#OTD in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was born. A Harlem Renaissance writer who centered Black life and Black women, she went unrecognized for decades and is now honored as a literary giant. #TheMarchContinues

Rum and Reverb really like that cat tree (this whole bunch has really taken to that tree - there's always one or two kittens on it.)

keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense

Does your cat balance on the litter box edge like this? KYLO would like to go to a home where people don't make fun of his strange habits... but he has to be the ONLY cat. He really does not prefer other cats! He is otherwise a perfect, cuddly, super great 6yo boy #Tucson

Here's a critique that gets at just how wrong The Economist is: www.thesling.org/the-economis....

The Economist says the cost of living crisis is mostly fake.

Colorado child care centers, counties scramble as feds say they are freezing funds for poorest families

Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable. "Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.” 🧵⬇️

trump did january 6th. republicans did january 6th. violent traitors did january 6th. they stormed the capitol, destroyed the building and threatened to kill members of congress. ashli babbitt was a violent insurrectionist. the capitol police protected people. these are truths we need to repeat.

“There will be many efforts to tell us that we just don’t understand; that we need to be grown-ups about all this, and that war is a fact of life. But it’s important to reject this premise. The people who have accepted war as an inevitability are the ones who keep dragging us back into it.”

This coup is also the death blow to the liberal order the US helped create with the Allies after the Second World War.

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Yukon Cornelius adds a little flair to his couch dismount 😹😻 #FosterKittens #KittensOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky #SkyCats

I'll never forget what it was like to be inside the Capitol complex on Jan 6th. We didn't know if we'd make it home to our families. For those impacted—officers, staff, service workers, journalists, members & more—we'll never stop pursuing accountability, starting with Trump.

if you tried to do this in the us, you'd have a billion dollar conservative moms group lobbying against it 12 hours later and credulous news articles taking their claims seriously in 24 bsky.app/profile/davi...

Hope's favorite morning activity is to ride on the shoulders of her cleaning staff (usually Les) and make shoulder biscuits! #Funny #GoodMorning #Silly

Daily orienting questions: What are you already doing? What else can you do? What are you doing together with others?

I recently learned that Sweetgreen capitulated to RFK jr and is no longer using seed oils. They aren't going the tallow route, but they are pivoting to olive and avocado oil I think and well Sweetgreen was always mid but I literally can no longer safely eat there.

The bison herd in Yellowstone National Park was cobbled together in 1902 from multiple herds in Texas and Montana. Now, after decades of careful management, Yellowstone’s bison have finally become their own single, genetically healthy interbreeding population.

I know racism is still alive because the greatest bromance in recent television history is the relationship between Shawn and Gus and it does not get talked about enough

i tend to gravitate towards the simplest answer these days - which is that people who side with fascists are probably fascists themselves.

I came inside to go to bed, after a hard day grindin’ out on the streets. I thought Mom was on the couch, I got comfy on the rug… but then I realized it was Dad. An he was SNAPPING PICS. I’m sleeping outside tonight, -Bren

I know Courtney can more than handle herself, but she's getting people complaining in the replies that he's running as a Dem, and we need every seat. So, a reminder: Conway is running in a VERY crowded primary, where there's a literal Kennedy running too. There is zero reason to support Conway.

Mr. President, do you not care about the millions of American children in these states?

BREAKING: US President Trump has announced that Venezuela will turn over between 30 and 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil

this was the moment Mia realised he was staying

Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.” Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show. (Published December 2025)

This doctor should not be using fucking ChatGPT AT ALL, EVER. Shame on this doctor and the Mayo Clinic itself.

I'm going to repost our oped, bc the climate discourse is even worse than when we wrote it a year ago. 1/ Biden's IRA didn't fail bc of of Sunrise, the left, etc, it failed bc it had no impact on working class lives. 2/ Green economic populism is how we win. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...

At what point do we just say invasion? Trump is talking about invading Greenland. Period.

The rise of a so-called “Axis of Authoritarianism” is often touted as a major threat to the United States. The events of the past week are just the latest evidence that it’s largely a myth.

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From the highest office in the country, revisionist history is being used to normalize white supremacy. Today, we honor those who lost their lives protecting our democracy. Decisions that excuse or pardon extremist violence are reminders that racial inequality must be challenged, not protected.

“One of the most striking aspects of this case is the extent to which stalkerware companies like pcTattletale operate out in the open,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @techcrunch.com. “I hope that this case changes the risk calculus for makers of stalkerware.” techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/...

Donald Trump has stated explicitly that his action in Venezuela was all about oil, but as net exporters of petroleum, American companies aren’t interested in taking over Venezuelan drilling. From Ryan Cooper: trib.al/7cwTljL

Prosecutors obtained an indictment for Justine Paul in the murder of his girlfriend, 11 days after the investigation began. Paul spent seven years in jail before his case was dismissed. Now, a decade later, authorities are starting from square one. With @adn.com

Flu-related hospital visits are rising to their highest levels in over three years across Chicago as health officials say there’s still time to get vaccinated. buff.ly/ZuLyvk1

The federal government said Monday that Tennessee has not opted into a summer food program for low income kids that brought more than $84 million in funding to avert childhood hunger in previous years. via @tennesseelookout.com

A snuggle with Rum (left) and Fizz. (Rum looks like he got into the catnip.)

Andy flaunting his undercover camo skills

Since January 6, 2021, at least 33 insurrectionists have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes, ranging from committing child sex crimes and possession of child pornography to sexual assault, rape and illegal possession of weapons with domestic violence convictions.

I didn't follow this fight - but buried within this exciting victory is an indication of the next threat. A lot of climate folks don't focus on resisting so-called sustainable aviation fuel bc current sources can't scale - but the biomass industry can do scale! www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

COVID-19 levels are increasing across most of the U.S. as of late December. But flu is overshadowing COVID-19 in healthcare system impacts and headlines. For both viruses, similar precautions (like high-quality masks and improving air quality) work to reduce your risk of infection. bit.ly/3LhxKd2

"This president's authoritarianism is a real and living threat to our democracy, and it demands vigilance and resistance from us all," one critic said on the anniversary of Trump's supporters storming the Capitol.

$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023. www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025

Older women are more vulnerable to hunger, unsafe cold and isolation. They’re also reluctant to reach out for help.

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] After 50 years in the Amazon, ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin says the forest is neither half-full nor half-empty — it’s both. Protections and Indigenous leadership have grown, but crime, climate stress and deforestation remain.

Black feminist organizers reflect on Trump’s second term & the future of their movements, reports Gracelynne West. In the face of rising fascism & political instability, activists say the liberatory framework offered by Black feminism is more crucial than ever.

Why forcing people to go green can backfire