One of the matriarch of my congregation has died, aged 102, not two weeks after a fall. Just processing this.

Five authors I’ve read at least five books by: Terry Pratchett @nnedi.bsky.social @scalzi.com @davidmack.pro @aptshadow.bsky.social

eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor is it known unto the human heart, the magnitude of hate Pope Leo has for JD Vance specifically

Yes, I remember when I had my first child and had to build 30 data centers to feed them.

I cannot WAIT to access this vaccine.

Awesome question from a 13 year old about cutting ties with our NATO allies. Props to @adamsmith.house.gov for not talking down while explaining the history.

Watching @adamsmith.house.gov 's townhall with my knitting. #1: Reform ICE? No, abolish ICE. #2: Concerned about RFKJr and his attack on science? When did you last wear a mask?

i do think if you talk about people like this you should be put in the evil triangle from the SUPERMAN movies and hurled into space

I've had a really rough week healthwise and at work, but this morning my husband and I ran into one of my former college profs in the grocery store, and she hugged me and said someone mentioned my name recently and she said, "Yes, I know her, one of my best students." 😭😭😭

The religious *left* doesn't get talked about nearly enough, but here's a book that does exactly that.

Dear game industry: I’m going to hold your hand as I say this, but No-one. Wants. Your AI. Bullshit. Nobody. There is no audience for it. Stop it.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

"14/10 someone get him a medal." :) www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

When all this is over, we need to pass a law that no member of Trump's family can ever hold political office in the US ever again.

Stephen Miller and the GOP’s favorite immigration law is one that helped make the holocaust worse for Jews who wanted to flee to America, so that’s all you need to know

CAN CONFIRM

www.yahoo.com/news/article.... WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released records show a U.S. citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security.

I know this will probably have asshats in my mentions again, but periodic reminder that everything happening now has a precedent. And that precedent is closer than slavery, internment, boarding schools, Jim Crow...it is the very modern school to prison pipeline. It is the last 40 years of policy.

I am never going to get over the fact thar so many Americans died that corpses stacked up in nursing homes and hospital morgues, that refrigerator trucks had to be brought in for the overflow, and that the big takeaway from Important Pundits is there should have been *less* mitigation.

Oh, interesting! @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You should both resign!

Ok Jeffries and Schumer should step aside from leadership for the sake of the party and country at this point

Jeffery Epstein was invited to a Hakeem Jeffries fundraiser in 2017

Reminder: you can just block people for being vaguely annoying in ways you can't fully articulate. It's fine.

Changsha China 1127 pregnant women study finds first trimester COVID-19 infection linked to higher birth defect risk. 9.2% vs 4.7% in uninfected. Heart defects were most common. Infection doubled risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Preemptive reply to the "You don't have to like AI but it's the future so you'd better get used to it": I think you'll find that I don't have to get used to anything. I will live in a unabomber-style shack in the middle of the forest before I allow an LLM to think for me

Back when you were in middle school your English teacher probably told you that there is a difference between saying that you are “doing well” and saying that you are “doing good,” but for what it’s worth taking precautions is a decent way to ensure you’re doing both.

If I were any of the victims that survived or the families of the ones that didn't? I would take Sam Altman & company to the fucking cleaners. I'm talking suing the company for so much money that his great-grandchildren would be paying my family line in installments.

I know so many people for whom "only $2,000" would be genuinely life-altering. Maybe not forever, but for long enough.

"It was extremely difficult to tell 5 and 6 year olds that the teacher they loved and cherished will not be returning to see them," said Alonna McMullen, principal of Herman W. Hesse K-8 School in Savannah's southside suburbs. https://to.pbs.org/4qM3Xrk

Every billionaire in the Epstein files could drop dead tomorrow and the world would not only be fine, it would actually improve. The quality of our media would improve. Our environment. Our food. Our health care. Our technology.

For quite a lot of the people infected with SARS-COV-2 recently, GI issues seem to be present often. This is rather similar to how it was when I got infected in 2nd part of March 2020. Many of us had GI symptoms then. And GI symptoms in acute phase were a risk factor for developing long covid.

This is how we get The Thing.

This is why I always bring my French press when traveling.

I'm up to date, but my experience when having my kids is that the measles vaccine doesn't "stick" with me. (Three - titers,vthree boosters in 5 years). Vaccinate and wear a mask!

NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act. The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."

“A federal agent fired shots through the driver’s side window”. Sound familiar? That’s exactly how Renee Nicole Good was killed. This 23 year old lost his life and ICE’s involvement was covered up for a year. They’re killing people and hiding the evidence.

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The next pandemic gets stacked on the current one. We aren‘t passively forgetting any lessons; we are actively participating in mass delusion. We blithely deny the impacts of ongoing constant reinfections with Covid. Until we face reality, honestly we have no chance of managing an add on pandemic.

Yesterday, a coworker of a someone I know lost their mother. Less than five minutes after the dreaded call, billing was calling the bereaved with a total for the bill. Our system is evil.

SO MUCH THIS, I am also so very tired of this, shaming terrible people is great but shame them for the REASON THEY ARE TERRIBLE and not for anything about their bodies or appearances

The conflict between Captain Janeway and Ensign Kim is a wonderful highlight of 'The Disease', with strong performances from Kate Mulgrew and Garrett Wang ☺️💜🖖💫🪐 #StarTrek #VOY #Rewatch #AllTrekIsRealTrek

the glorious constitutional principle of "the president can't fuck with Supreme Court justices' investment portfolios" stands strong

Good morning, beloved. Pursue justice. Make peace. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

In this household we stan an LGBTQ-affirming Christian pop queen ✨ www.billboard.com/music/music-...

First Royal arrested since 1647? That feels quite seismic America, your turn.

Keep in mind that the guy that gave us Victoria’s Secret angels and Size 0 clothes at Abercrombie was attracted to children.

The Gen X urge to come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be