It is truly one of the wonders of the internet that I am now three degrees from Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson, courtesy of @nationalsecuritylaw.org being on @legaleagle.tv.

There would be less toxic masculinity in the world if men would have acknowledged the soap opera aspects of superheroes and wrestling back in the 1990s.

Are you a climate activist wondering why more people don't take action? Unfortunately, it's not a matter of information. Check out the Guidebook for Climate Communications to Drive Collective Action to learn how to tackle barriers and enable action: welleatyouupweloveyouso.com/climate-comm...

It’s hilarious listening to mockingbirds because it’s like bird karaoke. You can just imagine them thinking, “okay, so what’s up next?”

I love this picture so much

I expect complaints about the problems with Gen Alpha from my generation or older, but not as much from the kids themselves. But one kid at a birthday party really struck me with a statement. open.substack.com/pub/welleaty...

What does Homeland mean in the context of our current political situation? A thought-provoking and powerful piece by the always-insightful Ta-Nehisi Coates: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

I love parks and museums, so to see the truths they share dissembled sign by sign like this is so painful: welleatyouupweloveyouso.substack.com/p/removing-t...

We are part of the environment, so if we destroy something in it, we have to step in in as healthy a way as possible. (Not to mention the Indigeneous people who managed the land for millennia.) This is a great example of how we can help fix what we damaged: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It’s hilarious /depressing how parodies of uber-powerful billionaires from years ago feel far more resonant and realistic than they once did.

Men are 2.6x more likely than women to bike to work. Study finds where protected bike lane coverage is higher, women’s cycling rates rise significantly faster than men’s. Where coverage is limited or fragmented, women’s participation drops more sharply. momentummag.com/the-bike-lan...

@disabilitystor1.bsky.social oh goody this one is gendered female and named after the history of science’s Patron Saint of Having Your Work Ripped Off and Unrecognized By Dudes

If you're engaged in organizing that needs more people to join, share those opportunities in every way you can. Invite people to join in. Keep making the invitations because most people don't join the first time you ask. For every 10 people you invite, you might get one person who will take it up.

I *loved* the first two books. (I haven’t read the others - yet.)

Outdoorsy types & lovers of merino socks: The Union of REI workers is asking us to pledge to join a worker lead boycott during the company’s big annual spring sale. Sign the pledge @reiunion.bsky.social 💪🏻 #UnionStrong

Oh Mary, how we wish you were still around.

I read it with my older kid when he was 10 and it's his favorite book, hands-down. I did give him a lot of forewarning about the realism of it though and we talked through it, which helped.

The Handmaid's Tale in 8th grade. Which I only read because I heard of it from an X-Files fan fiction that I was also far too young for that had Mulder and Scully in that universe. I remember being incredibly impressed by the fan fic and disappointed that the original wasn't as good as I expected.

I want fully staffed public pools, and libraries that are cathedrals to public goods and a society where walling yourself off with money is viewed as sociopathic.

You know you're in a neurodivergent household when you can't finish your book about kids with ADHD because you keep getting interrupted by said kids when they should be in bed.

Bike and pedestrian laws are the perfect example of why we need both societal attitude change and policy change to build environmental sustainability. Even if policy is passed, it can’t be implemented without community support: wapo.st/4rGFzYE (gift link)

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Washington DC - the only city where you will see an ad for a museum focused on words next to an ad for precision software used to commit war crimes.

It’s easy to lose hope when it seems like the system has destroyed everything you’ve accomplished. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth it. open.substack.com/pub/welleaty...

Some reflections on parenting, activism, and a bunch of other stuff I've learned over 43 years… open.substack.com/pub/welleaty...

What does good climate journalism look like? These moving profiles of how climate is affecting religious observances around the world: wapo.st/4sl9mah (gift link!)

How is play political and what can it teach our families about possible futures? open.substack.com/pub/welleaty...

“Look up there, Mr. Frodo. There is light no shadow can touch.” - Samwise Gamgee, describing the beautiful clouds in the sky in Return of the King. May we all remember this light.

Unfinished. #LiamRamos

Two kids in the deadly cold, and you *have helped.* A little while ago, you enabled this family to get shelter before another rainstorm hit. Nothing but transformative. Let’s keep it going for rent, nutrition, education costs. Give/find their link here:

Great example of journalism highlighting the effects of climate change in a place that doesn’t get a lot of attention but has deep effects on the people there: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

Everyone has a role to play in making change (including resisting ICE’s violence). How can you fit in? welleatyouupweloveyouso.substack.com/p/what-part-...

people are always like “what link do i give to?!” one giant pile of money is actually not a great way to help people. people choosing a variety of places to give helps keep the money moving. no one org gets flooded to the point of breaking. a PTA, the mutual aid venmo, can move $ even faster.

I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101

LTRY is also currently available at 20% off - www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...

This hit so fucking hard today.

If you work for ICE, most people actually do despise you.

“So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.” Gandalf. We are all the Fellowship, whether Frodo, Sam or Gimli or anyone.

I think my favorite part of this tweet is the idea that an ENTIRE STATE of OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE should elect its leaders solely to satisfy the approximately FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE who work for GOP Congressional offices. Tell me a more on-brand message than making 99.94% of the people cater to 0.06%.

When I get spun up in my own head, I can’t function. And that’s not good for anyone, including me. Here’s how I try to ground myself (with varying success) when I get overwhelmed: open.substack.com/pub/welleaty...

Heartbreaking story about the children who are truly hurt by laws and attitudes condemning trans people in sports. I hope she can find a home and a way to run: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

I think I have achieved middle-aged person nirvana - I had a teenager randomly approach me and tell me I was very cool. My husband said I should have said, "My children disagree" but I just thanked her.

I have loved the Smithsonian museums since I first visited them when I was 10. I hate reading exhibits now and wondering if they will be gone soon because they mention certain subjects that the administration wants to eliminate any mention of.

"Andrea" sent us this video for McFarland CA where she is harvesting Mandarin oranges. "It is very tough work going up the ladder all day and moving the ladder in place, but this work feeds my family. We get paid $60 for each 900lb bin." #WeFeedYou

Kid: <talking about video games> Me: Honey, I need to go get ready. Kid: <keeps talking about video games> Me: I really need to go. Kid: <keeps talking about video games> Me: <leaves room> Kid: <keeps talking about video games>

Beautiful article chronicling an amazing way of healing the land and people together: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

Love this philosophy. It’s similar to mine - just organic but purposeful conversations combined with money they can choose where to put it. For our kids, it’s part of their weekly allowance. My older son has put it towards the rabbit rescue he volunteers for in the past few years.