I guess the media is just not going to cover the Trump administration spying on Julie K. Brown, that journalist who broke and extensively covered the Epstein story.

Carmello Roberts, who tortured his neighbor's cat Noodles to death, has been convicted and sentenced to a year in prison. I hope he gets his ass beat every single day he's there. A man like that should not be free. No one is safe around someone like him.

Clymer suspects the Maduro "kidnapping" may be a coordinated plan between Trump and Maduro where Maduro and his wife are essentially given asylum in the U.S. (or a country friendly to the Venezuelan dictator) while Trump pretends to seek punitive action against him that never comes to fruition.

"Maduro has inarguably been worse for Venezuela than Trump has been for America, but ironically, Maduro is absolutely what Trump wishes he could be: an untouchable autocrat who expects his country—and the world—to bend to his every whim." - Charlotte Clymer

New York is providing unconditional cash support to 161 pregnant women who are homeless, at risk of losing housing, or facing domestic violence. $500/mo for 3 yrs. This small cash distribution helps alleviate poverty, improve families’ health and early childhood development and build futures.

Where is Congress? Only Congress has the power to declare war.

Release the Epstein Files! Trump is going to keep doing outrageous illegal things until people see him for the monster he is and rise up against him.

Welp Facebook banned me for 180 days without any explanation. The only thing I can think of is that yesterday I posted about Elon Musk's AI, Grok, being used to create child porn and to take women's clothes off on X, which was on the news. I've only stayed to help inform my peer group. Favor I guess

There is another name for "sexualized images of children". The phrase "child porn" comes to mind. Grok is making child porn for X's pervy users. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

Today's Poem: We Have Come To Be Danced by Jewel Mathieson

What is something that brought you Joy today? We had a community event about the data center at the Saint Anne's Chapel, here on the property. It brought me Joy to see that we had so many people that we ran out of chairs. And we had over 60 chairs. I'm glad people are engaged.

Hahahaha! The dude who sued his label and Kendrick Lamar for supposedly gaming Spotify to play Kendrick's song, "Not Like Us" has been caught gaming Spotify to play his own music. www.joemygod.com/2026/01/rico...

Dale Earnhardt Jr refuses to buy his wife carrot cake, her favorite, for her birthday. Instead he buys his favorite, red velvet cake. This may seem small but it is indicative of a selfishness and entitlement that permeates a lot of men. Male loneliness epidemic or consequences of being undateable?

To people bitching about Rama Duwahi's boots, she borrowed the vintage Balenciaga coat she wore from Albright Fashion Library, rented her archival earrings from New York Vintage, paired them with shorts from The Frankie Shop, and the boots were on loan from Miista. (source: Women's Wear Daily)

In 2020, Kansas City made riding city buses free. Ridership is way up and citizens report feeling healthier and like they get more exercise, families have more money to spend on food, and it's easier for people without vehicles to access healthcare. Kansas City's ridership is up 25%.

Brett Kavanaugh doesn't like people calling ICE's sadistic stop/beatdown/kidnappings "Kavanaugh Stops" but his ruling gave them license. Greg Bovino declares agents can racially profile & every single person in this country has to carry proof of citizenship or face arrest. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I found many of these questions illuminating for me.

Off to a good start

Eric Adams, begrudgingly: "Well, it's happening." Bernie Sanders, delightedly: "Yes, it's happening!!!!"

TFW you wake up and realize it’s already 2026. #birds #nature #wildlife #Nikon #PhotographersUnited

Charged vs Charging:

Cheers!

Musk = P.T. Barnum He talks a big game but it's all bullshit. mashable.com/article/elon...

Sweet Bette Meowdler looks super cute with bangs.

What is something that brought you Joy today? For me, I harvested collards from my hugels and I'm going to cook them up for dinner. It was so satisfying harvesting and washing them. Next stop? Stir frying then in my tummy!

Today's Poem:

The Year of the Fire Horse brings dynamic energy, momentum, bold action, and social connection. Pursue ambitious goals, embrace change, and act on new ideas. It's a time of swift progress and a good time for optimism. Let's do this.

This is a puddle reflection taken in the summer 2020 along the promenade at Brighton Beach, UK. by Ben Nazarko

My friend just shared how my post showed up on her timeline and it made me laugh really hard.

"It is a day for poetry and song, a new song. These cloudless skies, this balmy air, this brilliant sunshine ... are in harmony with the glorious morning of liberty about to dawn up on us." - Frederick Douglass, December 31, 1862, Watch Night, the night before the law freeing slaves went into effect

Over 120,000 “hedgehog highways” now connect about 240,000 gardens across the U.K. Scientists estimate Britain has lost 1/3rd of their hedgehogs since 2000, many of them to cars. These hedgehog highways give hedgehogs paths they can travel from garden to garden that don't cross roads.

What is something that you, personally, would like to do or accomplish in 2026? (Notice I'm inviting you to say what you DO want to do, not what you don't want to do.)

Sculpture by Mio Hashimoto

It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time. Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.

I thought Ronan was big in this picture from last year. He's so much bigger this year!

Each of us has inherent worth. Capitalism would have us believe none of these three statements is true. Each of us has inherent worth.

🧵Congress is considering jailing Pam Bondi. Not impeaching her; jailing her for "Inherent Contempt". It's a power that hasn't been used since 1934. Pam Bondi is openly defying both the spirit and the letter of the law by not releasing the Epstein files and redacting Trump from the Epstein files.

A light in the darkness. It's fun to see all these happy people. I love that Bernie Sanders was the person who swore in Mamdani. It's inspiring. www.joemygod.com/2026/01/live...

Trump is backing off his attempt to intimidate some democrat-run cities. He's not as all powerful as he pretends. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wishing your the Take Out of your choice.

Thank you!

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit! Happy New Year!

Be ungovernable!

My cats have made their one and only New Year's Resolution:

97 Ways the world got better in 2025: reasonstobecheerful.world/year-in-chee...

I picked out my Word of the 2026 - Equanimity. I also wrote about what I learned from my Word for 2025 - Grace. caroleeena.substack.com/p/picking-ou...

Joe My God is by far my favorite news aggregator and has been for decades. This is Joe's end of year post. The photo he added is so perfect! Feels like this is the way we're crashing into 2026. www.joemygod.com/2025/12/happ...

What is something that brought you Joy today? That beautiful bright moon and stars in a gorgeous blue sky and completely illuminated trees and plants around me. The crisp air on my skin and in my lungs, easy and refreshing to breathe. A delight to breathe in.