I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

What we’ve seen in Minnesota should make you furious, but it should also inspire you.

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

ICE is in the business of literally kidnapping. As in they are stealing children who wear clothing sizes that still have "T"s in them. There is no redemption for anyone who supports this.

WELL WELL FUCKING WELL 🥚

really hard to focus on anything other than how scared and confused and ashamed a five year old who got arrested in front of his own house and shipped to texas must be right now

'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'

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This is why I'd get an rx for Flonase when I was sick vs buying it OTC right after it came out bc it was like $50 vs a covered rx with a copay.

an artist, who positions herself as progressive and I've historically really liked, has an instagram post listing her work as "sold" or "awaiting adoption". I had such a visceral disgust with that framing, esp since adoption is a big business. Should I reach out via DM, in the comments, let it go? 🥚

4°F rally and march against federal immigration operations and U.S. military actions abroad + MLK Day commemoration Chicago

Y'all this was foretold by @mowillems.bsky.social

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act. One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...

January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM is the first time that the toddler has directly asked for a dog. Noting this for the records.

I am trying to respond to a meeting invite and I need to consult 4 calendars and this is not how my raw dogged ADHD works.

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His 6 month old stopped breathing! HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING! A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside! His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!

I am screaming in this coffee shop because of: * the state of the world * my tummy * the hamster wheel of EKS + dependency updates juxtaposed with the absolute fuckery of IAM permissions

This year’s New Year mailing, featuring del Toro’s response to AI art. Feels appropriate to set in 19th century type & ornament given the unbelievable (and largely lost) skill needed to design & cast items with this level of detail. #letterpress

preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6

I struggle with outrage. I'm not outraged by any one thing because I am outraged by everything. And it seems increasingly unlikely that anyone will ever be held accountable for their war crimes. So like what is there to do besides pack whistles, educate my children, and despair?

Sorry, what? The federal “investigation” into ICE’s killing of an American is investigating the *victim*?

me (to husband): do you want to split a C-H-E-E-S-E-C-A-K-E? toddler: I want to split a C-E-E-S-K

Growing up watching the Lions snatch defeat from the hands of victory week after week makes me feel some amount of empathy for Green Bay fans.

Attempting to locate my husband, a tall skinny white man wearing a black winter coat, in this particular Costco is essentially LARPing Where's Waldo.

“That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” — Renee Nicole Good’s last words to the ICE agent who killed her moments later. “Fuckin’ bitch.” — voice on ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s video after he shoots her. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Nobody wants to hear their elected officials tell them to stay calm and not give law enforcement an excuse to hurt them. You can’t condemn the murder of a nice lady in one breath, and then tell people to protest “correctly” in the next. That’s basically saying Good was asking for it.

My attempt to keep the horrors at bay is linocut/relief printing.

I just typed "lethal tech" instead of "legal tech" and that feels appropriate.

I have a to do list of a lot of tiny things and this is like the exact opposite of how my ADHD works, so that's cool.

for a split second, that tracked.

We’re cancelling school to limit opportunities for Trump’s thugs to kidnap our children and murder their parents.

evergreen

The toddler has taken to calling the teen "big bad wolf eonni" and that is the funniest shit to me bc the teen is like most lawful good child.

MORE LIKE THIS!!!

I miss blogs. Not because I ever wrote anything profound, but putting something longer than a Tweet out into the void was good for me. I hate that the primary options now are newsletter or linkedin.

Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.

I understand that without control of the House or Senate Democrats have very little ability to by themselves prevent the dangerous cruelty Trump is unleashing around the world. I would however like to request that every Democrat scream at the top of their lungs every time they’re on TV

Trying to figure out what's setting off my acid reflux and I've narrowed it down to three possible culprits: the scariest of Sundays, War for Oil: the Remix, having the audacity to drink half a serving of lemonade at the age of 39.

TFW @astrochris.bsky.social forgets to change the address in DoorDash.

The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil. The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

I have spent less than a week living with my nephew and I have learned there is no limit to the things a toddler can cry about

The cool thing about my late 30s is that I got to have hobbies. Here’s hoping this continues into my 40s.

We got the toddler a Yoto player for xmas which has been great bc she can pick what she wants to listen to without our help but wow her library is very heavy on the Peppa Pig.

Merry Fishmas.

Me: half a granola bar is an adequate amount of food before dinner. Also me: how could I have possibly gotten this wasted in the grocery store bar?

me: what vegetable do you want to go with steak and potatoes? teen: asparagus? toddler: Apple! You need apple. Apple is not a fruit it’s a bedgedabull!