“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you give a list of the prescriptions you take to a federal government that has directly targeted people with chronic illness, mental illness, disability, autism, etc, with the eugenic language of elimination and stated outright they’re everything wrong with the country.

A #LongCOVID marker for cognitive impairment! 🧪

We just built a NEW tech tool that *any current or former tenant* in the entire country can use for free — it will generate a legal letter for you that reports to collections agencies, credit bureaus and regulatory agencies. Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.

GNU Jane Goodall.

In both good and bad ways

If you live in the Boston area, there is an ongoing protest outside the hotel in Medford where these ICE agents have set up shop. Details in the linked article. Please join the protest if you are able (bring noisemakers!)

If you need vaccines (25-26 Covid booster, flu, pneumonia, etc), CVS is currently very much doing a “tick this box if you qualify for this vaccine” method of self-verification for online vaccine scheduling so GO GET YOUR SHOTS before this CDC stuff gets more insane

Omggggg (saving this to read properly later, I LOVE Annie Lennox and she constitutes SO MUCH of my musical taste DNA) www.interviewmagazine.com/music/annie-...

An old military maxim often attributed to Napoleon is “an army marches on its stomach” and I feel the same way that a university thinks via its library. The slow and steady financial diminution of research libraries and the librarians who staff them is, to me, a slow-rolling higher Ed catastrophe.

I am glad the rest of the country is waking up to Michelle Wu's effective strategy of telling a nepobaby and his rich friends to fuck off

Reminder that the cotton stretchy decorative spider web stuff is terrible for local wildlife (yes, even in the city).

Shorter OMB letter: Lucy: Nation, THIS time I will NOT yank the congressionally appropriated funds

Unfortunately none of them were wearing masks, so I expect them all to get long covid soon

I would guess that forcing this email out is another effort made to like force more federal workers out so the cash can be used for grift contracts

*screams into void* THAT'S LIKE SCHEDULING A MEETING ON CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW!!!!!

What an expertly called shot

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social why are you allowing this? If Speaker Johnson won't do it, you can ask a Supreme Court Justice to administer the oath. I can think of three who would be glad to oblige.

God, how I wish we had any Democratic leaders who were willing to get up on stage and tell it like it is.

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! Keep AI out of translation!

Transhealth are good folks with a focus on caring for the community.

This is why they're desperate to capture governments and schools so they can siphon off public funding.

Ruth Carter, the Black Panther costume designer, in person and online at the #BostonPublicLibrary! bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/689a2...

My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.

There are only 41,000 coal miners in the United States. By way of comparison, there are 100,000 **registered** yoga teachers, 361,000 Starbucks baristas and 265,000 faculty and staff members working for the University of California system alone.

Anybody who votes for Moulton over Markey is a chump.

I finally figured out why they wear masks. So that they will never have to explain to their children and grandchildren why they were such assholes.

So by caving to the fash they're also admitting that their regular background checks are worthless.

More public transportation so you can get a few beers with the fellas

Done in five minutes on my phone so it looks terrible, but when you said Red vs Blue I couldn't resist. Forgive me.

If you work at EA and want to talk privately about your feelings about the sale to Saudi Arabia you can reach me anonymously at [email protected] or via Signal/WhatsApp at +12673263042.

We’re offering free vaccine clinics in Boston. Vaccines are safe, effective, and protect against serious illness. Getting vaccinated keeps you healthy and helps protect your family, friends, and community. Learn more at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

When you go back to living "normally", take a hard look at who you're leaving behind. The people you're scrambling to re-join won't be there for you if/when you catch covid, or even become disabled from it. Ironically, the people you're leaving behind are the ones more likely to have your back.

hi gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b…

If your Klein be Naomi, then listen, homie; But if your Klein be Ezra, disregard what he sezra

Waaaait a minute, I just remembered I can mute the words "Ezra Klein" FOREVER, brb regaining my tranquility

I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.

there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them

The United States drawn entirely from memory

Let no tongue on earth be silent. My talk from St Michael and All Angels, Mount Dinham, yesterday. quiresandplaces.com/blogs/from-q...

Ezra Klein is making money from telling comforting lies to right wingers and he should be shunned and ignored.

At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.

Supporting the #SomervilleMA man grabbed by guys in balaclavas even after they determined he was 'lawful' www.universalhub.com/2025/support...

Breaking my rule about Substack for this specific story. Denying amputees appropriate mobility aids is not just cruel, it can be deadly. Ill-fitting prostheses can cause sores which can become infected. They can cause musculoskeletal damage. People don’t just update aids because they want new ones.

Little Free Anti-ICE Libraries: yesterday multiple people were abducted by ICE in my Chicago neighborhood (Avondale). This morning I added 40 ICE alert whistles to three different LFLs, including one box that is about a block from one of the kidnappings. I have ordered 700 whistles.

Hi guys, I can't read that funny weird font you all use and nor can screen readers... just a thought

Timeline cleanser 🐈