if you love the handbasket and want to keep it going strong, quote post this with why you’re a paid subscriber!

i’m 200 away from a major goal. LFG.

www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

Also, if anybody hasn't seen Unsleeping City S1 & S2, now is a great time. Generally topical and relatable without being nearly so triggering. And there's a bunch of optimism. Just sayin'.

(Also, @samreich.bsky.social, both you and your father have been doing an amazing job of Keeping The Balance re: "what's happening" and "genuine optimism in the face of horrors beyond our reckoning." Keep being yourselves, Sam and @rbreich.bsky.social!)

Like, not to crib from @dimension20.bsky.social and Emily Axford, Character Creator Extraordinaire, but dammit, IT IS WHAT IT COULD BE!

We're surrounded by potential to help uplift our communities! GRAB IT BY THE HORNS! 💜

And I truly believe that to be a real possibility someday. Per realism again, I know it will be a truly monumental effort, and a lot of trust between people will need to be rebuilt. And that takes time. But dammit, WE CAN.

I truly believe that if people put in their most honest effort, the world could be a beautiful place for everyone! Per realism, I know not everyone DOES and The Loudest Ones DON'T, but there is good within our grasp if we get off our damn high horses and just TRY!

jfc this is really not the way I wanted my dx confirmed/validated

Lots of words you can use for all this shit but it really is just pure uncut evil isn’t it

(Also, jsyk, classism is deeply rooted in racism anyway, so actually your last microaggression is when you made that fucked-up, splash-damage, couldn't-give-a-fuck joke about Southerners and their meth and their cousins. Seriously, you thought COUSIN JOKES weren't rooted in EUGENICS? Try again. 💅🏼)

So why don't you go ahead and explain that, O Yankees Who Love To Cry "Incestuous Texan Drug Addict" So They Can Try To Forget The Blood On Their Hands? Bestie has survived and thrived, and I am grateful to have been there. Many don't even make it to "survived." What's your fucking excuse, classist?