate a news cycle in a nation… 2016-12-01
RT @Rschooley: .@Jasoninthehouse on Clinton in October: “Even before we get to Day One, we’ve got two years’ worth of material already line… 2016-12-01
The first morning in Maui, we always wake up at about 3am, make coffee, sit on lanai. Go for walk in dark and talk to other early birds. I 2016-12-02
Insider tip for breakfast: Line up at the Gazebo in Napili half an hour before they open. Or go to the Beachcomber at Sands of Kahana 2016-12-02
Insider tip for Kihei breakfast: Cinnamon Roll Fair opens at 530am with fresh baked cinnamon rolls, coffee, line out the door 2016-12-02
There are fancier, posher places to stay in Maui. But we've had good stays at the moderate/medium-high price points. Usually 180-250 range. 2016-12-02
RT @KillerMartinis: Reminder, ladies: when driving through Texas henceforth, stop at a police office to turn in your used tampons for misca… 2016-12-02
@Wonkette In other words, she will be complicit in the inevitable failure of the Trump administration, but will deny him 3 times. in reply to Wonkette2016-12-02
EVERY Triumphant Trump announcement will end up in the Memory Hole. New word: "Trumphant" – a horn to blow for one'… https://t.co/jJ3coeA4so2016-12-02
Don't be alarmed if I unfollow and then refollow later. It seems to be the only way to turn off some notifications. 2016-12-02
This seems as good an explanation as any. He's casting his Cabinet like "This season on Presidential Apprentice!" https://t.co/VPiACSkhis2016-12-02
RT @dgardner: Duterte is currently promoting a huge wave of targeted murders. More than 5,000 have died. And Trump has invited him. To. The… 2016-12-02
Nah, Trump didn't give $7M to Carrier. He got Indiana taxpayers to foot the bill via his man Pence's control of tha… https://t.co/JAVDWiwveq2016-12-02
RT @childfreediva: So why are the people around Cheeto Dick letting him tweet and call up world leaders randomly? That eager to replace him… 2016-12-02
I have to spend some time thinking about how to defuse the anger (justifiable) that fuels the red-state rural voters, that shuts their minds 2016-12-03
RT @HeerJeet: World War III would be a tragedy. World War III being launched because Trump wants to expand his brand in Taiwan would be a f… 2016-12-03
KT McFarland, newly named Deputy Security Adviser, has scrubbed her website. Support the Internet Archive.… https://t.co/5vqUdZbqgn2016-12-03
RT @GeorgeTakei: Watching people meltdown over a Black Santa in the Mall of America. "Santa is white!" Well, in our internment camp he was… 2016-12-03
RT @prairie_home: Have a song request for @christhile and the band? Reply to this tweet with your request and they’ll play one on tonight’s… 2016-12-03
RT @BilldeBlasio: We've reduced stop-and-frisk by 97% in New York City and crime has gone down significantly. Not everyone knows that. Plea… 2016-12-03
@prairie_home Please, please, please put out a compilation CD at the end of the season. They'd sell like #powdermilk hot cakes. 2016-12-03
@mmfa Nazi, Nazi, go away, come again some other deeply divisive election where the popular vote exceeds the Electoral College vote. in reply to mmfa2016-11-23
Husband is planning to bake 3 pumpkin pies, taking only 2 to family gathering. The first pie is the "taste test" pie. Hmm. 2016-11-23
@GrandmaWat That's what I've thought all along. I actually thought Trump would get bored, resign. See Keith' Olbermann's video on 25th Amend in reply to GrandmaWat2016-11-23
