In 2013, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield wrung out a wet washcloth on the ISS and the water didn't fall. It stuck to the washcloth thanks to surface tension and formed a spinning cylinder around it.
The thing about leopards is eventually they will eat you too.
Your favorite local restaurant closing because the nice family who owns it getting deported. You thought they were some of the “good ones.” The price of produce skyrocketing even before the camps are built as immigrants flee. Your daughter dying of sepsis because the lawyers feel it’s too risky to perform that D&C.
No more FAFSA for your kids college because you didn’t know that was part of the Department of Education. Veterans having their benefits cut because they rolled back the PACT Act as too expensive. That factory in town that was going to build chips and employ your kids never breaking ground because of the repeal of the CHIPs act. The bridge that was going to cut your commute in half being canceled because of the repeal of the Infrastructure Act.
That sweet government job that you’ve loved because you can work 8 hours a day and fish on the weekends has been slated for a MAGA Schedule F slot because it controls funding for contracts that will go to Republican donors, so you’re fired without cause or any union protections.
You’ll blame Biden or the local Democrats probably. But it will be fine because Elon promised it would be uncomfortable at first but it will get better. You were just so sure it would be uncomfortable for…you know…”those people.” Not you.
But that’s leopards for you. They eat whatever is available.
Remember, trying to make sense of what makes fascism so appealing will make you feel like you’re losing your mind because it doesn’t operate on anything logical.
It is based on grievance, vengeance, cruelty, and control.
It refuses to be reasoned with.
There's a lot of hopelessness among trans people right now. This election was and is existential for us.
I want to reach out to all the people out there who are struggling tonight and tell my story.
I was 12 when I first realized I was trans. It was 1999 in rural Louisiana...
Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters to give him another term in the White House.
🔗 https://t.co/41sRvIxLmT
I'm in a deep red part of swing state Pennsylvania, and all the voting machines are broken across this county and the neighboring ones.
People are stranded in line, and a constable told them they don't get the machines working by 10PM, they will turn people away.
I'm not sure what to do.
Interesting how it's always "vote according to Biblical values!" until it comes to welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.
Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who agrees that America needs a REMINDER that trump did NOTHING for 187 minutes while his thugs beat Capitol Police officers on January 6th.
Still won't admit he lost.
Keep this traitor away from the presidency.
Thank you to the people of the Bronx and Queens for re-electing me to another term in Congress.
As a waitress, I never thought serving in Congress would ever be a reality.
It will always remain the honor of my life to serve our community.