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[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 6 May:

#OTD in Irish History | 6 May:

1074 – Donatus (or Dunan), the first Bishop of Dublin, dies on this date and is buried in Christ Church Cathedral. Patrick, his successor, is sent to Canterbury for consecration (records are unreliable – the date of his death is also recorded as 23 November). 1384 – Philip de Courtenay lands at Dalkey and campaigns in the midlands and the Leinster mountains. 1728 – Act of Parliament removes the…

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#irelandinspires #irishhistory ireland #OTD #6 May #Charles Fort #Co. Cork #History #History of Ireland #Ireland #Irish Civil War #Irish History #Kinsale #Lusitania #Operation Conservation #Phoenix Park Murders #Today in Irish History

[kvetcher-in-the-rye]

That's an excerpt from the speech commonly known as "The American Dream". Here's a 5 minute video of it:

..."there’s a reason education SUCKS, and it’s the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. [...] Because the owners, the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions.

Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls.

They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want:

They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests.

Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that!

You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this fucking place! It's a big club, and you ain’t in it! You, and I, are not in the big club.

By the way, it's the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think and what to buy. The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care! Good honest hard-working people; white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard-working people continue, these are people of modest means, continue to elect these rich cock suckers who don’t give a fuck about you….they don’t give a fuck about you… they don’t give a FUCK about you.

They don’t care about you at all… at all… AT ALL. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Thats what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick thats being jammed up their assholes everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth.

It's called the American Dream,because you have to be asleep to believe it."

#george carlin #quotes #quoteoftheday #education #educate yourself #educate yourselves #humor #comedy #comedian #funny #government #laughing man #ghost in the shell #the laughing man #operation mockingbird #censorship #mind control #propaganda #reeducation #unlearning #manipulation #slavery #politics #conspiracies #conspiracy #conservative #liberals #republicans #democrats #america

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

By Annie Norman

The public learned last fall of one particularly controversial element of United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service that would be rolling out soon. Essentially, the function of sorting and delivering mail would be consolidated into regional centers, leaving empty former sorting space in the back of post offices. No layoffs were announced.

At first glance, this sounds innocuous, but seasoned postal observers suspect that with less activity happening at smaller or rural post offices, they become vulnerable to a reduction in hours or closure. This leads to the kind of job losses that initially present as don’t worry, we’ll relocate you to the regional center but are experienced by postal workers as if I don’t commute two hours there and back each day or more, I lose my job.

In response, The Save the Post Office Coalition, which I coordinate, wrote to the Secretary of the USPS Board of Governors to ensure the board was made aware of emails from 160,000 postal customers across the country urging them to stop the disastrous elements of DeJoy’s plan before it’s too late.

Among the several thousands of personalized messages, we highlighted a handful in our note:

“The USPS provides a service to the public. It was never intended to be a profit-making business. I’m disappointed & ashamed at where politics seem to be taking us.”

— David B. (veteran) Seattle, Washington.

“As a former United States Postal Service employee and as someone who regularly uses the [USPS], I ask you to do something about DeJoy, who continues to degrade everything about the postal service — especially the service part of it.”

— Kristin F. in Cottonwood, Indiana.

“It is important for seniors like me to be able to count on a dependable means of getting medications without having a further drain on our resources.”

— Peter L. in Los Angeles, California.

“I believe that a well supported and functioning post office is a hallmark of a healthy, advanced nation. Stop DeJoy’s undemocratic plan now before it’s too late.”

— Janet M. in Downers Grove, Illinois.

“We senior citizens depend on USPS. Please help keep it viable.”

—Joanne L. in Akron, Ohio.

“Our postal service should be about serving us rather than serving businesses that give it money.”

— Douglas L. in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

We have yet to hear a response or acknowledgement that the messages from the public were received, and DeJoy continues to make it clear that he doesn’t want anyone asking questions about his 10-year plan.

