This only matters for some poor school board in Smithfield NC, but (a) this is how the far right operates (probably hoping to get kicked out so the can get more publicity), and (b) it’s always the school boards, isn’t it? The thing nobody pays attention to (along with judgeships).

Carolina Forward (@ForwardCarolina) Tweeted: Deep in the swamp of the NC far-right’s facebook groups, this notice is circulating. Cawthorn is teaming up with two no-name Congressional candidates to ambush a local school board meeting 300 miles from his district in JoCo, and gathering a crowd to come with him. #ncpol https://t.co/HTaTzb6w2I https://twitter.com/ForwardCarolina/status/1434686254663323649?s=20

Go Lyft. (Yes, i left out a comma.)

https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/defending-drivers-and-womens-access-to-healthcare

Because that government is best which governs least. Or something.

https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/florida-issue-5000-fines-businesses-schools-who-ask-proof-covid-19-vaccine/MKAZM7KMWZCYNLIIXU64RAGHP4/

Quite the rite of passage:

«”Finally, vitally, this addict will decide for himself that he wants to go on cold turkey. This means to endure the physical agonies of abruptly quitting dope.

When this time comes, ex-addict Muslims will arrange to spend the necessary days in around-the-clock shifts, attending the addict who intends to purge himself, on the way to becoming a Muslim.

When the addict’s withdrawal sets in, and he is screaming, cursing, and begging, “Just one shot, man!” the Muslims are right there talking junkie jargon to him. “Baby, knock that monkey off your back! Kick that habit! Kick Whitey off your back!” The addict, writhing in pain, his nose and eyes running, is pouring sweat from head to foot. He’s trying to knock his head against the wall, flailing his arms, trying to fight his attendants, he is vomiting, suffering diarrhea. “Don’t hold nothing back! Let Whitey go, baby! You’re going to stand tall, man! I can see you now in the Fruit of Islam!”

When the awful ordeal is ended, when the grip of dope is broken, the Muslims comfort the weak ex-addict, feeding him soups and broths, to get him on his feet again. He will never forget these brothers who stood by him during this time. He will never forget that it was the Nation of Islam’s program which rescued him from the special hell of dope.”»

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (https://a.co/1jmKDwU)

Louise Claire (@louiseteaches) Tweeted: They say time stopped here at the start of the war But nature grows wild Around broken things Around the stone knuckles Of the laundry cottages The air is stirred by butterflies Flurries of marbled whites An orange-tip male On a hanging cowslip A scrap of the sun in his wings https://twitter.com/louiseteaches/status/1429355906400145413?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/arts/design/titian-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-review.html

For a long time, i have sometimes wondered what is the difference between art and pornography.

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/02/12/castle-keeps-community

Hmm. Sheepdogs, Spartans, thin-blue-liners, 3 percenters…? I get the picture, I think.

Except, the more i think of it, i guess they’re not “Soldiers” but more like cancerous cells, always present but only flourishing in certain conditions (the analogy isn’t perfect, ok?).

«Soldiers are apt to consider themselves as a Body distinct from the rest of the Citizens»

https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/1425576256116981761?s=20

Hilarious conversation about mayonnaise, inflation, economics, and stupidity.

Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) Tweeted: Food price inflation is currently about 3%. If a 3% price increase means you’re paying $200 more per week for mayonnaise, that means you’re currently buying about $6,800 worth of mayonnaise every week. And, friend, that is simply too much mayonnaise. https://t.co/rozniGS9mT

This is good.

Kaitlyn Greenidge (@surlybassey) Tweeted: https://t.co/zYlvpaGWT2 https://twitter.com/surlybassey/status/1424756681595097088?s=20

My company just mandated Covid vaccinations and I am here for it, as they say.