Big Hair Don't Care

This you Brendan?

Once in a while the whole Internet comes together and it's glorious. Looking at the results of this collective brain power I can't help but wonder why we can't agree to settle on a single type of charging cable. I vote for USB-C. #CEOritualsacrifice #caughtbycoldplay

Ringing the NYSE opening bell is an honor and an exciting moment. On a day like today it was more like presiding over a funeral. I wonder who was on that balcony this morning... Oh. Yes this feels appropriate.

The United States: A play in two acts October 2024 vs April 2025

Who needs advance warning of 165 mph winds anyway. I'm sure we'll be fine without those thousands of forecasters and climate scientists. #thisisfine #NOAA #naturaldisasters #DOGE www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Them: Why would you ever want to leave this amazing country?? 🤡 Me: I don't want to grow old in an underdeveloped country without doctors or science or safe food or a Constitution. 😐

Can we normalize not calling women "girlies"? That word gives me hives.

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My kinda town

Only a week in and I'm exhausted. Sharing a reminder I had to give myself today. No one person can save THE world. But each individual human's experiences are their world. So if you can help one person you can save A world. Just keep swimming, take a breather when you need to, and start again. 💙

I think the problem is supporters of this administration are using Mein Kampf as a "how to" manual while the rest of us have our noses buried in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Might be time to brush up on The Art of War. #booknerdsassemble

What mental illness is this?

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Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute bsky.app/profile/angr...

There already are 750+ pieces of legislation before Congress and 🍊 has 100+ executive orders lined up to sign as soon as he takes office. Eye on the ball everyone. www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except the ones who voted for mass deportations. Thanksgiving is cancelled for you, you can have the listeria meat at home and think about what you've done.

Anyone happen to know where all the small hairspray bottle caps go? Is there a black market for these things somewhere? Are there bottle cap gnomes? And if so are they related to the sock gnomes?

Good advice. This is why he's Mark Cuban and I'm not. I need to work on my self restraint.

Ok can we all collectively agree this one's on Oprah? #clowncarcabinet www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...

Getting older means spending 45% of your time scheduling and attending Dr appts, and another 45% trying to remember passwords to your 87 healthcare and insurance portals 👵 #agingisnotfortheweak

It's never a good sign when Russian media is celebrating your National Intelligence Director pick like it's New Year's Eve in Moscow

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Also, Operation Expat. But that’s a long ways away for me at least so for now this is what I’ve got. If you made it this far, thank you for reading. Hopefully there was something cathartic or helpful here. If not, or if I’ve offended you… I'm sure you can find the exit on your own.✌️ 🧵 20/20

I plan to focus on non-voting Dems + Independents. There will be regret and buyer's remorse once reality hits. It's important to put effort into clinching blue seats in the midterms. Postcards, education, canvassing. 🧵 19/20

I won't prioritize kindness over clarity at this moment in our history and I won't people-please or submit to those who would do harm to save a buck. The goal is to force the idiots back to their villages, the trolls back under their bridges, the bullies back to their parents' basements. 🧵 18/20

I will not be gaslit into entertaining willful ignorance or bigotry and I’m not interested in keeping the peace with anyone working to uphold it. They broke the social contract first so I have no obligation to uphold it in my treatment of them. 🧵 17/20

I don’t subscribe to any of that in the context of this topic and the sentiment seems to be coming from people who a)want to keep the peace because it’s more convenient for them or b)believe they will benefit from the aforementioned misogyny and bigotry so want to uphold it. 🧵 16/20

Now. About this collection of sentiments: -Be the bigger person, don’t match hate with hate, be kind -Be gracious, try to understand where people are coming from -Don’t let politics ruin your relationships -We can disagree and still be friends/family/whatever In short, nope. 🧵 15/20

Call out your racist, antisemitic, and/or homophobic co-worker and your “sweet” uncle who sometimes forgets racism isn’t a funny punchline anymore (protip: it never was). Ask them to explain the "joke". Watch then try. 🧵 14/20

Let me say it again. MAKE THE WORLD INHOSPITABLE FOR BIGOTS. Break the social contract, make people uncomfortable. Good men: Confront “locker room talk” about women that you know is inappropriate. Don't laugh at or excuse “jokes” that are actually threats. 🧵 13/20

Where do we go from here? I’ve only made it to the anger stage of grief so I’m not the one with the answers. But here is what I am sure of, and this would have applied even if Harris had won. Job #1 is making this country as inhospitable for bigots as possible. 🧵 12/20

Many others voted for Jill Fucking Stein, and I’m too mad to even try to address the idiocy of voting for a complete loon the Green party trots out every four years then stuffs back in a broom closet somewhere so she doesn’t say too much stupid shit. I digress. 🧵 11/20

“But millions didn’t even vote, the fact that Trump won doesn’t mean that’s who we are”. False. Not voting is a choice, and flush with the knowledge that polls were leaning toward Trump, millions of registered Democrats who voted in 2020 opted out of this election. 🧵 10/20

Even with the knowledge that 54% of adults in the US have literacy below the 6th grade level, and 21% are fully illiterate, I can’t find a way to spin all of this in a way that makes the answer any more complex than racism and misogyny. 🧵 9/20

They didn’t want to talk about how Jesus would hate all this, or how it’s the opposite of “pro-life”. The “marriage is bw a man and a woman” crowd and whatever people threatened by trans existence are.. refused to answer why they're so obsessed with other people’s genitals + who they love. 🧵 8/20

The “just follow the rules” crowd didn’t want to talk about how laughably complex + lengthy the path to citizenship is, or how much undocumented immigrants contribute economically while getting little back or the fact that many immigrants will be killed if returned to their home countries. 🧵 7/20

The “pro-life” crowd denied that women and the fetuses they claim to care so much about are dying because doctors fear losing their licenses or going to prison if they treat a woman who is having pregnancy complications. If it's not happening to their loved ones it's not happening. 🧵 6/20

The same people covered their ears like toddlers when asked who they thought was going to pick their produce after all the “illegals” were deported. When they were told losing Obamacare would hurt them, they said they didn’t care because they were covered by the ACA, bless their hearts. 🧵 5/20

The “back the blue” and “rule of law” crowd turned a blind eye to the activities of January 6th and 34 felony convictions. The “I want a better economy” and “groceries are too expensive” crowd ignored those who tried to tell them how tariffs work. 🧵 4/20

We told the world we're selfish and ignorant. Upside no one was surprised, the rest of the world already knew. Democracy worked as intended and the majority of voters said they prefer a 2x impeached unstable bankrupt grapist w/34 felony convictions over a well-qualified woman of color. 🧵 3/20

I’m infuriated. Not bc Harris/Walz lost. I’m more sad about that than angry, they would have been good for us. I’m angry bc the US had the opportunity to stand up, hold our head high, and tell the world who we are, and what we chose to say is that we are unflinchingly, proudly repugnant. 🧵 2/20