Wisdom from the middle aged trenches. Maybe don't.

It's Asexual Awareness Week, so here's a reminder that we don't need permission to belong. You are right just the way you are, and communities are lucky to have you.

Going through the camera roll, realized I forgot to post lizard fren

The federal shutdown is now about to affect millions of people who use SNAP - the food stamp program - and those same people cannot afford their energy bills. To get every dollar in people's pockets to go to food, not utility corporations, we need an emergency ban on shutoffs.

If you're looking for an action to take tomorrow that can help protect millions of people regardless of their immigration status, call your governor to demand a ban on utility shutoffs this winter. Every state has slightly different policy– we got you covered.

Some exquisite tulips from Holland, Michigan this May.

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Election Day in MA's cities is just two weeks from today! We've collected questionnaires from cities across the commonwealth. Check them out here! #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/statehouse/e...

ok I do have to say as just a senate “how normal are people when they’re not on tv” spy I do love Ed Markey

"Oh, so King John kills his nephew and everyone just criticizes his high taxes; but when I, Richard III--"

this one doin numbers on mastodon but bsky doesn't let me have enough characters

happy birthday to this little guy!! 3 years ago is fishtopher's intake/rescue date

I AM SO GOOD AT HIDING HEE HEE HEE

"Oh, so King John kills his nephew and everyone just criticizes his high taxes; but when I, Richard III--"

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

Tens of millions of people are set to lose food stamps in weeks and conservatives are celebrating it right in the open on social media. They’re gleeful about starving children, literally saying “fuck them kids.” Yet another reason that “pro-life” is a misnomer. They’re loudly pro-death

This is a good read as well... Which raises the question why Thiel is regurgitating someone else's intellectual legacy as if it is his own? Except that contrary to its originator's, Thiel's version is twisted where human nature is intrinsically evil www.wired.com/story/the-re...

Someone went there: "It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It" via @futurism.com futurism.com/future-socie...

GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.

In case yu need reminding

#NoKings Miami!

Oh, Happy Fuckin Halloween, everybody! Save yourselves some headaches!

As a school board member I can say without hesitation that this is going to break the financial back of many districts while genuinely harming untold thousands of families across the country. Special education services are a bedrock of our social contract that have had no party lines until now.

I’ll be attending this virtual rally on Saturday, 5pm Eastern. If you can’t protest in person, come join us online! 🪧

My mom’s protest signs, as always, are a helluva thing.

#Caturday Lucy sniffing after my breakfast

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

TFW you have to ask the pharmacy clerk what day it is 🙃

I'll be sharing some poems and songs supporting @seemore.bsky.social and SkySpiders & The Imperceptible Web this Saturday in St. Paul. We're on 10/11/25, 6:30-9pm. It's part of the Solidarity Street Gallery weekend of art and music:

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A private challenge over the years has been trying to convince people that "poetry workshops" can also be useful for people who don't think of themselves as poets. This kind of work is about approaching the issues we care about with creativity and intentionality. Here's my new asynchronous class:

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

Something to know, especially if you're not familiar with the BX/PX/commissary system, is it's not just for the troops. It's for the wives of deployed soldiers, many of whom don't have their own income, and for their kids. It's for many, many elderly, retired, and/or disabled vets. It's for widows.

Write a letter to your lawmakers using our action center urging them to oppose journalist Mario Guevara's deportation. He could be kicked out of the country as early as this week. He is legally authorized to work here and is not charged with any crime.

20. So the goal wouldn’t be convincing Republican voters they’ve been lied to. The goal would be convincing they’ve been scammed. To do that, however, requires much more than merely calling Republicans out as liars. It requires pain – pain felt by Republican voters themselves.

whatever power you can get and wield, use it for the cause of good and to promote universal human flourishing. love each other. fight back. hold fast.

I HAVE A NEW BOX!!!!!!!

Just a photo I took a couple days ago. I hope it can provide a brief doom scrolling break. #Photography

I just donated 50 bucks! Please donate. Any amount will help this young person!

As online attackers push to get workers fired for online speech, there's a lot a steward can do: ✅Make the employer present the case ✅Ask how the episode is relevant to the workplace ✅Mobilize members around defense of free speech labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

Practicing for 🎃

Just a reminder that if you preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis through my favorite bookstore, @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, you will get an extra letter from me tucked into your book. I wrote that letter this week, and I think some of you might find it useful.

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

Anyway here's some actual work I am happy about. Goodnight. or. have a good night after the criminals release Steve Held. ❤️

hey, there's a thread linked below about why this shutdown matters for trans people specifically & why senate democrats need to hear that, yes, a shutdown is worth it & people only don't hate you when you actually fight for something. read @ericmgarcia.bsky.social; read the thread. make some calls.

"As he sees it, recent reforms like upzoning, housing development, and bike lanes in Washington Street are pushing the city in a direction he doesn't recognize [negative]." Christ, what an asshole. www.newtonbeacon.org/al-cecchinel...

Zeteo’s expanding its coverage, thanks to you! Introducing our new, heavy-hitting political reporters: @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social And @petertwinklage.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to launch a brand-new morning political newsletter with a lot to say. Stay tuned!

They are going to Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo.