Hey, Minnesota. We love you.

Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that

This is a lovely little story to start your weekend right. No really, trust me.

Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

I keep thinking about these people. They were so enthusiastic. What do they think now? I’d love to see a panel with them and ask them what they think about cheering for this atrocity.

I understand the impulse to distance yourself from American history. I do. But the atrocities are the actual normal for many communities. And until we confront them as part of a baseline societal flaw and address why they keep happening, they will not stop. They will just continue to shift targets

In this troubled time, the Dems seem to have decided on a way forward and that way is to spam my phone with text messages every damned day.

He’s gonna make Vance give the speech.

Don’t let facts prevent you from practicing joy.

That last Fillet-O-Fish could still kick in.

It may not be the day. But I want to practice being happy.

My husband: How do you know when it’s done? Me, making stock: When there is no more rib cage. 30+ years of marriage but it’s good to remind him that I know how to break down a skeleton.

I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

Forgot to post last weekend’s read but it’s THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride. #BookSky

I came up with things for my angel and devil pigeons to say, please feel free to use this as a reaction image for dem politicians.

Purple Pillars by the Pier. The Northern Lights hit the Chicago skyline during the 5am hour this morning.

“…nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training”

In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

I've been saying to get rid of your ring for years, but SERIOUSLY. Get rid of your ring!!!

It just didn’t have the legs. (I’ll show myself out)

If you want to actually help ID ICE agents today, might we recommend starting with these two (and no, don't do it in the replies):

AND EAT COOKIES!

A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling"). They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in

Love to see where The Pitt goes with their gen AI plotline this season.

the push for more training and body cams has *always* been a cover for increasing law enforcement budgets

Remember when the tariffs were about fentanyl?

Nicotine Tony Dokoupil Whiskey Friday Ecstasy and Alcohol

Nobel Appease Prize 🏅 (probably the fafillionth to make this joke but oh well)

ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it. We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.

omg that terrible CBS guy is Katy Tur’s husband?! *crawls back under my dogs and books*

My brain read this as RAW MILK and I thought, “Yep. That tracks.”

behind so much of chicago was a bunch of the most regular moms you have ever met who had run completely out of fucks.

"We can't just eliminate ICE, then all those guys would just be out on the street." Probably a valid concern but I don't think we ought to be spending billions on a make-work program for psychos. Have them do check-ins with a probation officer

I guess you can’t tell a story from the point of view of something that you don’t think has a point of view.

Orange You Glad It’s Monday. This morning’s start in Chicago.

Also, when you just want to watch your shows. Is it too much to ask?

And like, do not piss off moms, but I really do not see this playing the way they think.

A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march

“My neighborhood’s book club is out of control!” doesn’t have the pants-shitting fear they are going for.

My favorite post on this site in a long long time.

Policing language is as much a part of an authoritarian movement as policing bodies. Never let someone take your words away from you.

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

If our authorities exist for the protection of the people, then the laws should exist for the protection of the people, not the protection of authorities. If the law exists for the protection of authorities, then the authorities do not exist for the protection of the people.

*Michael Phelps giving me his Olympic medals* “You have earned these for the several years that you lifeguarded during college. You are the true hero.”

I feel like even everybody’s dogs look mad at this point.

Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.

My life tonight… Brain: Do you want to eat five cloves of garlic before bed? Me: Uh? No? Brain: What if they are stuffed in olives? Me: Yes. Of course.

We are going to win.