Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Max Richter has a station playing is eight and a half hour long Sleep www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jtW...

Walking in nature is one of the best ways to cultivate mindfulness and improve your mental health and overall well-being. In the book How to Walk, Thich Nhat Hanh says, “The Earth [..] is always there, greeting your feet, keeping you solid and grounded.” #mindfulness #ThichNhatHanh #Buddhism

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

I haven't been posting here (apologies) because I've been trying very hard to keep my life together (with varying results)

I saw TWO foxes yesterday 😍

happy goth valentine's day everyone

I might finally break up with Adobe because I've been getting scratch disk full errors for months and I basically can't even open photoshop anymore 👎 ("have you purged? have you tried making room on your scratch disk?" yes.)

The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.” The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

If you're not in Minnesota and curious how to help, this is a week old but is well organized, includes multiple easy-to-understand bullet points, and seems like a good place to start: www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

I think we know the answer to "where do we channel our righteousness?" (in compassionate action, in community, etc) but where oh where do we channel our rage?

“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”

stuff like this, etc

🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

Take a deep breath in, and a slow exhale out. If you can, try to spend some time outdoors and take in those good tree smells 🌲✨

One of the best compliments someone ever gave me was that I “had spine” and at the time i thought it was sweet and quaint.

Jack Smith is a man of honor and moral conviction. He is the kind of person we as a nation must become like once more.

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

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Every post challenges the mortifying ordeal of being known 🙏🏻

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

Darjeeling 👍🏻✨

Maryland folks: Remember to use our drop boxes instead of mailing your ballots. And, think about this if you are mailing bill payments.

More people should know about bower birds

It’s so important to have someone that will play with you. Do you know what I mean?

We’re watching Frankenstein 2025 and Max has made your new monster boyfriend

I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”

annual holiday reminder, female cardinals are brown so any time you see two red cardinals snuggling on a branch, they are boyfriends

We've reached the last day Supernatural will be on Netflix 🙏

Say hello to Megatron, the #TinyBabyTerrapin who is wintering in my classroom this year as part of the Terrapin Education and Research Partnership (TERP). Terrapins are the Maryland State Reptile.

I've got peril on my horizon, so if you have good vibes to spare, I would appreciate them 🙏

We had snow the other day.

Can Washington State get a break, please?

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

This age of compulsory AI

My child: What are the political themes involved in Horton Hears a Who? What does that Kangaroo represent?? 😮‍💨

We need to talk about how in Halloween Is Grinch Night Max the dog runs away with Eucariah Who, but he is BACK with the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. What's going on there.

A friend on Threads put together this guide, Pow Wow Etiquette and Knowledge for Non Native Visitors. It will help you to navigate the protocols of Pow Wows respectfully. It's free however their pay links are on the linktree on the 1st page. ugc.production.linktr.ee/4e207809-408...

I made peppermint cookies and they turned out GREAT ✨

“I believe in the night.” Rainer Maria Rilke

I'm doing that "I'm just going to buy these last few things for my kid and THEN I AM GOING TO STOP" thing for christmas

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

two of the best gifts I ever gave myself:

I went to art school and took an elective on voice: "a limited, comfortable artist eventually ceases to be an artist of any kind."

Wild, I was just talking about Parade's End (Tom Stoppard adapted the Ford Maddox Ford novel for the BBC, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Everett, Stephen Graham and loads of others).

Krampusnacht is December 5, so in preparation, I give to you my favorite krampuslauf video: youtu.be/mojrfw7SJ14?...

I just became aware of this incredibly relatable drawing by John Singer Sargent.

One of my favorite things about this season is YULE LOGS (videos of fireplaces, not the food). This year I've been digging winter forest campfire versions, ex: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jX... Enjoy!✨