gawd this is so satisfying.

working and watching the Meidas Touch live screen on youtube. I watched about 9 minutes of MSNBC and then they kicked me off.

back when he was the worst president in the history of the USA, i was active on twitter and often when he tweeted some fascist hateful bullshit, denying the crimes he had clearly committed, I'd tweet back at him, "Just because you've always gotten away with it does not mean you always will."

he didn't believe that. at times I didn't believe that and it grieved me something fierce.

motherfucker. it's happening.

Question.

can the judge put a gag order in place tomorrow? Because trump is going to do his level best to get some people killed otherwise. Another perk of a gag order is that it very well may lead to him being found in contempt. many times. possibly even jailed.

i'm hoping the prosecution will move for this and come with bunches of evidence, his media posts, the picture of him threatening the prosecutor with a baseball bat, "death and destruction," etc

there has to be some way to convince the would be king that he is not going to be king. that he is facing criminal charges and needs to begin behaving accordingly.

full video with SE Cupp discussing right wing "outrage"

just wanted to share this, for JUSTICE

you know what i don't give a fuck about right now?

how TFG is responding to this, the best news I've heard in years. YEARS!!!

Three years on,

my youngest son and his wife have COVID for the first time. (NC)

my oldest son and his entire family have had it probably more than once (in CA)

my middle son and I, who live together in NC, haven't had it yet. he works in a grocery and worked in that grocery all through the pandemic. He does continue to mask at work.

still, I don't get it. I'm essentially a recluse who wears a mask even going through a drive thru restaurant, but I live with a person who is in contact with the public all day and every day, and we have not contracted this virus.

anyhow. Their symptoms are mild, they are young, and that's all good. But it sucks anyhow, even now. My middle son and I may be among the last people I know who have not had COVID.

Regarding notifications.

I'm getting pop-ups from DU asking me to turn on notifications - I just dismiss it. I can't count how many notifications I get from how many apps already, it's too much.

But when it comes to DU, I would adore being able to follow certain people and would even embrace being notified when they had a new post up.

Will this ever happen? If it already has, how do I take part? lol

WP article regarding the College Board

i'm using the gift link so hopefully everyone can read it without running into the paywall.
https://wapo.st/3HsnQ22

The official curriculum for the course, released Wednesday by the College Board, downplays some components that had drawn criticism from DeSantis and other conservatives. Topics including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life are not part of the exam. Instead, they are included only on a sample list states and school systems can choose from for student projects.

movies you'll watch over and over

even if nobody else even heard of them. I'll go first

Gorky Park
Into the Night
Narrow Margin

ETA An American Dreamer - JoBeth Williams deserved an Oscar for that film.

Grief spasms.

Sometimes I need to cry. Sometimes I'm suddenly overcome and tears start pouring from my eyes, stinging them, stuffing up my nose, unexpected and not actually welcome. At these times I moan her name out loud, omigawd I miss you so much.

I was warned about this, more than 21 years ago. For all of these years, these inexpressibly painful feelings strike when they choose, without warning. In my mind it always sends me back to the first time I learned she'd been killed. Like there's someone standing at my shoulder saying, "Bekah's dead," and I can't believe it.

I can't believe it. Years beyond all those other phases, bargaining, acceptance, anger, guilt, whatever they are. The slow unraveling of a state of shock so profound it takes months and years to subside.

Brian Sicknick's mother precipitated this grief spasm. There are times when I truly wish I did not have to be a part of this sisterhood of bereaved mothers! But at the same time I wish I was next to her so I could hug her. In my opinion there is no getting around the fact that people who have not lost a child don't "get" the profundity of that loss. But the bereaved mothers, they get it. Sometimes almost all you have to cling to is knowing that there is somebody who understands you right now, when the people who know and love you best just do not have a clue.

Anyhow. After over 21 years I can still be left in a puddle. I will blow my nose, wash my face, and carry on as best I can. Hugs to all and any suffering from the loss of a most loved one.