We can build beautiful things in the darkest times. I’ve seen this all over the world, in Kurdistan and the Darién Gap and in the mountains and deserts of the borderlands. You can do it on your block now, it’s not special or hard, it’s how we are supposed to be and it’s inside all of us.

every democrat should be talking like this. all of them.

This white sage in the front yard smells amazing and looks cool.

If you are feeling wrecked, practice acts of love with the people closest to you, your neighbors, or anyone in your community or the world. Try: - tell them how you feel about them - help them with something - give them something - spend time with them - physically connect

Neither this passion fruit vine nor the fritillary butterfly caterpillar are native, but I think that neither is particularly invasive, and having a steady supply of butterflies at my front door is cool as fuck.

It is growing increasingly difficult to get myself to stop these possums from eating the feral cat's food, but ideally wild animals should not be dependent on human interventions so I always take the bowls away. I only yell at the raccoons.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Sometimes you have to stop watching people get attacked in Minneapolis and instead spend two or so hours feeling guilty because the stranger at your table at Cobbs is wearing noise cancelling headphones and you want them to have the best experience but you also have to scream in caps.

I need all yall that dont speak spanish to learn a few words, real quick. pls RT "La Migra" - common slang for ICE "La Patrulla" - "The Patrol" "No digas nada" - "Say nothing." ¿Cómo te llamas? - "Whats your name?" "¿Quién quieres que llame?" - "Who do you want me to call?" Escondense - Hide

I keep seeing it without a source link, so here it is: January 16, 2026 MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

Laughing just to keep from blowing a blood vessel in my brain.

In Minneapolis

In this clip from a longer interview, she says while she was in detention, agents called Renee Good a “lesbian b*tch.” This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to. 2/2

Shacklegänger coming to get pets, attack your foot, and cleanse your timeline.

Aw man, we seem to be bombing venezuela. this sucks

2026 mood

Why didn't anyone tell me the hero of Thunderbolts is Super Depression Man?

The Constitution of the United States is not optional, and it does not apply selectively. Its protections extend to everyone on U.S. soil, citizens and non-citizens alike.

Perfect 90s LP: that dog. Retreat from the Sun

The moon landing was real, but it turns out the moon itself is fake.

Oh, I assure you, I can be an asshole, and have been, and almost certainly will be again. At one point in my life I might even have considered that a point of pride. These days I think it just means I was needlessly cruel to someone, and I don't want to do that. I work not to do it as much.

I'm ambivalent about Schrodinger's Box jokes until you ask my reaction.

2026 is going to be my year

you are not owed the affection of your children, but they are owed yours. if this seems unfair to you you are not fit to have kids. they don't get the choice that you do

Imagining a meme hazmat crew shoveling my hoard of memes into a series of dumpsters when I pass. "How could they live like this?" "It's a trauma response." "I know, but five screenshots of the same tumblr post about muppets?" "Why don't you take a break."

Just once I'd like to find a danish butter cookies tin with sowing supplies in it: a bag of seeds and a tiny plow.

victorjones.bandcamp.com/album/zookee... I saw this on TikTok and sigh-chuckled at the presentation, but once I followed up and listened loudly to the whole thing, its deep weirdness really worked for me.

Remember when brain worms were just a funny haha hyperbolic joke?

ICE melts fast in the South because we bring the heat 🔥

this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them

ICE vs the clergy

Weirdly, I know more about the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald than the actual song, which I am not sure I have ever heard

When we boil a chicken breast for the cats, their racheting tension and chaotic noises and behavior are worryingly like the end scenes of Requiem For a Dream.

The Lowdown was quite good except for whispering in my ear that the music my dad likes is good actually.

Thankfully this didn't get stuck in my head all weekend.

The worst part of this election so far has been explaining to my wife why I am cackling with glee while taking out the recycling

My wife dreamed that she took our cats to a spa, they jumped into the pool, and then they surfaced again as "hotties in their thirties."

Later on, Vance advocates for letting your dog shit in your neighbor's yard and leaving it.

Neighborhood cats: the real reason we go for walks.

Pretty excited for this upcoming episode of Grand Designs.

every moment of my life:

A caper is a pickled heist.

I would Louvre to have some of those jewels

Roll to save vs psychic damage

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

The morning view out my bedroom window. The sunchokes are eleven feet tall and luminous.

Some days my bluesky timeline feels a bit like dragging my brain through broken glass, post by post.

As a timeline cleanse, here is the feral cat, Shacklegänger, whom we are trying to convince to use a litter box and live indoors.

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...