In the mountains for a few days bc there's a snowstorm coming and our Angeleno asses wanted to see snow. I've become mildly obsessed with how different various sites' forecasts are. Could be 1 inch of snow accumulation tomorrow OR 13 inches. Could start early morning OR late afternoon. WHO KNOWS.

This is the verified gofundme link to support Ofelia’s family gofund.me/77d654515

The inventor of powdered sugar:

Alex Vesia read from a prepared statement when speaking to reporters this morning, thanking those who offered support after he and his wife, Kayla, lost their daughter during last year's World Series. Vesia's full statement:

The Pitt is one of the best shows on TV, but every now and then a character will say something that feels exactly like this to me.

NBC to David Boreanaz

SJ is the extremely badass park ranger who hung a trans pride flag off of El Capitan and was fired by the Trump regime for it. Please donate if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/b4h8e8-hel...

Been watching some Great American Baking Show celebrity specials, and I am now convinced I could absolutely get a Hollywood handshake if I was being judged by celebrity standards. (I suppose the only issue there is that I am not, and probably never will be, a celebrity.)

I also don't love Jewish people pointing out blatant antisemitism and gentiles: 1. Responding with yet more blatant antisemitism 2. Bringing up Israel when Israel wasn't mentioned 3. Demanding proof of it being a trend 4. Downplaying it (i.e. "That account is a grifter, not a REAL liberal/leftist")

Hours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement. "In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...

Everyone celebrating or encouraging athletes in men’s sports for coming out post-Heated Rivalry need to understand the context the show exists in. This soccer ref went viral for proposing to his fiancé on the pitch & then they were assaulted in their home after receiving threats.

That was so joyful.

Choose Your Fighter

DID YOU KNOW? If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home! They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!

Terrance Gore was the Braves player who Facetime’d Charlie Morton from the field after winning the World Series so Charlie could celebrate with the guys despite his broken leg. RIP to by all accounts a legitimately great dude and teammate.

Ended up on a YouTube video of Pavarotti performing and the comments section is mostly people arguing about opera and singers and it's one of the most Frasier-coded things I've ever encountered. Like, tell me you didn't read this comment in David Hyde Pierce's voice.

BIll Plaschke: ‘Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs. This is no longer about ideology, this is about standing up for those who are being wrongly arrested, being unfairly harassed or being made to feel constantly frightened in their own homes.’ www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Alex quickly made himself an invaluable part of the Pirates beat and, as someone who sometimes edited him, I can vouch for his work always being interesting and insightful.

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

today is the last day i will ask you to donate to people’s rent this month. we are trying very hard to meet a $30,000 goal today to help the last few families on our list before their rent grace period ends.

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“In a land where we declare that we have liberty and justice for all,” Jackie Robinson said, “it seems that slogan really means liberty and justice for all as long as you do and say what some people want you to do and say.” Good to see @latimes.com publishing this: www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

Springfield (eating the dogs / cats) Ohio desperately needs your help with ICE. Ohio Gov Mike DeWine said it will be “the next Minneapolis” as 15,000 Haitians (1/4th of the entire city) will have their TPS status prematurely revoked Weds Feb 4th. Here are links to donate and volunteer directly: 1/

Oh fun, Tu B'shvat landed on Groundhog Day this year. Step aside, Thanksgivukkah, make room for...Ground B'shvat? Tu b'shog???

Case of the Sunday Scaries inbound, I could really use some help and sharing on this today. I don’t want to do this anymore. if you can help or share I’d really appreciate it!

Me all day after sending my foster dog off to her new family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQ-...

We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Happy/sad news: After eight months of us fostering Hazel, she finally got adopted! We just sent her off to her forever home today. We know she's in great hands and she's going to be so loved and cared for, but we sure are going to miss the little lady.

The incredibly talented @nathaliealonso.bsky.social has a new children’s book coming out 3/24 ¡ Viva Valenzuela ! A wonderful way to share the love, impact and importance of baseball with family 💙 and look how beautiful the illustration is from @johnparraart.bsky.social !

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old prekindergartner named Liam Ramos this month. His classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”

Italian protesters blew whistles, sang Bruce Springsteen songs in a square named after the year Italy was liberated in WWII. They were opposing the US decision to send ICE agents to Milan for the Olympics.

Xenophobia and antisemitism are intimately interwoven. Sometimes that's true in subtle ways and sometimes in obvious ones. See here:

For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:

this is extremely good and Morello's right (also in case that link Sarah shared doesn't work, here's another one www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...)

"I say, 'Tom [Morello], don't you think it's kind of soapboxy?' He says, 'Bruce, nuance is wonderful, but sometimes, you have to kick them in the teeth.'" - Bruce Springsteen, before his first live performance of "Streets of Minneapolis" www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...

Here's a full version of "Streets of Minneapolis" by Bruce Springsteen on stage at First Avenue. ICE OUT NOW! www.instagram.com/p/DUJd_KiCRsk/

here's a rent fun in mpls you can donate to right now, from organizers i know and can personally vouch for! emergency rent support for North MPLS: venmo.com/u/NorthMplsMA

An absolute icon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoj...

My heart sank.

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new: Minnesota Timberwolves chaplain and activist Matt Moberg FaceTimed me from an ICE blanketed parking lot about his empathy for Anthony Edwards, Wemby's provocative statement about the Spurs, and the value (if any) of athletes speaking out. we ended early because ICE tried to arrest his mom.

Please join me in donating to Georgia Fort theough her website so she gets all of the $$$ www.georgiafort.com/support

Team USA Sneaks ASL Anti-ICE Protest Into Snow Sculpture #ICEoffOurStreets

NEW: Today, we’re excited to announce the creation of the Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research (NCAR), which will work to improve the quality of research, data, and analysis available to advance the broader mission of confronting hate and promoting Jewish safety.

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The Haitian Support Center in Springfield has an emergency fund. As of posting this, they're about $8k shy of their $50k goal. ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FUNDVDT...

As of now, the Broadview 6 case is going to trial. The government teased their argument this week, and it's not hyperbolic to state that our First Amendment freedoms are at stake. I'm proud to be hosting a fundraiser to support @brianstraw.bsky.social's legal defense THIS SATURDAY! More here ⬇️