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Brazil sends a HUGE fuck you to the Bolsonaro family and the far right.
Will the United States wake up and repudiate Republicans in the midterm elections in 10 days?
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Leaning into Friday like I’m expecting someone to push me right back against the wall. The work week ends in just a few hours, and I'll be using this week's post to distract me 'til then. Thank Gawd It's #FurryFriday #TGIFF
Taking a hands-on approach to the week. When it turns out to be more than a handful... you just have to grin and bear it. #TartanTuesday
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In a few weeks when you go to vote, remember this post.
Two states, different leaderships. One state has a Democratic trifecta, the other has a Republican trifecta.
Where would you rather live?
Education ranking
🔵Massachusetts: 1st
🔴Oklahoma: 48th
(U.S. News 2025)
Healthcare ranking
🔵Massachusetts: 1st
🔴Oklahoma: Near bottom (3rd–5th worst (U.S. News Best States 2025 & America’s Health Rankings)
Poverty ranking
🔵Massachusetts: Among the lowest (~9.7–9.8%)
🔴Oklahoma: 8th highest (~14.9% in 2024 ACS)
(U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024)
Life expectancy
🔵Massachusetts: 80.82 years
🔴Oklahoma: 75.16 years
(CDC/NCHS life tables)
GDP per capita
🔵Massachusetts: ~$93,600–$110,500
🔴Oklahoma: ~$62,700–$64,700
(U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (state GDP data)
Murder rate
🔵Massachusetts: 1.78 per 100,000 (2024)
🔴Oklahoma: 6.25 per 100,000 (2024)
(FBI Uniform Crime Reporting)
Violent crime rate
🔵Massachusetts: 314.7 per 100,000 (2024)
🔴Oklahoma: 422.8 per 100,000 (2024)
(FBI Uniform Crime Reporting)
Federal reliance per $1 paid
🔵Massachusetts: Receives ~$0.60 per $1 in federal taxes paid (net donor state)
🔴Oklahoma: Receives ~$1.30 per $1 in federal taxes paid (net recipient)
(Rockefeller Institute of Government balance-of-payments analysis)
High school graduation rate
🔵Massachusetts: ~89.3% (recent four-year adjusted cohort)
🔴Oklahoma: ~82.2% (recent four-year adjusted cohort)
(State education department)
College degree rate
🔵Massachusetts: 47.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s or higher (2024 ACS)
🔴Oklahoma: 28.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s or higher (2024 ACS)
(U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024)
Air quality ranking
🔵Massachusetts: Stronger (roughly 11th in US News-style rankings; lower average AQI/PM2.5)
🔴Oklahoma: Weaker (roughly 44th; higher average AQI)
(US News Best States air quality metrics)
Teen pregnancy rate
🔵Massachusetts: 5.4 births per 1,000 females ages 15–19 (2024)
🔴Oklahoma: 19.6 births per 1,000 females ages 15–19 (2024)
(CDC National Vital Statistics System)
Incarceration rate
🔵Massachusetts: ~96 per 100,000
🔴Oklahoma: ~545 per 100,000
(Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Infant mortality rate
🔵Massachusetts: 3.28 per 1,000 live births
🔴Oklahoma: 7.12 per 1,000 live births
(CDC National Vital Statistics System)
Fetal mortality rate
🔵Massachusetts: 3.88 per 1,000
🔴Oklahoma: 5.71 per 1,000
(CDC National Vital Statistics Reports)
Median household income
🔵Massachusetts: $104,828 (highest among U.S. states in 2024)
🔴Oklahoma: $66,148
(U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024)
Uninsured rate
🔵Massachusetts: 2.8%
🔴Oklahoma: 11.5%
(U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024)
Adult obesity rate
🔵Massachusetts: 27.0%
🔴Oklahoma: 36.8%
(CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRFSS)
Maternal mortality rate
🔵Massachusetts: 16.4 deaths per 100,000
🔴Oklahoma: 29.6 deaths per 100,000 live births
(CDC National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (2018–2022)
Manic Monday will be here soon enough, so don't rush out of bed just yet. Ease into your Sunday morning.
Watching Miss Congeniality and it holds up and this remains one of my favorite lines in a movie. #SandraBullock
Here's a quick Friday preview to get you through your workday and keep you warm all weekend long. Hope your plans look half as good as this view. Happy #FurryFriday.
Just a little peek for this week's #TartanTuesday post. Sharing this timeless favorite by the master photographer, Michael Stokes.
The mornings in Boston are getting cool, so feast your eyes on Argentine, Julian Arroyuelo, for this week's #FurryFriday. Hope he warms you up and helps to get your blood flowing. #TGIFF
Take a big stretch and start your day. The weekend starts in a few hours. Enjoy this week’s #FurryFriday
In the Scottish Highlands, I've been told you have to get used to a stiff breeze, but looking at this guy, the breeze isn't the only thing that I'd have to get used to getting stiff. #justsayin #TartanTuesday
This is my kind of “Casual Friday. What do you think?
Hope the work day passes quickly and you enjoy this week’s #FurryFriday.
Cyool the Yemeni Cafe & Bakery on Harrison Ave in Boston’s South End is open daily now starting at 7:00am
I’m kind of obsessing over their stuffed date selection.
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Who the f*ck cares? Let this handsome guy inside. #TartanTuesday