On the same day that USPS leadership received our coalition’s messages, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a public inquiry order to DeJoy asking that USPS provide details on the sorting and delivery changes under his plan. In the order, the Commission said it “notes that stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding a lack of a forum to explore the impacts of these proposed changes.”

DeJoy responded with an objection to the Commission’s inquiry. On May 17, DeJoy delivered congressional testimony for the first time in nearly two years at a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations. Rep. Summer Lee asked him why USPS is objecting. In his response, DeJoy was openly hostile toward the postal regulator, accusing them of actively participating “in the destruction of [USPS].”

Just last month, DeJoy sat down with the press for a 90-minute interview where he once again doubled down with an adversarial attitude toward postal regulators who seek details for the public on his 10-year plan, calling the Commission’s inquiry “nonsense,” saying, “We don’t need to be babysat.”

On May 22, DeJoy delivered the keynote address at the 2023 National Postal Forum where he spoke at length touting his efforts to implement “dramatic changes” and increase the pace of his 10-year plan. The postmaster general told the audience that “dramatic changes must be done at a pace, and with a tenacity that is rarely seen.” However, these changes are a mystery to many, and for a public institution, this mystery is dangerous.

If the past is any guide, the effects of potential post office closings and reduced hours will be devastating, particularly to rural and Indigenous communities. The Save the Post Office Coalition organized a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission and the USPS Office of Inspector General urging them to stop DeJoy’s “dramatic changes” and demand public input, and so far has received over 131,000 signatures from the public who regularly use the postal service.

The bottom line is that the public has a right to more transparency and input in the decision-making process at a public institution. This requires engagement with said public — which DeJoy is actively resisting. When you put a rich, white, private-sector executive who isn’t used to public accountability and cooperation in charge of a treasured public institution, such a clash might be inevitable. It’s plain DeJoy doesn’t have the temperament for public service.

Communities across the nation want dramatic change at the post office too, but that dramatic change is not to be secretive or a surprise; it must be a shift toward protecting and expanding the public footprint and services available at the post office to meet new needs and change with the times. The People’s Postal Agenda outlines a framework for an expanded USPS that includes things like postal banking, expanded nonbank financial services like bill payment and ATMs, WiFi in parking lots, and public electric vehicle charging.

We still remember former President Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the post office, right before he put his thumb on the scale to have his donor DeJoy appointed as postmaster general. We also remember DeJoy’s role in sowing public fear and uncertainty in the vote-by-mail process by slowing down the mail and then sending out mailers to voters that meeting their state’s deadline would not ensure their vote would arrive in time to be counted, causing him to be sued by the NAACP and Public Citizen, as well as secretaries of state.

There is nothing to suggest that DeJoy has abandoned the privatization vision of the people who got him the job. So it’s our job as citizens to make absolutely sure any upcoming “dramatic changes” to the post office don’t shrink and privatize the institution but protect and expand it for generations to come.

#us politics #news #truthout #2023 #republicans #donald trump #conservatives #louis dejoy #Annie Norman #op eds #united states postal service #Save the Post Office Coalition #USPS Board of Governors #Postal Regulatory Commission #House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations #us house of representatives #Rep. Summer Lee #2023 National Postal Forum #People’s Postal Agenda #vote by mail #mail in ballots #mail in voting

[tomwambsmilk]

As a side note I think what makes Succession such an excellent critique of capitalism is how it handles the idea of meritocracy. It's very easy to imagine conservatives (especially wealthy conservatives) as Scrooge McDuck kind of figures who really just want whatever brings in the most money. But the truth is that most of them are deeply, deeply invested in the belief that capitalism is a meritocracy, and that their own success is the result of hard work and others' failure is the result of personal failings. They are so invested in this idea that they will go to amazing lengths to reinterpret any piece of information that challenges it. Succession does a really, really good job of depicting that conviction, and depicting it so well that the audience will be occasionally sucked into it, before slapping you in the face with the utter pathetic incompetency of these people who are essentially running America.

