Barrie Abalard she/her

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Opinions news #cats, etc Not here to fight #bekind #queer #abrosexual Midcentury #technerd; unrepentant #biwhore; old as fuck. Pubhealth/transpo fangurl Former major mkt #radio jock #savecats #LGBTQIA Je parle #francais un peu #Zen #Buddhist #noGod

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Unless you are a cis male #MAGAt, this is true. (And, who knows, maybe even for some of them it's true) It's true for every #LGBTQIA person I know, including me, including my brave trans male friend in Alabama, including my husband who, a Ukrainian Jew by blood, is freaked out RN by US #fascism

I can't help but share this today. This is for all the #whiny #entitled people so puffed up about their #freedumb with no thought of anyone else's right to exist peacefully.

I want one of these so hard. I can't promise I'll write anything (maybe I'll paint or maybe just drink wine and read), but it sounds heavenly. #livingthedream

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Facts.

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The party that doesn't think felons should be able to vote, and whose power largely depends on that in key states, nominating a felon should be a bigger story. Beyond all his treachery, fraud and abuse.

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The most important vote of your life

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RIP Bob Newhart. His humble and dry, sarcastic, deadpan wit was legendary. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Bob Newhart, everyman comic who elevated sitcom to art form, dies at 94www.nbcnews.com Newhart approached comedy with economic precision, honing his craft by watching other comedians and seeing what they did well — especially his idol, Jack Benny.

Fuck Death indeed. You're an asshole, Death.

NOT BOB NEWHART. FUCK YOU, DEATH.

OH NO. #BobNewhartRIP If you are young, you likely never experienced his full genius. Never failed to make me laugh, not his words per se, but from his physical tics/the way he delivered his words, often with a stammer. One of his last roles: Prof Proton on The Big Bang Theory. Still so f'n funny

Breaking news: Bob Newhart dies at 94. The legendary comic and actor’s understated routines emphasized the absurdities of life and influenced a generation of comedians.

Bob Newhart, who went from standup comedy to sitcom star, dies at 94wapo.st After his “Button-Down Mind” album hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart, he starred in two hit sitcoms and influenced a generation of comedians.

#WarrenZevon & this man influenced me greatly in my 20s. #HunterSThompson was a minor-league a-hole but major league writer, and #quotable. Born today in #Louisville, 87 yrs ago. #fearandloathing "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me"

From the #warrenzevon FB page--a newly discovered photo. #Hishairwasperfect (Be still, my heart) #Zevon and #HunterSThompson greatly influenced me in the Seventies. Stand by for #HST

www.jefftiedrich.com/p/ear-gate-w...

ear-gate: why is the press giving Donald Trump yet another free pass?www.jefftiedrich.com what's going on under that bandage?

From 2009 but the lyrics and images feel very #2024 to me. #annielennox #watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl00...

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I'm all for testing this theory.

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The only Vance I support

"JD Vance is what would happen if a total lack of principles became a real boy... there is one thing in this world that JD Vance seems totally sincere about: he fucking hates women... ("bunch of childless cat ladies") ... wants to track your menstrual cycle... " www.jefftiedrich.com/p/jd-vance-i...

JD Vance is even worse than you imaginedwww.jefftiedrich.com Trump-Vance is the most toxic, anti-woman ticket possible

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More analysis of Project 2025: end fuel efficiency standards, end nutritional data on food, you know, little things like that.

The Infernal Triangle: Needles in Project 2025’s Haystackamericanprospect.bluelena.io Political journalism that...

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If you ever want to understand why the privacy rationale for abortion and contraception is more important and vital than ever, this is it.

JD Vance opposes the Biden Admin rule barring law enforcement from having access to your medical records about reproductive health (menstrual cycles, endometriosis, miscarriages, pregnancy, etc.) so that state laws limiting abortion and/or contraception can be enforced against you!

JD Vance, Menstrual Surveillance Hawktalkingpointsmemo.com This Spring HHS finalized new regulations under HIPAA to limit law enforcement...

#boom #billionaires #tinysnekcomics

Me and Miss Kitty (from several years ago). #kittylove #cats

The photo is nine years old, so the Android technology is inferior, but these are two #ibis in #CityParkNewOrleans. Ibises are in a number of ancient Egyptian paintings and are still common in #Egypt.

#cats #bestfriend

#abortion Well, of course there is. Who could believe otherwise considering the pieces of shit running the #redauthoritarianparty? Oh, and #Vance wants wimmenfolk to stay in abusive marriages. Never expected anything different there. jessica.substack.com/p/gop-platfo...

GOP Platform Author Admits There's a National Banjessica.substack.com 7.16.24

#SCOTUS #termlimitsforsupremecourt #judicialethics #Biden apnews.com/article/elec...

Biden seriously considering proposals on Supreme Court term limits, ethics code, AP sources sayapnews.com Any changes would require congressional approval, which would be unlikely in a divided Congress.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump does not get post-shooting poll boostwww.newsweek.com A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by just one percentage point ahead of November's election.

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They have such winning ideas like “why don’t we charge people who want to know if that tornado is gonna hit their house.”

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reportswww.theatlantic.com Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In the meantime, here at the house in the micro-forest... 1. They (Wx folks) keep promising rain. I'll believe it when I see it. 2. Plan to contact #WillsEye in Philadelphia. They have the #1 #Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy specialist. #rarediseases 3. No one in KY is touching my damned #eyes

#tiedrich www.jefftiedrich.com/p/donald-tru...

Donald Trump is still a menace to democracywww.jefftiedrich.com not one fucking thing has changed

#disabilityrights Meanwhile, in #MAGAtLouisiana www.wbrz.com/news/disabil...

Disability advocates sue state over laws they claim limit ballot access to disabled voterswww.wbrz.com BATON ROUGE — A disability rights organization is suing Louisiana to prevent a series of new laws that the group claims violate the Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising disabled voters.