almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

To prevent this kind of tragedy: *get a Tdap 💉during the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy *vaccinate babies on AAP-recommended schedule *ALL adults need TDap boosters every 10 years minimum (5 is better bc the pertussis part of 💉can wane sooner) h/t @ashtonpittman.bsky.social

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

I'm starting a new aquarium, and posting details on Instagram if you want to come watch the aquascape evolve in the coming weeks! www.instagram.com/aquariumgard...

Mask up, folks. And if you're gathering for Thanksgiving, have everyone test before the event, and increase air filtration and ventilation as much as possible. Wear an N-95, especially if you'll be in crowded places/transport, so you don't bring sickness & organ damage to your family & friends.

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

“The association between SARS-CoV-2 and stroke incidence was consistent and significant, suggesting that COVID-19 should be considered a new risk factor for cerebrovascular diseases.” bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Except, of course, it’s *not* all he can say. Cassidy could concede publicly that confirming Kennedy was a tragic mistake. He could call for RFK Jr's resignation. He could schedule hearings, haul the secretary to Capitol Hill, and demand the CDC’s public resources reflect the scientific cannon.

Got two things done today in under 30 mins, combined, that I've been putting off for months. ADHD achievement ✅✅ Plus I cleaned something and avoided impulse-buying restaurant food. ✅✅

These days, every time I see a person who is exposed to a lot of people going through a serious medical situation too young, with condition usually seen in people much older than them (especially a wealthy person with access to good medical care), I wonder if it's COVID organ damage.

Yes, this is what I was going to reply. Even if they're gone, much of the damage they created is permanent. They extracted and damaged what they needed to, and we'll be seeing the repercussions for a very long time.

Glad there's someone out there still working on it despite RFK Jr. and his intent to make us all sick and dumb. 🙏

What this article doesn't say, is that by turning it off, it also turns off features that have been available for years that make high-volume inboxes usable. Like priority inboxes and "Important" email flags. Evil to do that, imo.

Right. And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.

No one liked this one, huh? We're violently capturing and sending people into servitude, torture, or death in prisons and detention camps, here or in foreign countries. We're not deporting them to their home countries, in many cases. And doing it based on how they look, talk, or where they work.

Wear a mask, ideally a respirator like an N95. RFK Jr has gutted the CDC. There is no plan to prevent the next pandemic or protect people when it inevitably hits. Wearing a mask is an act of resistance and community care.

I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...

Mute the words "bamboo" and "harvest" immediately if you don't want a feed filled with terrible things right now 😩

Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.

CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)

No one liked this one, huh? We're violently capturing and sending people into servitude, torture, or death in prisons and detention camps, here or in foreign countries. We're not deporting them to their home countries, in many cases. And doing it based on how they look, talk, or where they work.

Mamdani is really that charming. (And I'm sure planned out what to talk about with Trump, and how to approach him, very strategically.)

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

Is it not obvious that ICE officers are just patrolling courthouses in America, looking for non-white people to round up? Even kids? Making our courthouses traps, traps that catch people showing up following court orders, traps that ensnare citizens, traps that traumatize families....Disgusting.

Be like @littlebadger.bsky.social Where are those "free speech" folks, anyway?

it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.

It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/

Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard: “We will miss his insights and his wisdom” Student: “NO WE WON’T” dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao

Congressional Democrats called on the military the follow the constitution. Donald Trump said they should be murdered. Speaker Johnson condemned the Democrats and excused Trump’s death threats. He is loyal to Trump and not the constitution. A pathetic man leading a fascist party.

When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone. This is what community looks like.💙

A check-in on the American brand (I heard this on the radio today. Depressing.) www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1... @marketplace.org @kairyssdal.bsky.social

Oh wow I’m 254 followers away from 100,000! When I get there I’ll do something to celebrate. Perhaps a raffle to join me on a future shark research expedition!

From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re saying “We Ain’t Buying It” and asking Americans to hit pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=ind_wabi

Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.

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I would recommend reading Project Hail Mary before watching the full trailer, because spoilers! (I guess they necessarily have to spoil some things to promo the movie, but they were good surprises in the story), but this looks good....! youtu.be/5VYsnngkS_U?...

NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with @propublica.org @texastribune.org? We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas

Trump's transparent lies have become more obvious than ever. People don't want to be led by someone like him, or by a group of people who are totally deferential to his demands and whims, making him a king. That will be the GOP's legacy for this era.

Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.

It bothers me, too, but so did Trump imitating a disabled journalist early in his first campaign. He's shown this aspect of himself again and again. Of course disturbing, but not new.

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

Bull. Shit. I think these are the kinds of videos that will end up in documentaries in the future looking back at this time, to show what Trump was like, and how deeply he lied all of the time.

CPB revives $36 million NPR deal killed after Trump’s pressure www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

A real war on Christmas. Every single accusation is a confession of desire.

THIS IS BIG For non-academics who might not understand why: 1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house 2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.

JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump take slippers

People welcoming bigots into the Democratic party are a major part of the party's inability to attract and keep new voters. The bigots won't stay long term, anyway, and you just alienated the people who you should see as your base.

So cool that the "JMU" one was first tagged in Harrisonburg 😁

Adding jokes to alt text without actually describing the picture just makes them a bonus for fully sighted people, and defeats the accessibility purpose. At least also describe the photo in there...