We knew this was coming. news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...

I was chatting with a friend for a couple hours in the bedroom and my husband slid a Reese’s Big Cup under the doorway. Excellent husband!

Truth. My kids were 6 and 4 when the pandemic started. Now 11 and 9. Keeping their hope and belief in humanity alive has been the hardest thing.

Trump tearing down the White House to erect a gauche Ferrero Rocher ballroom has sent me over the edge.

”NPR reached out to the White House for a response to Loggins' specific objections…In reply, White House spokesperson Davis R. Ingle did not respond to NPR's questions but sent NPR an image…captioned: ‘I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED.’” www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...

once Veruca Salt has all she wants, she’ll still keep screaming for more www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump has launched seven deadly strikes in the Caribbean Sea. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

Someone robbing the Louvre with nothing but chainsaws, a ladder, and parallel parking was not on my 2025 bingo card

batshit crazy www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Jeff Buckley’s voice is so sublime it makes me cry. Every time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=sMaL...

How someone treats minimum wage service workers tells you a lot about them

Yesterday at an antique store, I found an immaculate first edition of James Baldwin’s “The Evidence of Things Not Seen.” This is the first page. Also acquired: a library copy of Jane Goodall’s Book of Hope, which are perfect read together. #jamesbaldwin #janegoodall #hopeandaction #booksky

So no terrorism then?

South Korea: #NoKings! Thousands of people came to show support to the US democracy!

Historian here No Kings is the most American thing you could say and the people opposing it simply don’t believe in our republic or constitutional democracy.

“The Perfect Neighbor” doc on Netflix is well worth your time. Stand Your Ground laws should not exist. #netflix #netflixdoc #blm

The courts are catching up 👏 ‘Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes apnews.com/article/chic...

Solidarity Against Sadism If you missed our town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted with @hammerandhope.bsky.social, you can watch the video here:

Notice that Vance called 24-35 year-olds “kids“ when they were caught in racist chats, but this is the same person who champions trying literal children in court as adults.

35 is almost middle-aged….

there were three police SUVs parked outside my house this morning when I got home from school dropoff. My stomach fell into my feet. I’ve never been scared of law enforcement—if anything, would have been happy to help. ICE is changing that. (They left after 15 mins, no clue what they were doing).

ICE has been in my small town (33,000 people) since July. I’m on a peninsula in a BLUE state. They were coming once a week and now are here daily. I’d be interested in how many towns they are occupying that don’t make it on the news. I‘d love to see MSM cover this. #abolishice #msm #newsworthy

Also....donate to your local library (books, games, movies, etc.) to spread the joy! www.npr.org/2023/10/16/1...

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Books have a way of coming to you when you need them. If something doesn’t grab you right away, shelve it/donate it. It might be your favorite in a different decade.

Huge crowd for James Talarico in deep red San Angelo, TX! This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico.

I’ve taught “The House on Mango Street” to high schoolers in Japan, college students in the US, and now sharing it with my daughter in middle school. Good books never get old. #sandracisneros #booksky

It's #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Fellow settlers, if you have a little extra, today is a great day to give to Native Mutual Aid and/or one of my favorite organizations, Native American Rights Fund. narf.org

Me to my child with processing difficulties: I see you’re dressed—good job! Go get on socks too. *5 mins later, she comes down with a handful of marbles, bare feet, and asks me where I put her allowance*

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Why??

maybe a bunny can make all my problems disappear

Look at this dude tearing up. His party controls all branches of government and most mainstream media. He really believes his own BS. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

hell yeah

Disgusting. This was CBS BEFORE Bari Weiss...

*art deco tiles* 😍

Well deserved, and will be used to great purpose.

In a country plagued by gun violence, and specifically school shootings, how would your child react to a masked man with a gun hanging outside their school? I have no words for what we are seeing in Chicago. Trauma upon trauma. #abolishICE

The Onion must have a fantastic legal team. m.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhS...

The alarm sounded for me with the creation of DHS in 2002. What had previously been handled by the DEA, FBI, CIA, and ATF was squished under the DHS umbrella, giving it way too much latitude to outsource to private contractors.

wordsmithmusic.com My oldest girl and I had the pleasure of hearing Wordsmith tonight, for free, at @salisburyuniv.bsky.social! His music rocks and the performance was truly an immersive, heart-opening experience. Grateful!

A lot of discourse around the *why* of transness really does come down to “so what?” Born this way? A choice? Arousal? Dysphoria? A simple desire to just say “fuck you” to the norms? None of it matters, all of it is valid. No one is being harmed by self-determination, no matter the reason.

My husband and I have a long and fiery text debate about the ending of “Casablanca,” in which I argue that Rick claims moral high ground when really he is too scared/stupid to come up with a third option so he can be with Ilsa eventually.

Yeah let’s not perpetuate fat shaming.

Completely pointless. Reps don’t have the teeth to impeach, and witnesses don’t have the integrity to be forthright.

Can we just…not?! What is left to decide? Trust medical professionals and victims that this is inhumane torture. www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...