I think that's one of the things that really sets it above a lot of other 'eat the rich' type movies that write their wealthy characters with more of a Scrooge McDuck mindset. Personally, I think any good critique is written so that the critiqued party can see themselves in the story. They may not accept the critique, but if it's good and it's accurate there will be a character they recognize as themselves. No conservative is going to see themselves in Miles Bron, a man who is clearly out of his depth and incompetent and stealing other people's ideas, or the rich people from Squid Game, who insist on 'levelling the playing field' through random chance. But they DO see themselves in characters like Tom Wamsbgans and Kendall Roy (hence why an army of reddit bros turn out to defend their every move), and I think that's what gives Succession's critique a fighting chance of actually landing with the people who need to hear it

#fun fact most conservatives think squid game is a critique of communism #which yeah is at least in part a massive failure of media literacy #but I think the fact that the wealthy are so caricatured and unrealistic - and the games stop being at all meritorious so quickly - really #don't help #if you aren't at least needling conservatives then all you're doing is making a point to an audience that already gets it #also this is why good critiques are so widely misunderstood #for instance. 1984 #they're nuanced and they have to be!! #if you depict the wealthy as cartoon villains then when people encounter real wealthy people who are not cartoon villains and instead #have complex views on the relationship between money and work that boil down to the idea that the world is a meritocracy but do it in a way #that sound reasonable and realistic to those who don't know any better #everyone goes well idk what glass onion is going on about. elon musk has all these great ideas about working hard and productivity and #rewarding people who do well he can't be all that bad #and completely miss the fact that he's operating under a total misapprehension of the world

[hometownrockstar]

we need to stop pathologizing right-wing violence and political actions asap, not only is it liberal scapegoating to avoid talking about the real reasons these problems arrive, it also throws mentally ill people under the bus for actions that arent inherent to having a mental illness. being mentally ill doesnt turn you into a terrorist or make you a politician who tries to strip human rights from the populace, no not even if you think theyre "monsters devoid of empathy."

a politician or corporate ceo does not make the decisions to defund welfare programs or make their employees work awful hours and try to break up unions because theyre "narcissists" or "avoidant personality psychopaths" or bc they "have aspergers" or whatever other heavily demonized mental illness you want to armchair diagnose them with to waive away real world conditions and resign these behaviors as just a biological component of being a "scary" mentally ill person. they do these things for a reason, because they work under capitalist logic. they do the things that will make them the most amount of profit in the short term and will try to break down anything that threatens their profits or challenge the company lobbies that line their pockets, not because torturing their workers makes them feel good.

american mass violence is caused by rising right-wing extremism and white supremacy brought on by the internet and mainstream news networks like fox news, not because the assailant was a "troubled kid" who was bullied. people will go on and on about how we need better mental health treatments while resigning the killer's right-wing manifesto as a fucking footnote as if it has nothing to do with their actions, and how we need gun control and even MORE police funding to keep guns out of mentally ill people's hands (and keep the guns in the hands of privileged white supremacists, as history will tell you that gun control laws in america were mostly brought along to deliberately disarm left-wing black movements)

people don't want to admit that these actions are not irrational or that theyre not actually caused by some inherent human evil, because that would mean theres something wrong with the system and the culture of american society that needs addressing, which is too hard to commit to. instead, scapegoating mentally ill people (who are more likely to be poor and the target of violence) is easier, to say these actions are because the few bad apples simply have a biological trait inside them that makes them sadistic murderers, that theres no way there could be any cultural or economic reward behind their actions that make them act the way they do. no, theres no way a SANE person could commit these atrocities! we dont have to address any systemic problems then, to prevent this from happening again.

