In Icelandic folklore there is a giant, fearsome black cat known as the Yule cat. He strikes fear into the hearts of the villagers...kinda like this .

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In light of our incoming #AtmosphericRiver event in SoCal, let's re-up this timely reminder: a "Watch" means everything is in place for a thing to occur; a "Warning" means that thing is actually occuring. Like tacos!! 🌮

Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on.

Early morning after the longest night (of the year, not my life, though def has been some stuff).

Trans youth deserve bright futures and the freedom to be themselves.

Happy #caturday folks #Mäuseken

Them: Can we give you a gift? Me: Did you complete your ethics training? Them: No. Me: I would take you completing that as a gift.

The issue is not that we don't talk to each other. It's that some people think that "talking" means getting to debate your existence, and that's abusive and controlling.

Fuck them all. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids

"Lourdes" sent us this photo of farm workers pruning gala apple trees in WA State. "We earn 50 cents a tree and if we move fast we can make about 200 trees in a day." #WeFeedYou

You have to assess (and reassess) your priors. phys.org/news/2025-12...

If it’s not up your nose you’re not smelling it right. Your daily Ike:

A poinsettia nursery in Camarillo is preparing to send out the last of this seasons flowers. The one time medicinal plant is now a a common holiday decoration in households around the world. #WeFeedYou

I don't have any news to counteract the terrible news of the last few days, so here is a thread of cute animals eating things, with most with crunchy cromchy sounds. 1.

69 sheds a single tear down its weather-worn face, knowing it can finally rest

I hate Spring in my December ☀️🌳🤧

Finished it.

Ike snorting lavender, feeling radiant

I’m going to start taking a quart baggie or something with me to Costco for scale. Apparently my hands and phone are insufficient to the task of communicating “this is a ludicrous quantity for my household, do not let the vastness of the building and cart lead me astray!” Sooo many grapes.

Ike has put something on top of my to-do list: pay attention to kitty.

I don't know why I haven't made this before now.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

Holiday traditions with our sweet Ike and the same $10 fake Xmas tree - 14 yrs ago and today.

I have made an egg nog Brandy Alexander for @qryztinker.bsky.social and we are decorating our small holiday tree, so it’s time… A festive holiday Nog to you all!

I made a graphic.

"Eri" is harvesting olives near Redley CA and often ends up making below minimum wage. "Farm labor is not valued. The bosses don't care. We earn very little and the work is very risky with us climbing a 16ft ladder. It's the rainy season & our checks are very low." #WeFeedYou

Check your cheese! This affects many store brands. abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/shr...

It's mayhem at the amphibian enclosures. Check out our new exhibit, "Beware The Frogs Of War"

Do not ignore this kitty. He will attempt to board a moving leg.

hardly the most important thing but “i can’t see if anyone survived my war crime through the flames and smoke on the drone camera image on the screen in the pentagon” is not what “fog of war” means

"Ian" shares, "I work 10 hrs/day in Salinas CA operating agricultural machinery that harvests different types of lettuce. My job requires effort & dedication. It's essential to keep the soil fertile and ready so it continues to produce food for our holiday tables." #WeFeedYou

Shop safe this holiday season, America!

Farm workers are harvesting green onions by hand in Kern County CA. They bend over for long hours, cutting, bunching, and stacking the onions into crates loaded onto nearby trailers. The work is physically demanding, requiring precision and endurance under the sun. #WeFeedYou

Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...

Farm workers are hard at work in Arvin CA hoeing a vegetable field to get crops ready for our holiday meals. #WeFeedYou

Small matters - I think I put off going through mail because there is so much waste and trash. Also, if I gave $$ to a cause, it’s for that cause, not because I want Xmas address labels and folded up wrapping paper that doesn’t even promote the cause. And rawr about the sh!$ that can’t be recycled.

California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields www.latimes.com/california/s...

I'm having complicated and frustrated thoughts about having to see reminders all over my feed that the president said something jaw-droppingly fatphobic in public while at the same time wondering how many of those people themselves make fat jokes and only clock this one as bad because Trump said it

Wow, the first three authors I looked up were all listed.

"Martina" shared this pic of a sweet potato field where she just left for the day. She shares, "We start early morning in the cold. I have arthritis in my wrist due to all the years of harvesting the crops. But it's how I make a living and feed my children." #WeFeedYou

This was good times for a good cause. And on a personal note, not only do the monetary donations support real life kids - the contributions and chat participation/support restore some of my faith in humanity. Thanks all y’all 💖

Don't do any of this.

I also want folks big mad about Epstein and trafficking to recognize how .. It happens on the left too And how much of the #metoo movement also was about the failure to stop it on the left and how much that was attached to status

Ike is awake and ready to keep my lap warm as we continue!

GLASS GAME TOKEN FANS: Tomorrow I plan to take a bunch of game tokens that are not selling out of the shop to turn into other forms of art, so if you want these I recommend ordering today. nora.jewelry/collections/...

No photo of Ike because he’s hiding under the covers bathing after I accidentally sneezed on him during morning kitty snuggles.