A truly unacceptable assault on the First Amendment.

BEAST BUSINESS, the new novella in the Hidden Legacy world is now available from our direct store and major retailers. The illusion Prime who lives for secrets. An animal mage who lost something precious. The one price neither of them planned to pay: honesty. ilona-andrews.com/blog/happy-b...

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Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia

Alabama Republican Barry Moore held a town hall and said migrants are not allowed due process. His constituents heckled him, chanting “shame, shame” as the coward made his hasty exit. #Resist #ProudBlue #FuckMAGA

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

Irish physicist Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale was born #OTD in 1903. She pioneered the use of X-ray diffraction to study the structure of crystals. One of her earliest results showed that Benzene's ring structure is flat. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ ⌬ Image: University of Kent

Anxiety. Watercolor, colored pencil, and white ink.

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

This is squirrel is going somewhere. Click here to find out where: mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B... B.11.22 is a 13th/14th c. Book of Hours bursting with beautiful and amusing illustrations. #squirrelappreciationday

hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.

As much as this month has sucked, it has also given me enormous hope in the power of ordinary people to do extraordinarily selfless things.

Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2053...

To honor the history and stories of Clark Atlanta, FAMU, Jackson State University, Texas Southern, and Tuskegee, the NMAAHC has unveiled its new exhibit. “At the Vanguard: Making and Saving History at HBCUs.” www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

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Shout it from the rooftops! www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

Calls for civility are often weaponized by abusers, by bigots, by those who would oppress you. If it is considered impolite to speak out against dishonor, then it is time for a true warrior to be rude.

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last. www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

US vetoes most Ethiopian athletes for the World Crosscountry Championships in Florida by denying their visas. Ethiopia will be unable to record a team result in either the U20 men’s or U20 women’s races, ending its 44-year medal streak. I’m sure the Olympics and World Cup are going to be fine. 😡

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If being disrespectful to black women is a means to your supposed antifascist end, fuck you and your revolution. How you treat people is who you are.

This morning I was thinking about how white people lost their shit when Colin Kaepernick took a knee against law enforcement violence, and tossed him straight out of the NFL for it. Maybe people fucking get it now? Because for chrissakes it’s all connected.

Abolish ICE. Really.

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On this day in 1962, the city of Montgomery announced it would lock bathrooms, plug water fountains, and remove waiting area seats at the municipal airport rather than comply with integration orders.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my Bigbot gave to me... Eleven Pipebots Piping... #12BotsofChristmasRemastered

Ever noticed a double image when looking through some glass? This piece of Iceland spar, a transparent calcite, does just that. It naturally splits light into two rays, producing the illusion of double text. Scientists in the 1600s used it to investigate the nature of light and uncover polarisation.

My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜

I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that

This war is completely illegitimate: 60% of Americans disapprove of going to war with Venezuela—74% disapprove war without Congressional approval. Only 19% are in favor. The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.

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Great grey heron sketch! I really like drawing these guys -3284 🎨🐡🪶 #art

Saying "Grok apologized" is like saying "my phone predictive text chose words that look like apology."

Hey all, I've spent the past few weeks working really hard on the kobold heart hoard project and it's available for pre-order now. It's 10 glass hearts, starting at $25. nora.jewelry/products/kob... Shares are appreciated.

I've waited 3 years to make this post

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

There were a lot of humans lying to each other on The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, and I knew outright angry denials tended to sound incredibly guilty

A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story: Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole. Randy, his arms down. The Old Man, when the lamp broke. Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.

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This Christmas, let's focus less on other people's lives and pee-pees and more on not being a lifeless waste of space.

1. I love this film 2. I learned something here 3. What the hell, you get Tom Holland www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

For Day 21 #ArtAdventCalendar A Little Night Magic 32 x16 81x40cm Oil on Canvas 2021

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 our winter solstice: This is a linocut print with collaged Japanese washi papers of a procession of Kolędnicy, or Kolęda carollers through the woods to honour the sun at Winter Solstice. The tradition, also known as Koliada or kolędowanie, dates to pre-Christian times 🧵

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich do love Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich do love

I also want to say thank you to the person who introduced me to the French word 'beaucoup' this year. It means a lot.

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about

On the ninth day of Christmas, my Bigbot gave to me... Nine Ladybots Dancing... #12BotsofChristmasRemastered

Fleas Navidad.