Cats Paradise https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19437

Come see me talk about communist cafeterias and breeding dog-sized cows! It will be at Barrett's Too (aka Double Trouble).

Bonus neck, for all the neck fans. Also cameo by my Pacifica, for all the Pacifica fans. 🪶

I opened my twenty-year old copy of Vegan With a Vengeance today, my first time using it in years. Read an essay about feminist skill shares. What a great book. I still love those tempeh bean patties but I can make them by heart now.

Third day of catsitting the cat that I have been taking care of for years. He woke up from his nap paranoid and has been sitting and staring at me without blinking for ten minutes. He's two rooms over, staring through the doorways.

Love data? It's not quite time for the official Week, but For the People has some nice data viz pulled from last year's IMLS stats. public.flourish.studio/story/3457688/

Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.

There was already a show like this called Southland and it was almost immediately cancelled.

I'm sure it's because of *gestures* but I have lost all executive function this year.

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

Cuellar, who is famously anti-abortion, was primaried by a progressive in 2022. Pelosi and other Dems supported his campaign over his competitor, just in case you think the appearance of Texas on here twice is a "red state" failing.

Boycotts work. Join your local No Appetite for Apartheid movement (Austin Against Apartheid if you're here in Austin) to keep up the pressure na4a.org www.austinagainstapartheid.com

My friend served her cat a pancake this morning.

I shared this on Facebook, thinking that my friends that use FB are also likely my friends that have Rings

For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick

Found my new email sign off: Beset,

Just saw my first robotaxi in the wild. It was driving with its turn signal on for no good reason.

what do you MEAN Al Gore heckled Lutnick at Davos

DuckDuckGo is holding a public poll on whether people want “A.I.” features in their products. Let them know your feelings. voteyesornoai.com

On letterboxd, you can filter by "streaming on your services" and sort your Watchlist by "shuffle" and pick the first one to have a random movie that's available to you.

The state of Texas has created a snitch form for complaints about DEI in classrooms: www.studentsfirst.texas.gov/ombudsman-co...

"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..." workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

FYI, all Tuesdays in January, TCM is showing movies dedicated to the working class.

I am vaguely opposed to places that pay for a specifically curated playlist, but this bookstore played Little Wings and immediately transmitted me into an entire other life, so maybe it's ok.

It's January, so the gym was full within ten minutes of the doors unlocking. I can barely hear my audiobook.

Gasp! Are they allowed to play this today?

James Talarico: When we win a Senate majority, we must launch a full investigation into ICE and haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces. This is the United States of America. We shouldn't be afraid of our government — our government should be afraid of us.

ICE relies on companies to help carry out its thuggery — we need to go after these private sector collaborators Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics www.thenation.com/article/acti...

I need to have my teeth removed and replaced with rubber if I'm going to be grinding them like this all year.

We were reading about modern excommunications and found this incredible story from 2024. I want to read the novelization. archive.is/puAq1

About 100+ folks have gathered to mourn Renee Nicole Good outside an unmarked ICE facility north of Austin in Pflugerville that agents have been using as a temporary holding facility. #AustintoMinneapolis #AbolishICE

I have been looking for a place where I can sit after work, drink an iced tea or matcha, and read. It has been harder than expected to find a place with good vibes and adequate lighting. Today I tried out the coffeeshop/head shop mashup, and...

The story that codified "some races are just bad" in fantasy? Who can say.

Gocomics.com is insane because they will read Family Circus every day and then read a comic by a young person and critique it like they are expecting a PhD defense. Anyway, enjoy the new Nancy here on Bluesky, instead.

Decarbonization is not only an environmental imperative, but a geopolitical necessity.

Everything old is new again

A few hours later:

This is the earliest day we have exceeded 85 in Austin, ever.

always knew the burrito taxi industry was scummy but this is the most unfathomably evil, cartoon villain shit I’ve read in a while. jfc

I put on overalls like Laney in She's All That to convince myself to finally return to my painting.

A message for you all to carry through the year

Dizzy Dishes, Betty Boop’s first cartoon, is officially in the public domain! Happy entry into the PD realm!!! One of Grim Natwick‘s most iconic animated cartoon creations! (and as usual, lovely animation from the guy, finest animator ever!)

This is what was on tv for NYE so we watched it but I have regrets. It hurts to look at the arms of 90s actresses and it feels like we are headed that way again.

want this so bad. picture me just tootling around town in this. going to pick up some chicken feed. TOOT TOOT

I've waited 3 years to make this post