Useful tip: Sign out of Bluesky every time you're done scrolling. It'll prevent you from reflexively looking for doom in those moments you're between things. It helps me tremendously to do this across any socials I have.

Ah...getting my follows right so that I'm laughing between each %$#@*&^%.

We shouldn’t have to anxiously watch courts decide whether we keep access to healthcare and basic rights. It’s good news that telehealth access to medication abortion will remain for now, but we won’t stop fighting until reproductive freedom is protected nationwide.

Making calls too distressing for your nervous system? EVERY politician I know of has an email address too and *asks* you to send email OR call. Please do. It's how they truly know what we want. Silence tells them nothing. WE do.

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

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We’ll talk about the response to racist gerrymandering in former Confederate states and Saturday’s national day of action with @blackvotersmatterfund.org’s LaTosha Brown. Plus, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social & @ezralevin.bsky.social answer your top-ranked questions — sign up now to join our weekly chat.

Zohran Mamdani has fully balanced New York City’s $12 billion deficit — an uncomfortable reminder to the political establishment that governments can, in fact, function when taxpayer money isn’t funneled toward lobbyists wealthy benefactors

Joana Vasconcelos, Portuguese artist known for her vast textile based mysterious installations #WomensArt

The @aclu.org is looking to hire a Trans Justice Fellow in Portland, Oregon: www.aclu-or.org/jobs/trans-j...

This is Tango. She wants you to know this isn't what it looks like. Doesn't know what else it could be yet, but she's working on that. 12/10 obviously innocent (IG: eyes_on_tango)

"All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience" - #MaryWollstonecraft, born on this day, from her early feminist text 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' 1792. UK women's suffrage banner by artist Mary Lowndes, 1908 #WomensArt

thinking about the gould quote again

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams completed the #BostonMarathon in 2007 in 4:23:46 from the International Space Station while orbiting the Earth at ~17,500 mph. First person to run a marathon in space. She qualified for Boston on Earth with a time of 3:29:57 in the Houston Marathon. #WomenInSTEM

💚🕊 Zero 👉🏽 waste ♻️ kind wholesome #Caturday 💚🌿

We can’t wait until Trump tries stealing the midterms to flex our collective economic muscle. That’s why May Day is so important.

How stunning!

The Future Is Female 🌌 Diagnosed with autism at 3. Bullied throughout school. IQ of 162 -- Graduated high school at 7. Earned a bachelor's degree. Now pursuing a master's in mathematics. Her name is Adhara Pérez Sánchez, and her dream is to work for NASA and colonize Mars. She's from Mexico City.

Hey-o! A win for our friends in the trans community! And from a red state, at that! Trans folks can update their driver’s licenses and birth certificates to match their gender identity! 🎉🥳🍾

Remember please, you do what YOU can. Maybe "just" attending a politician's townhall with dozens of others, maybe "just" sending $5 to a local food bank. You needn't do everything, you can do something. We can't change the whole world, but we can change SOMEONE'S world, a little at a time.

Fun Fact: the first woman to leave earth orbit is on board too....

This just outright made me smile. I love "Sister and Friend" that's beautiful.

New Vampire Haven sneak peak! Read it: dannyechase.com/newsletter/ (NSFW) ❤️ Vampire/human meet-ugly 🧡 Annoyance to lovers 💛 Doomed 1915 ocean liner 💚 Repressed psychic having gay visions 💙 Forbidden romance 💜 Happy eternally after 🌈💜📚🌎 🪐📚#rombk🌶️📚#specfic🔱✍️🌈🚀💫

my parents on the moon launch mom: why are they going to the moon dad: same reason we go to your brother in Australia- some people like going very far away to a place where you die if you go outside

Anyone at Norwescon in Seattle right now? Asking for a friend. (Me, I am asking for me.)

The date for the next No Kings Day is set. But this is a save the date, not a “sit back and wait.” 🧵

The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ

In just a few moments, I will vote against the so-called SAVE America Act and I am a strong no. That's because this bill would place unnecessary burdens on millions of women and eligible citizens to register to vote and make their voices heard. It is un-American & undermines our democracy.

I love @aeon.co magazine. It's longer-form reading than most online features, and the topics cover nearly everything. My favorite recent article talks about holes in the web. How even Hindi, for example, the third most spoken language, is sorely under-represented online. aeon.co/essays/gener...

"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed." A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends. Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

ICE wrote a memo to get around warrantless entries into homes, and they knew it was so illegal they kept it secret until a whistleblower blew the scheme open.

Before I became mayor, I had the privilege of serving in the New York State Assembly. And on Tuesday, Feb. 3, Astoria & Long Island City can elect @DianaforQueens to continue our work. I'm so proud to endorse Diana, a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer & a democratic socialist.

This has to be criminal. ICE is out of control!

This year we joined the House Committee on Energy & Commerce and served on the Subcommittees on Energy, Health, and Oversight & Investigations. We look forward to hitting the ground running on E&C next session. To wrap up 2025, here are this year's Top 5 Moments from Committee.

Removing your nation's cultural footprints step-by-step-by-step: yeah, that makes sense.

Merry Christmas from the Obama Foundation! May your Christmas be filled with unwrapping new possibilities and the warmth of time spent with your loved ones!

Give it a rest, Elon.

"We know how it begins. It's always been up to us……how it ends."

Back in Chicago this week, President Obama went to his Hyde Park barbershop. There’s nothing like familiar faces and the feeling of home. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, we can’t wait to welcome the world to the South Side.

Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of traveling across our country to share the story behind 107 Days. Here are a few of my reflections from the road:

Hey if you missed the @geekgirlcon.bsky.social story publishing workshop with editor @atlinmerrick.bsky.social & myself, find all our advice on my blog! Where to find calls, how to submit stories, & much more. dannyechase.com/resources/ #writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱 #Horror 📚😱 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #write #dcblogs

This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

This is Lukas. It's his first time swimming. He's kinda nervous, but we think he's doing a great job. 13/10 (TT: lukassss707)

When you call Mamdani a socialist, please remember: