The org i referenced in my last post.

Me: I need to do less things so I can focus on catching up at work Me a few hours later: *volunteers to do stuff for my union* Me even later: *fills out the volunteer form for the org working against ICE in the area* I mean...I'd rather be known for those things than reference/training students soo

Respectfully, ICE has surely killed more than nine people this year. There are nine documented deaths. With how many thousands of people have disappeared in ICE custody, we'll only find out their death toll years from now. ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.

Me: huh why is this album taking so long to rip? *Looks at the artist* Me: oh right it's The Who. No more explanation needed.

If raffles are more your thing than auctions:

Here's a link directly to my item: www.32auctions.com/organization... #PublishingForMinnesota

I forgot I am getting over this cold and offered to shovel snow since my roommate has been doing it all and there has been a ton this year. Phew that was more exhausting than usual.

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan In Memorium by Alice Winn (this is heartbreaking)

This. 1000x. One isn't going to save you from the other. (As evinced by protestors, begging police to arrest Alex Pretti's murderer, on the spot, and getting tear gassed by those very same officers in the process.)

Oh no. Sore throat has turned to itchy throat. This might actually be worse lol.

Thankfully I think i am already on the mend, so maybe just a bad cold. I'd worry it was just the meds but I was on meds yesterday and couldnt stay conscious longer than half an hour and had zero appetite. I have been awake a while and just crushed a bowl of soup so thats a good sign.

Oh no. My cat is being a cuddle bug but I have some sort of virus and my temperature regulation is off so he is making me overheat in the worst way.

Yeah if you look back to public hangings and lynching, that sadism has always been there. People just started hiding it and dressing it up enough the non sadists thought it went away. And now a lot of folks are shoving their heads in the sand as it comes back out into the light.

This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country. The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.

Just a reminder that ICE claimed Marimar Martinez brandished a weapon too. Then they shot her five times. She survived, and body cam footage showed they lied. They’re lying about Alex Pretti too. He was witnessing. He was trying to help a woman. They killed him for it.

ICE executed another person today in MLP while multiple agents were wrestling them to the ground. *They emptied an entire clip.* I can’t repost the video. I wish I had not seen it. Fuck both parties for funding this. Fuck the Democratic Party for being ineffectual at best and entirely complicit.

Hanging with the roommates family while I wait for the time to go to a baby shower for two college friends. Its good this feel this weekend to distract me from myself.

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

Me: kitty come cuddle its cold. Him: sure! *sits on roommate's lap* Me: okay I guess I could have been more specific lol

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

Sorry but how the fuck have we not been calling them bleets this whole time?? Its perfect...

Finally listened to Hadestown and damn that was good. I know I am super late but I havent been as into musicals lately.

The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...

It’s so interesting how we are arresting and detaining five-year-olds in God knows what conditions in concentration camps in Texas, but the big-time drug dealers and thieves keep getting away!! it’s almost like a pattern

Okay made it to CVS, the bank, and the library to get some holds. Goodness i am tuckered out after that.

Okay took the day off so I couls gwt my shit together. So far tidied room, unloaded the dishwasher and bought this sweater I have been eyeing on depop.

I've said this a couple times in interviews lately but it's annoying that the lesson publishing will take away from this isn't "invest in more specific, niche, and/or weird books that cater to an under-served readership." It'll be "MORE SPORTS" bc that's a variable they can quantify.

Good good good. Now give them some of the actual awards plz.

Glad I got an email saying thanks for taking the cyber security training that I have not yet taken. Its good the University has an accurate way to track if its employees have done something.

Oop apparently my mental health has taken a turn for the angry instead of resigned. Thats not great. In fact it's very bad. Because my frustration and anger can be seen from fucking space where resignation is quiet and easy to slip under the radar.

This is the first time since my doctor suggested i quit alcohol(summertime) where I am like hmm are you sure my liver can't process it? Maybe just a little bit? I want to numb my emotions so fucking badly. No self. Your liver has spoken.

Things I was supposed to do after work: go to see my trainer Things I actually am doing after work: ordering Wendy's delivery and stress shopping for Journaling/scrapbooking supplies I may or may not ever use

Oops. Laid down briefly on lunch break and the cat has used me as a pillow. I cannot possibly move now. But I need to do more work kitty. Please.

I need to prep for a meeting, but I did not sleep well and feel like crap. This is unfortunate.

Nope no pretty lights outside. Oh well. Might check in a little bit, but for now I am rooting for indiana.

Hey i actually saw a post ahead of time this year to potentially see the aurora. I always go to bed early and see all the posts about them the next morning lol.

Aww man I haven't successfully made anything to donate and dont know if I will have time. Oh well I always love to see the cool stuff and might snag a sticker or something!

Fuck I have got to remember to bring some lotion to work. My hands hurt itch and it is miserable. But I cant go home until my chat shift ends at 3 😭

Its snowing lightly, but the sun is out. Okay michigan...okay.

I did rdls yesterday and then walked to work in heavy boots today. My hamstrings are very angry lol.

Post lunch sleepies have hit. Come on Lauren you just have to describe a few more articles and websites and probably cut one. Maybe find a final one about a specific incident.

Who's i was productive for 3 hours straight? The fuck? This never happens. I might actually finish a thing i thought id be late on pre-deadline

So very irritated with myself for putting off this assignment last week so that now I gotta do it all today and tomorrow. I am gonna have to work through the football game to make up for just sitting there looking at my email after lunch.

I knew it was sparsely populated, but lol. Clearly they wanna build something there or mine it for something. Leave the indigenous people there alone. Fuck.

Post lunch slump is not stopped by morning exercise or eating less. I am a lump now that the food hit. Too bad I have a ton of work I need to do today. Giving myself until 1pm and then I must do the things.

The cat and I got startled by a random noise when i was on the cusp of sleep. Now I am wide awake and he is passed back out though slightly grumpy his heating pad abandoned ship. Argh

Whoa...some folks were worried he would do nothing or be too moderate. I'm glad they were wrong.

Jesus. Yep swapping to library for old/super popular stuff and qobuz to purchase new/indie stuff seems like a great choice now. Because fuck them getting money and not paying artists for anything.

I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him" WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.

Now I gotta figure out what to do until this student training at 6.