RT @beardedstoner: The President-Elect knows what he's doing. He owes his victory to the erosion of public education. 2016-11-23
RT @nytimes: Trump picks Betsy DeVos, a GOP fund-raiser and philanthropist who advocates school choice, for education secretary https://t.c…2016-11-23
RT @Elizasoul80: Trump has surrounded himself with racists and is empowering nazis, but phew, we avoided that scary lady who didn't follow… 2016-11-23
RT @ggreeneva: Congrats, America! We get to see a Michigan Republican try to do to public schools what they did for Flint's water. https://…2016-11-24
Riding with friends, lunch, ride back, shower, bring pies for dinner. Perfect! 2016-11-24
RT @kleinmatic: While you’re watching the Jill Stein circus, the loser of the N.C. gov election is busy rigging it so he’ll win. https://t.…2016-11-24
RT @HillaryClinton: I was greeted by this heartwarming display on the corner of my street today. Thank you to all of you who did this. Happ… 2016-11-24
RT @RVAwonk: And if Betsy DeVos continues her scheme to replace public schools w/charters, segregation will only intensify. https://t.co/Bu…2016-11-24
RT @medWSJ: Fake news creator: "We've tried liberals. It never worked. You'll get debunked within the first 2 comments." @NPRhttps://t.co/…2016-11-24
Think about WHY Trump's Cabinet members are antagonistic to the Departments they will run. /0 2016-11-25
DeVos is anti-public education, so she is SecEd nominee. 2016-11-25
Carson is against affirmative action from what I can see. So he's logical choice for HUD? /2 2016-11-25
And this guy. Ross for Commerce, he's opposed to the safety regs he's supposed to enforce. He's outsourced jobs, no… https://t.co/AabMoFbCfU2016-11-25
And so on, every appointment is at best controversial. Is he setting up conflict for Season 1 of "Trumpland?" /5 https://t.co/nRHNpNhdxV2016-11-25
Theory: We are all in a reality TV show called #Trumpland and the election was Season 1. We've been picked up for Season 2. Cast changes. 2016-11-25
In Trumpland: The EnTrumpening, Season 2 starts off with bang. Senate hearings!Conflict of interest, intrigue (Melania in NY) and gilded WH 2016-11-25
RT @KagroX: His Internet connection was forbidden specifically because of fears it would enable espionage. Just say it already. https://t.c…2016-11-25
RT @paulkrugman: Not much shocks me at this point, but media blaming the *candidates* for lack of policy coverage is an extraordinary act o… 2016-11-25
RT @VABVOX: We are about to have an administration of billionaires&millionaires who have no government experience but ARE beholden to speci… 2016-11-25
It would be hard to rename O'Hare to Obama. Much more satisfactory and in-yo-face to rename Honolulu, city of his birth. 2016-11-25
RT @lightheart1: Trump voiced ANGER at NYT for using unflattering pics showing his double chin, so if you see these shots, do not RT them O… 2016-11-25
Please don't say anything stupid. You know who I mean, about what. 2016-11-26
RT @KaJo503: What a total waste of resources since he lies every 5 min. Trump should fall into the dustbin of history NOW, before he does… 2016-11-26
Holy crap. Whoever called for someone roundly disliked to pass away to balance 2016 gets a round on the house. #Castro. 2016-11-26
RT @Patbagley: Idea for startup: Site that does nothing but expose and–this is important–viciously mock authors/purveyors of Fake News ak… 2016-11-26
RT @Marmel: Apparently Donald Trump is very upset @NBC used an unflattering photo of him.
Anyway, here's him and a pelican.
