Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

Love that Judge Rufe referred to Trump's 2017 tweet about how history & culture were being destroyed by the removal of Confederate monuments. www.phillyvoice.com/presidents-h...

They read my comment on the Friday News Roundup on @the1a.org today! Peak Middle-Aged Lib Lady in the DMV.

The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta field office was forced out this month after questioning the Justice Department’s renewed push to probe Fulton County’s role in the 2020 election, two people familiar with the matter told MS NOW. READ: www.ms.now/news/atlanta...

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

"Anniversaries" of terrible events pop up in strange ways. You might feel sad or snap at your spouse for no reason...then you remember. I am wearing the same sweater I wore to accompany a loved one on an ambulance ride this day in 2019. We're both better now. ☀️

Jim Obergefell–the name you know from the SCOTUS case on LGBTQ+ marriage–has penned a hell of an editorial about the political battle over LGBTQ+ books in Ohio libraries. www.cleveland.com/opinion/2026...

Good morning

Strayed outside my usual, DNF, learned a new term. Started Mountains Made of Glass. I dig fantasy and I'm a sucker for "enemies to lovers," but not when it's coerced. I looked at some reviews and one used "dubcon" for "dubious consent." Some fun characters and banter but not worth it.

This keenness to have poor children socialised to trust and rely on deranged mechanical parrots is disgusting

Checked the website to make sure my workplace was open. Drove to work. Discovered that we were not going to open because so much of the parking lot and the sidewalks were inaccessible. Sigh.

bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???

Need something else to keep you awake at night? Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...

the anti vax movement’s mantra: 19th century maladies, 21st century medical bills

Oh, no. A person in my profession has been arrested for seeming to be recruiting people to assassinate the president on social media. I couldn't tell much from the Fox article. It seems like any other bunch of shitposting I see here daily, only this time, they took the poster seriously.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Folks, look what @literaturegeek.bsky.social made???? zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen... - Wonderful. Please spread to your folks in Philly and beyond.

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

Friday Me: I'll have 3-day weekend with the snow! I can hang pictures, make soft pretzels with the kids, sew the buttons back on my coat, finish my book, maybe watch a movie with the fam! Today Me: [has cold. sleeps 11 hours. gets so tired from making the bed that I have to have a lie-down.]

Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

Tell your reps to vote for the DHS Use of Force Oversight Act. It makes sure unreasonable use of force is prohibited by statute, not just policy. Minneapolis shooting raises questions about use-of-force rules www.npr.org/2026/01/24/n...

More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House. 🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Some good news for voting rights in VA: www.arlnow.com/press-releas...

Liam Ramos on many people’s minds.

My kid has to wait until AUGUST if they want an appointment with a new neurologist since the current one keeps canceling appointments. If we go with a new program that's an hour and a half away, they only have to wait until MAY.

Today’s Minnesota Star Tribune front page will be hung in museums in future. Every headline, every inch of it documenting a failed state; a descent into authoritarianism.

Just finished Automatic Noodle. I put a hold on a library copy ages ago and forgot why I was interested in it, so it was a lovely little surprise. bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

It's a little satisfying that there are surges at the library when a snowstorm is predicted. After stocking up on the toilet paper sandwiches, people head over to stock up on books. Puzzles and board games, too.

There are so many egregious abuses of power by ICE. I'm already so enraged with each news story. I'm not sure why they chose to show his face. I'm not going to post it, but this sweet guy in his little hat should break people. This behavior cannot be reformed. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.

Trump has appealed the decision in Rhode Island v. Trump, angling again to dismantle and defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Timing on MLK Day is probably not a coincidence. That, plus the ways the new IMLS grant applications seek propaganda: bookriot.com/rhode-island...

We know that the prior owner painted the railings black because they're white in a previous Zillow listing. She (or whoever did it) did not prep. They didn't even dust. We have peeling, bumpy stair rails. Sanding off black paint to prep for repainting is going to suck.

i feel like the president is getting into a lot of situations that just don’t get resolved. he’s starting too many storylines. it’s bad editing.

It's IEP Day. I'm grateful my kid gets the support they do, but this is always stressful. We're lucky because our state and school district are good with this. Many aren't, and the Dept. of Education oversight has been dismantled.

It's fox-breeding season. At night, home and at work, I hear the yowls that are the foxy way to say, "Hey baby! Come on and get some of this!"

TIL how to spell paraphernalia.

1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement: She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵

Charging people for slop with a picture of a puppy is low. To be fair, this article doesn't address the quality of the services, but they don't seem to have consumers' best interests at heart, do they? www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...

The boiler for one section of the building where I work is still not fixed. We've got several of these big black boxes scattered around. They look like they're going to attack me with the Dark Side when I turn out the lights tonight.

Bonus points for using the term "onanistic feedback loop" and Moser's "eat the frame" Kirby graphic

It's a media app, not a damn segregated lunch counter. You are not a freedom fighter, Brenda.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE POLITE WHILE WE MURDER YOU. THANK YOU.

Thinking about nice things (Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...) and remembered looking at pictures of these puffballs with my kid who they were little. animalia.bio/honduran-whi...

Yesterday I documented how DHS lies all the time and suggested you not trust their claims, in case you did.

Regarding law enforcement: If you want to be respected, you need to be respectable. Officers who violate policies and procedures need to be ousted, not protected. If you want the citizenry to give them the benefit of the doubt, that's gotta be earned.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Multnomah Country, Oregon, has posted warnings to residents that ICE agents are impersonating utility workers. You read that right. ICE is now impersonating utility workers in order to gain access to people's homes and businesses without a warrant. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...