If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Yup. For a long while there it was the US and Somalia, but then eventually Somalia signed. But the US still cares more about parents' rights over children.

If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life

And sings on the stairs?

The Education Department abruptly canceled a federal program that helped underserved students, affecting programs in 11 states and D.C., because the grantees had mentioned DEI in their applications.

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

Art is the best!

As a fan of everything Jane Austen, this is the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 It's not the period drama you were expecting, but it is the one you needed. #JaneAusten #Regency #period #menstruation #women #girls #female #literature #history youtu.be/dxpjzOLVRR0?...

Remember, the GOP isn’t afraid of voter fraud. They’re scared of voter accuracy.

douglas adams was our most accurate futurist

Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.

Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt

More of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline creatures #WomensArt #Monday

Today my students sat facing one another and close read a game and their own play experience of it, with paper and cards and pencils. Fully engaged, fully present, creativity high, they lingered for almost a half hour after. The only digital element was me manning a playlist for vibes.

This is heartbreaking. Why is subsidized public healthcare for all "impossible" in the US, when it's not in Europe? Watching #ThePitt the most ghastly scenes are people devastated by the cost of life-saving healthcare. Are they just expected to lay down and die??

I see no one in the US has cottoned on to "cottage" as a core dating concept yet. Go Canada, I guess?

Exactly how I feel about the current timeline..

I was literally just talking at length yesterday about how I don’t think about my gender much until I run into a wall, usually via a cis dude locked into rigid scripts. It doesn’t even have to be violent, sexual, or extreme — it can be banal & “harmless” exclusion of women from camaraderie & trust.

I'm reading BROKEN COUNTRY and..I just don't know. I remember Maggie Stiefvater saying she read a lot of bestsellers to understand what makes one, and this is definitely a bestseller, but - the wrong kind? Where the characters and the story feel..carefully constructed to evoke the correct emotion?

I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.

Paging William of Ockham…

Hey Texas. Check and double check your voter registration. The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

And ICE shot out the windows of apartments nearby. They used this munition to do it. They also shot people with this.

Today's snow full moon heralds the arrival of Put the Bucket Down... “As a side project, I am working on a show with the brain as the central core and there are a number of songs, some on i/o and some on o\i that will be part of that. This is one of those..."

Went out hawking yesterday with dear old friends for the first time in years. Healed wounds in my soul I didn't even know I possessed.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

UTAH! I’ll be at the Storymakers Conference this spring, and registration for my intensive has opened today: storymakersguild.org (expected to sell out, so nab it if you’re interested).

This describes accurately how I've started to feel about my TBR pile of books next to my bed, also known as The Two Towers.

Giant sinkholes appear where the groundwater is depleted, the soil becomes packed together, leaving no room for new water to seep in. Perfect metaphor for the political drain on democracy right now and the giant sinkhole in chief 😶 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Vance believed this video would exonerate Ross for the same reason he would show a rape victim in a short skirt to exonerate the rapist. Republicans believe that women are the original sin & are responsible for the errors of men. Ross committed murder - but it’s a woman’s taunt that caused it. 👇🧵

JONATHAN ROSS THREAD: 🧵 I think a certain # of women have seen the video from Ross’s cellphone showing the taunts that led to Renee’s murder. And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly. Here’s why: 👇🧵

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 14: There is no *right way* to write a book. There's only the way that's right for you.

So now Trump will decide to invade Norway.

Trompf saying he "needs" to take over Greenland or else Russia or China will do it sounds as logical as someone saying "if I don't kidnap and force this woman to marry me someone else will". Hey, welcome back to the bad old tyrant days!

Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed. Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...

I EP’d a documentary called The Forgotten Occupation that has a premiere screening tomorrow in LA. It is, unfortunately, Timely. You can get tickets here: lumierecinemala.com/film-the-for...

I don't know what her religious views were and of course that's not the point, but this is what actual Christian martyrdom looks like.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

There are a ton of great-looking books coming in 2026, and I've rounded up the ones that I'm looking forward to the most, including space operas, interstellar art heists, unicorns, dinosaurs, and plenty more. Here's the full list: www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fanta...

Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota. This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.

Also, I made chocolate chip cookies for everyone ❤️‍🩹🍪🍫🫖🥛

In the middle of every awful thing that's happening, I'm quietly happy that at last we've had some real winter weather and children can finally enjoy the snow 💙❄️☃️

WIRED has updated this guide in light of the protests happening in Minneapolis, NYC, and beyond.

In 2025 the big new movie palace shut down for deep-cleaning due to a massive flea infestation, and IKEA closed because the foundations were discovered to be structurally unsound. Now I'm curious: will 2026 prove that the town is under a curse, or was that just 2025 being 2025?

THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...