30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 15/30

Farmers in Florida are having difficulties in getting their usual seasonal workers through legal visa programs — it looks like crops will rot in the fields, as there is no one to harvest them. www.wcjb.com/2025/12/11/f...

The United States used to be the country that fed the world, saved the babies dying from preventable diseases, and welcomed almost everyone, whether they came to visit or came to stay. Our universities and research facilities were the best in the world. These things made us strong.

There goes the lucrative industry of international tourism, already fairly wrecked. The US was "the world’s most powerful Travel & Tourism market, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 TN to the nation’s economy last year" said the World Travel & Tourism Council in 2024.

Along with posting daily books I have read for the ongoing 30-day books-by-women challenge, I’d like to note that eventually I will have read every book written by: Louise Erdrich Barbara Kingsolver Toni Morrison Ann Patchett #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 14/30

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 13/30

Trump is considering demolishing 4 historic Washington buildings, incl those that housed the Dep of Housing and VOA, per former gov official WH is independently soliciting bids to recommend demolition of the historic buildings, w/o input of the General Services Administration.

"The rapid, largely unregulated rise of datacenters to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 12/30

15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia. It’s about getting sick in America. And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 11/30 Note: This novel has absolutely no relation to the Tom Cruise movie.

$20 billion could end homelessness in the US $40 billion could end hunger globally Both would still only cost 3/4 of what Meta blew on Mark Zuckerberg’s obviously bad ideas because nobody would tell him they were stupid because he’s worth over $200 billion because he doesn’t pay his share of taxes

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 10/30

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 9/30

Everyone knew “metaverse” was a stupid idea. Yet every news outlet covered it extensively and ad nauseam when announced. Now every news outlet covers its demise. Fuck this. Tech journalists need to start admitting when tech is just plain dumb — or harmful.

It’s only right that AI firms that trawl Wikipedia should be required to pay for the privilege. The large-scale trawling is costing Wikipedia $$$. www.reuters.com/business/med...

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 8/30

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

214 House Democrats have signed the discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits. We only need 4 Republicans to sign. House GOP: Join us NOW before it's too late.

“Their country’s no good”? “Their country stinks”? That’s what Trump said about Somalia. Look to your own backyard, buster. You’ve made this country no good. You’re making this country stink.

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 7/30

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 6/30

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 5/30

“The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy, a system of corruption in which a network of ruling elites use the institutions of government to steal public assets for their own private gain.” There. She said it.

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 4/30

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 3/30

Winning: I stepped off plane 1 in ATL and discovered plane 2 is in the same terminal!!

30-day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 2/30

Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback. www.reuters.com/investigates...

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen 1/30

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

“More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

I don’t need any programming books (Python, JavaScript, etc.) at the moment, but all my favorites came from No Starch Press, and their current sale is 42% off everything they have. I know we’re boycotting and not buying, etc. But I honestly love this publisher. Ends Dec. 2. nostarch.com

I keep thinking about the immigrants who have been sent away to countries not their own, where maybe they don’t even speak the language. How will those people ever get justice? A hearing of any kind? The U.S. is shipping them off to be imprisoned forever, killed, or enslaved.

There have been many essays written by professors about students cheating with AI. I like the thoughts expressed in this one. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...

We have all normalized it at this point because it never stops, but it is fucking psychotic that the mayor elect of New York City who has never said an anti-Semitic thing in his life has to answer "what do you say to Jews who feel unsafe" as a condition of doing any interview.

Whenever “engagement” is rewarded with payments, many people will create schemes to churn out more content that gets more engagement. Studies have shown that hate and anger generate the most shares on social media. What results is obvious and logical — and horrible.

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

The newest “deal” to end the war in Ukraine is a nightmare. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...

There’s a weird dynamic in the visual of Trump seated behind the desk while Mamdani stands, just to his right. I’m sure there was a Trumpist logic behind it, but it doesn’t make Trump look strong, and Mamdani looks like an adviser or a No. 2. Plus Trump keeps looking _up_ at Mamdani.

I’d love to see this proposal get a lot of discussion. One thing I’ve learned about “just giving money” to people (from reports on UBI in other countries) is that people will spend it— and that benefits the local economy. www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...

This is quite interesting as it ends the CTC and EITC and creates a big child allowance (5600/y), a 2k baby bonus and a 3k/y UBI for adults 19-67. The Policy Engine (CC: @maxghenis.bsky.social )folks did an analysis of the net impacts... www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...

Who thinks this president would happily stand on a platform wearing a fake military uniform covered with fake medals and survey a mass hanging or firing squad to eliminate a bunch of his “enemies”? We have read the dictator playbook.

The Coast Guard makes distinctions between “hatred” and “divisiveness” because a lot of folks who love the Confederate flag, the Nazi swastika, and nooses (!) claim their use of those symbols does not mean they hate anyone. Pause. They absolutely do hate very specific human beings.

A (good) update on the Coast Guard story.

If ANY university EVER sends you a list of “prohibited words,” you damn well better cancel that speaking engagement.

Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump’s first term.

I just had a shock: I learned that a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder with cheese at McDonald’s (in my town) costs almost $8. Ever since the pandemic I only eat at/order from local restaurants, and their prices have gone up—but this? McDonald’s has such bad food AND now it’s not cheaper than good food?