Respectively reminding people that the AI avatars they prompt are made possible by the theft of mine & other artists/ creatives work oooh boy Just say- thanks for the reminder, I’M SORRY, I’ll go learn more But that would take work- & if you’re already using AI maybe you don’t like effort

Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Always fun to find out a parent is having surgery after the fact

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in todays strike. So many small businesses and employees made financial sacrifices in order to strike and send a clear message to our govt It’s an incredibly difficult time for everyone both financially and mentally right now. Thank you ❤️

For months, DOJ has been sandbagging the Epstein release claiming they were redacting sensitive information and using it as an excuse to delay other document productions, but they just released the files with apparently "thousands" of instances of victim's names and identifying details unredacted.

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So heartbroken. One of my absolute favorites. Thank you Catherine for being such an amazing and funny actress. ❤️💔

Everyday in Drumps America is a shit news day but there’s something especially awful about Fridays They dump the most heinous, flashy, authoritarian news on Fridays Today w/ arrests of Don Lemon, Trahem Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, & Jamael Lydell Lundy. Distracting us from the Admin’s actual crimes

Susan Collins voting to send billions more to ICE and praising Noem the morning after the paramilitary shattered glass across the body of a Maine infant -- and days after Noem used Orwellian lies to defend Alex Pretti's killing -- should be the top story at every Maine outlet tomorrow. #MEpolitics

My kid decided to make homemade truffle fries at 7:30 tonight 😅 They’re super good

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

People outside of Minnesota should know that a lot of ICE agents are harassing, assaulting, and abducting people in plainclothes and unmasked. Plainclothes ICE agents are especially likely to be in places people visit out of necessity—like hospital lobbies.

I’m still on tiktok (for now) and it’s glitching out tonight. Showing me the same 8 videos back to back that I saw earlier in the day Makes me wonder what news the new algorithm is trying to hide

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

Yeah somebody should really do something

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." -James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980) #everynightapoem #ofsorts

My kids school sent out an email about how they’re responding to 🧊here in Maine and it’s all just so f-cked. My heart is heavy for these kids, for the families and New Mainers who are fearful and navigating this hostile federal govt It’s a lot

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

It’s my husband’s birthday today so he’s starting the day watching The Tudor Monastery Farm. Very on brand for him

Today is the one yr anniversary of my FIL’s passing. My MIL came home from a hike & found him on the sofa, passed in his sleep. We were all pretty stunned. It’s been an intense year of grief + some family BS to be honest…supporting my husband during this time has been a tricky but welcomed journey

This is exactly right. The white kids and adults I know who know the true history of the United States and Colonialism don't feel bad or guilty; they feel angry, in community with their peers of other races, and empowered to push for change. Enlightened white people are dangerous to the hegemony.

It’s 10:45pm and my neighbor is running his tractor 💀

Khamenei confirms a death toll of “several thousand” in the Iran protests. (Human rights groups have confirmed that many and are in the process of confirming several thousand more.)

Pretty wild that we as taxpayers are not only footing the bill for 🧊 but we pay for their crimes and being hidden away into witness protection

For my birthday next week I want both a steam cleaner AND yarn to knit a sweater Both are out of budget… but I contain multitudes

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Finally took down the Christmas tree. She had a good run.

This from @hcrichardson.bsky.social ---> open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... "'From the In place of international cooperation, the fascists seek to substitute a perverted sort of ultra-nationalism which tells their people that they are the only people in the world who count.'"

Welcome to the 5th circle of hell Trying to give something away for free on FB marketplace

Mainers- I was approached at the grocery store today to sign a petition to “keep marijuana away from kids” felt like a dog whistle so I declined. Came home and googled it- yup. Don’t sign it

Trump scores a perfect 20/20 on the fascism scale. The question is central to understand him. He has disappeared migrants into camps, sent troops into cities, “spread a message of violence” to try to overturn elections, accused migrants of “poisoning the blood of our country”...

Fox Producer: Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show AOC: He has sexualized and harassed me on his show. FP: That’s not true AOC: He accused me of wanting to sleep with Stephen Miller. So why don’t you tell me what you think is acceptable to tell a woman.

This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.

The days are getting “shorter” but tonight feels especially long

NYT: At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.

Kids (& adults) are dying from the flu- would be cool to institute a mask mandate for the 1st month of the year following the holidays which is proving to be a super spreader event Folks on tiktok are scared for back to school but forget how we eradicated a strain of flu the winter everyone masked

Happy New year! Time to flip over that calendar to the new year and the new month. If you haven’t gotten one of my calendars yet- now is a great time- they’re on SALE! And I only have a handful left. You can find it on my site. Wishing you and yours a safe and happy new year! www.GrayDayStudio.com

Told my husband that JFK airport is now called the DJT-JFK airport and he was equally shocked and yet not surprised I’ll pin this here to return to when dumpy tries it, although I don’t think so with Mamdani in office

Watched The Bachelor Mother last night starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven. The concept of the movie is a bit odd but that’s in keeping with rom-coms I guess A cute Christmas-to New Year’s Eve movie from 1940 if you’re looking for an old movie to watch

Watched Uncle Buck last night after watching the John Candy Doc the day before Ugh so good. John Candy was really my generation’s Uncle

An ICE agent groomed and sexually abused a detainee for over 3 months. These men are more likely to cause harm than the immigrants they’re targeting. They’re more likely to have criminal records. Arrest & charge every last one of them.

Heads up my website is down- working to fix it / waiting to hear back from some folks Stay tuned. Reach out if you need a calendar or anything in the meantime

In 2026, I think artists should be proud to self-promo! 🥳 No more shame about selling your wares! No more shyness! In the age of AI, people are desperate for real art and want to see your shops and goodies!! 🎊

Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.

“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and solar and wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June, according to energy think tank Ember” www.science.org/content/arti...

Christmas Day and I’ve seen ads for valentines AND Easter decorations

Wishing everyone a cozy and beautiful holiday from our snowy one here in Maine. May this next year bring about more hope, and liberation.

We are still doing it and more. Those of us who are writing and living without generative AI need to show our beautiful work.