Frog on a Yule log Happy winter solstice! ❄️

Reminder: it is not correct to refer to Conway as a "Never Trumper." He was, in fact, a Trumper before he became a not-Trumper. He was literally a top pick to run Trump's DOJ in the first term. He was absolutely a Trumper.

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states. n.pr/4jlKpZ2

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.

We are having more of you asking about our Substack (which makes me so happy) so below is a get started here link. This is social media slowed down and is more personal. This and our website is where we will be most in the New Year. We hope you can all join us. open.substack.com/pub/romarine...

Cats like art too 🙄💚

My heart is so full. The art is amazing and it’s all in my bookshop today and tomorrow. Seeing art in person is such an experience I wish all could partake in. 💚

"Do not pollute the common well." AI has done precisely that, polluted the information ecology we all live in and draw from. Think about what YouTube was like just 3 years ago. Think about what search was like 5 years ago. AI pollution is forced down every throat. mastodon.green/@Tarnport/11...

So excited for our first art showing. The artist is Caylee Cooper of Ghastly Gilded. Sunday 21st 3-6p Monday 22nd 6-8p

The sun does not rush, and yet it never fails. The dark does not punish, and yet it teaches. The year isn’t a ladder we climb; it’s a circle we walk, together, hands brushing evergreens and fence posts, mailbox flags and porch rails, beach grass and city stoops. Solstice is

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

President Trump is delivering on his promise of retribution against Colorado for the state's mail-in ballots and refusal to release his ally Tina Peters from prison. The Trump team says it plans to close America's foremost weather lab: NCAR. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports.

"Most evictions don’t start with a sheriff at the door; they start with a piece of paper and a clock. If we act quickly, many housing crises can be paused, redirected, or solved long before your belongings are on the curb." Tomorrow and every Thursday is our Community resource post on substack.

My Friday posts are on a more intimate subject matter of sexuality in spirituality. It is reserved for paying subscribers because of the subject matter and content. This writing is from a paper I wrote back in college. I hope you enjoy it when it comes out this Friday.

I wish we could go back to condemning all forms of racism, rather than separating them out and allowing powerful lobby groups to privilege some over others.

You guys really need to develop the capacity of simultaneously holding the truth that the colonialist occupation and genocide of Palestine is unacceptable AND violent antisemitism is real Both are true

The NHS isn't failing; the government is failing.

@bradmossesq.bsky.social Call to repatriate the body of the mother of W B Yeats from a ‘neglected’ London grave to her native Sligo m.independent.ie/regionals/sl...

And while some gardeners might be tempted to remove “old” flowers from their garden after summer, these flowers fulfil a crucial role within our complex ecosystems.

The United States & Israel need to be cut from shared military & intelligence programs immediately. Removing these pariah states from our security infrastructure is not a political or diplomatic disagreement but a matter of national security. Our people are in danger the longer we turn a blind eye.

Tomorrow’s the day! At 8am(ish) PST my Etsy store will spring to life with 44 of my 3D-printed scale model volcano tissue box covers. This batch has Lawetlat’la (St Helens), Wy’east (Hood), Tahoma (Rainier), Kweq’ Smanit (Baker), Kohm Yah-man-nee (Lassen) and Salton Sea Mud Volc. phaneritic.etsy.com

Also going to take this moment to say again that my mother and her siblings all had the measles before the vaccine was available and they nearly died and anyone telling you not to get it doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about. Antivaxxers will sacrifice your life for their politics

A snake crawled out of the grass. “If Toad looks funny in his bathing suit,” said the snake, “then I, for one, want to see him.” “We want to see him too,” said two dragonflies. “Me too,” said a field mouse. “I have not seen anything funny in a long time.”

Frog and Toad went on a long walk.

If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.

“We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾

NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS: “We insist (Trump’s ICE goons) clearly ID themselves… there is no precedent for masked law enforcement… they have ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY… citizens are being racially profiled, chased, hunted… the chaos and lack of professionalism is ALARMING…”

For the whole month EVERYTHING in the store and online is 35% off. This is our gift to you all who have supported us over the years and we hope for many more years to come.

November 30th to December 1st. Slowly converting the bookshop into your cozy great aunts house you visit on the way to a big family get together and don’t want to leave. At least that is the vibe we are going for this year. 💚

It’s true. We really do!

🗞️ A bumper edition of the newsletter is out now, featuring Ireland's first female engineer, a missed opportunity to fly a tractor, and how an Armagh woman might use mistletoe to sort her Christmas wishlist. Also, a gift guide and more - sign up free for the next one here www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter

The annual Mari Lwyd charity auction is LIVE! Here's another of my pieces up for grabs! Mari is drawn in ballpoint, and has an Ecoline background, with metallic Polychromos on the eye. Auction link: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15750676... All items: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns... 🎨 #art #bsnm

Keep your town in business by keeping your business in town #Christmasshopping #speirgorm

My all time favorite books and this still is the best film version. I grew up in this and the spin off as well.

Friday December 5th 11:00AM Protective Stadium 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL We hope to see as many of you as possible with us at the game!

This was such an amazing game! Both teams fought so hard. Great job Anniston on the win!

Our Thursday local resource blurb with a side of history and love. open.substack.com/pub/romarine...

I monitored these same sorts of white supremacists for years (to fight them), and let me tell you. You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself. Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary

One of the things I’m thankful for is the effort Salt Lake City has made over the last 150 years to protect the watershed and keep public lands public.

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

This is neat but wow. Everything is for sale I swear. 🤣. Always a gimmick to grift off small businesses to spend more to “become viral” to “invest in yourself” to “increase your reach and profits”. 🫠 I appreciate the accolades for sale I guess.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.