I love seeing cooking videos but I hate watching them try their own food

[Sucking up to God] All things are beautiful. I love life.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars

I don’t really have words to express the hatred I feel

A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan. It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash. “ICE GTFO OF MN” Minneapolis February 4, 2026

I beat 4yo at tic-tac-toe and he threw a fake tantrum, on his belly kicking and fists going but while laughing hysterically

Yep

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf

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He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

2yo left the room with my phone while we were FaceTiming my mom “2? What are you talking about??? What are you doing??” 4yo: “she’s just walking slowly, like a peasant girl around town”

It’s simple: I scroll upon this, I think “hell yeah. Watching immediately”

not listening to it and instead choosing to believe the new Springsteen song "Streets of Minneapolis" is just "Streets of Philadelphia" with the city name changed and nothing else

they should have family feud but for polycules

Undercooked eggs are a big deal for me (homemade Caesar dressing, runny egg on bfast sandwich)

My husband and my friend Jules both represented. Commonweal is crushing it this month

Jules wrote something amazing please read

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For a while I thought people got mad at referees for bad calls. “Ref you suck” etc. But maybe it’s just the whistles

propublica.org/tips Please share.

commiserations to non-Dutch speakers, who will never know what this is about

I don’t think a Clickhole bit has ever gotten me as much as this one:

NEW: On an interfaith call, Cardinal Tobin encourages people to contact their Congressional representatives to encourage them to vote against funding ICE in order to help restore a culture of life.

I really underestimated how much I, as a mother, would say “don’t put your feet on people”

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A lovely piece ❤️

being heckled at a restaurant for being in the gestapo and being beat up by 6 gestapo agents, bear sprayed, and shot 8 times with zero accountability is equivalent to these freaks

Lots of Catholic/Christian imagery at the memorial site of Alex Pretti's death. Saw a few people with rosaries.

I feel about the people in Minneapolis like I was always told I’m supposed to feel about the troops. We will build monuments and memorials to your courage and sacrifice

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

Stay safe and warm out there folks. Our neighbors are discussing the idea of a neighborhood snow day drink crawl

I give this one a re-listen every so often—it’s well worth you listening too

The spirit of 1776

Which is gonna be the first outlet to run a profile about how women won't keep an open mind about dating ICE agents

4yo pretending to play hockey, 2yo said “ok I’ll be a cheerleader” and put on a skeleton costume

If you want to be happy, find your passion. Find something you love to do even if you’re terrible at it. For JD Vance, it’s lying

This woke culture war language policing has gotten out of hand

4yo rewriting Cinderella: I would be the dad and I wouldn’t be so old [so he wouldn’t die]

❤️❤️❤️

I just thought everyone should see this

Wow!

[most depraved thing I’ve ever seen in my life] wow!