Mostly Harmless

Belinda, cis, disaster bi. She/her, Gen X, perpetually exhausted fan of Too Many Things To List. Sentenced to Florida for life.

[arathesane]

Doonesbury, February, 6, 1975, Garry Trudeau.

[catsofyore]

Cats and boxes: the enduring love story. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

[legislacerator]

[plaidos]

there should be an emoji that’s a person with their hands behind their back silently observing a situation

[simena]

Edward Thomson Davis (detail)

[thebreakfastgenie]

I have more than one person in the notes of my post saying they did not in fact know that the ACA stopped insurance companies from being able to deny coverage for a pre-existing condition in case you were wondering where we're at. People don't know the ACA and Obamacare are the same thing, they don't know it's why they have healthcare, they don't even know what it does. How do you even deal with that?

[tzikeh]

ETA:

walking into the sea

[take-liberties]

"they used it to give you healthcare" ok lol let me stop you right there. They made a bunch of compromises they didn't have to in pursuit of "reaching across the aisle."

We could've had the public option! The individual mandate was some libertarian shit that the Dems agreed to and then suddenly the Republicans had a problem with it! They dragged the debate rightward and Dems let it get dragged and then passed some milquetoast incrementalist shit that still allowed private insurance companies to run rampant the way they are now. Sure there are good things in there but don't give the Dems too much credit when WE COULD HAVE HAD THE PUBLIC OPTION.

[thebreakfastgenie]

We could have had the public option if Massachusetts hadn’t blown it the special election after Ted Kennedy died but they elected a Republican. They didn’t have the votes in the senate for a public option after that. Feel free to piss on Joe Lieberman’s grave about it. They did not make compromises in the name of reaching across the aisle during the ACA negotiations. That’s why they needed 60 votes in the senate. They made compromises to get support from the more conservative members of their own party. Those people are basically gone now, many replaced with Republicans. Democrats got slaughtered in the 2010 midterms over the ACA. I have healthcare because of it. If you have a preexisting condition or you’re on your parents’ insurance in your 20s you do too.

[mini-wrants]

Obamacare isn’t perfect, but this is the world we used to live in:

If you’d like to experience that world for yourself in real time, go try to buy life insurance.

[maxanor]

There's just something about the sound of a train horn, you know?

PLURIBUS | Season 1, Episode 8, "Charm Offensive"

[roughtradesaint]

[arathesane]

Had to have blood drawn for labs and there’s a Mexican place up the street from the lab, so I’m bringing home quesabirria tacos for me and mole enchiladas for my mom. I usually get the mole enchiladas here, and have never tried the birria, I hope it’s good.

[tinykittygardencat]

sniffems activated

[hellenhighwater]

All my clean clothes have cat hair on them and here's why:

[hellenhighwater]

He

[catsbeaversandducks]

By sin.xline

[nocountryforoldjetpacks]

This show has some great lines.

[soundsofmyuniverse]

Beginners (2010) dir. Mike Mills

[apatheticfluorescence]

some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it

[headspace-hotel]

Shakespeare is like this

[insufferablepirate]

Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away

Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal

[astrotheyge]

I'll watch you sleep, pal. But you gotta wake up. I have been and always shall be your friend.

Project Hail Mary (2026) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

[sophsun1]

Seinfeld – 8.13: The Comeback