Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

This thread is what social media is *supposed* to be for.

look if a Democrat wants me to be really fired up about voting for them, they will promulgate the Crimes Against Humanity Reparations Act which gives US citizenship to everyone targeted by the Trump administration.

The U.S. Forest Service documented this vegetation plot near Spirit Lake in 1979—a careful species-level inventory of an old-growth forest. After May 18, 1980, they returned to the same coordinates and put up another marker. Same spot. Different planet.

After a historic victory in the #WALeg Senate, the Millionaires Tax to rebalance our upside-down tax code has its 1st hearing in the House! Sign your name in "PRO" today to show your support for a future where everyone, not just the wealthiest, can thrive in WA: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Well, as long as we have closure

i love how anyone who lives near a resident heron treats it like a local legendary pokemon

This gorgeous tome just arrived in the mail. Kudos to @thorncoyle.bsky.social and @maxinemiller999.bsky.social . I can’t wait to dive in!

In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps: How dumplings spread around the world (tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)

#waleg update: There's a committee hearing tomorrow morning on SB 6002, the Driver Privacy Act, regulating Flock and other ALPRs. If you're in Washington, please sign in OTHER (Strengthen) - and consider submitting written testimony. (1/N) www.takeaction.network/xactions/47677

happy valentine's day! this fossil shows a pair of adult male diictodon who were discovered curled up together in a burrow 🥰

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

So anyway here’s a new photo in my collection from one of my favorite genres: Toilet Detective.

After being becoming aware of the contents of the Epstein Files, I can only say-

Goodbye, @gluesenkampperez.house.gov @bhennrich.bsky.social seems to be much more aligned with our values and basic human decency.

A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”

"Just gotta get through this week," he said, every week

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images. This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

New resource from LFP and CoRD: safer communication with Signal. Our best practices based on common threat models and concerns. Feel free to share! PDF downloadable at libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

“In the afterlife, we’ll sit around talking about the good old days, when we wished that we were dead.” (Samuel Beckett)   🎨 A Junger “A Graveyard Romance” (attr. 1909) #phantomsfriday

it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever

Cold weather tips for pets. NB: *Knock on your car hood to check for cats (which may have climbed up inside for warmth)*

This is an important thread about how the ICE funding issue is going down inside the (mostly feckless) Democratic Party.

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

Yay, new t-shirt arrived today. Get your own at Fenris Games: fenrisgames.com/shop#!/FGSHT...

MAGA gutted our health care and food programs. Now #WALeg has the chance to restore some of that funding by requiring wealthy corporations pay taxes on highest salaries, like their employees already do. Sign your name in PRO here for the Well WA Fund before Thursday: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

#WALeg has a public hearing TODAY on whether to prohibit misleading tactics used by wealthy interests like Brian Heywood to buy their way into our ballot initiative process. Tell your Lawmaker to vote YES on the Initiative Integrity Act today:

Western WA Folks: PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CHEHALIS DAM PROJECT ENDS FEBRUARY 2, 2026. Local people should get their comments in while you can. No one wants this dam. COMMENTS DON'T NEED TO BE TECHNICAL! Just voice your opposition. admin.ecology.commentinput.com?id=6U54ErkfW

"Escape from the world of seasoned cast-iron while you still can!" This week, Advice King @thecroftonshow on cleaning a cast-iron skillet.

Here's the link: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

600-year-old #Viking #shipwreck is the largest of its kind. The medieval ‘cog’ was nearly 92 feet long and featured castles on its bow and stern. Link for more information and photos: www.popsci.com/science/larg...

[Links fixed!] WA state folks, here are two, super low effort things you can do to help with the current hellscape we are in. This is the last day to do both! Neither require public testimony:

Giant phantom #jellyfish spotted deep in #Pacific. These rare sea creatures live where the sun doesn't shine. Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Fuck fear. We gotta live

The Snow Queen, Thomas Bromley Blacklock, 1902.

👇 It’s a start

Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.

Really clear night. Got much better images of Orion nebula and Andromeda galaxy, M31, than posted last time. And took longer exposures. Enjoy

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

so who are the mutual aid orgs and food banks in MN should we be aware of, my Minnesota friends? will boost, especially rural groups/orgs.

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Need an antidote to the horror and paralysis? See you tomorrow at 11 pacific time. citylights.com/events/panel...

This bill to restrict the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers is getting a public hearing on the very first day of Washington's legislative session, next Monday. You can weigh in on it, without testifying, here: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...

Find eachother. We will need it.

The late Roky Erikcson performing his classic solo tune "Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)" live in 1980. From the 1980 album I Think of Demons. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqwn...

The 1977 film "Orca" commissioned artists like Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, and John Berkey for various poster art. (fuck AI)