Frederick Russell

Thomas Phillips, longtime Republican chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, announces he's backing Democrat James Talarico for Senate. "Paxton’s longstanding reputation will embarrass Texas in ways our state simply cannot afford." www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/art...

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

THIS 👇 TOO.......

If you think a test for dementia is an IQ test, you have dementia. If you don't realize you have been given a test for dementia because your physician suspects you have dementia, you have dementia. If you think being able to tell a giraffe from a whale makes you a genius . . . you have dementia.

Happy Sunday, everybody. Vote 🗳️

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

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

The current White House Press Secretary is an insane liar. Change my mind.

Sexual assault is so common that I have to assume any man who complains about it or blames victims is guilty of it. Anyone who uses one false accusation to question us. Anyone who asks why she didn't report or requires a criminal conviction. I just assume you're guilty.

Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...

"Road salt would have been delicious on the steaks you can no longer afford thanks to Donald Trump." —Susan Collins, Senator from Maine

Inhibitions changed in my country. Groupings of people used to bless & protect those who spoke up to hate. Even though hate was popular, it was easily shamed. Now, it feels like the hateful are openly blessing harm & violence & aren't shamed easily. Maybe most big cities are something of a haven?

You cannot design a game against bad faith just like you cannot cook a meal so delicious it teaches diners how to be polite

Not sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened.

Designs for ticket punches, c. 1914 from "Hardware, Tools & Supplies - Catalogue No. 500,” Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., New York Image: International Tool Catalog Library Collection via @archive.org; archive.org/details/hamm...

I feel you, Daniel L

Pretty shameless and pitiful that Republicans who have backed the Iran War every step of the way, never spoke out or criticized it, and voted against every war powers resolution, are suddenly coming out against it 6 weeks before their election while trailing in the polls.

The Top Ten Tips For Being a Christian Conservative: youtu.be/Q0A4SJoYv5s

A hilarious summary

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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...

The Raids Texas AG Ken Paxton sent armed State Police to invade Hispanic voting-rights organizer homes. One target: an 87-year-old retired teacher who criticized his mail-ballot rules. That's not security. It's Jim Crow Voter Suppression. 🧵 newrepublic.com/article/1853...

y'all should check out Hyper Bun Buster it's something fresh and exciting in the arcade scene that should be celebrated. it can't be described by just pointing at games that came before it (footage from Maddison Baek on YT)

Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.

There's an entire political party based only on hatred of liberty.

This is awesome! Someone is taking the Epstein files on the road. The “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” is launching a national tour Sept. 8 in Dallas, just ahead of the Republican midterm convention, where Trump is expected to appear.

An orangutan babysits tiger cubs after learning to feed them by watching his human caretakers. Original post

my tv is currently restarting because its terms have changed and i need to accept the new agreement. a tv shouldn’t have terms of agreement. it should be a tv.

I hope it’s clear to everyone who cares about the survival of our democracy that we need massive turnout and landslide margins to counteract the lies and cries of fraud that are coming after the midterm vote.

. The people of the original 13 states of the USA were fearful of a hateful demagogue rising one day to rule over them. They invented a Congress and Judiciary to check gross overreach of a tyrannical criminal Executive. In cowardice and self-interest, both have abandoned that sacred role. .

“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare

Best new Substack series @250to250.bsky.social with magnificent narrators who make 60 seconds packed with photos and information.

I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...

Ms Rachel got hands

BOSTON…😕 ✈️

Two months ago, tomorrow: Congratulations to all. Let the oil flow.

these guys are just out of control animals

ICE, like all police are pathological liars and criminals.

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It says something unflattering about our country that so many Americans are not concerned that the nation’s president is a money launderer who rapes both adults and children.

And it is finally done, my take on the iconic B2: Keep on the Borderlands cover art! #art #illustration #keepontheborderlands #D&D #oldschool #OSR #fantasy