#fascist mention #shooting mention #knowing how these people operate and think is important to effectively combatting their violence #this also applies to when ppl try to ''facts and logic'' debunk conservatives with the intent to ''change their mind'' #you remember the post abt ppl saying ''well if you dont want to officiate a gay wedding maybe that job isnt right for u!'' #and a commenter said ''actually thats WHY they get these jobs. to block and obstruct gay people.'' #right wing logic doesnt operate under reducing human suffering or solving a societal issue at its root #its about finding a group of people to scapegoat as the cause of all your problems and to make them GO AWAY. #no amount of saying ''legal abortions cause abortion rates to go down'' #will convince a group of people who think abortion is inherently evil and that allowing it at ALL is a crime

[queerism1969]

#sound of freedom #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtq #queer #lgbt pride #nonbinary #sapphic #nonbinary lesbian #human trafficking #child trafficking #tim ballard #operation underground railroad #the sound of freedom #gay girls #lesbian #right wing terrorism #right wing politics #right wing bullshit #conservatives #right wing extremism #gop #conservatism #right wing women #far right #politics #gop patriots #gop house #michigan gop #fuck the gop

[ginkovskij]

the thing is that fascists are utterly spineless and vile. they won't even own up to what they are. they don't think twice about spitting out fascist rhetoric, but it's so offensive for them to be called fascists because that's a strong, loaded word (so you know that there's nothing to be proud of about being a fascist? so you understand that one should take distances from fascism?). in this fucking country people will feel violated when asked "are you antifa?" and will either refuse to answer or give a non-answer, while going on about how much they feel personally attacked when someone calls them fascists. politicians. members of the government.

at this point just own up what the fuck you are. be honest. be aware of what your words and actions mean. but no, and that's just how small and spiteful these people are.

#with all the shit going on in my country and in europe at this point it would just be easier of they admitted yeah we are fascists #sure that would be illegal but that never stopped them from holding fucking fascists commemorations so far #or turning public television into their brand new studio luce channels #it's very interesting the mental processes by which these people operate like they are worried about the label but not about the actions #being called a fascist is more shameful than being one #(so they invent new names for themselves and they are nationalists conservatives traditionalists etc) #deleting this later

[hypodermicfroggy]

Inching ever closer to getting my likes cleared out

#no idea what I'll do when I do get them all #archive my blog while I hunt for a new community? #the person who kept the dashboard unfucker script operational decided to fuck off to Cohost so #I need a website that's not increasingly catering to mobile garbage #there's a lot of this that's just Wes Bentley and Melovin posts #conservatively I'd guess maybe 500ish could be glitched posts as well #(like where the post is deleted after you liked it directly from the one who deleted it and not a reblog) #(it'll show up as a 'ghost like' and contribute to the count but not actually 'exist') #it's an annoying glitch #croak.txt

[nullcoast]

Why can't we just love eachother and help eachother and cry for eachother when we hurt and laugh for eachother when we're happy. What happened to radical acceptance and beauty. Why are we self-separating using white suppremist ideas about identity. The idea someone needs some pure property to be worthy of adopting a community is point blank a white suprematist idea. Where is the understanding of mistake and pain.

We are so alone and isolated in this generation and we are playing directly into the interests of those in power by further self-separating. Focus on some important fucking shit.

#essentially #get class conscious #explore spirituality #and understand that a human being is an astounding phenomenon and every single one is amazing and terrifying #and is worth the effort of understanding #and accepting #ok yeah I had 6 shots at 3pm whatever #but fr the time someone cut me off bc I said I don't care about hehim lesbians #like in real life #crazy shit (they later apologized which was sick as fuck of them) #just the fact it spills out beyond the internet is horrible and the internet isn't great itself #bc it could otherwise be utilized as an extremley effective tool for praxis #were it not for infighting #like. i know a lot of white queers who avoid 'straight' seeming poc or jocks or whatever the fuck #idk I understand anxiety fully #but if u continue to stay within a social comfort zone #you will never see the beauty of expression possible within humanity #and placing more value on queer white friends than a straigh black friend..... not great. it's not great. #implicitly aligning with your anxiety or discomfort over how another person operates #not great #I've seen queer white ppl treat homeless ppl like SHIT bc ' my anxiety!!' #its fucked up #and it makes me understand why certain demographics see queerness as a rich white phenomoneon (it's not but it makes me understand how ppl #can accept such a ridiculous narrative) #bc white queers such as myself only experiment with radical thought and action within the comfort of whiteness #anything outside that it's the same old white attitude towards others #idk like. what do u do when u meet a homeless guy who is antivax and scizo #do u jsut write him off as a loony conservative? anti lgbt? what do u do? #I've seen this contradiction arise and I'm #just deeply ashamed of how my community is prone to reacting

