I called my 92 year old grandma to tell her about a dream I had where she was wearing a beautiful sequined dress and gold jewelry with her makeup done like she was going to a fancy party. She said "Sounds like I was dressed like a floozy! You should go back to bed and tell me to take off all […]

"Trump says U.S. will intervene if #iran kills peaceful protesters." https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-us-intervene-iran-kills-protesters-economic-unrest-rcna251875 But not in the US. #Trump #uspol #uspolitics

She wasn't killed for threatening ICE. She was killed for failing to instantly obey a white man.

Spread the word, #phonix: Vigil in front of the ICE Field Office tonight. Details in the image. #fuckice

“…witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street.” […]

ABOLISH ICE

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@LeafyEricScott/115850226576380708 #sparql turned out to not be necessary for this project after all, thank goodness.

Alright *cracks knuckles*. Time to learn to use the glitter #rstats package from @maelle! Wish me luck!

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@LeafyEricScott/115848897796584282 #tucson people —if you haven’t been to Caravan, this is your sign to go. Fresh baked bread called “samoon” DAILY. Freeze them and reheat in the toaster oven. All made by one guy (he was on vacation once and there was no bread for weeks […]

I wish I had food influencer video skills so I could show you how to shop for my favorite breakfast ingredients at my local middle eastern market. Fresh baked Iraqi bread, labne, olive oil, zataar, and cardamom coffee *chefs kiss*

Wow, high ups at NYT and WaPo are apparently now officially war criminals.

If the US president can attack Venezuela without the permission of Congress, he can attack anywhere else. And he will.

During the Iraq war I let people gaslight me into thinking I didn't know enough about "foreign policy" and "global politics" to say the war was a bad idea. I would hesitate because, I'm not an expert on those things. But I was right then and I'm right now. You don't need to be an expert, it's […]

Great another Oil war I mean Police action #venezuela

I can’t join you due to a bereavement emergency trip, but if you’re in #phoenix today, your presence is needed at the Capitol today at 4:00 pm. https://www.answercoalition.org/venezuela #arizona #resist #nowar #USpol #activism

RE: https://mastodon.design/@alx/115831377753680575 This, this, so much this thread. Look, if you're opposed to what Putin is doing in Ukraine, but you're ok with what Israel is doing in Gaza and the West Bank or with what Trump is doing in Venezuela, then you can just fuck off all the way into […]

"NIH Approves 100s of Grant Applications It Shelved or Denied." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2026/01/02/nih-approves-100s-grant-applications-it-shelved-or-denied This follows the pillaging pattern of agency layoffs. Reckless cuts followed by partial rehires. Hack […]

Guide to U.S. intervention in Latin America

Soleil Ho investigates something I’ve been curious about. Why is every dog in the Bay Area called Mochi or Miso?! If it’s not mochi or miso, it’s matcha. https://www.coyotemedia.org/why-we-cant-stop-naming-our-pets-after-japanese-rice-cakes/ #bayarea #sanfrancisco #dogs

I walked among oaks today and I am somewhat revitalized

uhhh... what the fuck? YouTube just subscribed me to Turning Point USA's channel.

I thought up the phrase and had to make a DARE-like image out of it. #cantslopwontslop #noai

Today was family tech support day. Got the in-laws set up with a password manager and helped my mom by confirming that she found a bug in Gmail. Date columns in xlsx attachments are all wonky in the preview in Gmail!

I had a very good matcha latte with soy milk this morning at Verve Coffee in #la. It was too strong though, and I’ve exceeded my caffeine budget for the day which is sad because I’m going to Tam’s Noodle House for a late lunch and they have really good (strong) milk tea!

Free idea: Vietnamese coffee shop named EndorPhin

Choosing to begin another year of my life believing that Boxing Day is a day of british ppl going around slugging each other in the streets

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/115735855881669989 They want to destroy our healthcare system and kill as many people as possible.

"The graduates had studied and sat for examinations while working nonstop inside Gaza’s hospitals during two years of starvation, displacement and genocide. Some were also injured, arrested or had family members killed." https://aje.io/5gkk3a

Remember when DOGE cut all those adobe pro licenses? You know what feature that contains? PDF redactions. #uspol

I spent #christmas morning and part of the afternoon with friends demonstrating in front of the ICE Field Office in #phoenix. Traffic was, as predicted, quite sparse. But I’m glad we were there, as two young women showed up trying to find their father, who’s been missing since Tuesday. He’s […]

Lanzhou noodles are my favorite Chinese soup noodles (big claim, because I like hundreds of Chinese soup noodles). But true. For me they represent the best in Chinese soup making (‘no color, clear, transparent soup but the tastiest soup you’ll ever have’), noodles made by hand, pulled thinly […]

My parents in-law call group text messages “links” which is very confusing to me.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@sciencealert/health-43m5auulz/-/a-ScPlfV0TStSS5oWDwNs74w%3Aa%3A565656366-%2F0 Because it tastes good and it’s not that much food.

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/115777017553688572 Of course they did.

RE: https://newsie.social/@servelan/115776904757741537 LOL

The distance between #Dublin and #London is 464 miles, #asthecrowflies. But as #GretaThunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics. In Dublin, #PresidentConnolly regards the #genocide in #Gaza as a horror. But in London, the #CityOfLondonPolice […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Earlier this month, PBS (still kicking despite the GOP defunding public broadcasting in the US) released its own documentary, "Surviving CECOT", which is also worth a watch, focusing on three individuals: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/surviving-cecot/

Just going through my photos trying to free up space and here are a few of my favorite graffiti I've seen. #art #streetart #graffiti

Fatal car crash in my neighborhood. Seems like #tucson has one of these every week. It needs to be way harder to drive (fast) here. The city really needs to do something. https://www.kold.com/2025/12/21/driver-killed-after-crashing-into-tucson-school/

The $1776 "warrior dividend" that Trump announced yesterday is actually just a renaming of an existing, already authorized military housing allowance. Shocked. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/trump-warrior-dividend-troops-congress-00697375

Hey, #phoenix! Come join us at an anti-ICE rally and protest on Central Avenue, going on right now! (And by us I mean me and Thomas right now. But we’d love to have you too! We’ll be here until 730 tonight.) #protest #resist #activism

You know what would solve the problem of the cost of health insurance exploding? Socialized medicine, like every other developed country in the world has. The way Americans pay for healthcare is unique, and uniquely insane. Just sayin'.

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I'm happy Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from custody and will be getting his day in court, but that still leaves hundreds of other people we deported to extra-judicial incarceration in El Salvador for whom there is no clear path to either a trial or release. The plan seems to be that […]

A Nutella-like product made of Native nuts in Oakland. No palm oil! 2% of all revenue is donated to Native food sovereignty and food security organizers, and work with Native food entrepreneurs and purveyors in the region. https://www.tree-folk.com/ #food #california #bayarea #oakland

For the third time, I have fixed something on my brand new macbook air by mashing the enter key while I plug something in. Some dialog box pops up for a tenth of a second every time I plug in a new accessory and I can't even read it or interact with it, so I just have to mash enter while […]