When Obama endorsed same-sex marriage…
… my office was all:
The Carlton!
Paying Attention Now
Forecats for Thursday, May 3!
Looks like most of the weather is still south of the Cities with the threat of storms as imminent as a Twins World Series bid. Nevertheless, since a possibility lingers and umbrellas make a fine accessory, it may suit you to bring one with you to work. And it’s humid. And will probably stay that way until September or October.
Credits:
Oliver Kitty, the handsomest cat with the best morning routine (thanks, Emmy!)
Monty, working it (John & John!)
Deezel & Beemer, being real darned cute (Jackie!)
Lionel, sleeping like an angel and easy like Sunday morning (Liz4EVER!)
Thanks to all (both?) of my readers, and I hope you continue to choose my highly unscientific, fur-laden weather reports for most of your information needs!
The Trans Women's Anti-Violence Project: Self-Defense and the Criminalization of Survival
It was just announced that CeCe McDonald, who was being charged with two counts of second-degree murder in an incident of self-defense, has just taken a plea-deal—second degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month sentence. CeCe McDonald’s sentencing hearing will be in a month.
But Ms….
Singers perform at the Somali National Theatre in Mogadishu, Somalia
Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh
(Source: Guardian, via theafricatheynevershowyou)
Ten years after her debut, Norah Jones is ideally positioned for the subtle sonic makeover she undergoes on Little Broken Hearts, which she recorded with producer Danger Mouse.
(via nprfreshair)
I’m a Woman for Obama
Huzzah.
Texts from Hillary: TTYL
It’s been an overwhelming—and hilarious—week for us here at Texts from Hillary (TFH). What started as a joke at the bar between two friends turned into a national conversation about Secretary Clinton and went as far as talks about 2016.
After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on…
Best sign of smart people: knowing when to quit. This meme made my week.
(Source: textsfromhillaryclinton)
Ever since puberty, ever since I was 11 or 12, I’ve had cyclical depression. That’s something that has been a defining feature of my life as an adult. It’s manageable. But it’s real. And it doesn’t take away from my joy or my work or my energy, but coping with depression is something that is part of the everyday way that I live and have lived for as long as I can remember. … Depression for me, you can’t distract your way out of it. … When you are depressed, it’s like the rest of the world is the mother ship, and you’re out there on a little pod and your line gets cut and you don’t connect with anything. You sort of disappear. And so it’s not something you can talk-therapy out of. It’s really a chemical thing. You get adrenaline from work, but adrenaline is not a cure.
(via nprfreshair)
This happened to me in America. I am shot and killed in a residential neighborhood. My cell phone is on my person, and I am found to have been carrying only a bag of candy and a drink. 911 calls from neighbors record my screams for help, in the moments before my death. No one uses my cell phone to locate my family. No one canvass the neighborhood to see if someone there knows me. I am a John Doe in the morgue for three days. But, my body is tested for drugs and alcohol. My killer is not tested for anything. My killer is questioned and released, and he is still free today. I am Trayvon Martin, and We are better than this. Repost to get justice….
Related link: Trayvon Martin could be your son