Please don't RT… 2016-11-26
RT @SenatorDurbin: 84 new citizens from 30 countries. Incredible photos from @pjstar of new Illinoisans taking the oath of citizenship at t… 2016-11-18
RT @JonHutson: Trump mulls Santa Clara's massive foam blob as possible Secretary of State. Well, it is yuge, unrestrained, and White. So Ba… 2016-11-18
RT @imillhiser: It's cathartic that Pence was booed. But he'll get revenge by helping enact policies that will kill hundreds of thousands o… 2016-11-18
RT @BarbinMD: Complaining about Pence being booed must be a nice break for the media after their long day of pretending Sessions isn't a ra… 2016-11-19
RT @robreiner: A president-elect pays 25M for defrauding people of their life savings. MSM yawns. But use an email server legally, now that… 2016-11-19
RT @kurteichenwald: Can u imagine how many zillions of GOP congress hearings there would've been if Clinton or Obama settled a case chargin… 2016-11-19
RT @JessicaValenti: Trump/Pence are appointing white nationalists & planning to gut civil & women's rights. Shame on us if we ever STOP boo… 2016-11-19
RT @kfury: On the contrary: The theater has always been and must always be the place where it's safe to speak truth to power. https://t.co/…2016-11-19
RT @embeedub: What they said: "We hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values, & work on behalf of ALL of us." https://t.…2016-11-19
No apology necessary. The theater is one place where the truth may be spoken to power. Except for that Booth guy, a… https://t.co/2Kd0r2U5DT2016-11-19
RT @jamescdownie: This is how Jeff Sessions uses prosecutorial powers: to go after innocent people trying to help elderly blacks vote. http… 2016-11-19
RT @MattBors: No one even remotely associated with this administration should be able to order a cup of coffee without being confronted. Fo… 2016-11-19
RT @Breznican: Trump &Co knew Pence's appearance would lead to #BoycottHamilton. It allows them to whine & demonize the Americans rising up… 2016-11-19
RT @Metlandia: After whipping crowds into a lynch frenzy for months, I'd like theater goers to apologize for booing. 2016-11-19
A year and 2 months from now, Resident Rump (Ruh-roh!) will be preparing to give his first State of the Union speech. 1/ 2016-11-19
What if Democrats at SOTU2018 listen silently & don't clap. When unable to remain silent any longer, stand up and walk out, talk to press /2 in reply to GinnyRED572016-11-19
RT @jfreewright: The funeral for logic will be at 10am tomorrow in the lobby of Troll Tower. In lieu of flowers, please kindly march on Was… 2016-11-19
RT @leahmcelrath: Those are professional troll sock-puppet & social botnet accounts who are funded by foreign entities as a propaganda serv… 2016-11-19
RT @cleaduvall: Trump spoke out against the Hamilton cast, but still will not condemn the 400+ hate crimes that have occurred since he was… 2016-11-19
RT @DerekScott_: Our President-elect just had to pay $25 million for defrauding American citizens. Whew… glad we avoided a crook like Hil… 2016-11-19
RT @richardhine: It took Trump 6 years to admit his MASSIVE FRAUD at Trump University. Least we could do is #AuditTheVote before we make hi… 2016-11-19
RT @AriBerman: This is Albert Turner, who led MLK's funeral procession. Jeff Sessions prosecuted him for helping black people vote https://…2016-11-19
RT @grantgoerke: Naturalization ceremonies are the most joyous court hearings, except for this Texas judge who tells new Americans to aband… 2016-11-19
RT @nuffsaidNY: Me trying to figure out how #BoycottHamilton is going to work when the show is already sold out for the next two years. htt… 2016-11-19
RT @HRC: Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick to be U.S. Attorney General, voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act https://t.co/m6yYqXZo…2016-11-19
RT @fordm: Federal judge at citizenship ceremony: "If you don't like [Trump as president], you need to go to another country." https://t.co…2016-11-19
They're not going to deliver. These people can't do anything constructive, only destructive. They can't function wi… https://t.co/Hk8rUzhRnB2016-11-19
RT @jwPencilAndPad: Mike Pence somehow managed to be the least popular Vice-President at a musical about a Vice-President who kills the her… 2016-11-19
