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Marry and Kill Snickers and Milky Way as you please. But if you're not fucking Twix, you've made a big mistake. Who doesn't want a three way with identical twins? For the record though, marry Milky Way, kill Snickers. My life is nuts enough as it is.

sorry to do a completely meaningless poll to you all but

no nuance/I'm bald/I don't know these candy bars option, if you don't know them then this isn't for you

as a reminder:

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If you didn't already know, now you know.

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

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Seldom does a post say exactly the right things, and yet not go far enough.

Yes, demographically and mathematically women are going to suffer the most these next four years. But there are other smaller groups who are going to get hit almost as hard. Hate crimes are going to go up again, against all non-white non-Christians. And the LGBTQ community is going to have a rough time, and maybe even see their scant legal protection eroded.

And the thirteen pieces of silver Trump promised his voters will never arrive. That man has been stiffing his business partners for two generations or more. This administration will be no exception. In fact it's entirely possible DJT's going to treat his base worse than last time, because he's legally ineligible for reelection.

We're going to see the Federal Government hold a four year long fire sale. I hope there's something left to salvage in 2028.

i will never forget and i will never forgive the people who chose this. we all have to suffer the consequences they alone deserve.

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This. Especially anything that a person needs to function on a daily basis. Eyeglasses. Insulin. Ritalin. They should be covered by insurance, period.

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Never bet against Gritty!

(Of course I already have Boston tickets. Of course I do.)

So exciting! Our east coast tour begins! BOTH Philly tonight and Friday are long sold out. Only our second BOSTON show is still available. New England TMBGers awake!

Go to www.TMBG.com for info and tickets!

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A sign of destiny, lots of luck in your future...

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Additionally, don't wear any apparel to the polling place that could be seen as endorsing a particular party or candidate.

In some states, that's seen as voter intimidation, and you will be sent away to change. If you can't get back in line before the polls close, you'd be forfeiting your vote.

I voted by mail this year, and avoided the polls entirely. Ask me how much easier it was!

(Photo stolen from @HistoryMuppet)

Let's get this done, gang!

A friendly reminder to USians: if you are planning to vote on Election Day, your mantra is "Nothing I see today convinces me not to go vote."

Exit polls suggest DT cannot be caught? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Exit polls suggest KH has it in the bag? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly red? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly blue? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Polls can be misleading (intentionally or not). The methodology can be biased (or simply poor). Early results may not reflect what the full count will show. There may be a red mirage. NOTHING YOU SEE CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

The biggest Democratic win in swing states means nothing if democrats don't turn out everywhere to keep the reliably blue states blue.

VOTE. Wear appropriate weather gear if you think you may have to stand in a line outside (coat, hat, gloves, umbrella, sunhat, whatever, you know where you live). Bring water and a snack and something to do (book, game on your phone, podcast and headphones, whatever, you know what you like). GO VOTE.

NOTHING YOU SEE ON ELECTION DAY CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

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Well? Don't just stand there. Wind a piece of string around it! It's what everybody wants.

What's that about prosthetic foreheads?

Quiet, you!

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Proof that we practice what we preach around here. I got to take my time with the ballot this year. And now I don't have to think about this election until the results start to come in.

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It's my 11 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

If you want to get me something (and you're a US citizen) vote blue next Tuesday.

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This. This this this.

My target audience of siblings' kids ranges now from 08-16 years old. And I am infinitely better connected to the ones I have spent more time with.

For example, when I found out nine years and change ago that none of my in-laws would or could sing to their newborns, I was at first thunderstruck, and then I rallied & stepped up. But as a giant nerd with no kids, I didn't sing Baby Beluga or Baby Shark, or even Baby Got Back. I sang them @theymightbegiantsofficial Violin. And Birdhouse in your Soul. And Zevon's Splendid Isolation. And The Sick Note and Paddy Worked on the Railway by the Dubliners.

Because that's what I had ready in my brain. And those songs are now our songs. And it's weird, and you can't put a 10 year old to sleep with a lullaby at all, but it's better than never having had one of your own.

Which is to say: if you want to make a formative difference, more time is better, and earlier is better. Go now, and do thou likewise.

I know that a lot of you are banking on having little to do with your nephews/neices as children and then becoming their "cool aunt" once they become teenagers, but I think that you will find, upon analysis, that a random middle-aged woman stepping into a whole-ass teenager's life and arbitrarily declaring herself to be a "cool aunt" is, in fact, the least cool thing it's possible to do.

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I agree with all of this, and add that in the US it's supposed to be illegal for clergy to endorse a political candidate in their house of worship. Ask your local IRS agent.

MAGA/GOP want to negate all women. Rights, autonomy, privacy, and agency. White women, you are not protected by adjacent patriarchy.

Grab them by the ballot. 💙🔊🗳

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Now, I'm a big enough literature nerd to know that Charles Bukowski said this. I'm also enough of a comics fan to reblog this for the art here. It's still an election year, people; act accordingly.

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You heard 'em gang. Get. It. Done.

If your vote wasn't truly valuable, the folks insisting that "this is as good as it's going to get" wouldn't be trying so hard to take it away from you.

How about we surprise them, and just keep showing up?

In many US states, this week is your last chance to register for the upcoming election.

Please don’t let this wait. Please go get registered—or if you’re registered already, check your registration to make sure it is still valid. Numerous states have been purging “ineligible voters”: so please doublecheck that you haven’t been purged by mistake

If you’re all set, then please encourage everyone you know to register, or to check their own registrations.

Here’s where to start: Vote.gov

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The Keebler Elves lesser known rental property. It didn't have the mod cons of the hollow tree (no accordion potato chip press, no multiple ovens), but it's been a good earner over the years.

Banyan Tree with an attached 16th Century Terracotta Temple, Antpur, West Bengal, India

photo by Laura McPhee

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Okay, as a Gen X'er I feel compelled to add, "By your powers combined, I am...

Captain Planet!"

Work together, team. Good stuff is still possible.*

*Yes, I know the text is in the wrong order for the Planeteers. I'm calling an audible anyway.

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So Happy Bell Riots Day to all who will celebrate it going forward? I mean, time travel paradoxes don't really parse for anniversaries, but it'd be a shame not to mention it.

– You don't know what any of this is about, do you? You work here, you see these people every day, how they live, and you just don't get it. – What do you want me to say? That I feel for them? That they got a bad break? What good would it do? – It'd be a start.

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993–1999) ⤷ Paste Tense (parts I & II)

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