In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.

I just never, ever get over thinking: Which is easier, figuring out how to live on the moon, or figuring out how to make it so we can continue living on earth? If you’re truly a visionary, why not do the second one?

Today would have been my grandmother’s birthday. Mima Marta was a phenomenal grandmother. She loved us so deeply and wholeheartedly and cared so much. It’s hard losing that kind of unconditional love. I miss her often. She would find my perfume obsession very funny.

In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint www.wsj.com/business/med...

So extremely grateful to have a husband who is a true partner. Today the kids had awards ceremonies - we missed the announcement. I couldn’t change my work schedule but he rearranged his and went. Last time we both went. Other times it will be just me. I am so lucky to have a partner in parenting

“the aura of your hobby has been hobbled by…dweebs”

This, from @joshgondelman.bsky.social. So much this. Gambling should be like tobacco use: legal, heavily regulated, hard to access, with zero advertising and a ton of social stigma.

My favorite thing about working out with a trainer over zoom is that I can discreetly pass gas and not worry about choking her out. I know that’s tmi but honestly it makes me so much less self conscious to work out. Not to mention not having to look gym ready.

I could watch the half time show a million times over. Still blown away.

And while everyone is feeling good about Benito giving a Grammy to someone who is not Liam Ramos: Congress can pass a personal bill to grant citizenship to Liam Ramos, his family and Kilmer Abrego Garcia.

I miss my grandmother so much tonight. Her memory catches me in the gut every once in a while. Today in the shower, I had the memory/image of talking to her and telling her I’d showered and she’d say “Te toco hoy?” And we’d laugh each time. And then she’d make sure I knew it was said with love.

I don’t want to go to sleep. I’m proud to be Latina. Benito is the Latino icon of my dreams. As a former salsa dancer, it was incredible to see that at the super bowl. His message was clear and full of joy and pride. As a Cuban American, so much of that was familiar. My heart overflows.

I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Please share this statement from Toomaj Salehi, the renowned Iranian rapper and freedom fighter who has been repeatedly imprisoned and tortured by the Islamic Republic.

#sotd is 45* by Trudon, a beautiful honeyed vanilla that is sophisticated and seductive. I’m also really feeling the 80s vibes of my short curly hair

"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..." kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...

SOTD: Flame of the Forest by Anjali. It’s so lovely but it was the wrong choice for today. It’s colder than I thought it would be and I’m wishing I had gone for something cozier.

SOTD: Gardez by Mind Games today. And my non-perfume friend liked the smell! And I had her smell Royal Orris by Vertus and she liked that too. If she really likes them, will gift my decants to her as a thank you for letting our family stay at her place. I just love perfume and sharing it with others

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Did you know that California is one of the biggest agricultural producers of citrus? And the citrus season is now— in winter! Jurassic Flower is the aroma of white magnolias; a colossal, dinner plate sized blossom that smells like grapefruit. #IndiePerfume #PerfumeForALL #CaliforniaScent #PerfumeSky

SOTD: Soft Tension by Andrea Maack for a very soft close to the skin scent for travel. Long flight ahead.

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

7. Political messaging is lagging regular people’s sense that tech has gone rogue. There is an opportunity to tap into fear about government overreach and economic insecurity. That would tie together several threads of political structures of opportunity — from occupy to environmental racism

Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.

Really excited to be attending my first sniff session with Emma from Perfume Room this evening and I get to be in the same room as @loisreynolds.bsky.social and the topic is Iris/Orris. So looking forward to it

liam and his dad are home! and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

I have a headache and am not feeling like wearing perfume this morning (pretty rare for me) but that didn’t stop me from buying travel sizes of the two new Alloy Studio scents: Feaux and Luster. I haven’t loved their prior scents but these both seem tailor made for me. Excited!

Kids finally went back to school yesterday for 3.5 hours (after snow delays) and came home with stomach bugs so will need to be careful what we wish for. My poor kiddos.

Dream big!

Programming note: over the next few hours we’ll be watching the morning models come in regarding the weekend storm. We’ll have an update midday or early afternoon after we’ve digested them. Here’s a very helpful slide from the National Weather Service in the mean time.

Democratic leadership need to be waking up every morning with the singular goal of matching the energy of the heroes on the ground in Minnesota.

Time to call your reps and insist that ICE be abolished!

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Exactly right. Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign. Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE. Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them. Every possible angle.

i wish mr. bovino an unremarkable retirement right up until inauguration day 2029, which is when i hope the tribunals start

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

The people of Minnesota did that. Not Schumer and Jeffries, not Walz and Frey, not the standard-bearers of decorum. The People.

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports reut.rs/3Z0Pug2

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“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel

So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.