RT @caulkthewagon: Every asshole who thinks Pence deserved civility last night should read how he tormented a dying woman and her wife. htt… 2016-11-19
RT @GeorgeTakei: A fraud case of this magnitude would disqualify any normal candidate. Fraud means deception. It means injury. Our presiden… 2016-11-19
Oh hey, T, we're going to see Dr Strange tonight. As you do on a normal Saturday night. 2016-11-19
To be honest, I hadn't ridden enough since the end of the Chiburbia riding season. And we don't HAVE hills here, much. Still, 38 miles. in reply to GinnyRED572016-11-19
The last 3 miles were in the SAG van, before I remembered to turn off the Garmin. I sat on a cooler and chatted with the volunteers in reply to GinnyRED572016-11-19
RT @stevesilberman: The architect of one of the most racist laws in modern history has just been named to Trump's transition team. https://…2016-11-10
You endanger Black and Brown people, who police usually grab… 2016-11-10
RT @longwall26: How ironic is that, after calling his opponent "crooked" for the entire election, Donald Trump then pulled off the biggest… 2016-11-10
RT @leahmcelrath: @imraansiddiqi
Their goal is to destroy 70 years of liberal infrastructure as quickly as possible. The potential damage… 2016-11-10
"Just had a very rigged & profitable presidential election. Now young people, outraged by facts, are protesting. Ve… https://t.co/EAPDVRuC7d2016-11-10
RT @HoarseWisperer: @Lawrence Thank you Khizr & Ghazala Khan. Your service to our country, much like your son's, represents the best of Ame… 2016-11-10
RT @drskyskull: Perhaps the most insightful political comment I've seen in the election aftermath from a very smart friend of mine. https:/… 2016-11-10
RT @THEREALRIKKI5: James Comey is one of this countries great traitors. Benedict Arnold ,Aaron Burr,Henry Ford , G.GordonLiddy, Ollie North 2016-11-10
Wow, courageous of the guy to not show his face. The guy in uniform changed the subject when reminded that Jesus sa… https://t.co/IMHQmSrm4X2016-11-11
A horrible man is given a chance to spout his hateful beliefs. Fine. Now shut up, and by God, no reporter ever quot… https://t.co/4ehD7T2cd82016-11-11
RT @chrislhayes: I say this in all sincerity: For the good of the country, someone in his inner circle needs to take his phone away. Please. 2016-11-11
@Hesiod2k11 If they are not organized to be strictly peaceful and non-violent, the protests devolve into vandalism. Not helpful and not good in reply to Hesiod2k112016-11-11
I believe in a loving God, a Savior who calls us to love one another, and a Holy Spirit that lifts our hearts to do… https://t.co/w4m4PZF7mm2016-11-11
And I am a liberal Christian, a progressive Christian, and there is room next to me for people of all faiths and no faith to sit and talk. in reply to GinnyRED572016-11-11
RT @kellyoxford: I'll be there but shouldn't it be on Inauguration Day? (Yes, I talk about my "perfection" issues with my therapist) https:… 2016-11-11
Sing the National Anthem and "America, The Beautiful" full voice. Hit the high notes cleanly and the low notes soul… https://t.co/ZCSUIwUNBl2016-11-11
RT @JaredHuffman: I've been in the Petaluma Veterans' Day Parade for the past 12 years. I've never seen anything remotely like this. https… 2016-11-12
RT @alwaystheself: Ever wonder how people lived with slavery, Jim Crow and lynching but looked the other way? Look around right now. This i… 2016-11-12
RT @JeremyOkelley: One time, during a protest against the Korean War, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was being beaten by a man with a st… 2016-11-12
RT @JeremyOkelley: The man's stick broke. So Bayard picked up another stick, and handed it to the man. Shamed, the man who'd been beating h… 2016-11-12
RT @ezlusztig: This is not being reported with the attention it deserves. Hillary Clinton is pretty much saying the election is illegitimat… 2016-11-12
RT @JoyAnnReid: This is a genuine test for us, the media. Will this be covered with the same dogged zeal as Clinton's email server and foun… 2016-11-12
RT @GeorgeTakei: Today is National Early Vote Day. In many places you can vote BEFORE Nov. 8. We can win this through early efforts!
