Exhausted but can’t sleep. Giles seems to know I need soothing. He jumped up onto me and fell asleep on my chest, purring and making happy little biscuits.

I really did need to be reminded of this actually

I have now seen two separate AI reconstruction pictures of Renee Good’s murderer and they are different, which tells you that they’re not good and you should stop sharing them.

This helps nobody right now and if you see it please call it out.

We can still process trauma and grief and fear and strive to make a difference in the world while also watching an armadillo chase a ball.

Please listen to this porcupine eating corn.

If I for some reason ever pass And they try to make my wife a roommate Or a shadow in my life Let it be known she was my heart. She was my everything. Not a shadow But the whole sun.

Not only okay, but necessary because it demonstrates an extension of a logic of violence that SOME citizens have always been subject to. Being a citizen has never been a guarantor of protection from state violence. They're just making this more and more obvious.

Giles is here checking in on you and offering soft purrs. He also says that he loves you and he’s glad you’re here. Please be gentle with yourself today—drink some water, take your meds, eat some yummy food.

She was a poet and a writer and a wife and a mother. She was queer. She lived here in the city.

Giles is here checking in on you and offering soft purrs. He also says that he loves you and he’s glad you’re here. Please be gentle with yourself today—drink some water, take your meds, eat some yummy food.

Kendra asked about how learning about Fred Hampton and COINTELPRO in my 30s changed my perspective on like, what America is and how I exist in it as a white person, and I had a lengthy thread of thoughts

Trying to do something, anything to feel like not all is lost, and that looks like returning to the documentary, marking footage Find the helpers, BE a helper. These fuckers cannot and will not win

At least 3 solidarity vigils are scheduled tonight in the Chicago area. The one The TRiiBE notes here, at 26th & Troy in Chicago's La Villita neighborhood, at 7:30 pm. Another at Winnemac Park in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, at 6 pm. A third at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, at 7:30 pm.

Jorts is 100% right. Here's a thread of ways people can help somebody who needs it, often from home: bsky.app/profile/raha...

Vibes are bleak. Try to take a deep breath, and then find something (small or big) that you can do to help someone who needs it

Horrific, horrific day and a good time to get off the internet and find something to do to make the world a better place.

I received a tip that Trump is deploying ICE to raid immigrant communities in Chicago this week. In this piece I answer FAQs on how to protect yourself during ICE raids, debunk anti-immigrant propaganda & provide clear ways we can all engage in protecting our immigrant neighbors.

On one hand I’m worried about the snacks cabinet and on the other hand I’m worried about WW3. I don’t even have hands

wowwwww

This is our first winter together, so I had no idea what to expect from Giles when it came to the Yule tree. He occasionally baps at the ornaments, but mostly? He’s charmed. The tree’s still up because he loves to loaf under it and bask in the glow. I haven’t had the heart to pack it away yet.

seriously, y'all. it's winter and the flu is flying. wear a mask

New: the Berwyn/Cicero Rapid Response team is reporting that several dozen federal agents arrived in the Chicago area today, warning community members of a possible uptick in ICE/CBP activity in the coming days.

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This January 6 isn’t as much of an assault on democracy as that Jan 6. But looking closely at the new gov’t website, it’s kinda close—and there’s much less democracy left than 2021. This J6 isn’t just another bad day. This is a *bad* day.

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Haaaaaahahaha

Shaping up to be an eventful day in my apartment complex. First: a (now restored) power outage caused by a lightning strike. Then: yet another water main break, leaving me without water AGAIN. No word yet on when it'll be fixed because the break's apparently in a place that's tough to access. 😩

the ability to tell a great story about a normal or mundane event anyone can grab the room by like idk having witnessed a diamond heist and just telling us about it. you get more points if you have us rolling on the floor over, like, the haunted office photocopier or your kid’s weirdest questions

Timeline cleanse, rescue kitten edition.

Say hello to our first rescue of 2026, a very skinny little boy from the never-ending Final Fantasy colony. Unlike a lot of these FF colony kittens who have required a little bit of work by the time they are this old, he is apparently so relieved to be in a warm and friendly lap. Look at this boy!!

Made it through my first workday of the new year. 💙 Very glad I took Friday off so I had a long weekend of rest. To anyone I owe an email or reply: I appreciate your patience. Today wiped me out, but I hope to be caught up on messages by Wednesday.

The first Starfinder Second Edition Errata is here! Check out today's blog for impactful changes to the game from the Starfinder Design Team! buff.ly/Cpwax9s

On his first day in office, Zohran Mamdani revived the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants and intervened in a major slumlord bankruptcy case on tenants' behalf. Mamdani and his team are showing the country what real economic justice looks like. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tCkZ1jszYcQ

Anyway wishing that you find solace and soft places to land if you're currently feeling overwhelmed.

the guys who just made a bunch of people carry out illegal orders are trying to make it illegal to say “FYI you don’t have to carry out illegal orders”? yep checks out

this is so shitty and senseless and awful

Migraine’s gone! But it’s 44 degrees outside and I'm sitting in my office in a tank top with an ice pack and the window cracked open because my new med is making it impossible to regulate my body temperature.

The paper that buried the leak about the Venezuela mission vs the publication that didn’t.

Migraine day 2, though at least it’s not as severe as it was yesterday. I’ve intentionally done as little as possible over this long weekend so my body could rest & start adjusting to the new medication. I’m just so wiped out. As much as I love my job, I’m not sure how I’ll handle a full workweek.

“we are each other’s harvest”

One of my favourite quotes is from Audre Lorde and it reminds me consistently why community is so urgent: “We are, each one of us, intricately woven into the other's existence.”

Migraine day 2, though at least it’s not as severe as it was yesterday. I’ve intentionally done as little as possible over this long weekend so my body could rest & start adjusting to the new medication. I’m just so wiped out. As much as I love my job, I’m not sure how I’ll handle a full workweek.

This is an absolutely terrible idea.