A new data center constructed by Meta in Georgia is allegedly turning the drinking water for nearby residents brown, forcing people to drink bottled water At a recent hearing @aoc.bsky.social shared that #datacenters are also affecting appliances & water pressure @h2oradio.bsky.social reports:

Yeah!

What if taxing the rich works?

We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)

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Mood: feeling blissfully under-babied.

Thrilled that my book is in the running for Canada's top True Crime award!

Oh dear god, is there nothing that can't be "man-branded"? What will be the next thing to get a man-makeover? Shoelaces? Herb tea? Tampons?

This week, Donald Trump asked a child, "You think you could take me in a fight?" So we at @today.yougov.com obviously polled Americans on the topic. Our results:

A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!

Me, yelling at Spelling Bee: Bitch, why don't you know this an elemental particle? You acknowledge the existence of EVERY fancy food word (naan, bialy, arancini) but not the building blocks of the universe???

BANJOS TERRORIZING LIBERAL TOWNS! This is the front-page image on Fox News right now... showing the MAYHEM of lame hippies ineptly playing Credence covers and drinking Yoohoo while chilling with chihuahuas wearing onesies.

The FCC is soliciting feedback on whether to push the TV ratings system to ban trans and nonbinary characters from children's TV shows. www.imdb.com/it/news/ni65...

Apparently, in four states it's legal to marry a baby. Maybe we should do something about that?

Mind-blowing sexual-abuse fact of the day: It was legal to rape your wife in Ohio until... two years ago. spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/...

👏🏼The Choctaw Nation has purchased a warehouse in Oklahoma that ICE was trying to buy and use as a detention center. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...

You an author? Then the AI scam bots are coming for you. Even Mr. Da Vinci Code himself -- Dan Brown -- is getting boot-licked by fake PR "helpers." Read all about in this Hollywood Reporter piece - www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/ai-scams-authors-booktok-publishing-1236547192/

Ooof!

All hail Afroman! You are my new Bob Ross. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Ai...

It’s amazing how quickly Black women have been targeted by these laws and doubly so how little this factors into the analysis around the sexual and gender politics of this movement.

It turns out that ordinary vaccines are vacuum cleaners for our bodies that slow down aging. The shingles vax prevents systemic inflammation. The flu vax improves our cardiology numbers. Sadly, vaccines are old-lady-coded and non "manly" so this stunning longevity hack probably won't catch on.

Hey Chicago! -- Did you know that your city is the home of the first modern rape kit? I'm thrilled to be able to discuss that and more with Delmarie Cobb, @shard-tate.bsky.social, Dr Traci Kurtzer, and Chenel Vandan Berk

Greetings, Handmaids of Gilead -- It's Women's History Month so make sure that you obtain and hide away these books in a secure location, because reading is strictly forbidden by the Commanders! OK - seriously -- I'm thrilled that my book made this list www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...

Fascinating study that lines up with what is "not nice" to admit -- that it's good for us to eject exhausting people from our lives. But also: SOMEONE in society has to take care of the "hasslers." Who will do it?

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

0 degrees! Cross country skis!

GET IN, DORKS! The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026. Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7 Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/ #Standupforscience #takebackourscience

In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram

I saw that The Graduate hotel is hosting ICE in Minneapolis. I won't be staying at that chain until they stop. @graduatehotels.bsky.social Please contact your local Graduate hotel if you agree.

OK, ladies, it's off to "marriage bootcamp"! You'll give birth to 20 babies every day while making 50 loaves of white bread! www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

variety.com/2026/digital... And… we f-ing won another one! Keep it coming. Watch out Home Depot. Karma is a stink that stays on you.

How to fight back against ICE? Boycotts! After boycotts across the nation threatened its consumer business, Avelo Airlines announced it will no longer provide rendition flights for the US government. www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/01/07/a...

NPR says that you MUST read my book (and 11 others) in 2026. So get to work, people!

Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

Honestly it would be very funny if FIFA revoked the prize.

And even though I've read 198 books this year, only six made my list. Only two of the authors are #onhere - @pagankennedy.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social - but you'll have to subscribe to see where they rank... scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/the-colour...

Another in #KnowHerName series .. the woman who invented the #rape kit. Talking to @pagankennedy.bsky.social for The 51 Percent this week about the amazing Marty Goddard ⬇️

Have you noticed that when you're dreaming, your phone ALWAYS breaks? You're late to an exam, have no pants on, and then you discover that your phone won't work because it's partially made out of cheese! People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!

I've been SCRAPED. I just typed my name into LibGen and found that AI companies have stolen so much of my IP -- there are 15 entries, including the Chinese translation of my book Inventology. I don't want their fuckin' blood money. I want them to respect my copyrights.

Essential reading for our time: Ed Zitron's "A Hater's Guide To the AI Bubble." He lays out a convincing case that AI is basically the WeWork of the 2020s, and he does it with a barrage of facts in a blistering, hilarious rant. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

The Times of London just declared Somerville (my former home) to be "the most polyamous city" in America! www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

The Fox news guy in charge of NASA just said he's going to build a nuclear reactor on the moon -- and it's inspiring some super-weird news graphics.

THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS STILL RISING, even as the Far Right tries to stoke fear of a "low-birth-rate apocalypse" This article does an excellent job of debunking the BS theconversation.com/fears-that-f...