Baz thrifted a nice handknit sweater with a tag that says "Made with love by MOTHER", and he says, "This guy better be dead." I'm glad to know he understands the importance of handknits (and always has - I still have his mittens from kindergarten.)

At Logan today, there was a plane with returning Olympians. There were cupcakes and everyone cheered and clapped as they came up the gangway. They weren't recognizable without their opening ceremony gear. Just a moment of happiness that brought unexpected tears to my eyes .

The implication here is straightforward: that people with platforms, including Democratic politicians and media, need to keep highlighting the threat to democracy specifically — centering democracy as an issue in both word and deed. To save democracy, you have to actually talk about democracy.

I just asked Gemini for books set in Patagonia - this kind of discovery is difficult and a problem I haven't solved. I figured it would be one AI would do ok at. It gave me a list of 9 really interesting sounding books. 7 of which absolutely do not exist at all.

Seeing this visualization has been really impactful for me. There were times when people tried to come at us sideways for claiming this is *different* and massive in a way that we hadn't seen other places. But it really really has been.

Well, I have to admit that storm was not a bust. What a blizzard! Some of the toughest digging out we've had, too. #bombogenesis

I had to use a car scraper to clear the windows so I could watch the snow blow sideways. #bombogensis #boston #weatherishappening

The scream I screamed when Palencar agreed…

Holy crap

Stay in New England, they said. The four seasons are great, they said. Snowy winters can be fun, they said.

‘Snowicane’ is a new one for us, too.

I would tell you how much snow we got overnight but between the winds drifting it and the bit where all my windows look like this... Who even knows? I've never seen snow blow this direction. It's scoured where it normally drifts. #bombogenesis #boston

Laying down to sleep while the first flakes of an incipient blizzard fall is the coziest sense of doom. It's so quiet, except for the drag racers on 93 taking advantage of the empty roads.

Just a few tiny flakes up here in Boston North. This whole thing could still be an epic fizzle. It's happened before.

I think what people outside the Hub of the Universe might be missing about this storm is that this is the before picture here in Boston. We have nowhere to put more. #bombogenesis #bostom

Time to dust off this old gem #snowmageddon2026

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Hello I am once again trapped by kittens. Does anyone have a good self help book for this?

I'm noticing a lot of meetings and conferences are now being held outside the US because it's not worth the risk of a border crossing to come to work. On the plus side.... I'm getting to do some much funner travel!

How does it KNOW that I have big plans and can't just enjoy the storm?

JOE CASTIGLIONE IS ON THE RADIO! As soon as I finish shoveling today's 4" of snow I'll get right on to listening to the #redsox on #weei #baseball

Biathalon is extra sexy for its anti Nazi connotations.

So apparently the Olympic Village has run out of condoms. I'm watching curling right now and wondering if they're not part of the problem, or basically the whole problem.

Discuss: a night home alone is the right time to watch Cool Runnings for the 20th time.

In a few words, what do you know about Patagonia and why?

A prominent Bluesky elder already hosts Jeopardy

#caturday #GNUPeterMorwood

Parenting a teen is removing all the snack bags from the bathroom.

The Olympics has run out of condoms. This event is famous for all of the hookups. And who can blame them? Someone send more condoms to Italy immediately. They’re still doing public health there.

This is one of the nicest things anyone’s ever said about me. *sniffle*

Me at 8 am: Tonight I'm going to work out, make a healthy dinner and run some errands. Me at 4:45 pm: So Balatro on the couch with the Olympics and a bag of chips....

you also need to unmute this for the perfect song / visual combo

“My takeaway from the Super Bowl ads is that the entire American economy is being propped up by AI, weight loss drugs, cryptocurrency and gambling.” -Andrew Solender, Axios

This. (And thanks, Chuck. She’s stealing my stuff too.) :/

A small note from last night's Superbowl - I was super excited to see Sista Strings behind Brandi Carlisle at the #Superbowl for America the Beautiful. I caught them with Brandy Clark a year or so ago! www.sistastrings.com

Isn't this just admitting that either Harvard's ideas and ideals are better, or that US officers are weak minded and follow whatever guidance they're given? Source: NPR search.app/ZwXYW

NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse. Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch." Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

One of the Figure Skaters who just came off a lifetime performance looked to the camera and said what all of New England is thinking "Let's go Patriots". What a weekend in sport!

Is there anything weirder than the Olympic Opening Ceremonies? I love every bit of the bizarre. #olympics

Making the rounds this week among Christian progressives: new poem by Rob Hardy, poet laureate, Northfield, MN. Yes, the protests and all the work being done to throw sand in the gears and provide aid to those at home and being released from Whipple are a kind of liturgy — “work of the people.” ⚓️

"Haunted" #IceOut #IceOutComics

And how many self-portraits has Harrison Ford ever gotten into the National Portrait Gallery????? That's right. Zero. Meanwhile, Billy Dee is out here staying in the fuckin' archive for all time:

Experts warn the expiration of a long-standing nuclear arms control treaty between the two superpowers could mark the start of a new nuclear rivalry. n.pr/3LSIq29

Confirmed with Burlington PD on scene AND the Malls security service. Per the Simon Coporation you cannot park at the Burlington Mall if you intend to leave mall property and they intend to tow cars in the future.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Wait, are we not able to deport enough people because immigration has fallen off, reducing the available workforce? "With net migration projected to hit record lows in 2026, the [ICE] reliance on these 12,000 new agents is absolute." www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employee...

Does anyone know if @carolynhax.bsky.social survived the bloodbath at the Washington Post?

When there's a meeting you just need to listen to, you gotta keep your hands busy. #fountainpen #ink

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

Full points for delivery of an emotionally sincere and searing monologue as well as for a brave sartorial commitment to the bit. IMO, he hasn't quite nailed Adam West's inimitable cadences yet, but I'm looking forward to checking out his future work. Bravo, caped crusader!