[cherrytea556]

Okay ok okay, when you make your whole career around rescuing trafficked children and even made a movie about it but then turn around and accuse the 'woke left agenda' of being involved in it, then i nor anyone should take you seriously anymore and should absolutely question your career in general

#sound of freedom #tim ballard #operation underground railroad #anti conservative #imagine saying that conspiracy mush then expect people to take your movie as truth embarassing

[erismourn]

I hate getting so angry upon seeing a thin person come out and get top surgery and t within like a year or 2 of coming out. Like. Totally not their fault, really happy for them, mad at the system that prevents anyone over 150lbs from getting access to gender affirming care

#mads.txt #I don't know if I'm going to be able to get top surgery before it's outlawed in Canada lmao #My doctor submitted a referral to the only top surgeon that'll operate on fat ppl in the province in September #They still haven't even acknowledged the referral + a friend I talked to said they started their process in 2021 #He just got his surgery in lkke #November IIRC. And we're heading towards a conservative gov't because Trudeau is a pig and the ndp doesn't have enough support #I wish I'd started believing in myself before I graduated so I could have accessed care sooner #I've wanted top surgery since I was like 16 #So that's on me ig

[kvetcher-in-the-rye]

Ghost in the Shell Video Game

Civilians drafted into the US Military under threat of violence often refused to shoot people on the battlefield until military researchers desensitized troops to violence with simulations which the military-industrial-complex turned into the video game industry and made civilians so eager to kill that the draft is no longer needed and even protesters voluntarily surrender tax dollars for video game sales which fund the military tyranny and violence they protest against.

Inform video gamers of these facts and they still disagree, so apparently video games also cause retardation.

#video games #games #military #military industrial complex #fascisim #mind control #psyops #psychological operations #brainwashing #murica #corporate greed #corporatism #capitalism #police violence #genocide #gaming #abolish the police #police brutality #police state #conservative #conservative christians #conservative politics #conservative values #conspiracies #government conspiracy #conspiracy #conspiracy fact #history #liberty #libertarian

[red-hot-moon]

True Grit posting bc I’m writing fic again but also bc my boyfriend watched it with his parents (they wanted to watch a western and he recommended them TG because it’s my favourite) and they complained that they didn’t like it bc there wasn’t enough action in it. Like hello? The acting? The amazing dialogue? The occasional explosive violence that makes it all the more impactful? If you just wanna see people shoot other people go watch a Tarantino film

#honestly they're so conservative and judgmental #he also showed them videos of Bruce and they were like 'well he's just standing theree and singing. This isn't a show. How boring' #not everyone has to share my opinions of course #and I've loved this film since it came out so I'm definitely biased #but man #if you can't appreciate the stark subtlety of language and emotion and delivery stripped of unnecessary accoutrements #and that less is more when it comes to Bruce singing or Jeff Bridges acting #we're simply operating on different wavelengths #personal

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

The Department of Justice on Monday sued the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over the installation of a barrier of buoys in the Rio Grande River intended to keep migrants from crossing into the U.S.

The DOJ based its lawsuit on allegations that in building the buoy barrier, Texas violated the Rivers and Harbors Act by obstructing navigable waters of the U.S.