https… 2016-11-01
RT @realDonaldTrump: .@DarrellIssa is a very good man. Help him win his congressional seat in California. 2016-11-01
RT @axomamma: @ladiesgun Pence ran as a Democrat when he used campaign funds to pay personal expenses, Dems filed complaint, he switched to… 2016-11-02
Right now, still a Mariners fan. I am unmoved by your tears. 2016-11-02
RT @billyeichner: Hey guys just wanna use this rain delay to remind you that Trump is a con artist piece of shit who thinks women are just… 2016-11-02
RT @sarahkendzior: This is how Trump's team reacted when a Daily Beast reporter tried to cover the rape charge. Few covered it since. https… 2016-11-03
RT @cFidd: "I will be Donald Trump's most loyal advocate" — David Duke, just now
This is the Republican Party in 2016, y'all. 2016-11-03
RT @Impolitics: This will always be remembered as the presidential election in which the KKK, the KGB and the FBI all supported the same ca… 2016-11-03
RT @Hesiod2k11: Counter-leaks will be coming fast and furious today. There are some seriously nervous @FBI agents who're desperately trying… 2016-11-03
RT @HaroldItz: Melania says that her husband saw workers suffer. Presumably the illegal ones at his buildings and those at the companies he… 2016-11-03
RT @Adenovir: Melania Trump basically made the case for president Hillary Clinton. Well done. 2016-11-03
RT @repjohnlewis: I’ve marched, protested, been beaten and arrested–all for the right to vote. Friends of mine gave their lives. Honor the… 2016-11-03
I had a dream last night where I was at an interactive improve comedy show. The fascists were in power and I was mocked for being "fairskin" 2016-11-03
The guy playing the fascist leader for laughs in this dream was Brad Garrett with his hair slicked back. Why? Bizarre dream… in reply to GinnyRED572016-11-03
RT @TPM: Obama highlights shifting GOP rhetoric used to justify blocking the nomination of a SCOTUS justice to fill vacancy https://t.co/Q3…2016-11-03
@zkgrumpy I could not understand why law enfmt was so oven-mitty. They let it appear as if the protest was legit when it was a bunch of bs in reply to zkgrumpy2016-11-04
@zkgrumpy plz do. But why are you awaaaaaake? This damn election. PS makes me want to open chat room H I G H L A N D E R for old times' sake in reply to zkgrumpy2016-11-04
RT @JoyAnnReid: Wow wow wow. This amounts to an allegation of a political fifth column inside the NY FBI, with Giuliani as the umbilical co… 2016-11-04
RT @Mr_Electrico: @JoyAnnReid@THR GOP decided what kind of party they wanted to be 30 years ago. They just never wanted to get caught at i… 2016-11-04
RT @TheChristianLft: The election will soon be over yet a profound and dangerous change has occurred in society. Right-wing extremists… h… 2016-11-05
RT @kurteichenwald: Trump campaign has still not explained why they secretly emailed information from Russian propaganda site to reporters. 2016-11-05
RT @mmfa: Strict voter ID laws unfairly target poor and minority communities with unnecessary and redundant restrictions: https://t.co/xhkH…2016-11-05
RT @GeorgeTakei: Trump's Mexican wall is actually lines and lines of Latino voters turning out against him. Juntos podemos derrotarlo, y lo… 2016-11-05
RT @Patbagley: Bernie, Warren working hard for Clinton win to build progressive US
GOP estab looking for earliest to toss Trump under bus,t… 2016-11-05
RT @Enrique_Acevedo: The greatest irony in this election cycle will be realized when latinos uphold the core values of the american democra… 2016-11-05
RT @HillaryClinton: The energy we're seeing on this campaign isn't about what we're against but what we're for—an inclusive America where e… 2016-11-05
Island-hopping. 5 minute cab ride, 5 minute checkin, earlier flight, free bag check. WHAT PLANET IS THIS? 2016-11-05
RT @meems_hamid: When you pick out two really cute dresses at @tjmaxx then realize they're both Ivanka Trump brand so you have to put them… 2016-11-05
RT @keithboykin: Today we learned:
-FBI tipped off Giuliani
-Christie's 2 top aides convicted
-Melania came here illegally
-Trump had affa… 2016-11-05
RT @GeorgeTakei: How beautiful it is to see Latinos whom Trump denigrated and dehumanized turning out in force to drive him to defeat. #Has… 2016-11-05
RT @TheChristianLft: Eight years of doomsday predictions about Obama were all lies. Republicans tried to make sandals out of nothing,… ht… 2016-11-05
RT @nytimes: Early voting surged among Hispanics in key swing states, data show. It’s a possible sign of strength for Clinton. https://t.co…2016-11-05
RT @Tryon4Congress: "Jason Chaffetz lacks the character to represent a Cub Scout troop, much less the people of the 3rd District." 2016-10-27
RT @BJHare: @jasonInTheHouse has decided he can look his 15 year old daughter in the eye and vote for a sexual predator after all. HOW? htt… 2016-10-27
RT @Lawrence: .@xeni @MSNBC Thanks. I've been covering Dakota pipeline protest since August. 2016-10-27
RT @DanceSeaTurtle: Why for the llama drink, tee hee?
The llama drinks for you, for me.
