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“1. Vote in municipal elections. Too many of us don’t vote at the government level that most affects our actual lives on a daily basis.” 25 New Years Resolutions To Improve Your City, by @brenttoderian.bsky.social in @fastcompany.com #HappyNewYear

Lately I've been raiding my stock of #perfume samples and this is what I put on today after a full day of to-dos, feeling weary of my routines. I feel better! I have a bit of Andalusian heritage on my mother's ancestral side so I guess I can wear this honestly.

How I would love to see these kind of initiatives for cyclists and pedestrians in every single city in North America. Imagine.

What if god was one of us / just a stranger on a bus / trying to make his way home Happy Christmas to all

There seem to be a lot of stories on grief and loss and love this morning and I'll tell you, I'm feeling it. Here's one I especially like on our beloved Stephen Colbert. Gift article.

President Trump’s mass layoffs of Forest Service staff tore at the agency already stretching itself to oversee our public lands and protect our communities from wildfires. (1/2)

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

A Black Bird With Snow Covered Red Hills, 1946 by Georgia O'Keeffe #womensart

#Boulder turns up for #NCAR 💚

Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,

this week in weather: wind, wind, so much wind Man In A Blizzard, acrylic on canvas, from the 1980s

So now airlines will charge solo flyers more? How is that legal?

The light increases and in three days the world will start to feel it, see it, after the Sun pauses, takes a new breath and starts again. Then all our bones are Stonehenge stones and it all begins again. ~ Robert Kelly thanks to @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social 📷 Bill Brandt 🎨 JMW Turner

winter begins at 8:02 a.m. Mountain Time tomorrow morning winter turn on the night turn on your love light I'm a non-believer but I believe, I believe, I believe in your smile the world's insane the paper's gone mad but our love is a peace vibe yes — Laura Nyro, Smile, 1976

How bad has 2025 been? We broke time.

If she thinks Leo is a liberal, wait until she gets a load of his boss.

The spike in food prices: coffee. Here the spike is 100% attributable to tariffs imposed by Trump.

Loving this conversation between @jonathancapehart.bsky.social and our queen Michelle Obama, about clothes and fashion and the stories our clothes tell and how they express who we are and the culture we live in. Thanks @msnownews.bsky.social

Well, another once-in-a-decade downslope windstorm is about to unfold on Friday, this time accompanied by extreme fire danger ⚠️🔥 This is a particularly dangerous situation in and near the Foothills Friday morning thru early evening: bouldercast.com/colorado-for... #COWx #Colorado #COfire

As expected, the Red Flag Warning on Friday has been given the Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) distinction by the National Weather Service for EXTREME FIRE DANGER in/near the Boulder and Jefferson County Foothills. Do not sleep on the fire risk Friday 5AM-Midnight! #COWX

I'm sitting in the dark on the first night of what might possibly be a three- or four-night power outage, looking at updates on Trump's weird speech on my little device screen, loading up the blankets on the bed, food will have to be thrown away, what a finale for 2025. I do have cookies though.

This. Also, NCAR doesn't just work on climate! They research weather, atmospheric chemistry and pollutioj, the sun and space weather. They developed the technology for lidar, a technology widely used in surveying, archaeology, forestry, seismology, laser guidance systems, and even self-driving cars.

New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers. Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US. doi.org/10.1145/3746...

I love this story about one of only three mills that make Harris Tweed. Gift article.

This photo of one of the hacked variable message signs in Denver, via @nosquish.bsky.social, is a work of art.

Straightforward and correct. Thank you @jamestalarico.bsky.social

My heart really needed this.

Regular reminder that the most dangerous thing most people do every day is get in a car, and it's something that is rarely talked about by the average person, let alone our politicians. This is an escalating problem, we can all see it, and there is very little political will to address it.

Phenomenal story and graphics, and a horrifying potential scenario. (My love/hate relationship with NYT continues.)

If cost has kept you from picking up There Is No Place for Us (which is totally understandable), good news: the ebook is *$1.99* today—93% off!—on Kindle, B&N, Bookshop, and elsewhere. So grateful to everyone who's been reading and sharing the book this year. It means a lot.

I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

It's possible that Pluribus lost me with last week's big plot twist - just when it was getting interesting. TBD.

the comments for this excellent post made my day

I think we're in some weird combination of post-pandemicness and Orange Man time where one year feels like at least eight. I'm just so tired.

One for John, murdered 45 years ago today. I remember it well.

Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things

I'm old enough to remember the protests songs of the 60s and 70s and if you're wondering who's picking up that torch, check out Jesse Welles. He was the talk of Farm Aid this year, for good reason. This is an amazing song.

A Republican president once picked Ben Bernanke—a future Nobel laureate—because expertise mattered more than spin. That norm, picking Fed chairs for brains not loyalty, does more to protect your paycheck than any campaign slogan.

I ordered my Rancho Gordo Super Lucky 2026 Black-Eyed Peas tonight and I'm going to cook them on New Year's Day and be super lucky next year, dammit

Jess Allen. The Passing of Time, 2023

There is no spark too small not to grow, no hope too frail not to bloom, so reach for what you are longing for, no second guessing-- this is not about keeping a scale balanced, but leaning toward, setting doubt down like a stone, letting your heart leap, no more what-ifs-- believe. #TinyPoem

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 2, a rock star of the Sonoran Desert. (ID in alt text) 🪶

ugh, this hurts

really might have to delete any business that has sent me 30 separate "Time's Almost Up!!!!!!!" emails today. I can't buy anything, and email #31 is not going to change that.

December vibe

President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina. The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.