The left and right have very different ideas about what counts as fun

Vice President Harris — she’s making politics fun again!

This realization came to Kate Cohen sometime between the 26th and 27th political TikTok her daughter scrolled through with her.

It’s not just the pop-music-scored “Kamalanomenon” unfolding,

but the “candy-store array” of possible VP picks who might help Harris “crush” former president Donald Trump.

Yes, “crush.”

Kate describes a “we got this” glee
that feels almost foreign after so many years of “if only” wistfulness.

As she asks, “When was the last time it was this fun to be a Democrat?”


Meanwhile, GOP leadership reportedly wants to stop Republicans from having any fun at all with the Harris boom.

Alexandra Petri imagines us inside the room where politicians got their “don’t say the quiet part out loud” sensitivity training

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/26/democrats-fun-harris-biden-trump-olympics-elections/

I hate how NBC manages to take a 45 minute segment and turn it into three hours. I know I say this every two years, but NBC’s coverage of the Olympics is just not good.

LIVE SOON:

Olympics? What's that?
We've got a city to build #pathofexile #poe #settlersofkalguur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk03ce9noMY

Who did this?

So, I'm watching this YouTube video by a linguist, as one does.

The topic is Gen Alpha slang, but then he drops the word "Hotep".

This is literally the first time I've heard a white guy use the term in any context. Turns out that he's fluent in Black English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgg-Gy0E2g

#linguistics #slang

Biden lifted sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler? The man who is literally destroying the Congolese people, genocide for profit? How are Gertler and his cronies not being prosecuted as war criminals?
#BlackMastodon

if you bring this dude to my party you will be invited to more of my parties

This is about how I feel right now: https://suno.com/song/17836365-ee1e-4ab2-8106-37c7df3ee9a6

#78YearOldCriminal #Trump

78-year-old criminal wants a mulligan on his VP putt now that Kamala is on the green.

I'd go drinking with a bunch of you. Probably.

I'm totally socially awkward so one of you needs to be the designated driver for the lot of us and especially for me cuz I'm not even sure why I accepted your non-invitation to meet and will totally drink more than I should to compensate for what are possibly questionable choices on my end.

I reco a waterproof trash bin at my disposal while in your car. Js.

M-m-m-my hydrangea 🎶

Loren's Chipmunk Portrait Studio is open for business

Taken through one of my dahlias. A messy shot but I'm sharing because I love the layers of flowers. I was out there for an hour again today.

TIL that chicken little is an anti nazi film to teach about the evils of mass hysteria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Little_(1943_film)
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ed50ye/til_that_chicken_little_is_an_anti_nazi_film_to/

🤑 👠💪🏼 #Harris2024 #YesWeKam

Just at the nice cafe, and sat with my coffee crush ... Giggles ... We were giggling and laughing at everything ... They had to get back to work ... They squeeze my thigh ... Melting ... Giggles

I couldn't date them, I wouldn't want to ruin their life ... Like I am older enough to be their mother and I'm trans

Hugz & xXx

This always amuses me when Trump says he's a family values guy:

…and I got surprised by these tubular yellow blossoms behind the fence today! They seem quite popular with the ants. #Bloomscrolling

PNW drivers win my award for the worst. They drive super close and then everyone taps their brakes causing a huge slowdown for no reason. They also alternate between adhering to the speed limit religiously and going insanely fast. Is it the weed? The wine? 😝

Power.

The past few days have had Khmer family visiting. We either have no one or are overrun with people. I just hide out most times. Or give the wifi key to those in need. #today they leave. And I'm gone for coffee. I think my wife is gonna be gone soon as they leave for Preah Vihear province.

「Sandi & Matues – The World Pt. 1 」の原盤は、レアファンクDJ KEB DARGE(ケブ・ダージ)しか所有していないという噂もある稀少盤。

#NowPlaying #レコード #ソウル #ジャズ #ファンク #ファンキーソウル #ソウルジャズ #ジャズファンク
https://monumental-movement.jp/Sandi-and-Matues-The-World-Pt.-1/

Yeah, I would be scared too.

Please keep in mind that the Harris euphoria will not -- cannot -- last nonstop through November. There's a natural ebb and flow to everything. Count on the Trump cult getting part of their vile act together after their initially flummoxed response.

Meanwhile, Big Journalism is going to do everything it possibly can to stir up trouble so it can cover the election, as it loves to do, as blood sport. Issues? Ha.

We will save democracy. The hardest work begins now -- please do what you can.

Nobody wants to read all 900 pages of Trump’s Project 2025 — so we did.

Here’s everything you need to know about the playbook for MAGA extremism, who’s behind it, and how to fight back: http://majorityovermaga.org/project2025

From the #Kentucky #birding email list I heard of the passing of a local conservation legend Bob Peak, who, with his wife Judy, spent 30 years monitoring and managing hundreds of Eastern Bluebird nest boxes. Here's a 2008 interview with them (starting at 9:30): https://video.ket.org/video/kentucky-dinnerbluebird-loversfurniture-maker-hkzgss/

Kooky as fuck

"[F]or months Zevin, an author of #Jewish and #Korean descent with nine other #books under her belt, has been grabbing headlines for an unrelated reason: accusations from pro- #Palestinian corners of the literary world that she is a “#Zionist” and therefore, that her works are worthy of boycott.

Zevin has never publicized any of her views on #Israel. But she has become an unlikely poster figure for the culture wars around Israel that have permeated arts and culture spaces, particularly the literary world, since the outbreak of the Israel - #Hamas war."

https://www.jta.org/2024/07/23/culture/how-gabrielle-zevins-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-became-an-unlikely-lightning-rod-in-literary-fights-over-the-israel-hamas-war/

In other words, he’s as good a dad as Elon and is projecting the shit out of it.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-childless-adults-media/

Pax is dreaming of being a dancer in the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Good night, or good day, to all our wonderful Mastodon friends!

#Pax #CatsOfMastodon #Tabby #Cats #Cat #CatsOfFediverse #MastoCats #FediCats #Catstodon #Katzen #Katze #Neko #Kat #Chat #Gata #ILoveCats #AdoptDontShop #Animals #Pets #Pet #Feline #Purr

The only way to out perform the #Olympics #Paris2024 opening ceremony is for #Greece to use #GreekFire to light up the Olympics cauldron sitting in the middle of the Aegean Sea.

^_~

#Sports

Knitting Relay

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames

Mumble Translation Marathon

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames

Drying Paint Watching - Individual

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames

The #Philippines the true winner against #China.

Src: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid027aedYPzpkvru5UPXisqkfa3sxbRDBLyk6tKWL9c41ZpRT8Kpc1vVq4CMNjXXs8sFl

Drying Paint Watching - Pairs

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames

Direct Gaze Avoidance

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames

Normalise cities being able to dance for joy without having to hold a sporting event.

Table Top Figurine Painting

#OlympicGamesForIntroverts
#HashTagGames