Let's not forget this little gem
#Trump

Same as it ever was…

“The approach of Christmas brings harrassment and dread to many excellent people. They have to buy a cart-load of presents, and they never know what to buy to hit the various tastes; they put in three weeks of hard and anxious work, and when Christmas morning comes they are so dissatisfied with the result, and so disappointed that they want to sit down and cry. Then they give thanks that Christmas comes but once a year.”

Mark Twain, Following the Equator

Morning Cat Report:

6:00 am. The human deviated from her usual binge-sleeping routine overnight.* Yet the human was still uninterested in joining the revels during the catting hour.** The human is a Sour Patch Kitten.***

* insomnia
** groggy
*** sour, then sweet (mostly sour)

#morningcatreport #CatsofCoSo #CoSoCats #cats

@DarksideStraxus

Which means the rest of the world is at risk:

•Mask
•Update boosters
•Distance
•Wash hands
•Avoid crowds
•If infected request Paxlovid immediately

It’s not over 🦠🦠🦠

#covid

@Florence @DarksideStraxus

Very true, I just loved the whole pessimism motif which bled from his writing

Free Pass Pups

#pups4peace

Ken-Dogger: Hey guys, you're getting a little loud playing this morning...
Petie: Yep, no holds barred...
KD: But you should be behaving better, Christmas is right around the corner.
Paulie: Dude, we're not worried about any Naughty List.
KD: Why?
Petie: Naughty list starts when you develop independent thought, we're pups...
Paulie: Yea, we're pups, we got a free pass for 2 years
KD: Yes, yes you do...

So now #Twitter has deleted their posts about the new TOS banning links to other social media. Absolute clown show

Ohio teacher told principal using students' preferred pronouns violated her religion. She was forced to resign, lawsuit says https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-teacher-told-principal-using-students-preferred-pronouns-violated-rcna62237

The U.S. Senate confirmed the first Black female judge to ever serve on the 5th Circuit, giving Democratic President Joe Biden his first appointee to a conservative-leaning court that has often stymied his policies https://reut.rs/3Fqsv3N

@Florence

His 'poll' is bs scam.
<smh>
He'd already announced in a Delaware court hearing that he planned to find a new leader for twatter.

@Florence 😃

They say a smile hides A LOT!
Then again, so does clothing!

~

Other sites survive by propagating doomscrolling and negativity-based clicks

Here, my problem is curiosity-scrolling

I learn so very much from this community--it would take me years to follow all of the interesting threads you initiate

#CoSoConfession

(thank you 💛) #gratitude

Legend has it, there is but one ancient fruitcake that keeps getting regifted over and over again throughout time.

#CoSoHumor

"The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose."
James Baldwin

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The two times I asked for help here on CoSo, my DMs were filled with offerings of kindness and actual help. No crypto bros scamming no bs just straight up kindness.

Where else does that happen?

One of the last independent voices in Alaskan journalism was diminished last week when the Anchorage Press circulated its last print copy.

Former editor Robert Meyerowitz:"We used to have a section up front in the Press called Flashlight, which was a fun miscellany of Alaskana. I called it that because we were going to shine a little light under the stars, a la P-Funk. And we did, but that was 20 years ago.

I guess the batteries finally died."