Gov’t: why doesn’t anyone trust us anymore? Everyone: maybe stop disenfranchising the people you’re supposed to serve. Gov’t: nah, that can’t be it. Let’s make voting even more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

Scientists finally identified the source of “dark matter” in the universe. It’s the redacted parts of the Epstein Files to hide his friendship with Donald Trump.

Watch out for the cookie vortex!

BREAKING: A federal court ruled the Trump administration is unlawfully depriving potentially thousands of people in ICE custody in New England of the opportunity to challenge their detention.

Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens. n.pr/4pMl0tF

Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That: tinyurl.com/bdh393s4

just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...

Holy fuck

NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Reason #438 why I dislike clothes shopping: irrational clothing sizes. This sweater and shirt are the same brand and supposedly the same size…. Sigh.

Seconds to Chaos in Chicago: Car door ripped open and phone smashed to the ground as Citizen Records ICE in public. When "rights" aren't respected on the street, your safety is the priority. Watch your back, friends.

Remind everyone: Republicans made tax breaks for billionaires permanent. Permanent! They exploded the national debt by trillions to do it.   But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.

Let me get this straight: 1. Coal plant ordered to stay open just 2 weeks prior to shutdown. 2. Shutdown started in 2011. 3. Both workers and company have made transition plans = no workers. 4. There is NO buyer for the electricity. 5. It goes against state law. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Just when I thought I couldn't feel more brokenhearted over the direction of our country... I sincerely hope everyone who voted for this is hanging their head in shame.

It's all lies

"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:

I too am a sucker for new uses of technology that benefit a healthier planet. electrifynews.beehiiv.com/p/this-off-g...

Spot on. No notes.

I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.

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I posted on Facebook about my daughter dragging me to the mall two days ago. Look what Google's AI turned the post into for click bait. WTF is happening to the Internet, man? Seriously. And my post had NOTHING to do with my disability (I'm also NOT a "lower limb amputee).

On December 17, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for youth. Tell Congress to protect health care for trans youth and their families NOW.

In today's episode of "flip the script" in news zeitgeist: instead of AI needing clean energy to power data centers without breaking the grid, now clean energy NEEDS AI to succeed. (Yes, I know they're not mutually exclusive. I'm finding the energy headline shift hilarious.)

Atmospheric River Runs Wild Waves Out of Business: tinyurl.com/3va8dhvk

Feds defended Trump’s January wind order as “temporary,” pending a review of wind farm permitting. The “review” likely did not exist. The judge slammed fed lawyers for saying the review is “underway” but failing to provide proof. A former fed employee told me that no review had started as of May.

I have NO love for Calibri as a typeface, AND the same accessibility standards that help everyone read a doc also help older eyes read docs. You know who traditionally votes more conservative? Older people... Gotta love poorly thought-out decisions. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.

So spot on!

ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer. Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.

A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers. The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.

NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Horrifying

Boooooooo. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

Is it just me, or is whoever rebranded NREL a Lord of the Rings fan? NREL to NLotR "New Lord of the Rings" "Northern Lord of the Rings" "Nearly Lord of the Rings" "Nihilistic Lord of the Rings" Wha else?

"Of the 10 countries identified as rising stars, all of them received Chinese investment sometime in the past 10 years... all of the countries on the list 'were identified as places for potential investment by the world’s leading industrial firms in the 2000s or 2010s.'" heatmap.news/economy/clea...

Huh. Pantone's color of the year choice feels completely, utterly tone-deaf. Racial profiling seems to be status quo for the U.S. government, but hey picking a shade of white makes sense. 🤦 www.pantone.com/color-of-the...

This article barely mentions WHO will pay more when mileage standards are lowered. Every single person filling up their gas tanks more often. Who wins? The fossil fuel companies. Also, I bet not a single one of these carmakers EVER lowers their car prices. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...

You know, I WANT my tax dollars to go to helping hungry people eat, regardless of status. That seems a much better use of tax $ than gold ballrooms, blowing up fishing boats, and trying to deport my neighbors.

Family Not Sure What to Do with Other Trees in Costco Christmas 6-Pack: tinyurl.com/2kywaau5

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Sooooo, states’ rights only when convenient. Got it. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.

Aside from the stupidity of changing the name of a department that has had that name since George W. Bush changed it TO NREL in 1991, what an absolute WASTE of taxpayer money to change the name of NREL. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...

On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated. This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.

Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.

A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving