We were in that crowd somewhere. Hands off!

An amazing view above the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul right now. This must be bigger than anyone imagined. 👏 These are some of the largest protests the US has seen in years. #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (🎥 Sara Schmitt)

Every time I hit something like this it makes me feel queasy. What illicit information was I looking for? The National Agricultural Workers Survey.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...

The deranged DOGE rats have fired Yosemite National Park’s *locksmith*. www.instagram.com/p/DGLxMKbyKw...

What’s working today for you? For me, it was this cute watercolor tulips exercise by Andrea Nelson, treadmilling while I watched a fun episode of something, and the 5calls app.

Made fancy ratatouille for dinner. First time trying to make it fancy. Everyone loved it!

NEW: On Section 504. "Attacks on any one group will be used as a wedge to attack all of us. You may not personally know any trans people, and you may even be uncomfortable with the idea ... but letting this attack go forward will eventually hurt you and the things you love, too." /1

Things that made me tear up today; Chris Kluwe speaking out against a MAGA plaque and being arrested for civil disobedience. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Washington Post is reporting that the US Gov't program to send free COVID tests to households will be shut down tonight, and the remaining tests destroyed. If you haven't already ordered yours in the latest batch (autumn 2024's) it's super quick & easy, price $0.00 covidtests.gov

Thank you Nick for sharing this! I’m going to list some things our family does to reduce our climate impact. 🧵

Renewed our Costco membership yesterday because they are a good company. Impulse bought this delicious cranberry walnut bread, which I might eat a significant amount of today…

No school today or tomorrow while the world burns so here’s today’s attempt to stay sane

www.mass.gov/news/ag-camp... Glad to see MN on this list of AGs. Go, @keithellison.bsky.social !

Happy Valentine's!

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

One more thing. Easy. Please do: resist.bot/petitions/PV...

Made 2 calls to reps, both in tears, both (I’m lucky) thanking them and asking them to keep fighting. The staffers and reps need to hear from us even if they’re doing what we want.

I haaaaate calling people but 5calls made it easy. Called today and it got easier with each one.

You're dead me, Google Maps. Bing, Apple, MapQuest... you're on notice.

Avoiding reality and having fun for a week was a great choice, but this reality is hard to come back to. Can we turn it off and back on again?

This princess gives the Lotus Blossom Cafe, at Epcot, high marks! (We are currently disassociating from reality.)

You’ve got this! Mental health maintenance through art. Take care of yourself.

For @yay8.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to see, these are some of the potions we made over the fall & winter. They were all arrayed with other cool objets de magique on my porch but then it got cold enough to freeze them…

Today’s coping mechanism is sparkly and swirly. Sadly non potable. (I made the octopus and the potion.)

Ew. I dunno if I want it back now.

So long, TikTok. Thanks for all the fish. And the therapy, recipes, art, parenting tips, and hot lesbians chopping wood.

Jumped onto summer camp registration website the literal minute it opened. Camp already full. Preferred camp didn’t even have waitlist spots.

Today’s Andrea Nelson exercise came out pretty cute.

A book of my dad’s posthumously collected essays is out now, thanks to the labors of John Hubers and others. www.amazon.com/MorningLand-...

Child 2 had an hour long dentist appointment to get two cavities filled 😭 - it went well. After, I said, “you can stay home and watch YouTube if you want, or you can go to school.” “Ah wahnt to go to school so Ah can show mah friends how funny ah’m tahking raht nahw!”

Attempting to maintain sanity this morning by doing this adorable swatching exercise by Andrea Nelson. What’s keeping you afloat today?

Visiting kid: how old ARE you? Me: um, I’ll be 49 soon. VK, aghast: omg that’s old! Do you have grey hair? Me: some. VK, gleefully horrified: you’ll be like 55 when I graduate from high school! That’s SO OLD! Me: …sigh. Yup.

Omg my oldest child is wearing my old boots

Today’s weird little art project: octopus in chipped teacup. Show me your latest creative project!

Breaking News: President-elect Trump’s advisers are said to be trying to identify a disease that could help them justify closing the U.S. border with Mexico. They have spent months trying to find the right disease to build their case.

Took the train to pick kiddo up from after school. What was supposed to be a 30 minute adventure became an hour…