I knew we were undergoing a massive solar storm, but never ever would have guessed I'd see the Aurora in SOUTH FUCKING NEW MEXICO

HOLY SHIT

Pic my partner took with a Night filter. The white glow at the bottom is probably the town of Alamogrodo, which has a barely notable glow at night sometimes.

The red? Fuck me running. You can see it with your naked eyes here right now. Takes up a CHUNK of the northern sky, and keeps changing shape

Picture taken at the same time by a friend in Denton, TX. Same Latitude, 700 miles apart. WHAT THE FUCK.

I am pretty darn sure I know what a magnet is.

Is it appropriate or not to say "Mamma Mia!" about this?

And even if the bill DOES get to Trump's desk before Thanksgiving? Again: I do not think he will sign it. For no solid, logical reason I can find, Trump seems to want this shutdown to go on and fucking on.

"Democrats caved, the shutdown is almost over!" Jesus blistering fuck. The SENATE Dems caved. The house is unlikely to do so anytime before the end of the month.

Even if they released all the money in the emergency contingency fund RIGHT NOW, it wouldn't be enough to fund SNAP nationally all the way to Thanksgiving.

Where do you think he got the name?

I appear to be drinking a beer right now.

Nah. Insanity has gotten me this far. Fun ride.

I'm willing to bet cash that he won't sign it. He will make idiotic excuses. He will demand a "better bill" come along. And he'll keep the gov shut down.

Why? All snarking and rage aside, I don't understand where this train is going anymore.

I say this from a philosophical standpoint, as well as that of a humanist:

WHAT THE EVER LOVING FRIED FUCK

If this doesn't end by Wednesday, every single American reading this post is gonna start feeling it.

The red is the percentage of delayed and canceled flights TODAY.