“Well folks, times like these make me even more grateful that my parents gave me the gift of a strong work ethic— …I’m just being told that the work ethic is actually a time bomb constructed out of a dozen anxiety disorders and socioemotional deficiencies lashed together inside a trench coat”

Let’s get biblical, biblical…

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Solar is nuclear energy ☀️

This is a real letter from Melania Trump to Putin and it’s one of the most vapid things I’ve ever read.

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

if chewbacca went on Laugh-In a good thing for him to aay would be "bacc it chew me"

HBO needs to add a pricing tier thats only feature is not showing Bill Maher's face as a suggestion every time we finish an episode of John Oliver

Did you know about the Tree on Snake Lake nature trail with a portal to the mirror "Light" Universe? We are all trapped in the Dark Zone Universe

Shopping for EVs in the US is infuriating. It’s a process of finding a super cool option that’s not huge and is significantly cheaper than other options and then finding out they don’t sell it here.

Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire

Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.

I’m going to pull my teeth out if the left tears itself apart over whether Pete or AOC would be a better candidate while Trump dismantles every single check on his power. Let’s have the debate while deep down adoring both of them as insanely smart, principled politicians that we are lucky to have.

Really fucked up of the government to make me root for Harvard

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

Okay is there any evidence behind luggage gridlock being more efficient than normal conveyor belt or did every airport get upsold on garbage?

Hello world! My name is Marcy Rheintgen and I recently became the first person to be arrested under the transgender bathroom bills!

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“We believe, however, that a recent decision by the President is a dangerous threat to religious liberty, promotes Christian Nationalism, and all people who care about our democracy need to take note.” www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...

Ah, he never disappoints.

This is perfect 😂🇨🇦

Proud of my sign at today’s massive #TeslaTakedown rally in Burlington Vt

Good morning. I am a firm 100% NO on House Republicans' slush fund CR. I will NOT vote to let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers with your taxpayer dollars. Senators were not elected to beg Trump for federal resources.

I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like: --Canada's cool, leave them be --Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus --We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it --Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice

I will not vote to weaken my power to fight for WA state. I will not vote to turn YOUR taxpayer dollars into Trump & Elon's personal slush funds. I will vote NO. We should pass my short term CR, avoid a shutdown, and do our jobs.

Think about what passing a slush fund CR will mean: what happens when Trump cuts staffing at national parks in your backyard because your Governor won’t deny climate change? Or you can’t get a bridge replaced because the political appointees at DOT don’t like a particular mayor?

We have already seen how Trump will threaten to cut off states and cities that disagree with him—and how Elon will warp government to benefit his companies and hurt his competitors. Voting against this CR is about our ability to be a voice for our constituents here in Congress.

There is a reason why Elon and Russ Vought want Congress to pass Speaker Johnson's slush fund CR. We should not let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers or defund programs they either don't like or don't understand. They will hurt blue AND red states. VOTE NO.

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

If you are spending any time attacking Democrats rather than focusing on what Republicans are doing to destroy our democracy then you are wasting value time.

Montana is extremely lucky to have Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell standing up in front of openly transphobic lawmakers who wanted to pass a bill that would /take trans kids away from their parents./ Thank you to them, and to the Republicans who crossed the aisle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Saruman: "The Forest of Fangorn lies on our doorstep. Burn it." So we’re here now, ok.*facepalm* www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

well you know what, three years ago today I ran eleven and a half miles at a pace of 10:00/mi and today I ran two miles in half mile increments with two minute walking breaks but I share this for anybody who's climbing back up a hill they already climbed once. we'll get there & it'll feel good

In a community-building workshop I attended today, someone said (reflecting on activist burnout) something like "people are standing in for infrastructure" and as someone interested in both people and in infrastructure this is probably the most accurate & succinct diagnosis I've ever heard

I genuinely think that schools should focus more on intercultural competence than on STEM

Lemme share something with you. A lot of semi-Trumpy types are saying Zelensky blew it. All he had to do was show up, shake hands, say Trump is great and sign the docs. He couldn't do that. But there are also people in DC who are not Trumpy who are saying the same thing. Now, big picture this ...

I will admit to finding the “all problems are caused by evil and we could fix every problem without any trade-offs” worldview pretty draining and immature.

Move over Ethan Allen, here comes Lucy Welch billmckibben.substack.com/p/special-ve...

We need to salute courage wherever it appears. The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change. Her report was pulled down kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...

These cats sit by the window waiting for the mail every day. Today it finally paid off, as my book was delivered. You can see how excited they were.

I wrote a book about how the fossil fuel industry needs to be seen as enemy of humanity and our planetary future, and about how we can find real ways to resist together. If you’re interested, it’s out today! www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

Feels like we all need to add as much pro-social, Mr Rogers like activity as possible just as a homeostatic response to all the ambient evil floating around right now. Anyway I just signed up to read with little kids on Wednesday mornings before work.

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

A rabbi asked his pupils how they could tell when the night had ended and the day was on its way back.