One of romancelandia’s own, Piper J. Drake needs our help. This is absolutely heartbreaking. Please donate if you can and share to get the word out. gofund.me/b2674e924

I was just notified of another death in ICE custody — the 13th death so far this year, and 44th since Trump retook office. These private, for-profit detention centers have a duty to ensure the health and well-being of immigrants. There must be accountability and justice.

please refer to the sign

Growing up in this suburb south of Vancouver, I never expected to see signage (however minimal) in the language of the Tsawwassen First Nation. I am just delighted! and maybe in the future will see even more…

A classic anti-masker tactic is to claim that if you don't wear a mask 100% of the time, it isn't worth it. Untrue. Every single time you wear a mask, you reduce the chances for viruses to spread. Wearing a mask always improves public health, even if you only do it occasionally.

It is egregious that a five-time draft dodger is using our troops as cannon fodder in his illegal war of choice. Tonight, @booker.senate.gov is calling up his War Powers Resolution to stop these unjustified, unauthorized and deeply unpopular military actions in the Middle East.

Civil Rights icon, @doloreshuerta, made a brave move today, revealing a secret she had been holding for 60 years for the sake of the Farm Workers movement. You can read her letter here: medium.com/@dolores_hue...

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!?  So we got to work …

The State Department is considering ending Zambia’s HIV aid to force it to give the U.S. more access to its minerals. Some 1.3 million people in the country rely on daily HIV treatment provided through a decades-old U.S. aid program. nyti.ms/4rzh8fE

The library system currently employs about 240 people.

The world is completely fucked right now, but here is one person we can help. If you're able to, let's get this young gentleman through university.

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move slow and repair things

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. (Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later

#InternationalWomensDay Indigenous women seen in our AZTEC EMPIRE webcomic. Read it for FREE at BigRedHair.com #ECCC

Gifts given to me by cosplayers at ECCC: Frog: Greg from OTGW Potato: Technoblade Helmet: Blasphemous Rubber duck: Lucifer Porco Rosso card: Porco Rosso Not pictured: a sticker of a “file” (cactus) from a Good Place Janet.

Here's your guide to next-level disaster prep—and why you may want to include a treat

Nixon could not have dreamed of such a revenge-fest.

After spending 30 years fighting for your digital rights, Cindy Cohn is sharing her story with her new book Privacy's Defender—hitting shelves on March 10! Get a copy and become an EFF member while you're at it: supporters.eff.org/donate/join...

a meep of Beakers! #eccc2026 #eccc26

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too “DEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

DHS letting me go through when they see most of my posts are about how much I hate Chuck Schumer

He's right, you know.

Great speakers and signs at the Stand up for Science rally today. #standupforscience

Theres a new home test that includes RSV. store.pharmalynk.com/products/flo...

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Just saying, it would be kinda rad if a poem I wrote at Seattle Worldcon even just got nominated for the Best Poem Hugo.

CHILDREN OF OWL HAS A COVER!!!! With art by Abigail Rajunov, who also illustrated 25 pages of comics in the book. It was an honor to work with her; I couldn’t be happier!! 🥹💕

A good overview of the incompetent and nonsensical (but not unexpected) way DOGE ripped apart the NEH last spring, leading to hundreds of cancelled grants for petty reasons. I'm grateful to @historians.org and co-plantiffs for challenging these actions in federal court.

To reiterate

A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters. on.wsj.com/3PoQMj5

You know what's awesome? Vids. Which is why I had the best time watching almost all of the 128 Festivids from this year. While I was watching I made a quick doc of my favorites, which I've now posted as 35 vid recs on Dreamwidth. If you also like vids you'll love these. So many fandoms! Such skills!

Maybe He's Born With It (Maybe It's GlaxosEpsilonYor) #StarTrek | 1.6k | Teen Jim barges in on Spock in their shared bathroom. 👬 Eye Shadow 👬 Bonding Over Childhood Trauma 👬 The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship 🔗 archiveofourown.org/works/78018906

New: zeteo.com/p/trump-send...

Okay, if you are at ECCC and you love rpgs you NEED THIS BOOK i judt bought from @oheysteenz.bsky.social at booth M-3 in Artists Alley! Steenz is BRILLIANT and this was an instant buy for me!

Traders on Kalshi assumed they had won a fortune by correctly betting on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but Kalshi froze the payout. The outrage has intensified scrutiny into the explosive rise of prediction markets. https://wapo.st/4aRAgk7

Friends in Northeast Queen: Northeast Queens Indivisible is holding a candlelight vigil against the war in Iran. Fort Totten Park, 7-8pm. (Right now.) Hope to see some of you there!

We published this yesterday before strikes today on oil storage facilities in Tehran. So far strikes have also hit oil and LNG infrastructure and energy export facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the UAE. Map at the link ⬇️ @npr.org

The Gulf states & Israel depend on water desalination to live. If Israel & US break the taboo of bombing vulnerable desal infrastructure, they risk catastrophic harm. Percent of drinking water from desal: Israel: 80% Kuwait: 90% Saudi Arabia: 70% Oman: 86% UAW: 42% www.ndtv.com/world-news/i...

This is kind of tangential, but when my Food Not Bombs was trying to get money to give away diapers we went to the adult baby diaper lover subreddit and asked them for cash. They fully funded our diaper program for several weeks. This is just to say, when you're in need, maybe look to the perverts.

DHS is using violent and unnecessary force against people across this country who are exercising their First Amendment rights.

But it worked out Since they eventually had to cross the road THEY WALKED DIRECTLY AT ME SQUEEEEE!!!! Please add your own music. 🐣 🪶

Subtly dramatic still life with flowers, lizard, and shell, by Balthasar van der Ast. Today is his day.

oh wow maybe we shouldn't have put all our money in a kiln and set it to 4500 degrees

Iran live: Israel bombs Tehran oil depots; attacks on Gulf states continue https://aje.news/45np9g

I wrote almost exactly this word for word in January: www.wired.com/story/donald...