Lots of small actions add up... here's your good news for going into the weekend. Also... there's at least three dragons in the clouds in this week's featured photo. Can you spot them?

Happy Punctuation Day!!! (Three exclamation points lets the reader know the degree to which I am excited about this, and three marks looks more visually balanced than two... and yes, that is the kind of deep thought that I put into punctuation choices. 😂) Cartoon by @sandraboynton.bsky.social

It’s sort of fascinating (in that watching a car wreck sort of way) to track the way stories are published and then shared, and the ebb and flow of what has staying power and what doesn’t.... Here's a roundup of good news for this week.

The news has been an extreme rollercoaster ride this week, but good things are still happening.

#EFACon25 has been such a delight so far. The presentation topics are thoughtfully curated and relevant to multiple levels of experience. I also appreciate how easy they've made it to navigate the virtual format. Looking forward to day two!

It's been a bit since my last issue due to taking vacation time, but I'm getting back in the saddle. Here's the link to this Friday's Hope for Breakfast.

My editor hat is on today: All authors who had books downloaded from LibGen or Pirate Library Mirror to tarin Anthropic's AI are potential class members in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit. They may be entitled to damages if the lawsuit succeeds. Sign up at the link to receive notices about the case.

Good news to fuel your weekend recovery and also some suggestions for coping skills if you need them!

Good bits of news to power the week ahead...

Humor is an important tool in this fight... as is seeing where we're making gains. Here's some good news for going into the weekend.

Good political news for the week, a bit early.

ARTISTS: A lot of folks use wetransfer to send final files to their AD. Just a heads up that they changed their terms of service to say that they own the right to any work you upload and can use it to "train" their machine learning and also to reproduce it indefinitely

Happy Monday friends, here are a few bits of good political news to give you a boost and some resilience for the week ahead.

To quote @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: "When you don't assume the outcome, you recognize that you may be able to participate in shaping it… that is the most basic tenet of hope, that the future is being made in the present... " Hang in there friends. It's not over yet. #politics #hope

There is still time to stop this abominable bill in the House. Call your representatives TODAY. (Some sources say the vote may happen tomorrow.) Use @5calls.org to find your representatives numbers, or if you're in MT: - Rep. Zinke (202) 225-5628 - Rep. Downing (202) 225-3211

Split personality time! (As in me and my content... not you, hah.) If you're a comics writer/artist and are brewing something about Loose Ends, Oneshi Press just dropped a call for submissions.

To date, you have made OVER 500,000 calls via 5 Calls to your Senators to oppose HR 1 🔥📞🔥 NC Senators have received the most calls and notably Thom Thillis was one of 2 Republican NOs on the procedural vote last night. Keep the pressure up! The fight on the floor is not over... bit.ly/5calls-hr1

Hope for Breakfast: My own little effort to push back on the hopelessness and despair... good political news to fuel your mental health and resistance efforts.

Holy heck, has it ever been a long week. Politically speaking, if I were to liken the situation to how a child’s toy top spins, it feels like the momentum is giving out—things are getting pretty wobbly.... here's your Friday roundup of good political news.

Good news to start out the week with, including updates about this weekend's numbers...

Find a protest near you Todays the day The single most important thing you can do is GET OUT AND VISIBLY PROTEST Don't let them think for one minute we're putting up with this www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

Here's some good news to give you a lift ahead of tomorrow's events. We’re on track to surpass April 5th's turnout... there are more than 2100 events registered across the country… many of them in small red towns.

Missoula: June 14, 4-5 PM - E Pine St at the XXXXs | A community parade followed by a rally. Following speeches, a community celebration will feature local musicians, information tables from local community organizations, and food trucks. www.mobilize.us/aft/event/78...

Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14 #NoKings https://act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-training-2

Good political/activist news to kick off the week...

The Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."

Your calls are working. Let’s keep the pressure up — if you’re represented by a Republican, tell them to reject Trump’s tax scam and massive giveaways to billionaires that stick everyday Americans with the bill: act.indivisible.org/...

This morning's buffet of good news is up! #USpolitics #resist #StrongerTogether #FeedtheResistance

This looks absolutely adorable... can't wait to get my hands on it!

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

So what's next after today's May Day mobilizations? On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. But real power isn't staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. That's why we're planning a nationwide day of action to say No Kings. 🧵

The CIA fact sheet incorrectly states Heard Island does not have any agricultural products. You can clearly see we have beach potatoes.

Missoula's next big event is planned for May 10th! Plan to get out there with @indivisiblemisoula.bsky.social @indivisiblemisoula.bsky.social and Missoula's Stand Up Fight Back.

I think the Greyhound policy change happened in 2001. (It's currently circulating as a "new" change.) The only recent reference I've found is a FB repost. To be clear, it does seem to be the policy, just not *recent* policy.

Never estimate the power of a good dictionary... or an editor. 😂 Take a scroll through the comments here. They're so good.

We come together, we build community, we disperse to call our representatives and donate and vote, and then we do it all over again...

If you've been following the Holland Lake Lodge project "drama" (for lack of a better word to describe the underhandedness in the first iteration of the project), you may be interested in knowing that you can submit public comment on the newest application until May 14.

With all the everything *gestures broadly* going on, I have not been making editing or gardening posts, even though I'm still doing both. I got my starts going super late, but they're springing up quickly! It's my #smalljoy for today.

Montana! Sixteen communities currently have events posted for May 1–4. That's just a few short of our April 5th number (19 events). Thank you organizers for all your hard work!

ADDED: HOT SPRINGS, MT & LIBBY, MT MONTANA - MAY DAY: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION THURSDAY MAY 1st, 2025 #billings #butte #dillon #forsythe #greatfalls #hamilton #havre #hotsprings #kalispell #libby #livingston #missoula #thompsonfalls #mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #montana #mtdems #mayday www.mobilize.us/

Join a May Day mobilization on Thursday to remind Trump and the oligarchs controlling our government of working people’s power. We’ve teamed up with organized labor, immigrants’ rights groups and Hands Off! allies for a nationwide show of working people’s solidarity: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i...

Canada! So happy for you and this legitimately made my day. 🍁🍁🍁

Today's intro is the cliché-ist of the cliché... but it's still true? 😂

A nuanced breakdown from Mrs. Milan about the complaint made against the Wisconsin judge who was arrested today for protecting an immigrant in her courtroom from ICE.