kdubs

"If I can't scuba, then what's this all been about? What have I been working toward?”

[kdubs @kels_dubs]

If I'm ever rich enough I'm going to hire someone to feed me French fries while I meditate

[morgan ⚡️ @morganbolts]

it's so fucking hilarious how every single person who posted about charlie kirk like it was the biggest tragedy to ever happen in the history of the world have NOTHING to say about every other death due to gun violence. just mindnumbingly hypocritical. embarrassing & disgusting

[Wrath @nmewrath]

Kristi Noem: "I don't know of any peaceful protestor that shows up armed and with ammunition..."

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Remember when Republicans pretended to stand up against government tyranny?

That was funny.

[Brandon Streussnig @BrndnStrssng]

So cool how the party line is now "Don't approach an ICE agent, in fact don't even look at them, if you don't want to be murdered in the street." Feral pigs unfit for normal society.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

ICE is the American Gestapo.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

MAGA totally forgot they supported Rittenhouse carrying a gun to a protest.

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

“wHaT RaDiCaLiZeD yOu?”

idk, im not a piece of shit

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

Guess which one of these two people the federal government murdered for "holding a weapon."

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

Same way they supported the Klan

[Zay @zayiceman171]

A fucking ICU nurse. Contributed to society infinitely more than you fucking fascist shit stains ever could

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti:

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Reminder that Kyle Rittenhouse showed up to a protest like this and Republicans called him a hero

[Jared Shult @jared_shult]

Your boss pardoned everyone who stormed the Capitol

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

J.D. Vance says it's OK to joke about gas chambers, rape, and "watermelon people", but if you quote Charlie Kirk you'll get your VISA revoked

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A message from a Kindergarten teacher:

After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

[Roenn🌎 @RoennReeds]

I made a compilation of major Democratic politicians and left wing pundits unequivocally condemning the shooting.

Contrast this with the response of major right-wing accounts.

Are we even in the same reality?

[MoonPie @MoonPie]

Effective immediately

[halli ⸆⸉ 𓆙❤️‍🔥 @inthevault_]

Greatest country in the world?? Why is every woman I know crying on the way to work today???

[sae ❤️‍🔥 @trytrytrytaylor]

do they not realize trump was working under obamas economy and biden is working under trumps economy

[Elizabeth Taylor @ElizabethTaylor]

Just saw "Twilight" on DVD. I want more!