oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen

I’m out to lunch with my husband. First date we’ve had in ages. I’m on a date while our nation holds another country’s elected leader hostage. I’m on a date while we slip further from saving our children’s future from the ravages of climate catastrophe. I’m on a date with the person I love.

Just remembered that horrific (and horrifically GOOD) movie Reign of Fire so that’s the entirety of anything resembling a plan for the afternoon as per the need to disassociate because of all the things.

It’s not doing false equivalency to point out how US empire works- it’s incredibly important to not fight against this kind of stuff by opposing just one part of it- that’s becoming the controlled opposition.

Wake up. See the news. 2026 is going to make 2025 look like a teddy bear’s picnic.

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor. Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️ The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly. It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.

A thing I think about a lot is how the hyper powerful and tech billionaires want to be seen as people saving humanity, which is why they create space companies to send us to Mars and invest in gen AI to render us more "productive" And yet, not a single one is working to solve climate change.

4 yo son: I don’t listen to mom’s words. Husband: you don’t listen to mom? 4: yeah, mom’s potty words Me & husband, making eye contact. I shrug because, correct, I do swear a lot. He snickers. 4: yeah, like when she tells me to pull up my underpants first and then pants when I use the potty.

Bidding 2025 adieu in the traditional manner of the parent of a neurodivergent seven year old: an encore showing of a documentary about 100 years of British trains. 🚂

The feminine urge to write a romantasy novel with a gnome character named Chomsky

A few months ago, ICE agents shot a TikToker. The govt then charged him, alleging he tried to ram agents Well guess what? Body-cam footage -- which the gov't delayed disclosing -- shows that's BS. The agent shot by mistake. And a judge just dismissed charges. www.latimes.com/california/s...

anytime i hear anything from a neighboring unit you better believe i think “that’s sex” it really doesn’t matter what the noise is or when it happens all apartment noise is sex noise until proven otherwise

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14

Some absolute dumbass told me she doesn’t let her kids listen to Pink Pony Club because it’s “inappropriate” - never being able to articulate how unless she also explained a drag club to her kids (ages 5&6, which she hasn’t) - and now I am filled with rage about this bullshit whenever I hear it.

It’s that one week a year where my body constantly screams at me hourly to eat a vegetable, for the love of god.

Pope Leo being at least as liberal, more assertive, and 100% more American, is going to drive the American evangelical anti-catholic sentiment.

Summoning the dog in from his morning barks by yelling “Casey! You have another gift! It’s from Tucker!” Tucker is his dog friend.

We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States. Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.

decimating the morale of your local occupying security force is a proven, perfectly legitimate, not to mention peaceful, civil exercise.

funny how that works

He raped children. Everything else is him trying to do a dance to distract from that.

Hiding at the pizza joint, deliberately arriving early so I could have a wine because my mother in law is in town seems very Festivus appropriate

People working this week

especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win

𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙉𝙎 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙀𝙍𝙎: I'm putting together a cassette tape of audio related to my Beck book, as a promo item to build buzz I can't do Beck covers, so I'm looking for creative ideas (homages to Beck, found-sound collages of my interviews, music for my narrations, etc) Let me know!!!!

Made fresh bread and potato leek soup for the solstice. Halfway through cooking, I realized every soup is my favorite soup. I’m a soup slut 😩

There are two types of people Those who say “robot” And those who pronounce it (properly) in the style of Dr. Zoidberg

“Concern” digital photograph. 2025

Today’s adventure in parenting: I started singing Particle Man from a comment on atoms by the 7 year old, which made me seek out TMBG on Spotify and that’s how the kids discovered The Flaming Lips’ “She Don’t Use Jelly” which is now apparently the only music allowed in the house henceforth.

Any time I’m like “the kids are alright” There’s a counter point that’s simply: But wait! You haven’t seen our selection of Nazis!

NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism." Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:

It really cannot be overemphasized enough that JD Vance follows a host of open Nazis on Twitter.

I always thought LCD Soundsystem was dad rock? This does not stop them from being good or cool. Then again, I am now and have always been a dad rock fan, regardless of my age, gender, or parental status. 🤷‍♀️ Hm.

If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period. This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.

While searching for something else I stumbled upon this fascinating op-ed from Dec. 2015--ten years ago. It appeared in the Greenville, SC Index-Journal. It matter-of-factly pointed out that Trump was beloved by white nationalists like Jared Taylor. This was BEFORE the first GOP primary was held.

Every 3 months, I make estimated tax payments so I don't get swamped/penalized when I file my yearly return. And every time, I am filled with rage. I used to be fine w/ paying taxes, but they've cut all the stuff worth supporting and now I pay for Trump's golf trips and Stephen Miller's gestapo

What a miserable news Monday morning. Fuck all this.

Husband is attempting to teach the 4 year olds cards. Suits are: hearts, diamonds, clovers, and spines, obviously.

I guess I should have been more specific when I said “stay in your chair” She’s gonna be a force to be reckoned with as an adult. Parenting her is a test of my grip on sanity.

Just imagine being the kind of person who does this.

Because the transnational fascist movement is moving closer to the ultimate goal for their global agenda. The destruction of the modern world all so they can attempt to rule over the ashes of modernity and our species.

For sadistic abuse and torture, no concentration camp in Trump's gulag competes with the mega center in Ft Bliss, Texas. Because everything's bigger in Texas. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My mom, forcing a simplified nativity story on my kids: “…and the angel said ‘and you will name him Jesus’” My 7 year old, frowning, interjects, “I really don’t think someone should tell anyone else what to name their baby.”

Today, I’m angriest at how incredibly stupid the fall of this empire is. It feels like being stuck in poorly written fanfic but we’re the ones being badly fucked

this is them trying to juice the stock one last time to make sure February isn't a complete bloodbath, but a stopgap measure at best

He heard me thinking about him and is obviously unamused.

Routinely impressed by how ridiculous this dog is

I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.

In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests. Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here." It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...