Alyssa : Mostly FFXIV brain

Analyst, hockey fan, sci-fi nerd, numbers geek, NaNo novelist, and barrel-rider.

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

The magnificent size & power of our Sun is hard to visualize - but this solar flare close-up by @RyanJFrench helps.
(video: @NASA @dynamics_solar)

[LaurenWalshArt @LaurenWalshArt]

Don’t let that fucking orange pustule of a man outlive you. Fight every day to live if you have to. You matter to me and so many others.

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

Our freedoms and rights are worth the fight. While we are heartbroken, our community is not broken.

We will continue the work to make sure each of us can live the promise of America. We will continue to show up in our fight for equality.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Voters supported abortion rights at the ballot box in seven states on Tuesday, expanding access in already legal states and lifting bans in two others. But support for abortion access fell short in three contests. https://t.co/ofpEMcSNYQ

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did.

As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet.

It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.

I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all.

I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation.

I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever.

We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be.

There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will.

I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me.

I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.

[Justin “Hoops” McElroy @JustinMcElroy]

I'm gonna wake up and keep trying to do good and so are you and nobody gets to vote on that.

[Kelley Robinson @KelleyJRobinson]

We're heartbroken by the election results. We know what challenges we face ahead in our fight for full LGBTQ+ equality.

Make no mistake: you are not alone. Our ancestors taught us that resilience is our superpower. You are loved, and you have an entire community with you.

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Jon Stewart on election night: "We're all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place that we prefer it to be." #DailyShow

[Women's March @womensmarch]

We are mourning. We are grieving.

But we are not done.

Tonight, join movement leaders and healers as we take a moment to reground ourselves and restore our energies for the road ahead.

You will need a yoga mat or some comfortable place to settle, a blanket and pillows, comfortable clothing, water or other beverage, and a journal.

Come through. Let us hold space for ourselves and each other.

[em ⭑ @jetsetvamp]

all i can say is live. you have to live. if you’re trans, queer, a woman, bipoc, disabled, an immigrant: you must live. we have to support each other. we have to be visible and loud if and when we can. and above all else we have to live

[The Green Kasey 🎃 @RawbertBeef]

Stay alive. Even if it’s out of spite, stay alive. Be present. People care about you, even if your country doesn’t.

[Oziach @RevivedOziach]

One of the funniest, scariest, and most meaningful parts of P5 is that Shido's confession didn't actually make the change they hoped it would.

The start of the Mementos Depths arc is quite literally the Thieves sitting in disbelief that nothing changed in the aftermath.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

We will get through this. But I’m sadder for women, minorities, working class folks, people who need affordable healthcare, public health, science, climate change risk, global health as a whole, and planet Earth 🌎 as a whole.

Let’s hunker down and prepare for 2026.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

If you are in line before the polls close, stay in line.

It is your right to make your voice heard. If you have any trouble casting your ballot, call our Voter Assistance Hotline: [phone].

[MR pierogiy @pierogiy]

3 vine style

[cheseely @cheseely]

Drew Yuna from #FFX for this month's character design challenge! FF10 was my first final fantasy game 💙

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

John Oliver's brilliant take on why he's voting for Kamala Harris. And he featured Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman.