My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.

Anchorage friends! I am doing a presentation at the Loussac Library next week and I would love to see you there! I'll be talking political satire, picture books, small business, moms, dads, libraries, arts and culture... Everything. #akleg #alaskasky

On the scene near the site of the shooting

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“God damn them all.”

“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”

“The SUV did move toward the ICE agent as he stood in front of it. But the agent was able to move out of the way and fire at least two of three shots from the side.” Strong Washpost video analysis of the Mpls shooting. Gift link ⤵️ wapo.st/3LzkKzu

“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Minneapolis.

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

This is an excellent eyewitness

Yes.

ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.

Bellingcat is an organization that excels in exactly this kind of digital forensics.

Fed. agents "wouldn’t allow a man who said he is a physician to examine the driver, Heller said. Emergency medical technicians arrived 15 minutes later [but] were unable to get close to the scene because ICE agents did not move their cars to let them through." minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...

Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

“ICE kills Good” is awfully on-the-nose.

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of the Philippines

Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, the National Weather Service shared a forecast map riddled with spelling mistakes, non-existent locations and other geographical errors.

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

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fuck outta here

Don’t forget, Dan Sullivan ran from the Jan 6 attackers while clutching the hand of Lisa Murkowski, both fearing for their lives.

Why are malnutrition deaths soaring among the elderly in America?

🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19. More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com

Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.

This is purpura fulminans, a severe complication of meningitis (which as of today is no longer on our universal vaccine schedule) Micro clots & bleeding into the skin cause skin & tissue death. It’s more common in kids & associated with 20-70% mortality. Those who survive often lose limbs.

Canadian officials are correct, and it’s truly a tragedy.

NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...

Protesters in Iran have set fire to a regime seminary in Khorramabad. (New thread)

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the 6% is the WaPo editorial board

Antarctica had its warmest year on record. That seems fucking bad. 🔥🔥🔥

This year, for my mental health, I'm going to practice just letting people be wrong on the internet.

Huge protest in Tehran's southern Naziabad neighborhood. Streets jammed. #Iran

On the ground in Venezuela: Shock, fear and defiance

Tongass National Forest in Alaska, one of the world’s last temperate rainforests, and the cultures that depend on it face threats from changing federal policy.

Stories in the snow - marten tracks, fresh overnight. Typical paired prints, one set slightly ahead and to the side, loping gait. Shgagwei, Lkoot Kwáan, Lingít Aaní.

Colombian President Petro commenting on the US; “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

I'm losing track of how many countries a man livid he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize has illegally bombed. Iran. Venezuela. Nigeria. Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Pakistan. Somalia. Syria. Yemen. Not to mention threatening to annex Greenland and Canada and invade Panama.

[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”