Watching Sen. Booker is reminding me of Sen Mike Gravel reading part of the Pentagon papers out loud, which got them into the congressional record. The letters of worried Americans are being heard.

Disruption is all they seem to understand—so that’s exactly what they’re getting. For 14 hours, @booker.senate.gov has been on the Senate floor, speaking truth within the rules. This cannot be business as usual when our democracy’s on the line. Thank you, senator.

Well this aged like unpasteurized milk🤌 3 days ago: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” –Pete Hegseth

Numbing and rest aren't the same thing. Numbing is a "pause," a break, then you pick up where you left off. Rest=renewal, restoration. It's a reset. Right now, we probably need both. My numbing is through Stardew Valley. What's yours?

Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

A tale of two scandalous Justice Department firings, and how WaPo covered each. Which is to say: today, not at all. Democracy dies in broad daylight.

There is a space between hope and hopeless. Not resigned. Not despair. A quiet resolve to do as much good as one can do in what will be terrible circumstances.

And just like that, the Government silenced 170 million Americans the day before the inauguration. #tiktokban #tiktokrefugee

The glee with which some Christians fantasize about watching people who don’t share their beliefs be tortured in the afterlife … well, it explains some things about the current political world.

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

This is your reminder that no matter how much hard work you’ve been doing in therapy, no matter how much your self-differentiation has improved, the holidays are NOT your Therapy Final Exam. You will probably not always be calm, centered, emotionally mature, etc. with your family. That’s okay.

Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social as always. This, this, this: "Until men engage earnestly & honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change." Assault. Abuse. Harassment. Objectification. All of it.

I’m ready to stay here through Christmas because we’re not going to let Elon Musk run the government.

I love the Jacqui Lawson advent calendar. Every morning, something sweet and whimsical to fuel me up for my day. Can someone create something similar to count down to Nov. 3, 2026? Some of us will really need it.

Progressive Texans know we have multiple nightmares coming. Both the national inauguration, plus the Tx Lege returns to session. Cue “Jaws” theme music. (We know, we should play the Rocky theme, but reality is reality.)

Forget “religion and politics” as the 2 most controversial topics. It’s “children in restaurants” and “barking dogs at home.”

“It’s schools and churches and hospitals. It’s like, do you really want to make those unsafe places and communities, or is it just a veiled threat?”

I love “O Holy Night” not for the soaring melody (ok, I love that, too) but because it was written by an atheist/socialist, a Jewish composer, and a Unitarian. All of them abolitionists.

Absolutely this. If you don't know where to start, here's a free tip: Reach out to your local Unitarian Universalists. I'm not proselytizing here, you don't need to join the church, but I guarantee they'll be able to give you a reference to someone who needs some more hands for social justice.

People are often surprised (and embarrassed) by how overwhelming their grief is when a pet dies. It’s because it’s so constant. You see their bowl, or hear a rustle and think it’s them. It’s like an intensive in mourning.

"ABC is giving immense power to Trump before he even takes office. They’ve sent a message to other media companies that the best move is to comply with him, to not report critically because that might result in a lawsuit." -- @snipy.bsky.social

Gender-affirming care for youth happens in so many ways people have no understanding of. My teen cisgender daughter survived cancer as a child. The radiation messed up her repro organs - she had to take estrogen to avoid going into menopause as a teen. Whether transgender or cis, it can be needed.

Irreparable damage of puberty blockers but half of American boys get concussions from repeatedly running into each other and call it “football”

It appears that on this platform, reacting/loving a post gives the writer/creator/author feedback and dopamine (yay!), but the only thing that helps other people see it is sharing. Some of us came from platforms where reactions increased reach. Seems like that's a nope here. Shares increase reach.

I’m pretty flexible about most things. Thanksgiving is not one of those things. The spouse was 4 minutes slow on putting the turkey in the oven. We’ll be debriefing that tomorrow.

It’s a year of firsts for me this year, sad firsts, firsts of things without my sister who died in April. Please set an appointment with your dermatologist.

For me, the hardest part of the grief journey is my brain’s resistance to finality. It keeps popping up messages like, “Wait, she’s still dead? Like, can’t we be over this and go back to how it was?”

“I sew and I have a cow.” Man, Jude Law was a tradwife before it was cool. #TheHoliday

I had a friend who visited Romania in 2019 where she got to have living room conversations with people. I asked what they thought of Americans. “That we’re naive for being shocked by government corruption.” I think of that a lot.

Huh. So some countries do this. Interesting.

I can't tell you how bizarre it feels for me to look at the current oncoming political nightmare and think, "Maybe it will be capitalism that saves us." #goldencalf #profitoverpolitics

Not looking forward to Republican senators passing the talking stick of who gets to seem measured and concerned (because they know the overall vote will still go for the unethical option.)

In looking to experience joy (along with the determination/dread that comes with the presidential election + TX Lege returning in January), I am very excited for the most fabulous of seasons. Gay Cardinal Couple Season. It’s the best time of the year. #gaycardinalcoupleseason

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

I dream of a post-scolding world. And love this moment from Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Another thing about James Luther Adams: he wrote, “Repeatedly I heard anti-Nazis say, If only 1,000 of us in the late twenties had combined in heroic resistance, we could have stopped Hitler.” So, you know, let’s do that.

Holiday Game 2024. Watch the Made-For-Tv (Hallmark) Christmas movies and slam them off as soon as we determine the heroine would have voted for Trump. #BlueVoteChristmas

Between my sister dying, moving mom to assisted living and selling her house, my bird feeder has been empty for months. Today, I cleared away the overgrowth of ivy and filled it up. There is an absolute bird party going on now and it’s feeding my heart.

A call your reps situation to vote no. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...

Today in the church service, I talked to the kids about what a minister does, what I wear, and asked what they thought the clerical collar was for. “To keep you from licking yourself?” asked one.

BREAKING: Tennessee prosecutor threatens pride event, warning he will enforce anti-drag law. A lawsuit against the prosecutor, Blount County's Ryan Desmond, is expected on Wednesday. A Law Dork exclusive: www.lawdork.com/p/tennessee-...

At the Parliament of the World’s Religions

What no one tells you about being an adult is how much you can passionately LOVE a mug. Here’s mine. Show me yours.

What of the simplest ideas that some conservative religionists don’t understand is that a person can believe objective truth exists but that humans do not have access to it (beyond what can be known through science, verification facts, etc.)

Some people have lapcats. We have a headcat.