If Jalapeño can muster a smile in the dim darker damp days of now, we can all keep trying to find our own smiles and lend them to our neighbors as needed.

Reminder to parenting adults: Kiddos need as much of their childhood as they can muster. 6 year olds don't need to stay informed about genocide and 11 year olds don't need to be updated about every hate crime. - A Parent who had to explain to a young'un today that anti-Israel isn't antisemitism*

Tylenol in pregnancy doesn’t cause autism. There isn’t an “epidemic of autism”. Autism is not the fault of the mother or the child. Whatever they announce tomorrow, it won’t be based in science or truth. Stay vigilant, follow the science and support the neurodivergent community.

Don't know who needs to hear this but The Rapture is happening on Tuesday. They have a show in San Diego. therapturemusic.com

Dumb houses, cars, and phones, y'all. While you're ditching #disney and #hulu and all the other boycotts of billionaires, please also remove your #alexa and your #ringcam and turn off your #Siri and your #heygoogle. They profit from surveillance, too, not just subscriptions.

"Fifty-three percent of Democratic voters said they preferred politicians described as similar to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani, while 33 percent favored those similar to Schumer, Jeffries and Pelosi. Fourteen percent didn’t choose."

Does this chicken: 1) Not understand "shelter" 2) Not care about the rain 3) <Fill in the blank>

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

The fact that these people are this upset over chalk drawings tells you how easily they’ll cave when faced with actual mass resistance. Bullies fold when you stand up to them. www.arlnow.com/2025/09/19/c...

Sometimes the fairies draw spirals on apples.

I just find everything feels a bit better when I watch this.

Bruh

Sometimes farming looks like Sparrows on Millet and sometimes it looks like some show about tiny houses with personalities you only just put up with in order to see if they made something beautiful. (I am repeatedly telling myself this needn't be beautiful. Nor even square. Just secure.)

Where do Zohran Mamdani's ideas come from? You.

Mr Patel, do you know who’s on first? - Many people could possibly be on first. Yes many people *could* be, but do you know who *is*? - What? We’re not talking about second base. -Why? No he’s left field. - Who is? No he’s on first. Do you know Who’s on first? - I know many things Senator..

Crockett: When you I say you are the least qualified in the history of the FBI, it’s real… Patel: That’s false Crockett: I didn’t ask you a question. I want to talk about why you're a failure and honestly we need to tell you, bye, bye

Periodic reminder: student journalists in Appalachia, young writers in Appalachia, young folks in Appalachia who see something happening in their community they want to write about! Please pitch. (If you need pitch advice, message me! There's guidance in the link below but glad to brainstorm.)

Just had a colleague say that they've switched from a final to multiple midterms this semester bc the law is changing so rapidly that it's literally impossible to predict ... December. It's like buying beers in the Weimar. Buy two now, bc the price'll be higher when you finish the first.

Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office

It's the return of the AADL Idle Equipment Disposal Sale! Furniture, Computers, Monitors, Shelving, and more. All items $1! Used CDs and DVDs available 5 for $1! Get a great deal on some quality stuff! Saturday, September 27, 10 AM–3 PM at the AALF. → https://aadl.org/node/645613

Steve is not sure what this new sport is, but he's trying his best.

Just going to look at these for awhile. 🌱

“We spent 3 hours covering the civil rights movement in 5th grade, so it took maybe a year or two to end segregation, exclusively through marches and rhetoric”

Sometimes farming looks a lot like something else. Or as we occasionally remind the offspring: sometimes you want to do a thing, and you have to do 7 things to get there, and discover 4 more things along the way you didn't know were also required before you got there. But don't give up.

4 years ago: a 3ish foot tall stick of a tree came in the mail. 2 years ago: 10 delectable peaches. This spring, Georgie offered thousands of blossoms, and so many fruit she broke, even after thinning. But she persisted in her aim of abundance & blesses the bellies of her humbled humans.

"This approach supports sustainable farming, ultimately leading to a more profitable agricultural landscape." This whole venture made me throw up a little in my mouth. I cannot, in the diminishing character allowance, begin to say this isn't going to do what the claims are trying to say it will.

Ponderosa pine growing from solid rock. Such trees can live a long time, growing in tiny increments each year but still clinging to life. Location is east of Cascade, Idaho. #forestry #trees #photography #IdahoEscape

Most Midwesterners may not like spicy, but my husband isn't a Midwesterner. That said, Habanero are generous creatures, so if you're around #annarbor and want some Habies (or Serrano, Jalapeno, Capperino, or Czech Black...) let me know. Free to a good home. 🌱

Whatever else is going on, Dew still gathers in the low center of Nasturtium's leaves. And Nasturtium still always seems to have an extra T in it when I go to spell it.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

It’s not considered political violence to dehumanize people until they’re so ostracized by society that they take their own lives. It’s not considered political violence to make policy choices to intentionally kill people by depriving them of life saving healthcare.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."

NEW: Three charter school districts’ superintendents are among the highest paid in Texas. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years. By @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year. Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live. Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed

In a win for wetlands conservation, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is potentially a few months away from purchasing about 7,500 acres of land along the Hatchie River for conservation and outdoor recreation. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.

better things are possible!!!!

I came for the replies on this one and so far I am not disappointed

The birthday book is clear: there was a cabal of rich, powerful people (mostly men) whose fondest memories with Jeffrey Epstein involved trafficking young girls for sex—trading them like baseball cards—and one of them is the current American president. You’re cool with this or you’re not. That’s it.

This explains so much.

Building real power takes effort, resources, and consistent organizing and there’s no time to waste. Support our work: blackvotersmatterfund.org/donate/

These militarized efforts won’t do much to make us safer (the events are rare, and happen in random places, not all of which will invest in these). But they, along with regular active-shooter drills, will keep OVER-reminding children they can die at any time. It’s HARMFUL security theater.

Every House Rules Republican just voted to block the Epstein Files Transparency Act from advancing.

“Judge Kristen Simmons ruled that state prosecutors failed to present enough evidence that the false electors intended to commit fraud and that the ringleaders of the fake elector scheme — lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and Kenneth Chesebro and even Trump himself — were not the ones on trial.”

The American diet is largely driven by Big Ag and Big Food. If RFK Jr cared about chronic disease he would showcase these vendors and fight to ease local restrictions on them to improve food access in our communities. Instead they are kidnapped.

"The U.P. — bigger than at least six states — is left with six places to have a baby other than your home or car.”