THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

A Tufted Titmouse scatters snow as he/she makes an arrival.

Hello beautiful BlueSky folks 💙💙 Stay warm and have a great day! Blue-footed Booby. 🩵 (Unknown photographer)

Presidential pardons should be reformed. We need a new process with third-party approval.

Minnesota doesn’t just welcome refugees, they sent one to Congress. 💪🏽

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation's capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk.

This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream

This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day

"Peanuts please!" -Tufted Titmouse

Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement. "If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."

"When God created ducks, he said, 'Waterproof that chicken and give it a kazoo.'" ~ #unknown

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

I stand with these veterans.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Hope your vote today was worth it to you, as it’s made you look like a fool!

Nothing more to add.

Anybody know of a source of smut/erotica in toki pona? Feel free to message me if you don’t want to respond publicly. I will keep your secrets. #tokipona

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

A Tufted Titmouse watching the snowy sky.

I love this.

She operates on another level. A phenomenal woman.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

This is an excellent idea!!!

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Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!

not much to argue about on this one, I guess

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, but we have this consolation: The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph." —Tom Paine

“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” ~James Baldwin

Abortion is healthcare. I do not adore my appendectomy, yet I am grateful I survived

Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

TIL that 'googly eyes' take their name from the early comic strip character Barney Google, and a comic song written about him in 1923

I’d like to remind all government employees that there is no statute of limitations on violations of the Hatch Act.

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

😎🌵🪴 keep up

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center issued a statement on the use of acetaminophen while pregnant... 🤰🏽💊👀 #NHnews #Tylenol

Always remember this:

A massive 2024 study analyzing the outcomes of 2.5 million children found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability once sibling comparisons are taken into account. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Since this is going to be headline news tomorrow… The highest quality research has shown Tylenol use in pregnancy is NOT at all associated with autism risk. To suggest otherwise is to be an amateur that cherry-picks data points from decades ago. What we discussed 2 weeks ago remains true today ⬇️

The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning. They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then: No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism AND Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”

FYI. Statement from the APA. I am happy my peers posted this.

Those who don't know their history, repeat it.

Tylenol use is safe in pregnancy, lowest effective dose. Don’t listen to the utter nonsense emanating from the highest office in the land today. Speak to your medical provider.

the rare uplifting nation article (no shade to the nation) www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...