For journalism's last wee day
The llama swigs to #a… 2016-10-27
RT @MSNBC: Michelle Obama: When people say the election is rigged, "understand that they are trying to get you to stay home." https://t.co/…2016-10-27
RT @Newsweek: When Bush was president, 95 percent of his chief advisers’ emails were on a private system set up by the RNC https://t.co/FR0…2016-10-27
RT @Will_Bunch: When when Native people try to protect sacred land, we send in the riot cops. White supremacists take over a wildlife refug… 2016-10-27
RT @Felonious_munk: Got friends STILL fighting unlawful protest (non-violent) charges from 2 years ago in Ferguson and armed takeover milit… 2016-10-27
RT @puppymnkey: Texas is trying to suppress the vote. Take a look at this story and pass it on. Do not let them turn you away. Know your la… 2016-10-27
RT @Patbagley: My take of #MalheurVerdict is you can swagger into any public space w guns, literally shit all over everything, and call it… 2016-10-27
RT @natashakorecki: Duckworth camp out w/this:"Senator Mark Kirk’s attack on Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth’s family tonight was offensive,… 2016-10-27
RT @Alex_Roarty: Mark Kirk was going lose no matter what. But that moment w/Duckworth will be the one thing people remember from this race.… 2016-10-27
RT @emilylhauser: …aaand this is why I canvassed for Tammy Duckworth last weekend… 2016-10-27
@zkgrumpy That verdict, Z. How do they walk while Native people and supporters are forced off land that was theirs by treaty? in reply to zkgrumpy2016-10-27
RT @activist360: There will be no FUNCTIONING government if the fascist, white nationalist hate group, today's GOP rules the House & Senate… 2016-10-28
RT @Patbagley: Chaffetz was prime GOP mover behind 6 Benghazi investigations that wasted $30m, discovered nothing. Meanwhile, Iraq fiasco u… 2016-10-28
RT @Patbagley: I've been doing Chaffetz cartoons for years because he's congress's biggest self-promoter. More where this came from… http… 2016-10-28
RT @brianefallon: Kellyanne Conway is on MSNBC now falsely saying Hillary Clinton is "under FBI investigation." This is what Jim Comey has… 2016-10-28
RT @jessied44: FBI reveals looking at wife of Weiner Wanker on Carlos Danger device so the right wing Reynolds Wrap wearers will stop yelli… 2016-10-29
RT @Hesiod2k11: So, everyone saw Comey's kneecapping of Hillary, but not the lengthy hearing where he basically admitted he was full of shi… 2016-10-29
RT @wilw: Shoutout to cowardly political hack Jason Chaffetz for temporarily directing the narrative away from his flip-flop on voting for… 2016-10-29
RT @peterdaou: NOT ONE EMAIL FROM HILLARY SHOWED BAD CHARACTER OR INTENT. She made a self-admitted mistake using a private server. THAT'S I… 2016-10-29
RT @JamilSmith: Never forget what actual election rigging looks like. It looks like North Carolina on the first day of early voting. https:… 2016-10-29
RT @GeekFurious: Trump: Clinton is evasive & secretive. She has to be hiding something! Also, I am not going to tell you any of my plans be… 2016-10-29
RT @MuslimIQ: White male privilege is getting ur court date for raping a 13-yr-old girl but Weiner emails dominate media headlines https://…2016-10-29
RT @Newsweek: When Bush was president, 95 percent of his chief advisers’ emails were on a private system set up by the RNC https://t.co/MRR…2016-10-29
RT @kenkircher1: @JeffreyGuterman Trump was right about voter fraud. He accuses others as a projection, as in this case! It's TRUMP voters… 2016-10-29
RT @Catballou: Who shows up uninvited to Children's charity event, steals donor's reserved place on the podium for photo op, & doesn't giv… 2016-10-29
Trump supporters should read Jack O'Donnell's book to get an idea of how he'd run the country… Into the ground. 2016-10-29
RT @paulasimpson13: Pre-program these phone numbers in your phone and have Facebook open with Facebook live at the ready. Just for precauti… 2016-10-29
RT @GeorgeTakei: The GOP stifles votes by cutting back bigly on available polling places. Demand more polling stations in your state. Don't… 2016-10-29