Julie Brown: “They didn’t even release the victim interviews…It’s clear that the Department of Justice is not only thumbing its nose at the public’s demand for transparency and accountability, it is not taking the crimes committed against children seriously.” open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful: All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.

This cosmos caught my eye with its white petals edged in magenta — a quick test of focus and depth on a quiet neighborhood walk. There’s always more to notice; hope you’ll stick around for what comes next. #Photography #Cosmos #MacroPhotography #BloomScrolling #NaturePhotography #ScottKissPhoto

♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.

The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS. The coup was over in hours because people said no.

An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.

The shooting at the San Jose Mall spawned masses of people filing into this one person’s nearby home.

Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 29, 2025 The theme is #Warmth painting based on a photo of silent film actress Barbara La Marr, keeping warm in (let's call it faux) fur #watercolor #gouache

You know it's going to charming 1890s fun when the movie credits are printed on mustache cups. #TCMparty #SweetRosieOGrady

The color variation on this plant stopped me in my tracks this morning. Paper lanterns for a fairy party. San Jose, CA #dtsj #flower #bloomscrolling

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Honestly, Joan is really good at this. #QueenBee #TCMParty

"Make character with people! Do talk at society! Be personality on folks!" #QueenBee #TCMParty

Ooh. Wonder if this painting still exists. I want it. #TCMParty #QueenBee

Quote your art with glasses on!

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 22, 2025 The theme is #Small

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.

If you see this, post your bird art 🐦 #birds #watercolor

The move here for democrats is to make this the campaign ad for every single election but then also actually make it come true KEY PART

#BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 8, 2025 #Evening #watercolor #gouache "Look for Burrowing Owls on wide expanses of short vegetation. . . Your chances are best in early morning and late evening, when the owls tend to be more active." — Cornell Lab

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from

For the record: I'm not tired of winning.

Yes on 50. Let's go, California!

A kaleidoscope of autumn colours 🍂💛🍂🧡🍂 #BlueSkyArtShow #autumn #EastCoastKin #10minutesfromhome #photography #Devon #LandscapePhotography

#BlueSkyArtShow Saturday November 1, 2025 The theme is #Autumn Watercolor from a b/w photo by Richard Avedon of Suzy Parker in Paris, 1951

Anybody else get a trick-or-treater in a 67 costume tonight?

I don't know, maybe it's just the Halloween of it all right now, but does anyone else see the similarity? #Taskmaster

It's Halloween

I know I've said this before, and I'm not sure what good it does my saying it—because who cares what I think?—but with the void thus identified, I'm going to shout into it: people who do not believe in government should not be in government. Ever.

The distillation of this is that your government is lying to you and plans to keep doing so.

GOV. WALZ: “This is not both sides. This is owned by Republicans. Dems are willing to come back and protect what passed, not let an authoritarian president do whatever he wants… people will be lined up to get food and we’re talking about a damn ballroom? DON’T LOSE THE PLOT.”

Rainbow over San Jose, CA, 10/26/25 Very Roy G. Biv. #dtsj

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

wapo.st/4qui3Po Thank you to the volunteers who helped reunite Norm & Sunny.

Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor. And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...