every single time i hit send on the newsletter, despite reading it over 17 times, i find a typo that will haunt me for the rest of my life

This is worth living for ☀️✨

People who don’t know me tend to think I’m short. I have no concept of what qualifies as tall, but I’m clocking in at a solid 1.70 mts (no clue what this is in feet). So now that we got that irrelevant information out of the way, Fuck ICE. 🖕🏻

When principled people leave their jobs loudly and dramatically instead of tiptoeing away quietly, they make it easier for other people to keep fighting the good fight against the forces of Republican fascism. Thank you for giving a damn, Scott Pelley.

This ENTIRE thread is important:

I cannot believe that Los Angeles is even considering Spencer Pratt as a choice for mayor. He’s an actual fucking loser. Like, certified fucking loser. This country, man. JFC.

I know I’m going to write about something that makes me anxious because I rub my middle finger as if to soothe an achy thought. Writing is a physical experience.

This morning I stood with Senator Durbin, Senator Whitehouse and Common Cause to make sure congress acts to make sure this slush fund never sees the light of day . youtu.be/efziLZVd8mA?...

I love watching real estate videos that start with, “Hey y’all. This is what $800k can get you” and it’s a house with one bedroom and half a bathroom and you better learn how to cook by fire because the kitchen is nonexistent. It’s like Little House on the Prairie with a HOA.

I wonder if this is why I have an issue with people who read 200 books in a year; what’s the rush? Similarly with people talking. I understand the function of polite small talk— I actually don’t mind it as it serves a social purpose. But to talk just to talk as a form of assertive performance? No.

Plaintiffs aren’t convinced Trump Admin is truly closing its slush fund Democracy Forward watchdog group: “Until the administration fully abandons the scheme, it's beyond dispute that it will not recur, and our clients' harm is remedied, we will be in court challenging..”

You graduated high school when I was graduating college. 2006 was a very different reality for the both of us, babes.

Guilty as charged :-)

Happy Pride Month to everyone who brings a little more color to our world 🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️

It IS this serious. ¡Fuerza! ✨

The Black Album was the last fucking great album of theirs, sure. I’ll just never forgive Metallica for mocking Layne Staley’s addiction back in 1994, though. And Lars Ulrich being a dick about Napster. And how they treated Jason Newsted. 🖕🏻

Life changing #booksky

“But I’ve noticed something surprising as the days went on. There’s something about this fund that is sticking, something that’s not getting lost in the usual “flood the zone with shit,” in Steve Bannon’s immortal phrase.” Read this by @sulliview.bsky.social ✨ open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

This is for all the Latina badge bunnies out there:

I still think that one of the most beautiful words in Spanish is “luciérnaga” which means firefly in English. The Blue Ghost firefly in North Carolina is allegedly one of the most beautiful things. One day. ✨

Good morning

Sometimes, as I drink my morning coffee and ponder about the world, I think of Mike Pence’s fly and how that little thing knew what millions refuse to understand: We are swimming in shit.

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

“The current U.S. administration has been undercutting institutionalized checks and balances, politicizing civil service and oversight bodies, and intimidating the judiciary, alongside attacks on the press, academia, civil liberties, and dissenting voices”… Read: www.v-dem.net/news/press-r...

In the anime universe, this is when you notice that time doesn’t stop and everyone else goes about their business but somehow, you resent having to move, to shift. You find help along the way, but the 𝑀𝑎 is essential here. Ghibli tells us this. Abrazo fuerte, Karen. We’re here. ✨

Sometimes, a girlie just wants a massive bowl of pasta with a ridiculous amount of Kalamata olives. Good morning, btw. ✨✌🏼

Happiest birthdays to a gorgeous Gemini. ¡Salud! ✨✨✨✨ Happy weekend, everybody.

The flower spirits are here! ✨

Peter Thiel is heading to his spiritual homeland of Argentina, following in the historical footsteps of thousands of other deeply problematic men with the exact same haircut.

Always bet on your country. Trust that there are people out there who are doing things. It’s slow and sometimes quiet when everything else feels so fast and loud. Don’t let this administration fool you.

This angle reminds me of my childhood trauma of watching “Muppet Babies” and never being able to understand the nanny… or see her face. A very Stockholm situation, in hindsight. Do appreciate a Naruto reference, though. ✨

In all my trips to D.C., I have not been to the Arboretum and I feel like I must now. I mean, this is silly: (📷: Wikipedia)

Old enough to remember that douche, Paul Ryan, said his favorite band was Rage Against The Machine and that will never not be funny to me. Like, tell me you don’t listen to the lyrics without telling me you don’t listen to the lyrics. Fucking loser.

The absolute best. Hanging out with my tree friends. ✨

Breaking NYT: CBS News declined to renew its contract with '60 Minutes' correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi — six months after her segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly by Bari Weiss. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...

I want to understand why exactly it is so difficult for people to name at least ONE female writer/musician/artist/politician/thinker/academic/composer that they admire. Are you not exposed to enough women? Is that it? Or is it that perhaps a part of you thinks women just aren’t “that good”?

I can write a thesis here:

All because some of you couldn’t have a Black woman as president, so you decided to stay home instead.

Solidarity with E. Jean Carroll and all survivors who face legal retaliation and criminal prosecution for speaking the truth. This is both remarkable and utterly unsurprising. Survivors have been jailed, retraumatized, harassed, and sued into silence for far too long.

A Perfect Circle fans…Assemble! Hell yeah. youtu.be/0is_VwWU3EE?...

truly, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart: fuck ai

Along the same lines: men who fall into sexual assault/rape as a ‘go-to’ comparison to *any* trauma to somehow validate it. Mate, trauma is fucking trauma but sexual assault stands alone. Do better or at the very least, be very VERY clear as to why and how you’re making these comparisons.

Nothing like going on an early walk and being a spider’s terrorizer ☹️ I accidentally walked into her web and now she’s back to work and I feel so bad.

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The front page of the newspaper in ........... Enterprise, Alabama =====>

“If this feels like a jumble of disparate topics, well, they are, in fact, connected. Silence, normalisation, cowardice, fear, and the shortcomings of the institutions are what connects them.” You need to read this piece by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social today. ☕️✨ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

THREE LAWSUITS and ONE BIPARTISAN BILL seek to halt the Trump $1.7 billion slush fund this week My Daily Editorial Note is LIVE. Lots of enterprise reporting here: open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

Completely irrelevant to anything happening today but sometimes I catch myself missing the “golden era” of podcasts which I personally think was around 2014-2016. I wish I could experience Welcome to Night Vale for the first time again. I loved Serial, The Moth, and Myths and Legends. Anyway. ✨

CAPITOL OFFICER SUES TO BLOCK THE SLUSH FUND Watch the latest epsiode of The Breakdown with @muellershewrote.com & @libradunn1.bsky.social now: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capito...

Also another reminder: In 2020, The Atlantic published a piece in which Trump said “Americans who died in war are ‘losers’ and ‘suckers.”’ Another reminder: disrespecting our service members who happen to be queer/trans/gay. A rapist and felon who also dodged the draft should probably stay quiet.