Went to see One Battle After Another. Amazing that this was written and created well in advance of what we’re living now—but I guess we were already heading this way… We need flawed, complex human beings fighting for what’s right in any way we can—we can’t hold out for a hero anymore. Go see this.

Saw Goodnight, Texas at Little Saint in Healdsburg last night. Best show I’ve been to in years—so much great music by performers who seemed to truly love to play. Only somber moment was when they played this by request. “I sided with democracy as that is what I’m dying for.” youtu.be/oa0DMnfHHMQ?...

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

2020: lol dumb libs think words are violence 2025: president trump issues memo declaring words are violence

Crazy time to be a parent, especially to a 13yo who, like most 8th graders, is studying US History. During the 1st term, I felt like I could shield my kids from most of the awfulness and maintain a message of optimism. Jon Stewart is helping us now, parsing the news with humor and wise guests. #TDS

Great interactive voter guide from excellent @calmatters.org It's on Prop 50, to re-district CA /gain Dem seats. Enter your address and see how district would change. Eg, w minor shift of lines, would change my home district from 37/33 GOP to 44/25 Dem. (cont.) calmatters.org/california-v...

Tomorrow is the 1st day of fall and my husband just saw our first golden crowned sparrows of the season in our yard. They always return either on the first day of fall or the day before. I’m appreciating the wondrous occurrences of the natural world—especially during this time of instability. #birds

Is anyone else’s dog trying to dig up their house? #dog #hole

"First, for all of MAGA’s reverence for masculine self-determination, one of its central tenets is the blamelessness of its adherents. Whatever is going wrong in this country, it is not their fault." Those two sentences explain/define a whole lot.

Highly recommend.

This is a must-read on the ways that the Trump family is actively profiting from money laundering to facilitate Iranian, Russian and North Korean state / terrorism actors. accountable.us/wp-content/u...

Thunder, lightning, and rain in Ukiah, California, tonight! ⛈️ #norcal #weather

Got this text message from my college freshman this morning: “I woke up an hour late and got to class early… college might not be real.” She’s right. College is pretty magical. And I kinda wish I could go be an undergraduate again.

If you see this quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky.

American soybean farmers don’t have a single order from China as they head into harvest season. China usually buys 25% of the entire crop. Crisis looms for the farmers and there’s only one man responsible.

Went to the Mendocino County Fair & Apple Show yesterday afternoon, which is our favorite fair. A little different now with one teen at college and the other not needing/wanting our supervision as he wandered around the fair with a friend. Listened to goats getting judged, ate fair food, had fun.

Important.

said it yesterday but the people who commit this violence increasingly show us that they deeply understand how our information ecosystems process it. It appears to be part of the appeal for them. And yet the response doesn't really change. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

In totally other news, my 18yo college freshman demonstrated a Euclid proposition to her math class today and nailed it (and, more importantly, felt good about it) and amidst all the other news that’s occurring I’m so grateful she is experiencing a good start to college. #greatbooks #stjohnscollege

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

Read this, by @jamellebouie.net. These are the stakes. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

Really well-reported and empathetic look at the MAHA movement. (Gift article.) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Got to drive Highway 16 twice this weekend, following Cache Creek and marveling at the gorgeous geology formed so long ago. #yolocounty #weekenddrives

Great piece- take the time to read and think about it.

Timeline cleanse

Loved this story from @susanslusser.bsky.social, where Matt Chapman opens up about his Tourette syndrome. What a tough journey for Chapman, what great parents he has, and very cool that he chose to share his struggles & the tools he’s developed, to help others. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...

Yeah, honestly: “parental rights” are starting to sound more like “property rights.”

Home from a great trip to Colorado to visit with my beloved St. John, Virgin Islands, friends. We met as we all adjusted to becoming moms far away from our families of origin, and quickly became chosen family, leaning on each other for support and companionship. Grateful for their continuing love.

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

These idiot white-supremacists have always been part of the national mix, as @hcrichardson.bsky.social has written about eloquently. But the rest of us have fought against them, and beaten them. We have to do that again. They are what America can sink to. We are what America hopes for.

Back home after dropping our eldest off at college for the first time. 🥺❤️ Home feels weird without her. I’m nervous and nauseous and excited and proud—and mostly hopeful that her college experience is challenging (but not too challenging) in all the myriad ways that attending college should be.

What gif pops up when you type your name. It’s either this (top result) or a gazillion gifs from the Megan movies. And I don’t know what this is.

Thinking about the framing of this article and wondering how many historical and cultural sites and resources were inundated by this reservoir. How many communities did the lake destroy? www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

Our 18yo leaves for college in two days and our 13yo starts 8th grade in eight days. There was a time when I deeply worried that these two would never develop a close sibling relationship, but that time is thankfully over (yay for therapy!) and now I worry about how much they’ll miss each other. ❤️

I am surprised as you that I am recommending a Joe Rogan podcast, but this conversation with TX Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social is very much worth your while. youtu.be/JTlkTkMQR9s?...

Wonderful Wednesday hike in the eastern hills above Ukiah Valley with some surprise summer clouds and a lot of unsurprising hitchhiking sticky seeds.

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this. Definition of terms: “these people” = Latino migrants “Inner city people” = Black people “We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

Feel like its a bad sign about the health of the republic that Pritzker has to talk about TX Dems like they’re the Polish government-in-exile in London

It was a loooong wait for Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds but so far so well worth the wait. Especially the latest episode (directed by Jonathan Frakes!)—so fun!! My 13yo remarked towards the end, “This is really meta.” Ha! Love it! 😂🖖 #startrek #trekkie www.slashfilm.com/1920955/star...

In China, the projected GDP-growth rate, and province-by-province output rates, always proved to be exactly correct! The party would forecast 11.3% annual growth for a given province, and—surprise!—the provincial officials would report 11.3% at year's end. Somehow this comes to mind today.

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations" cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

Half of Native households on tribal land lack access to clean, reliable drinking water, or adequate sanitation. Democratic lawmakers have introduced the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act to try and bridge the gap.

This guy really has "it" too. Worth watching in full.

Stargazer lilies putting on a show in our backyard. 🤩🌺 #flowerreport

Reminder that the Tsunami Warning Centers are part of the National Weather Service. It would be nice to have them fully funded.

July 27, 2025

The President is taking approx $1B of taxpayer funds from a military project to refurbish a plane given to him by a foreign nation, which he plans on taking with him when he leaves office. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

What an amazing night last night at Red Rocks! Melissa Etheridge killed it and then came the incredible Indigo Girls. 🤩😍🤩😍 Also, the audience was awesome—hooray for community! A fantastic finale to a wonderful trip. #redrocks #indigogirls