Melissa

Kitchen deep clean day 1: refrigerator ✅

Autism happens in the brain, it's not behavior. Autism happens in the brain, it's not behavior. Autism happens in the brain, it's not behavior. Autism happens in the brain, it's not behavior. Autism is a BRAIN WIRING difference, not a BEHAVIOR difference.

we have to think so much less about finding the right candidates and so much more about building political power that makes individual candidates simple stewards of the will of the bases they are accountable to

Something I wish more people would realize.

Disney has absorbed the Muppets, Simpsons, Star Wars, and none of those things have gotten any better. It's almost like Reagan era hostile takeovers are bad for the arts.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

TENNESSEE VOTERS: Check your ballots carefully. Local news outlets are reporting complaints from early voters who say voting machines displayed candidates they did not intend to select.

Is the skeleton on the right… a. A helpful friend OR b. A ruthless enemy of the skeleton on the left?

As a doctor, I know a politician should never come between a woman and her medical care.

Hahahahaahahahaha fuck both those guys!

Ukrainian artist, Viktor Ivaniv

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Hope this provokes the biggest example of the Streisand Effect in the entire history of Streisand Effects. To Hell with both Musk and TikTok.

BOYCOT META!

10 “Nice” Things Neurotypical People Unknowingly Do That Harm Autistics You may think you're being nice, but you're actually hurting your autistic loved one. Here's why. www.thearticulateautistic.com/10-nice-thin... #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismMom #AutismDad #AutismParent

I need your help to get the word out! Election Day is literally around the corner, and some folks don't even know it.  If you want to get involved and make a difference in your community, sign up to knock doors and spread the word!  #AngieforFlorida

A girl won the role of Seymour in South Grand Prairie High School in Texas. Then, the district freaked out because of Texas' anti-trans and anti-gay law. So they tried to strip her role and give it to a boy. She refused, so now they are cancelling the play. Subscribe to support our journalism.

At 16, Corion Evans jumped into the Pascagoula River after a car carrying three teenage girls plunged into the water. He rescued all three, then swam back out to save a police officer who was also struggling. In one night, he helped save four lives.

Almost anything Joan Cusack has a bit in

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Let's Try Bernie's Way.......

Wilderness is not a tree farm—speak up to keep Wilderness and giant sequoias wild! Please call your two senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to oppose the so-called "Save Our Sequoias Act" (S. 4103). Details >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/s4103/index....

It’s bad enough that Gavin Newsom opposes California’s Prop 40. But he also supports Prop 42, a billionaire-backed poison pill that would cancel out Prop 40 entirely and make it impossible to enact future wealth taxes. It’s clear whose side he’s on. Remember this in 2028.

Democratic leaders, call a press conference and stand firmly behind Ilhan Omar and your Muslim elected officials and candidates. Enough of this right-wing fearmongering and Islamophobia.

POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD.

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Starting tomorrow on Indigenous Peoples’ Day federal contractors are scheduled to begin removing thousands of saguaros and other desert plants from Tohono O’odham land in Arizona for Trump’s border wall, according to tribal officials.

I was in a staff meeting today trying to decide how to look like I was listening *sigh*

This book is 27 years old and just as relevant now as in 1999, because rape culture. It’s also been one of the most frequently banned books in American libraries since it was published, because god forbid young people know they’re not alone and have a voice to speak out against sexual violence.

Democrats need to turn four Senate seats from red to blue to get majority. NBC Polling has them leading in eight Red districts. But .... the polls from the last four elections weren't accurate. So just vote!

For anyone interested, here’s Bernadette’s campaign donation link bgp4az.com

A new study shows that state abortion bans lead to higher insurance costs in those states. Increased birth rates with more pregnancy-related complications, and more emergencies and infant and maternal deaths, generate costs that are passed on to families. Black and Hispanic women are most affected.

She is also a lovely person I might add

In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.