Moonlighting, side hustles, and now "polyworking". Anything to avoid calling it what it is, the exploitation of American workers by the obscenely wealthy corps & persons. apnews.com/article/work...

Scientists should graduate ready to share what they know, effectively. Even the top science programs in our country do not require science communication and public engagement for their graduates. This is dangerous. Let's change the future. Sign the petition to make a difference: bit.ly/3LbnfHB

On Nov. 15th, it's the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Art is often dismissed - but freely speaking, creating & writing is how we bring attention to injustice, it's how we make things better. This is why authoritarians don't want free speech.

Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world

After galloping through the morning news (must be done at full gallop lest one decide getting out of bed isn't worth it). My god, this administration...such a bunch of fucking weirdos. youtu.be/PB-wmOYelnM?...

Growing up on Buffalo Springfield and Neil Young, I hear echos of 70s folk in Humbird's "Child of Violence" (2024). youtu.be/NhWc-ZuZZ54?...

"...adulthood will shower you with so many accidental thefts from so many sources that teach you what it means to be she." Object Lessons by Addie Tsai I've taken pages of notes from this collection of essays. Expansive, heartbreaking, and triumphant. @electricliterature.com tinyurl.com/sebtc9pk

Doing useful research to find more words to call members of the current administration. Oof. Love my Brit insults, but "toerag/towrag" is super gross when you read about the nautical etymology. Hence, also perfect for the purpose. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...

I've returned to falling in love with music like I did growing up. Streaming instead of wornout cassette tapes, but listening to an artist's album in the order they intended. And repeatedly. Latest obsession is Malena Cadiz's album Hellbent & Moonbound. Poetic lyrics. youtu.be/PBkX8zaREqA?...

Menopause reminds me that I don't have to listen to incompetent assholes. Life is too short. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ooh. Just sent some Mormons on their way. The last time they approached me, I was 7 mos pregnant getting off the city bus. I just looked at them & said "No". Most religions are misogynistic as hell & only serve to perpetuate a hierarchy where I am a 2nd class citizen. No, buddy, bless YOU.

Soldiers have a moral responsibility to refuse illegal orders. It’s our duty to remind them of this fact.

Just saw the Joyce Carol Oates/Elon Musk exchange. When the world's richest man whines that JCO "delights in being mean" - what an accolade! Imagine having more money than any human should have and being such soggy rot. Go feed some children, assface. lithub.com/elon-musk-ge...

For the past few years, I have partnered with @blackbirdletterpress.com around this time of year on a handmade notebook. Proceeds support REBUILD. I am so excited to share this year's notebook inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks's words. www.blackbirdletterpress.com/limited-edit... - limited edition

I celebrate this Veteran's Day by reminding everyone that the Commander-in-Chief is a felon who has never served anyone except himself & that a white supremacist, misogynistic shit-talking scumbag is the Secretary of Defense. We've never been less safe. They dishonor the memory of every veteran.

Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear - The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵

Going to ignore people who value partisan unity over solving actual problems. We don't help Dems by patting them on the head every time they barely miss fucking up. If you want a stronger, more defiant party you have to push them to be that. Raise your expectations. Get that bar off the floor.

tl;dr: the tentative Senate budget deal sucks. The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast. Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...

🚨 The shutdown isn’t over. The Senate vote was a procedural step, not a deal. Nothing is reopening. Nothing is fixed. Eight Democrats helped move an old GOP bill while families go unpaid and SNAP stays frozen. Flood the lines. Call your Senators. ☎️ (202) 224-3121 🧵1/2

“The truth is, my mom would not have died if immigration had not deported her." Nory's mother, Estela, had health issues and died months after deportation because she couldn't access the care she needed to survive. No one should be deported to their death. https://bit.ly/3XkRjDv

From childhood to my 20s I rarely went to doctors or dentists, because I couldn't afford it. The 7 largest health insurers raked in $71.3 BILLION in 2024 profit. No ACA subsidies? Capitalist-sanctioned deaths will rise. Health care should be a right, not just for the privileged. #UBI #Medicareforall

Reading Hahrie Han's Moved to Action. It explains so much about why establishment Dems are failing & the GOP is destroying this country. Winner Mamdani focused on daily living issues - stayed on message & didn't throw groups under the bus. Motivating & personal politics. www.sup.org/books/politi...

