NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE. The Senate is expected to vote on funding for ICE and DHS later this week. Call your Senator now. (instructions and script below)

Also a fun Dad thing I'll share, not about politics so not buried in the thread: he made his own calendar every year, and it always featured cute cat pictures he found on the internet.

There's a good thread going around about men not seeing the logistics work that women do, which is definitely a real and true thing that happens way too fucking much, but it also makes me so grateful for my dad and I miss him so much.

I don't know why but I was pretty sure this week was the final of Jet Lag and I'm sooooo delighted to be wrong, omg.

After four and a half months I have finally beaten Silksong. True final boss, 88% completion, 130 hours. WOW, what a game.

It feels impossible, but 20 years ago today I shoved as much of my stuff as would fit into a couple of suitcases and hopped a bus to NYC, to live on my sister's couch until I found a job and a place to live. (I did not move out, and we now co-own an apartment.)

Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗

Hey Schumer, I know people got mad at you for trying to crib his affordability talking points because READ THE ROOM, PEOPLE ARE DYING, so here, try borrowing this one instead.

Five, FIVE, phone calls made today: 1. My congress person - he's in agreement about ICE and wtf Greenland, I called to thank him/push on this, spoke to a staffer; 2. Senator (Gillibrand) - left her voicemail about the above; 3. Senator (Schumer) - got voicemail, made my opinion KNOWN.

WHOOPS reached the maximum length on my voicemail to Chuck Schumer LIKE YOU DO. PICK UP YOUR PHONE YOU COWARD.

TWIN CITIES FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START: I put together a big list of resources. Do you want to deliver groceries? do people's laundry? work in community defense? I want to help you get connected! naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...

People are all "why does Mamdani have such energy" and it's one cute trick we call "not being in your late 70s on a series of anti-dimentia drugs while a coterie of assistants and staff members, some of whom are second generation, are trying to turn your it-won-once strategies into a response"?

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

Please share this. More importantly, please *do* some of these things. There isn't anybody but us, you understand. There won't be some better person coming along to lead you. It's *you*. You reading this. It has to be you.

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

Morning repost! (I will repost this a lot over the coming days.)

NEW YORKERS! State and City! Let’s talk about New York For All and actions you can take to push back against ICE in NY! This will be a long thread. Big thanks to the staffer in my state assembly member’s office for giving me info & next steps.

NEW YORKERS! State and City! Let’s talk about New York For All and actions you can take to push back against ICE in NY! This will be a long thread. Big thanks to the staffer in my state assembly member’s office for giving me info & next steps.

Thread to come later but did you know if you call a local rep's office and say "hey I have some questions about a bill and what to do to advocate for it" they get VERY excited?? Anyway, New York friends, you should all get excited too because I have ACTION STEPS for NY4All.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc... 🤨 I'm actually not mad about this, having a cross-town subway uptown would be useful! (Though also I see the concern about gentrification, etc.) Mostly I'm just confused. The 1 stop at 125 is elevated, the rest are not, so um...how would that be connected, exactly?

I should know better than to think I'd get anything done on the final day of GDQ. Going to the gym would be great but there's a Windwaker run coming up and under $300,000 to unlock Silksong.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Incandescent rage is about right. www.wonkette.com/p/if-youre-s... #uspoli

I just got my MMR boosted, fuck RFK, measles are bad actually.

Oh dear, I don't want this many slacks and emails, no thank you!

I love that #AGDQ loves trans rights and hates AI.

My first (and given my track record, maybe only) newsletter of the year is sent! As always, cross posted to my website: www.beckyallenbooks.com/2026/01/03/l...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and Rawa Duwaji on Inauguration Day, January 1, 2035, NYC City Hall! More pictures coming soon - I took a bunch and everyone was beautiful! Happy New Year, friends. We're gonna win.

NYCers have earned a day to just feel hopeful and happy. Nobody's in denial about political reality, and tomorrow will be here soon enough, but an inauguration is a celebration and an articulation of a vision, and it's okay to let yourself give in to the joy of aspiration.

I will never get over how much he genuinely loves New York City. (In another bit he shouted out my local pizza shop!!)

Watching the various inaugurations in the city today and I swear, 11-ish years ago I barely knew who my federal level reps were; now I'm cheering because our heroic AG just swore in the city comptroller and I know all of these people's names and have strong opinions on them. (Tish and Mark rule.)

Reupping this one for New Yorkers who likely didn't see this news when it dropped right before the holidays...

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

The genius bar could not, in fact, fix my problem (battery) but I am now updated to Tahoe, so everything is weird and floaty and I just spent some time verifying that yes, my computer is way too old for weird Apple AI stuff, thankfully.

I have been sitting at the Apple Store’s Genius Bar for two hours, in case you wonder how my day is going. I have not had lunch but a woman next to me is eating cranberries directly out of the bag while having a loud phone call.

The ads “are intended for an audience of people with titles like ‘chief people helper’ or ‘director of employee experience.’”

A great read for sure: fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

It was IMPORTANT and choosing between Tag 2 and Hide & Seek Japan was BRUTAL

Attending a community defense training and seeing how many other people also showed up.

Thread. With a cheerful vengeance. 😏

Aww, I loved the end of the hockey show, that was very good.

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

I have two transgender kids… and in my family… we do Christmas… a little differently.

Started using "I age greatly every time you speak" thanks to @maladroithe.bsky.social

'tis the season!

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

One fun thing about being a beginner ceramicist who basically only makes tiny cylinders is that you never run out of pen holders.