[publicuniversalpedant]

NOT me accidentally talking my uber driver into leaving his wife …

[publicuniversalpedant]

God’s promise to me that I will always have the power to kill hetero marriages

[junkworldusa]

[baseballcardvandals]

Blue hair, who care.

Own this BCV original.

[aomitois]

rb and tag your favorite song that's not in english, japanese or korean

[iah-q]

im obsessed with jelly minty-turquoise nails rn ---- and its leaked into my beadwork I think 🦭🐬🪼🧊⛲️🌀🌊🎐🪩

[ktae]

house of leaves is the perfect book for people who love wikipedia but wish it could be scarier

[hungwy]

they just put the dead flag blues by godspeed you! black emperor on kidz bop 54

[mezzodical]

and the playground is all muddy with a thousand lovely water slides

[polari]

english-language poetry can pack it up because we’ve found the most beautiful string of consecutive words ever uttered and it is “björk’s stud girlfriend”

[gaygoatshane]

and i said thank you GQ Hype

[fuhosh-i]

Confessions of a People-Pleaser

On the unpleasantness of being very, very pleasant

[freakoutgirl]

[die-rosastrasse]

Some fun squares I crocheted recently 🧶☀️

[the-cimmerians]

Massachusetts's Millionaire Tax Still Going Very Well, Thank You!

And the millionaires aren't going anywhere, for the most part.

Excellent update on year 2 of this program:

Last May, we were very happy to report that the Millionaire Tax instituted in the state of Massachusetts was working out very well, not scaring off all of the rich people, and raising funds for necessary education and transportation initiatives. The state had raised $1.8 billion — $800 million more than they predicted — and none of the terrible things the naysayers had predicted happened at all. But how are things going a year later? Even better! The tax has now generated $3 billion more than expected, for a total of $5.7 billion that has been spent on projects that are positively benefiting Massachusetts residents and “being used to bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.” In case you need a refresher, the tax is a 4 percent tax on anything people make over a million dollars.

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[thethingsnerd]

This article has a great way of framing tax alarmists for the hypocrites they are. It’s woven neatly through the whole article, but this quote really sums it up:

Sure, people complain. Rich people are always going to complain about taxes. But they never flee the way they threaten to, largely because whether or not they like to admit it, they prefer to live in the kinds of areas where things are made nicer by the taxes they don’t want to pay.

Tax the rich. Most of them won’t notice and even more of them won’t care

[not-lupus]

he's quoting hamilton pre-hamilton

[loumandivorce]

devestating news for you

[malcolm-f-tucker]

[xalatath]

Interested ✅️

[innerchildabortionclinic]

Growing up non american but with US media and later US centric social media the meat consumption just feels wild. The idea that meat like beef and such is seen as this easily affordable thing to have around. Not saying everyone does but just the portrayal of it. The US meat and dairy lobby really grabbed some and made them think its normal and consequence free. And you are right. We will see more of that. They keep walking in that direction not expecting to hit the goal.

the meat consumption combined with disgust over direct killing of animals for food is what really gets me. working in a grocery store one time this woman said she hated the graphic near the meat department that showed what part of a pig is called what as a cut of meat. she "didn't want to think about where it comes from". DID YOU THINK THE PORK SPAWNED OUT OF THIN AIR?! not having to be the one to kill the animal yourself is a privilege--US factory farms are notoriously horrendous not only for what the animals endure. hell, one of the main motives for food safety regulation in the US early on was a story about working in a meat packing plant.

[kabaks]

grace kelly

[eebie]

The apple they fed to snow white wasnt poision at all it was just a red delicious