Texas officials began constructing the barrier near the Camino Real International Bridge in Eagle Pass earlier this month, finishing last week, according to the DOJ lawsuit.

Federal officials are asking a Judge to order that Texas remove the existing buoys at their own expense and also that they be enjoined from constructing any further barriers in other waters near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Abbott and the state of Texas allegedly did not seek authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to installing the buoys, as required under law, and that because of that, "the Corps and other relevant federal agencies were deprived of the opportunity to evaluate risks the barrier poses to public safety and the environment, mitigate those risks as necessary through the permitting process, and otherwise evaluate whether the project is in the public interest," the DOJ lawsuit alleges.

The buoys are part of Operation Lone Star, Abbott's major border policy.

"This floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns. Additionally, the presence of the floating barrier has prompted diplomatic protests by Mexico and risks damaging U.S. foreign policy," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement on Monday.

A Judge from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas had not yet been assigned to the case as of Monday afternoon.

It was not immediately clear how soon until Texas has to answer the allegations in court. Abbott's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In a letter on Friday, the DOJ had warned the Governor that Texas' "actions violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government's ability to carry out its official duties."

On Monday, Abbott responded with a letter to President Joe Biden remaining defiant -- and indicating his state's defense will hinge on what he describes as Texas' "sovereign authority" to protect its borders.

"Texas will see you in court, Mr. President," Abbott wrote, hours before the DOJ announced its suit.

Abbott, a Republican, has long assailed what he calls the failure of the Biden administration's border and immigration policies. He's also been busing migrants out of Texas to Democratic-led states and cities -- a move that has stoked outcry from advocates.

On Friday, the Governor said in a statement that his administration, along with Texas' Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard, are "continuing to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal behavior between ports of entry," citing statistics on hundreds of thousands of apprehensions and criminal arrests made under Operation Lone Star.

Responding to the DOJ lawsuit on Monday, White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan, said, in part: "Governor Abbott's dangerous and unlawful actions are undermining that effective plan, making it hard for the men and women of Border Patrol to do their jobs of securing the border, and putting migrants and border agents in danger."

#us politics #news #abc news #2023 #texas #republicans #conservatives #gov. greg abbott #us mexico border #us border patrol #president joe biden #biden administration #department of justice #Texas Department of Public Safety #Texas National Guard #Operation Lone Star #immigration policy #immigration #immigrants #immigration reform #Abdullah Hasan #U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas #U.S. Army Corps of Engineers #rio grande #Rivers and Harbors Act

[homosociallyyours]

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#once you understand that the isr-eli government sees all/most g-zans as h-mas #the confidence with which the military claims 'h-mas ran a base here' and 'we are targeting h-mas operatives' #makes so much more sense #(and should also ring the loudest alarm bells ever) #it's not a perfect analogy but: imagine someone going to a small town in a conservative county #and saying they need to go after all the conservatives there #lots of ppl probably voted for the conservative government #they work in schools and hospitals and churches and bakeries and grocery stores etc #imagine using that as justification to destroy those places #to say that their children are also conservative and should be shot at/jailed #it doesn't matter how you feel about the politicians/how much you agree or disagree with what they say and do #that approach is wrong and vile #every day I'm filled with so much rage and sadness over this shit

[loversandantiheroes]

Either I’m too awkward for dating apps or I’m too fucking cool for dating apps. In concordance with CBT I will be choosing to believe the latter.

#operation find friends/dating options within a 100 mi radius is going about as expected #ie: too many conservative christians and creepy old men #also the amount of guys who think an appropriate selfie is taken from the lap and aimed directly up the nose is phenomenally high #like i'm not saying i'm the most photogenic bitch in the land but like #you could try to make a little effort my dudes #so back to making that list of possible names for the cat that will eventually eat my face when I die #I'm thinking Grzhnak The Conqueror #or maybe Nibbles