Alison Smaalders

give it up for Lexi, folks

Election Day should be a national holiday. No one should be working. We should be at the polls and then maybe a bbq as we wait for results to come in. There should be floats and parades. We shouldn't have to beg people to go out and vote. It should be celebrated.

The election isn’t in 8 days. It’s over in 8 days. So please vote ASAP!!!

I hate Texas halloween, what do you mean you're Ted Cruz abandoning the state during a crisis

It’s always better in a union. Pass it on!

hissy bitey babies get ✨ struggle snuggles ✨

Right now, 196 nations are meeting in Colombia to discuss the future of the living world at #COP16 However one nation is not there, because it hasn't ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity The USA is a Rogue State

@drpatrick @latimes Hi @drpatrick: I'm a @guardian reporter based in Los Angeles, and I'm writing about your decision not to allow the @latimes editorial board to endorse a presidential candidate this year. Can you clarify if this decision is related at all to your relationship with Elon Musk?

Oops forgot the link! Here is is 💝 nytimes.com/2024/10/22/wor…

good morning

by far the most grating faux populist rightwing gambit is the "the libs are giving money to immigrants instead of [social program I hated, never mentioned before today and/or wanted to defund, privatize and hand over to Walmart until ten minutes ago]

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@moorehn Yeah sometimes you need a synthetic fiber that was heat-set at near-melting temperature to make indestructible pleats. My mom had a bridesmaid dress with pleated skirt that survived DECADES as a kid's dress-up, pleats intact.

I usually oppose polyester blends but one area where they are absolutely necessary is a good crisp pleat. Look at this beautiful collar!

@ask_aubry 1- I can turn it around in my mind, or in a larger scale, imagine a house or a room and "walk" through it. I sometimes remember where I have put something by mentally putting myself in the room and imagining opening drawers.

What is your level?

@dptalia @ask_aubry I don't think they necessarily correlate, but it's a good thought. My mom is nearly completely face blind, but has excellent visualization. She can walk through a building in her mind and "look" for things in her memory, but can't recognize old friends' faces.

@ask_aubry I'm a 5. I wonder if this is why I have partial face blindness.

@ask_aubry One of the reasons I love telling people about aphantasia is that *everyone*, me included, assumes their level of visualization (or lack of it) is normal and the same for everyone until they learn otherwise. It makes one think about all the ways our minds are different.

BREAKING: Israeli soldiers have stormed the Al Jazeera office in Ramallah, located in the occupied West Bank, and have ordered them to shut down for 45 days. This is a developing story.