I promise there are more bigoted cis/het people than closeted queer people in politics.

Disclaimer: yes, it is good to have evidence for this.

That said, it’s very ‘scientists discover the world existed that way for a reason before we started fucking it up.’

I wonder if it’s possible to quantify how much of the reforestation in the US over the past 75ish years is monoculture tree planting rather than a diverse selection? I know I definitely grew up near a fair amount of “forests” (rows and rows of pine) that were deserts biologically.

Add the toppings back in and boom, focaccia.

Goddamn Spectrum, is there anything they don't fuck up?

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

intentionally without the verb "to be"

[cries in Romance language learner]

Damn, it's crazy how the demographic that they don't rely on because they're so tiny who totally doesn't show up to vote for them anyway is the reason they lost. Maybe if they go even further right next election it will work!

It wasn’t obvious, plenty of people simply say that the left doesn’t vote despite the fact they’re some of the most engaged voters out there.

You would think that courting the most dedicated voting demographic on your side of the aisle would be a positive if they weren’t already mostly voting for you anyway, but I’m not the kind of brilliant political machine that can lose elections to Trump twice. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is there data about the 2024 election showing this available already? Because the 2020 data doesn’t support that.

Belly rub hack: if your cat is being annoying and trying to get at something they’re not supposed to, it’s really easy to get away with grabbing and rubbing/jiggling their primordial pouch. The curiosity/naughtiness usually outweighs the flee/attack desire for much longer.

Not the exact same as a belly rub on their back of course, but I’VE GOT YOUR BELLY! I’VE GOT YOUR BELLY!!

That it’s okay to stop what I’m doing and take care of myself even if everyone else is doing fine. And that running yourself into the ground because you’re “supposed to” is going to fuck you up in the long run.

That last bit especially applies to running, my knee clicks an unreasonable amount now.

Ripping out 60 trees that weigh 30 lbs each in a night? There’s no way this was just some drunk hooligans or something. This was either over money or politics.