So... It looks like some Trump voters are *already* beginning to freak out about the possibility that they will lose something they rely on like insurance through the ACA, VA benefits, etc.

Trump is picking his cabinet nominees, they are declaring what they plan to do, and the people who voted for leopards eating faces are like "oh what? I thought Trump was just kidding about everything except [terrible thing they wanted to happen to someone else]."

@mercedesallen
THIS. Get the business conservatives and the religious conservatives and the little fashy boys all fucking fighting with each other. They HATE each other.

In better news, I think I'm finally ready to infiltrate Moonrise Towers in Baldur's Gate. The Shadow Cursed Lands are very creepy, and I'm ready to be done with that. #BG3

@FlashMobOfOne
This is going to be the most "I didn't know leopards were going to eat MY face" election ever in this country. Much more so than even 2016.

Using content warnings on hope and optimism because I think it's true that some people need optimism right now and some people just need a moment to rage and scream and cry or whatever.

I'm shocked that I'm apparently on the optimism side, but I'm relieved too.

I feel a little bit energized in my convictions, honestly, reminded of things I know to be true: that the real work is survival and fighting and caring for each other.

Older sister mad in the family group chat that an idea for Christmas didn't get run by her.

I texted her: "I think if you're feeling left out it's probably because you ignored two of your siblings' weddings entirely this year, so I figured you weren't interested in participating in stuff. I didn't say it in the group chat because I didn't want to embarrass you."

That feels vicious in a way. But it's not. It's a truth that she wants all of us to ignore.

The pets get fed at 4pm.

The other day husband comes upstairs at 3 and says "the pets are really bad at telling time! Bean kept biting my ankles and trying to get me to feed her!"
Me: "who feeds her in the afternoon?"
Him: "well, you usually."
Me: "and she's not bothering ME, is she?"

At about 3:40 Bean came and sat next to me on the couch. At 3:58, she placed a single paw gently on my arm and meowed. She knew what time it was—she was just shaking him down to see what she could get.

This makes me want to scream and pull out my hair.

"Reduce your vocabulary by 10-20% to prove you're a human."

When the cat gets jealous that a notebook has all your attention.

A former pastor of mine has a habit of arguing with people on social media when they post Bible verses that (without them adding any commentary) he assumes relate to current political and social issues.

If you post a Bible verse about being kind to other people, Christian pastors will yell at you about it. That's the status of evangelicalism in this country.

@FlashMobOfOne
Some of the streaming services we use force trailers on us as ads, but fortunately(?) they are usually for movies I'm not interested in watching. 😅

I tried re-watching #Sinister the other day, and I was so creeped out I had to turn it off.

It's pretty cliche and almost silly at times, so it came as a surprise to get that scared, especially by a movie I've seen before more than once, but honestly, the film is pretty effective.

Does it make it on my top ten? No, but I gotta admit...it works.

#horror #HorrorMovies

I'm never impressed by a horror movie trailer that shows a lot of clips of characters screaming. I feel like it suggests that the movie has no faith in its scares.

#horror #HorrorMovies

I forget all kinds of things but I *never* forget to lock my car. Why? Because before I walk away from my car, I try the handle to make sure it's actually locked—it's instinctual. I forgot to lock my car one too many times, so now I have an ingrained habit to prevent that from happening.

Not paying attention to what I'm doing or my surroundings can lead to a lot of accidents, like knocking over a glass of water I forgot was there. So I have a lot of little personal "rules" to prevent mishaps that have served me well, but don't seem to be the kind of thing that neurotypicals rely on.

I think over time, #ADHD coping skills can lead to being *more* responsible than other people.

For instance, I'm generally kind of surprised when I hear someone say they spilled something on one of their electronics. I'm like "You're 40 years old: why was something that could be spilled anywhere near your laptop? Rookie mistake."

Ana Kasparian's rant post about the "intolerance" of "the left" is way more revealing about her than she intended it to be.

>>Anyone who refused to “resist Trump” was seen as a threat to the country, and I was fully on board with that mindset.

Ana, that's you. You decided to believe that a huge swath of people are irredeemable enemies. Yeah, you're not alone in that whatsoever, but that's not "the left". That's you and the people you decided to hang with.

Basically they were attempting to intimidate Irish forces and the Irish forces weren't having it.

I'm not sure what kind of military strategy they are going for that involves starting hostilities with EU nations.

The IDF is firing on Irish troops now. This will surely go well.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/10/10/israel-fire-unifil-peacekeepers-southern-lebanon-irish-idf/

Apparently the Irish peacekeeping forces in Lebanon have decided that they will *not* be retreating just because the IDF tried to order them to, and apparently Israel isn't thrilled about that.

No Irish soldiers were killed, but two soldiers in an observation tower were wounded when a tank fired on the tower.