Every "moderate" Democrat deserves to lose their job. Moderate in current parlance means not a fighter for their constituents, but a kowtower to the regime. Cowardice and short-term thinking will put the country under authoritarian rule for years to come and crush its citizens.

Stuttered through phonecalls to my Dem Senators to not kowtow Schumer-style to GOP extortion. 5calls.org is extremely useful - gives you all the info you need to contact your reps, including a script (although I still stuttered through that).

Can’t make it up. The name of the Indianapolis suburb where a homeowner killed Maria Florinda Rios Perez on his front steps, as she stood next to her husband, ready for another day of cleaning other people’s houses? Whitestown.

I insist that you read it. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

We're number one, we're number....oh shit. wallethub.com/edu/states-w...

To the social media gods, please never let me reply in earnest to a joke.

Oxymoronic: conservative feminism. These NYT dumbasses are just making shit up now and appropriating terminology they have chosen not to understand. Thirty years ago, I could not have imagined that both the NYT and WaPo would become consistently shitty media outlets. Rich people ruin everything.

Scratching some things off my to-do list to make time for this today.

There are a lot of issues with social media - most of which I've come to ignore/block, etc. The worst one for me is that my book TBR list has grown to the point that I will never live long enough to read them all. Social media making me confront my mortality on the regular, dammit.

Looking forward to my annual reader/writer high at the Rain Taxi Twin Cities Book Festival this weekend. twincitiesbookfestival.com

‪If you're donating to a food pantry, find out if they can spend dollars on nonfood items. Mine cannot, so hygiene products: pads, tampons, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, & deodorant were much appreciated. Donating dollars for food is most effective as they can buy in bulk.

Dems in ARRAY

It's odd to be in a city suburb where no elections are happening, but to be incredibly invested in so many outcomes. Progressive voices, no matter where they're coming from, are so compelling when we have seen the establishment parties' records of action and mush-mouth stances.

"It's making a new story; building a stronger and more compelling narrative." Absolutely want to adhere to this as a writer. Sometimes my reflexive anger gets ahead of my brain. We must make new stories instead of handwringing over and repeating the propaganda.

Even the CATO Institute is reporting that ICE is full of shit...65% of individuals detained have NO convictions. 93% are nonviolent. Dogkiller Noem & her pack of cowardly winged monkeys are a massive waste of money violating the 14th amendment on the regular. www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...

I will be hiding in my dark house tonight furtively eating candy. Our unlit streets w/no sidewalks are not great for kids (see annual pedestrian fatalities on the 31st). I do my part to make our street look foreboding. We've been getting visits by guests who don't no stinkin' sidewalks though.

I donate to a local food shelf & volunteer at a warehouse that services area food shelves. Anecdotally, the food shelf was busier than I've ever seen yesterday, from both sides - picking up & donations. It's a temporary solution, but it's a great inroad for people not used to doing community work.

Saw the Idiot Vance talk about people not wanting to live next to people who speak another language. That moldy turnip is a segregationist. To practice a new language regularly with native speakers in my own neighborhood? To expand my understanding of the world? That's the dream.

There's a lot of things to be critical of in my state, but most of the time I feel grateful to be here. We've fallen down repeatedly on racial justice, but sometimes we get things right. www.genderjustice.us/minnesota-su...

Does anyone have a link to good ICE no entry signs that would work well for a care facility? Pdf would be amazing, if those are floating around somewhere. Thanks in advance!

For neighbors here in the Twin Cities planning on adapting the whistles tactic we've seen in Chicago: In the spirit of zines being adaptable, we made some super slight tweaks to the original Pilsen one. SAME INFO, just added a page of Twin Cities-specific resources: cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/fil...

Good lord, conservative talking points today. Sen. Ernst (Iowa) saying it's important to find out who was funding the protests. Where's my check, you obnoxious cornhole?

The dialogue around protesting is frustrating. This is often where the seeds of change begin, where connections are made, and where people get energized. Most of the people complaining and being dismissive are sitting on their asses furiously typing away. Anywho, see you at the protest.

It is my most heartfelt wish to have 98% of my life undocumented, unposted, unliked, unseen, unfilmed, unphotographed. The wildlife that crosses my path, on the other hand, will have no such luxury. Sorry berbs.

Disability touches all of our lives, whether we want to face that fact or not.

Today is World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day – two issues that are undoubtedly targeted by the criminal legal system. Clearly, the U.S.'s approach is not working.

There is an extremely persistent downy woodpecker outside my study window banging away at the siding. We have steel siding. Derp.